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<p>Inflation eased further last month</p>
LiveUK Politics

Inflation falls more than expected to lowest level in eight months

Crime

Man with violent past drove at Liverpool fans in ‘undiluted fury’

<p>British students would be able to participate in sports exchanges and vocational training placements across the EU under the scheme</p>
UK Politics

UK ‘set to rejoin EU Erasmus scheme’ as part of Starmer’s Brexit reset

<p>Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky reacts ahead of a delegation lunch at the Catshuis in The Hague on 16 December 2025</p>
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Zelensky plays down hopes of peace by Christmas after Putin rejects festive truce

Mourners stand near tributes piled together at the front of the Bondi Pavilion, in memory of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, in Sydney on 17 December 2025
Australasia

Bondi Beach suspect charged with 15 counts of murder as funerals held

<p>President Donald Trump has called for a ‘complete and total blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in an escalation of tensions with the South American country</p>
US politics

Trump calls for ‘total blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela

<p>Michele Reiner and Rob Reiner pose with their son, Nick Reiner</p>
US Crime News

Rob Reiner’s son charged with first-degree murder over parents' deaths

<p>Tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour cost hundreds of pounds</p>
Lifestyle

The great ticket price scandal: How we got priced out of the events we love

LiveCricket

England take eight wickets but Carey hundred headlines day one

<p>From Bourbon to BBQ, this is Kentucky at its most delicious</p>
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<p>Donald Trump’s team is asking for $5bn in damages for defamation, as well as the same amount for a claim of violating trade practices</p>
UK Politics

BBC faces bill for millions as it vows to defend Trump defamation case

<p>Donald Trump with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles</p>
US politics

Trump’s chief of staff ‘aghast’ at ‘horrifying’ Musk-led aid cuts

<p>Rob Reiner with his son Nick in 2016</p>
behind the headlinesLifestyle

The tragic truth about Rob Reiner’s son Nick and how his parents desperately tried to help

year in reviewmusic

Our favourite songs of 2025, from Addison Rae’s ‘Headphones On’ to Chappell Roan’s ‘The Subway’

<p>Elderly man exercises while another man jogs past him</p>
Science

Decades-long study reveals the age when physical ability peaks

<p>Forensic experts at a property in Lime Close on Tuesday</p>
Crime

Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder after girl, 9, found dead

Safecall appealMissing people

‘I was 14 when I was trafficked into a paedophile ring’

<p>The UK has seen its sunniest year on record</p>
Home News

2025 was the UK’s sunniest year on record

<p>Gwyneth Keyworth as Viola and Daniel Monks as Orsino</p>
Reviews

Like wine by the fireside, the Twelfth Night is a show to be savoured

<p>Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in the campy thriller ‘The Housemaid’</p>
Reviews

Sydney Sweeney has a camp hit on her hands with The Housemaid

<p>A Myanmar protesters residing in Japan shows off the portrait of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi</p>
Southeast Asia

Suu Kyi’s son calls on Myanmar junta to provide proof she is alive

<p>Fifa has responded to the backlash over extortionate World Cup ticket prices</p>
Football

Fifa starts World Cup climbdown after uproar over ticket prices

<p>A doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry has avoided prison time for his role in the Friends’ star’s death</p>
US Crime News

Doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison

<p>A Myanmar protesters residing in Japan shows off the portrait of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi</p>
Southeast Asia

Suu Kyi’s son calls on Myanmar junta to provide proof she is alive

<p>Fifa has responded to the backlash over extortionate World Cup ticket prices</p>
Football

Fifa starts World Cup climbdown after uproar over ticket prices

<p>A doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry has avoided prison time for his role in the Friends’ star’s death</p>
US Crime News

Doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison

<p>The war in Gaza has seen Jihadists such as Isis focus more on Israeli and Jewish targets</p>
in focusWorld

Isis did not disappear – and a new generation has a terrifying warning

<p>The decline of weekend jobs and the impact of lockdown have far-lasting consequences for Generation Z, some of which we are only seeing now</p>
News

What makes a company hire a young person? Here’s what insiders told me

<p>Clarifying their research, experts suggested that some saturated fats may provide health benefits within the context of a balanced diet</p>
Health

Why cutting out butter and cheese may be pointless for millions

Home News

Driving test backlog forces learners to pay up to £500 to resellers

Features

<p>The government made the BMA a last-minute offer on Wednesday </p>
Health

‘Doctors are not self-indulgent’: Readers on NHS strike action

Health

‘Doctors are not self-indulgent’: Readers on NHS strike action

<p>The government made the BMA a last-minute offer on Wednesday </p>
<p>Kerridge’s £195 showstopper: the pastry-wrapped status symbol that sold out faster than you could say ‘cost-of-living crisis’</p>
Features

How a £195 Beef Wellington became Christmas’s most debated dish

<p>Sigourney Weaver in James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’</p>
Reviews

Avatar: Fire and Ash is more of the same – and it’s getting boring

<p>Filmmaker Rob Reiner on the set of ‘When Harry Met Sally’, with his stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan</p>
tribute

