54 m. ago 'Urgent' NHS medical care access available on New Year's Day as GP practices shut

Your local GP surgery may be closed on New Year's Day, but many NHS services are still accessible

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63 m. ago Brits urged against treating one January challenge like a 'crash diet' in 2026

A doctor warns that treating Dry January like a crash diet provides little long-term health benefit

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66 m. ago Australian man reportedly killed fighting with Ukrainian forces against Russia

Australia’s foreign affairs department seeking to verify reported death of Russell Allan Wilson on 12 DecemberGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe department of foreign affairs is trying to confirm the death of an Australian man who was reportedly killed while fighting with Ukrainian forces against Russia last month.According to multiple posts on social media, Russell Allan Wilson was killed on 12 December in the Donetsk region. The ABC reported that a friend of Wilson said he was killed during his final mission, and had been due to be married the week after his death. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones

The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took placeVery few of us find fame quite as late, or quite as brutally, as Cecilia Giménez did in the summer of 2012. The Spanish amateur artist was already 81 when her efforts to restore a decent, if unremarkable, fresco of the scourged Christ brought her a renown that almost destroyed her.Almost overnight, Giménez, who died on Monday at the age of 94, was stripped of her quiet existence in the north-eastern Spanish town of Borja, and recast as the well-meaning and unwitting creator of what would become known around the English-speaking world as Monkey Christ. In Spain, the meme phenomenon was dubbed Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey), a play on the painting’s Latin title Ecce Homo (Behold the Man).Sam Jones is Madrid correspondent for the Guardian Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Terminally ill dad reunited with family for 'last Christmas' has marriage hopes dashed

DJ Adrian O’Grady, 42, was told he was suffering from stage four colon cancer earlier this month after having to fly to Glasgow without his fiancée Yanti, 39, and four-year-old daughter, Chloe, who live in Bali.

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99 m. ago 'Snow bomb' that left drivers trapped in cars on M8 made worse by 'poor leadership'

SNP transport secretary Stewart Stevenson was forced to resign in the wake of the snowstorm that brought central Scotland to a standstill.

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2 h. ago When does the 2026 January transfer window open? Deadline day and time it closes

Everything you need to know about the January 2026 transfer window, including opening dates, Deadline Day and key registration rules for clubs

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3 h. ago Anthony Joshua discharged from hospital after car crash killed two close friends

Boxer Anthony Joshua has been discharged from a Nigerian hospital after a fatal car crash that killed two of his close friends near Lagos

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3 h. ago Irish tourist drowns at Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays on New Year's Eve

An Irish tourist has died in a horror drowning in the Whitsundays.

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4 h. ago January transfer window 2026: When does it open, time it closes and deadline day details

The January transfer window is upon us with many clubs across the country and overseas already making moves for some new signings

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4 h. ago M6 Lancashire police incident LIVE: Busy motorway closed with 'no estimated time for reopening'

Emergency services are currently in attendance and diversions have been put in place - National Highways says there is 'no estimated time for reopening' due to the nature of the incident

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4 h. ago M6 Lancashire police incident LIVE: Police also close M55 due to serious 'incident'

Emergency services are currently in attendance and diversions have been put in place - National Highways says there is 'no estimated time for reopening' due to the nature of the incident

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4 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It was the year Labour's manifesto was exposed as a tissue of lies. In any other walk of life, the fraud squad would be banging down doors

In legal terminology, a false prospectus is a document containing untrue or misleading information intended to gull people into investing in a dubious venture.

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4 h. ago The next generation of supersheds are coming: Get ready for even bigger warehouses blighting families' views across the UK

Largely built to accommodate the irrepressible rise of online shopping, these structures are snapped up by large companies so consumers can get the latest products to their door in record time.

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4 h. ago US strikes three more narco boats as 3 people killed and others leap overboard to escape

TRUMP's military has struck three more alleged narco-boats, killing at least three people, while others jumped overboard. The boats were seen travelling in close proximity to each other in a video posted to social media. According to the military, the boats were in a convoy, travelling along a well known narco-trafficking route, and "had transferred...

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5 h. ago Police set to stop search for parents after THREE of their babies were abandoned in plastic bags on London's streets as the trail goes cold

For years detectives have desperately tried to trace their mother after DNA tests revealed that incredibly all three babies abandoned on London's streets were siblings.

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5 h. ago Anthony Joshua released from hospital in Nigeria after car crash

Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele died after the vehicle they were travelling in alongside Joshua struck a stationary truck near Lagos.

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5 h. ago Anthony Joshua discharged from hospital in Nigeria after car crash

British boxer is released on New Year’s Eve in IkejaJoshua can ‘recuperate at home’ after treatmentThe British boxer Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, Nigerian authorities said on Wednesday night. The two-time former heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist was involved in a car accident near Lagos on Monday which killed two of his close associates and team members.The 36-year-old had been under observation while recovering from minor injuries, his promoter had said on Monday. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Stranger Things to draw to a close with highly anticipated final episode

The episode will be released at 1am in the UK.

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6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour of reopening old Brexit wounds to shore up its core vote after senior ministers urge closer relationship with Europe

The Tory leader said growing calls by some ministers for the UK to rejoin the European customs union showed the Government has no plan or new ideas.

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