4 d. ago Tess Daly and Vernon Kay's family announcement after Strictly Come Dancing exit

Tess Daly hosted Strictly Come Dancing for over two decades but chose to leave alongside her co-host Claudia Winkleman at the end of 2025's series, with their final show airing on Christmas Day

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5 d. ago Six money tips to help people struggling with debt or repayments this month

Money Wellness recorded a 29 per cent increase in people contacting them for help with managing debts between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

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6 d. ago Online property searches hit new record on Boxing Day with London and South East movers most active

New buyer and seller activity on Boxing Day in 2025 was busiest in the South East, East of England and London, the website said

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6 d. ago Rightmove records busiest ever Boxing Day as home hunters prepare for 2026 moves

New buyer and seller activity on Boxing Day in 2025 was busiest in the South East, East of England and London, the website said.

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7 d. ago The busiest day for cash withdrawals in 2025 – and it wasn’t Christmas Eve

New figures from Link ATMs show that cash withdrawals are still in decline

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7 d. ago ATM network Link reveals busiest day for cash machine withdrawals in 2025

Cash remains an ‘essential and resilient payment choice’ for many people, Link said.

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9 d. ago ‘This is where it all started’: Nina Simone’s childhood home gets long

North Carolina home preserved to commemorate legendary musician and civil rights activist, and to serve as arts hubIt was a surreal experience for Dr Samuel Waymon, Nina Simone’s youngest sibling, to walk back into the renovated childhood home that he once shared with the singer and civil rights activist. On that day in the fall of 2025, Waymon, an 81-year-old award-winning composer, said that memories flooded back of him playing organ in the house and cooking on the potbelly stove with his mother as a child in Tryon, North Carolina. He was overjoyed to see the large tree from his youth still standing in the yard. Simone, born Eunice Waymon, lived in the 650 sq ft, three-room home with her family from 1933 to 1937.After sitting vacant and severely decayed for more than two decades, the recently restored home is now painted white, with elements of its former self sprinkled throughout the interior. On the freshly painted mint-blue wall hangs a shadow box that encases the rust brown va...

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1 week ago Olivia Attwood shares emotional birthday message to husband Bradley Dack after solo Christmas Day and ‘garbage’ 2025

OLIVIA Attwood has shared an emotional birthday message for husband Bradley Dack after her solo Christmas Day. The TV star, 34, posted a picture of footballer Brad snoozing and curled up with their adorable dog Stitch. The Bad Boyfriends presenter was full of praise for her beau after their marriage came under scrutiny in recent...

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1 week ago Drinkers planning a Dry January are begged to reconsider as figures show pubs closing every day

An average of one pub closed every day in 2025, with almost 2,000 shutting permanently over the past five years, new data reveals.

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1 week ago The perfect day for parents: how to keep kids healthy and happy – without neglecting yourself

Having a routine but not overplanning, getting them involved with chores and making sure you have time just for you can all help you stop being overwhelmed• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxMy four-year-old is in the living room playing with a dinosaur, a pig and Jessie the cowgirl from Toy Story. I’m trying to cook dinner. “Mama, mama, pllleeease can you play with me?” I hear a pot lid rattle. The broccoli is starting to smell burned; I dash back to the kitchen. “Help! Quickly come! I’m falling!” I rush through. She’s dangling from the sofa pretending to fall off the side of a volcano. “HEEELP!” The broccoli is definitely burning. And there goes the door. “Muuuuuum, I need a poo!”This wild ride of five minutes is one most parents will recognise. Getting through the day is to feel like you’re being pulled in a solar system’s worth of directions, and by turns defeated, happier than you’ve ever felt before, like a husk, in control and like you’re careening of...

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1 week ago New Year’s Day briefing: Guardiola reflects on 2025, Neville criticises Man Utd

Kylian Mbappe faces a spell on the sidelines, while former Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos said he is on the road to recovery after heart surgery.