Rob Reiner made many of us fall in love with movies

<p>One of the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar</p>
South Asia

Rohingya refugees face food shortages as aid cuts hit Bangladesh camps

<p>One of the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar</p>
South Asia

Rohingya refugees face food shortages as aid cuts hit Bangladesh camps

<p>The round robin letter became notorious for featuring smug updates</p>
Lifestyle

Give me a Christmas round robin over Instagram smugness any day

Features

The 20 best TV shows of 2025, from Adolescence to Celebrity Traitors

Premium

<p>Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was found guilty in Hong Kong of collusion with foreign forces, as well as conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications</p>
Sebastien Lai

My father Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment isn’t justice – Britain must act

Sebastien Lai

My father Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment isn’t justice – Britain must act

<p>Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was found guilty in Hong Kong of collusion with foreign forces, as well as conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications</p>
<p>The British Dental Association says that more than 12 million adults haven’t seen a dentist in more than two years</p>
Health and Wellbeing

Where did all the dentists go? How teeth became biggest class divide

<p>A coffee and a slice of cake used to feel like a modest pleasure. Now it’s quietly become a measure of how expensive everyday life has become.</p>
Features

The era of the £5 coffee is here – and it’s not going away any time soon

<p>‘Quiet quitting’ has been used to describe a situation in which one or both long-term partners have ‘checked out’ of emotional engagement</p>
Lifestyle

A man’s view of quiet quitting a marriage: ‘My wife is an emotional desert’

Tech

Why the words of the year show us the internet is in a death spiral

Tech

Why the words of the year show us the internet is in a death spiral

<p>A new report has found serious failings in maternity care across NHS wards in the UK</p>
Health and Wellbeing

The best places to give birth – and what they can teach us

<p>Alex Hannaford carves out some quality time (and merciless ribbing) with lifelong friends, Matt and Dan</p>
North America

How an outdoor adventure changed my male friendships forever

Bulletin

<p>UK inflation eased more than expected in November</p>
News

UK inflation falls by more than expected

News

UK inflation falls by more than expected

<p>UK inflation eased more than expected in November</p>
<p>A 24-year-old man has been charged with 59 offences</p>
News

Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with 59 offences

<p>President Donald Trump opened the White House Hanukkah celebration by sending ’love and prayers’ to the people of Australia</p>
News

Trump sends ‘love and prayers’ to people of Australia

<p>Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky </p>
News

Why Ukraine has ruled out a ceasefire by Christmas

<p>The UK recorded its sunniest year ever by 15 December</p>
News

The UK has seen its sunniest year on record

<p>The UK recorded its sunniest year ever by 15 December</p>
News

The UK has seen its sunniest year on record

<p>One of the Bondi Beach shooters moved to Australia in 1998</p>
News

Police confirm new details about Bondi Beach gunman

<p>Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum to slowly release nicotine and come in a wide variety of flavours</p>
News

The demographic behind surge in nicotine pouch use

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<p>The BBC has handed Trump a moral and legal stick with which to beat it</p>
The Independent View

Let us all stand up for the BBC against Donald Trump

The Independent View

Let us all stand up for the BBC against Donald Trump

<p>The BBC has handed Trump a moral and legal stick with which to beat it</p>
<p>For the BBC’s squirming to have real meaning, Trump believes, it must be accompanied by dollars, lots of them</p>
Voices

Donald Trump can smell money in his battle with the BBC

<p>An Australian rabbi addresses mourners at a Sydney vigil for victims of the Bondi Beach shootings</p>
Voices

I won’t be intimidated by the Bondi attacks into hiding my Jewishness

<p>‘Treat your workers well and pay them properly and productivity problems start to go away. All of a sudden we’re making up the gap with Germany. Virtue is it’s own reward’</p>
Voices

Why Taylor Swift is the best boss you never had

<p>’Between “superflu”, fake news and fatigue, the hospital is on its knees. And the background hum of industrial action makes it harder still’</p>
Voices

Why I’m striking in the middle of a winter flu crisis

<p>’Between “superflu”, fake news and fatigue, the hospital is on its knees. And the background hum of industrial action makes it harder still’</p>
Voices

Why I’m striking in the middle of a winter flu crisis

<p>Trump has filed a $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC </p>
Home News

‘A self-inflicted situation’: Readers on Trump’s BBC lawsuit

<p>A woman places an Israeli flag over flowers at Sydney’s Bondi Beach following the mass shooting that has claimed 15 lives</p>
Voices

The Bondi shootings are a new chapter in the history of Jew-hatred

Most commented

BBC facing legal bill of millions as it vows to defend $10bn Trump defamation case

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UK unemployment rate rises in latest ONS data - latest

233 comments

Ukraine war live: Moscow’s stark response after Trump says peace ‘closer than ever’

398 comments

Trump sues the BBC for $10bn accusing broadcaster of defamation over Panorama edit

492 comments

Sport

<p>Fernandes is under contract at Old Trafford until 2027, with an option for anther year</p>
Football

