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Forecasters say 2025 ‘more likely than not’ to be UK’s hottest year on record

Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet intervene

The Guardian - UK

‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade

Ireland’s 2015 Gender Recognition Act was born in an era of optimism and consensus, but as gender-critical activism grows so does debate whether it can hold

The Guardian - UK

UK Man, Philip Young, Compared to French Abuser Who Drugged His Wife and Let Other Men Assault Her

Philip Young and five others face 60+ charges in a Swindon abuse case, drawing comparisons to France's Pelicot trial.

International Business Times UK

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UK on track for record-breaking warmest year

A cold spell between Christmas and New Year could make it a close call, but 2025 rivals 2022 in being the warmest year on record

The Independent UK

UK-backed project turning Kenya tea waste into clean energy and fertiliser

The so-called ‘Green Tea’ project aims to support producers in the east African nation, which supplies around half of the tea drunk in Britain.

Evening Standard

UK on track for warmest year on record, Met Office says

So far the mean annual temperature is tracking at 10.05C.

Evening Standard

Former mineworkers celebrate ‘historic’ £100-a-week UK pensions boost

Scheme members will also receive lump sums averaging £5,500 after government hands over £2.3bn reserve

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms

Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal

The Guardian - UK

Call of Duty creator Vince Zampella dies in Ferrari crash aged 55

Zampella was one of the cofounders of pioneering games studio Infinity Ward

The Independent UK

"Quite simply, one of the very best British bands of the past three decades." Every Biffy Clyro album ranked from worst to best

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Louder

Chris Rea obituary

Singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his enduring hit Driving Home for Christmas

The Guardian - UK

Labour calls to rejoin EU customs union will become harder for Starmer to resist

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: Protect what’s left of the UK’s funding to end the Aids pandemic

Dear Prime Minister,

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged to protect HIV funding for once-in-a-generation opportunity to end Aids

Coalition of charities and MPs have signed a letter from Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, appealing to the prime minister to grasp the chance to ‘make Aids history’

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Injectable vitamins sold on Etsy containing illegal substances

Which? found items for sale with active ingredients that are illegal to sell without a prescription in the UK

Evening Standard

Gold glows but blue chips struggle in quiet trading

The FTSE 100 index closed down 31.45 points, 0.3%, at 9,865.97.

International Business Times UK

Ellen DeGeneres To Remain In The Cotswolds Despite Earlier Reports Suggesting A UK Departure Over Gloomy Weather

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi appear poised to remain in the Cotswolds for Christmas, with festive social media posts hinting that the couple have shelved plans to return to the US for the holidays.

The Guardian - UK

Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t

It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Evening Standard

London leader speaks out after Labour councillor fined £40k for hiring illegal worker

Hounslow councillor Hina Mir employed a nanny in her west London home who had no right to work in the UK

The Independent UK

Fury as bans on hunting trophies and foie gras absent from Labour’s animal-welfare shake-up

‘Loopholes’ in strategy mean imports of hunting trophies, real fur and foie gras will remain legal

The Independent UK

Why drivers could be paying more for fuel than they should

The UK’s competition watchdog said fuel profit margins were ‘persistently high’ with no explanation

The Guardian - UK

UK drivers being overcharged as fuel prices fail to track oil market, watchdog finds

CMA rejects retailers’ claims on operating costs, saying weak competition is not passing on lower wholesale prices

Evening Standard

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays UK files to appoint administrators

Liberty Bar and Restaurant Group, which runs TGI Fridays’ UK operations, filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators on December 19.

The Independent UK

TGI Fridays jobs at risk as UK operator files for administration

It is understood to be a strategic effort to gain additional time for a rescue deal

Euronews

‘Year of the octopus’: How climate change is pushing the sea’s smartest creature into new territory

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

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