The 'Gypsy King' will be looking to get back to winning ways in 2025 after suffering back-to-back defeats to heavyweight rival Oleksandr Usyk this year

Politics

Khloé Kardashian shared a health update on her daughter True after previously revealing the six-year-old was ill, forcing them to miss the annual Kardashian Christmas Eve party.

Society

New Year is not just about celebrating the start of another year. It's also a time for reflection, new resolutions and resolve, especially when it comes to financial matters.

Economics

As well as the Premier League’s case against Manchester City, Miguel Delaney details the issues hurting a sport bursting at the seams with surprises on the pitch expected

Sport

Emmerdale's local pipped its Manchester rival to the post after the Campaign for Real Ale, published two editions of the Good Beer Guide for 2025, with each featuring one of the pubs on its cover.

Events

The new US president will almost certainly bring unpredictability but several themes will dominate the year ahead. Observer writers offer their guide on what lies ahead in politics, film, fashion, sport and moreThe only thing that can be predicted with absolute certainty about Donald Trump’s second term as US president is that it will be unpredictable. Trump does not really know what he wants to do on a range of issues. He talks a good game, which is how he got re-elected. But he often seems to decide policy on the basis of what the last person he spoke to told him. Is he serious about mobilising the military to carry out mass deportations of “illegal” migrants? Will he use the justice department to hunt down political enemies and media critics? Will he impose sweeping tariffs on foreign imports and trigger a global trade war? Or will he act with greater circumspection, using these threats as bargaining tools? Who knows? He doesn’t yet. Continue reading...

Culture

A series of new laws will come into force on the roads in 2025, which will impact all drivers from when you can take your driving test to how much you'll have to pay in car tax

Transport

Start the New Year off the right way - with lots of lovely leave to look forward to

Politics

Labour has slammed the current "muddled and confusing" system of bin collections and has unveiled new rules, which could be enforced for families from March 2025

Society

Despite warnings from private schools over the impact of the policy, the prime minister is ploughing ahead and will charge 20 per cent VAT on independent school fees from the start of 2025

Economics

A grudge match, a slugfest, and vital title fights – here are the bouts we’re desperate to see

Sport

Timothee Chalamet's next film is already being hailed as one of the must-see movies of 2025, with a star-studded cast and a story that is set to take fans on a wild ride.

Events

We have more influence over our mood than we realise. True, we cannot change the events that unfold on our screens but we can choose to lead our own lives with vibrancy, curiosity and even joy.

Politics

Bite-sized treats that are big on flavour and will see out the year in styleHappy 2025 everyone, and may the New Year bring with it the positive changes we all so yearn for. Personally, I will be embracing change in a big way, because, after seven years, this is my final column for the Guardian’s Feast. From March, I will be writing a new, long-form quarterly column packed with recipes, personal experiences and general observations about the food world, so stay tuned. The Feast community is the most engaged and greedy I know, so thank you! And I hope you welcome the New Year with these party nibbles I have lined up for this weekend. Here’s to new beginnings! Continue reading...

Society

The Mirror rounds up all the key money changes coming your way in 2025, from energy bill and council tax increases, to major updates on stamp duty and National Insurance

Economics

Jamie Carragher has cast his eye over the next 12 months and cited Liverpool's only Premier League challengers, who is likely to land the Ballon d'Or and the Champions League's likely winners

Sport

Love Island star Millie Court has shared a terrifying clip of herself being stung by a jellyfish as she swam in the sea while enjoying a break with her boyfriend Liam Reardon

Events

The ‘Am I Okay?’ singer will be performing in Times Square on December 31

Politics

A raft of new laws are expected to come into force over the next 12 months

Society

All the latest Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A deals and a club-by-club guideWomen’s transfer interactive – all the January deals Continue reading...

Economics

2025 is likely to be another transformative year for Man United in more ways than one.

Sport

The centuries-old Spanish grapes of luck tradition has been commandeered by TikTokers who say eating the 12 grapes a the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve has found them love

Events

Michael van Gerwen also through at Alexandra Palace as Luke Humphries prepares for Peter Wright grudge match

Politics

When David Clarke’s mother died, it took him 10 years to work out what to do with the money she left him. This year, a panel of locals in Liverpool made the decision for himIt was a quiet act of generosity that briefly captured the news agenda: David Clarke, a researcher in Liverpool, made the extraordinary decision to give away the £100,000 he had inherited from his late mother a decade ago. But instead of donating it to one cause, Clarke did something radical. He wrote to 600 addresses in the L8 postcode, where he lives, inviting people to nominate where the money should go.Clarke lost his mother in a cycling accident. “Her death was a devastating shock to me,” he says. “She had a huge social conscience and was interested in the world and how it worked – a lot of my moral framework comes from her. I don’t believe in holding on to inherited wealth, so I spent a long time thinking about what to do with the money.” Clarke wanted to do something that would speak to his mother’s values...

Economics

Micah Richards believes Manchester United will welcome a whole host of new signings to Old Trafford in 2025, while Alan Shearer has pinpointed an impossible task for Ruben Amorim's current players

Sport

Viktor Hovland has suffered a freak toe injury just days before the 2025 PGA Tour season gets underway, with the Norwegian potentially facing a spell on the sidelines

Events

It is already one of the most anticipated movies of 2025, with Timothee Chalamet playing the lead role - and it has been described as the 'Wolf of Wall Street meets Catch Me If You Can'.