Fernandes claims Man Utd wanted him to move to Saudi club

LiveFootball

Fifa crown Dembele and Bonmati as The Best after Ballon d’Or triumphs

<p>Mikel Arteta reacts during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium on December 13, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)</p>
Football

Inside the psychology of the Premier League title race

<p>Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been accused of pricing out disabled fans for next year’s World Cup</p>
Football

Fifa accused of excluding disabled fans from 2026 World Cup

LiveCricket

England take eight wickets but Carey hundred headlines day one

<p>Chelsea have struggled with injuries since the Club World Cup</p>
Football

Chelsea suffered huge spike in injuries after Club World Cup

<p>Ivory Coast are the defending Afcon champions</p>
Football

Premier League club the worst hit by Afcon player departures in Europe

<p>Fans will have to pay more than £5,000 even for the cheapest tickets if they want to watch every England game at next summer’s World Cup</p>
Football

The FA’s move to show it’s not spineless in World Cup ticket crisis

Travel

<p>The three-times-per-week service will bring U.S. travelers directly to one of Africa's most cosmopolitan cities</p>
News & Advice

First nonstop flight between US West Coast and Africa to debut in 2026

News & Advice

First nonstop flight between US West Coast and Africa to debut in 2026

<p>The three-times-per-week service will bring U.S. travelers directly to one of Africa's most cosmopolitan cities</p>
<p>Many people struggle with their emotions when arriving home from a trip – and for some it can be overwhelming</p>
News & Advice

Neurodivergent ‘post-travel come downs’ are real: How to cope

<p>People walk in the hall of the 'Colosseo' new subway station in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025</p>
News & Advice

Tourist hotspot finally gets a subway station beneath famed attraction

<p>Pole position: Heathrow airport is expecting its busiest ever Christmas</p>
News & Advice

The Christmas transport travel chaos to expect this year

<p> In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the contraband into the European Union (State Border Guard Service via AP, File)</p>
News & Advice

Lithuania arrests 21 during investigation into balloon smuggling ring

<p> In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the contraband into the European Union (State Border Guard Service via AP, File)</p>
News & Advice

Lithuania arrests 21 during investigation into balloon smuggling ring

<p>Passengers have plenty of cruise options with new ships from brands such as Disney and Princess</p>
Cruise

Revealed: The ideal cruise ship size, according to passengers

<p>Cheap and cheerful: Simon Calder beside a Polish express train</p>
News & Advice

Why tomorrow is the best day of the year to book Interrail tickets

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News

Heartbreaking tribute from father of youngest Bondi attack victim

News

Heartbreaking tribute from father of youngest Bondi attack victim

Culture

Fans promised ‘something different’ for Strictly Christmas special

News

Why a fake anti-Trump ‘Rob Reiner’ tweet is trending

Culture

Strictly’s Balvinder says she had no chance against Amber in dance off

<p>Lawmakers get into hair-pulling brawl in Mexico City Congress</p>
News

Lawmakers get into hair-pulling brawl in Mexico City Congress

<p>Lawmakers get into hair-pulling brawl in Mexico City Congress</p>
News

Lawmakers get into hair-pulling brawl in Mexico City Congress

News

Statue of Liberty replica collapses after being battered by high winds

<p>Sydney Sweeney at The Housemaid premiere</p>
Culture

Sydney Sweeney channels Marilyn Monroe at premiere of The Housemaid

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<p>The book is released on 9 April 2026 </p>
Fiction Books

I read books for a living – this novel will be everywhere in 2026

Fiction Books

I read books for a living – this novel will be everywhere in 2026

<p>The book is released on 9 April 2026 </p>
<p>Thanks to Prime delivery, the whisky will arrive the next day</p>
Spirits

An expert recommended this £23 whisky – and it’s perfect for gifting

<p>The kitchen accessory comes expert-approved </p>
Kitchen Accessories

This chef-approved meat thermometer is a must for Christmas dinner

<p>My favourites were sturdy, accessible and easy to close – even when nearing full capacity</p>
Travel & outdoors

Best car roof boxes 2025, tried and tested

<p>The second season sees the return of Ella Purnell as survivor Lucy </p>
Television

Fallout season two is here – here’s where to watch

<p>The second season sees the return of Ella Purnell as survivor Lucy </p>
Television

Fallout season two is here – here’s where to watch

<p>The discounts will soon land in-store and online </p>
Boxing Day Sales

Your guide to the M&S Boxing Day 2025 sale

<p>These six books are being adapted for the big and small screen</p>
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These are the book to screen adaptations I’m genuinely excited for

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Donald Trump's 'depraved' post about Rob Reiner's death slammed as 'vile'

Donald Trump's 'depraved' post about Rob Reiner's death slammed as 'vile'

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Explorer becomes first person to walk the length of Saudi Arabia

celebrities

Billie Eilish calls for gun policy reform after weekend of multiple mass shootings

gaming

Tomb Raider: Catalyst - Devs reveal key new game details

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - Devs answer everything you need to know

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - Devs answer everything you need to know

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Tomb Raider: Lara Croft has been totally redesigned for new game - this is why

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Rob Reiner's poignant Charlie Kirk comments resurface following director's death

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