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1 week ago Manchester City welcome Rodri back with Guardiola ‘prouder than ever’ of 2025 efforts

Manager praises his team’s turnaround in past 12 monthsJanuary arrivals also hailed for making a key differencePep Guardiola has praised Manchester City for turning their form around to become the best-performing Premier League team in 2025 and warned rivals they will improve once Rodri returns to full fitness.Despite a rare trophyless season, City go to Sunderland on New Year’s Day with 2025’s best points-per-game ratio, narrowly ahead of Arsenal, who played two more league matches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Billy Loughnane breaks 21st century record for most wins in a calendar year

The 19-year-old had to wait until the final day of 2025 to set the new landmark, riding his 222nd victory at Lingfield to overtake Kieren Fallon

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1 week ago One pub a day closed permanently in England and Wales in 2025

Data shows 366 pubs have been demolished or converted for other uses this year as cost pressures take toll on sectorOne pub a day disappeared for good in England and Wales during 2025 as sustained cost pressures continued to weigh heavily on the sector.Analysis of government statistics shows that 366 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses over the year to December. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man Utd news: Scott McTominay return details as new signing confirmed

The latest news from Manchester United on the last day of 2025, with some big transfer news to welcome in the new year

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2 w. ago The perfect lunch break: how to get away from your desk – and seize the day

There might not be time for a full exercise class, but what about a short, brisk walk? Here is how to introduce the small, helpful habits that suit you• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxMy quest for the ideal lunch break is definitely a triumph of hope over experience. From inventing endless super-soups that might banish the mid-afternoon snack attack, to wildly optimistic lunchtime to-do lists, I have tried and failed countless times. The executive coach Zoe Thomson is not surprised. “One of the biggest things for people is they overestimate how much time and energy they are going to have in their lunch hour,” says Thomson, who previously had a 20-year career with the Avon and Somerset police. “And they underestimate how much time and energy they might need to achieve it.”I tell her that this has been the flaw with most of my doomed lunchtime masterplans. “The problem is, unpredictable things happen. Say you plan to do a 45-minute spin class in a 60-minute...

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2 w. ago Tributes after death of 'hero and legend' mountain rescue team stalwart

Geoff Seddon was involved in the response to flooding in Stockport and Didsbury on New Year's Day 2025, rescuing hundreds

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2 w. ago The perfect working day: how to get everything done – without getting stressed

From writing lists to taking a walk, it can be possible to gain clarity and perspective, even when faced with the most daunting tasks• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inbox“Perfection,” the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once wrote, “is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” The Little Prince author was talking about elegance in design, but it’s not a bad principle to apply to having a productive day. Rather than thinking about how many things you can cram in, perhaps it’s better to ponder how few you really need to do, and focus on doing them really well.Where do you start? With a list, obviously. To the chronically overstressed, taking the time to handwrite all the stuff you already know you need to do can feel like a waste of time, but it’s always worth the effort. “You can’t prioritise tasks if you feel overwhelmed,” says Graham Allcott, the author of How to Be a Productivity Ninja, “but you ca...

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2 w. ago Adelaide heatwave and a giant horse: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Ashes inspiration, overpreparation and bold tactics: a history of Australia v England two

The old rivals have clashed in eight of the 27 Tests to finish inside two days – these are the tales behind the six matches played before the current seriesTo put in context the surprise that greeted the two-day Boxing Day Test just gone, consider the rarity by arithmetic. The match in Melbourne was Test number 2,615, and was two-day Test number 27. You don’t need a calculator to see that’s roughly 1%. And yet we’ve had two such matches in the current Ashes series, plus another in Australia three years earlier. We’ve had half a dozen two-day Tests worldwide since 2021. What gives?Nine two-day Tests – fully one-third of the total – happened in the 1800s, when pitches could become swamps or shooting galleries. The next few mostly involved weak teams in their early years of development. Australia and England each dished one out to South Africa in the tri-series of 1912, and the South African team was little stronger when ripped up by Clarrie Grimmett and Bill O’Reilly in 1936. Australi...

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