1 hour ago China probes personal disputes after mass killings. Many fear further infringement on freedoms

China’s leader Xi Jinping wants the recent spree of mass killings that shocked the country not to happen again

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3 hours ago Boxing Day Test 2024: Australia vs India fourth men’s cricket Test, day two – live updates

Updates from the Boxing Day Test at the MCGStart time in Melbourne is 10.30am AEDTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email 89th over: Australia 324-6 (Smith 74, Cummins 16) Now the key battle of the morning: Steve Smith v Jasprit Bumrah. India’s master quick yesterday added 3-75 to his 21 wickets for the series. Smith has taken guard two inches outside leg stump to allow his now-customary stride across the pegs. He watches the first four warily, then flinches at the last with a half-shot, edging along the ground and through slips for four.88th over: Australia 320-6 (Smith 70, Cummins 15) Akash Deep will bowl the second over, probably to allow Bumrah to charge in from his preferred end. Deep went to stumps with 1-59 from his 19 wickets and he starts with a maiden today. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Homeless shelters and food banks to get better access to leftover food on farms

Homeless shelters, food banks and charities will receive leftover food from farms after ministers announced a £15million funding boost to help with collections

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3 hours ago Richard Parsons, prominent Black executive who led Time Warner and Citigroup, dies at 76

Richard Parsons, one of corporate America’s most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, has died

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4 hours ago Union accused of woke 'language policing' after banning pharmacists from referring to patients who faint as suffering from 'blackouts'

In what critics are calling woke 'language policing', a union has given staff a list of terms to avoid due to their 'racial undertones'.

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4 hours ago Size of state on track to hit New Labour levels: Civil Service now employs more than 5,000 workers

There are now 513,000 full-time civil servants, up 121,000 on 2015 levels.

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4 hours ago Call the Midwife fans predict Roger Noble's true identity as they fear for dark twist

Call The Midwife fans are convinced that newcomer Roger Noble has a dark secret after he began a romance with Nurse Nancy Corrigan.

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5 hours ago Superman, Mario and a banana walk into a bar, and the barman doesn't say anything because this is Wigan

"I wouldn't be going anywhere else. I wouldn't go to Manchester"

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7 hours ago Mother livid at 'low life' Joe Biden for commuting sentence of her daughter's killer who shot her in cold

Katie Skeen, 36, and Donna Major, 59, were killed by an armed robber while they were working at a bank. But President Joe Biden's pardon of death row inmates includes their killer Brandon Council.

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9 hours ago Nosferatu director reveals ‘demented’ final moment he cut for being too ‘comical’

The vampire horror from Robert Eggers has been a box office hit over the Christmas period

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9 hours ago Full list of all the 2025 Bank Holidays, and how to turn 25 days of annual leave into 55 days off

Here's everything you need to know about bank holidays in 2025

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9 hours ago The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made | Editorial

Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at the crisis in western democracy, Donald Trump’s victory and the role played by digital mediaIn November 2020, shortly after Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential election, Barack Obama observed that America risked entering “an epistemological crisis”. The prospect of Mr Trump’s return to the White House in January validates his predecessor’s premonition.Mr Obama was talking about media fragmentation and polarisation: different segments of society existing in discrete information spaces; arguments no longer drawn from a common reservoir of facts; no shared reality, no foundation of truth. “Then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work,” he said. “And by definition our democracy doesn’t work.” Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Ministers pledge £15m towards tackling food waste and feeding communities

The initiative, expected to save as many as 60 million meals, comes amid a long term increase in the use of food banks in the UK

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9 hours ago Nathan Aspinall explains why big darts names are rockstars and it's down to one man

Aspinall compares the current crop to the snooker stars of the 1980s that hung out with bands such as Guns n Roses

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10 hours ago Liverpool vs Leicester LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Table-topping Reds close Boxing Day slate against struggling Foxes at Anfield

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10 hours ago Superstar horse Constitution Hill makes brilliant return after year off as Banbridge wins King George VI Chase

Nico de Boinville guided Constitution Hill to glory in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park

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11 hours ago Beyoncé enrages Netflix viewers with controversial hand gesture banned by the NFL during half

The R&B superstar entertained fans at the NRG Stadium in her home state of Texas , where local side Houston Texans played Baltimore Ravens.

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12 hours ago Mourners place candles on the beach at Boxing Day tsunami memorial 20 years after deadly giant wave swept Indian Ocean and killed 230,000

At one particularly large site in Thailand's southern fishing town of Ban Nam Khem, a large illuminated sign read '20 Tsunami' was surrounded by flames after huge numbers of people flocked to pay homage

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12 hours ago Beauty buys to spend your vouchers on this Boxing Day as the sales kick off

If you're looking to get the most bang for your buck this Boxing Day, we're here to help. We've rounded up the best beauty buys to spend your vouchers on...

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12 hours ago Wolves vs Manchester United LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Ruben Amorim’s side desperately need victory after Bournemouth defeat

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