Politics

'It's worrying'

Events

A month ago the government told the MEN it would not happen

Politics

The young boy was found inside the leaking ball by a sailor who was on a boat trip with his children off Lazaro Beach in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Christmas Eve

Events

The weather warning is in place from midnight on Monday to 12am on Wednesday January 1 with those affected warned that it could cause significant disruption including flooding and power cuts.

Politics

Gunners enter 2025 missing another key player for a period of months

Events

A travel expert, who works a 9-5 job, has worked out a clever way to use his holiday allowance to get more days off work - and it's all thanks to the calendar in 2025

Politics

Images from the scene showed multiple police cars, ambulances and Cadent vans lining Foxholes Road on Friday evening. Witnesses reported seeing a large emergency services presence in the area.

Events

Rafael Graça do Prado was on a boat trip with his children when he saw the bizarre object floating in the water.

Politics

Louis Price was knifed to death in his home where he lived with his parents in the quiet Staffordshire village of Norton Canes.

Events

Residents were left distraught as emergency services swarmed their quiet street after a 'mum and son' died.

Politics

‘They’ve not even managed to shift the Christmas chocolates yet,’ remarked one customer.

Events

The past 12 months have certainly seen a lot of change when it comes to the careers of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - and with 2025 upon us, one PR expert offers his masterplan on how they can ensure success in the year ahead

Politics

There's no doubt 2024 saw some incredible space feats - including the first private spacewalk - but 2025 could be an even more remarkable year.

Events

The AI recreation of the dead Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, has predicted a rocky year ahead, with global leaders suffering health scares, earthquakes and the rise of a new media mogul

Politics

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns Labour to learn the lessons of Donald Trump’s victory in the US and ensure workers feel better off

Events

Large language models have changed how big corporations function, and the arrival of AI ‘agents’ – essentially automated Moneypennys – could prove irresistibleIf 2024 was the year of large language models (LLMs), then 2025 looks like the year of AI “agents”. These are quasi-intelligent systems that harness LLMs to go beyond their usual tricks of generating plausible text or responding to prompts. The idea is that an agent can be given a high-level – possibly even vague – goal and break it down into a series of actionable steps. Once it “understands” the goal, it can devise a plan to achieve it, much as a human would.OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, recently explained it thus to the Financial Times: “It could be a researcher, a helpful assistant for everyday people, working moms like me. In 2025, we will see the first very successful agents deployed that help people in their day to day.” Or it’s like having a digital assistant “that doesn’t just respond to your instruct...

Politics

Duncan McGregor, 55, was last seen at 2.50pm on Tuesday, December 24.

Events

A dolphin stampede of around 5,000 marine mammals wowed visitors to Dana Point in Southern California on Christmas Eve.

Politics

Louis Price was knifed to death in his home where he lived with his parents in the quiet Staffordshire village of Norton Canes.

Events

Londoners can expect weather to turn after rain and gusts on New Year’s Eve

Politics

Max Verstappen won a fourth consecutive F1 title in 2024 despite Red Bull not being as dominant as they previously were, but worries for his chances in 2025 unless improvements are made

Events

Customers have shared their confusion after spotting Easter eggs on supermarket shelves before New Year's Eve, including at Morrisons, Tesco and Asda

Politics

Actor and activist reflected on her own struggles as she shared an impassioned statement to Instagram

Events

Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, 25 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II stepped off a private barge to arrive at London’s Millennium Dome for its grand opening ceremony. Dressed in a pumpkin-orange coat, she entered the venue with Prince Philip, taking her place alongside Tony and Cherie Blair and 12,000 guests to celebrate the dawn of a new millennium. At the stroke of midnight, Big Ben began to chime and 40 tonnes of fireworks were launched from 16 barges lined along the river. The crowd joined hands, preparing to sing Auld Lang Syne. For a few long moments, the Queen was neglected – she flapped her arms out like a toddler wanting to be lifted up, before Blair and Philip noticed her, took a hand each, and the singing began. A new century was born.One politician who wasn’t in attendance at the glitzy celebration was Paddy Tipping, a Labou...

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New work from Zadie Smith, memoirs from Jacinda Ardern and Bill Gates, plus the third instalment in Rebecca Yarros’s romantasy series - here’s the biggest fiction and nonfiction for the year aheadNonfiction Continue reading...

Events

With just a couple of weeks left until the start of Dancing On Ice 2025 kicks off, professional skater Vanessa Bauer has enjoyed some wintery down-time with her new boyfriend James Rowe

Politics

As New Year's Eve approaches, the public are reminded to be wary of fireworks regulations - with potential fines and even six months in prison for any breaches

Events

President-elect’s agenda and Project 2025 playbook align in stripping Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s licenseOn the campaign trail this year, Donald Trump routinely criticized US media. The president-elect called for CBS to be stripped of its broadcast license after it aired an interview with Kamala Harris, refused to participate in an interview with 60 Minutes and routinely called journalists the “enemy of the people”.But perhaps no American media has attracted as much ire from the president-elect as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – a non-profit corporation created by federal law in 1967 to distribute funding to public media organizations like PBS and NPR. Continue reading...

Politics

Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart line honors winner finishes in the Tasmanian state capital

Events