35 h. ago Final Royal Mail and Evri deadlines for December 2025 card and parcel deliveries

Dates are fast approaching for people needing to send cards and gifts

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38 h. ago Scots schoolboy diagnosed with rare brain tumour celebrates Christmas cancer

Mason Mackenzie, nine, from Elphinstone in East Lothian, was diagnosed with choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC), a rare and fast-growing brain cancer, last year.

Culture

3 d. ago Tesla privately warned UK that weakening EV rules would hit sales

Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker also called for support for the secondhand market, documents revealBusiness live – latest updatesTesla privately warned the UK government that weakening electric vehicle rules would hit battery car sales and risk the country missing its carbon dioxide targets, according to newly revealed documents.The US electric carmaker, run by Elon Musk, also called for “support for the used-car market”, according to submissions to a government consultation earlier this year obtained by the Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Prime Minister review – portrait of Jacinda Ardern shows a fully human being in charge for once

Documentary about New Zealand’s former leader records a shrewd but likable premier who did without the usual politician’s defencesNew Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern emerges from this documentary portrait the way she did when she was in power from 2017 to 2023 as a human being. More than any politician anywhere in the world in my adult lifetime, she looked like an actual member of the human race who was catapulted to office too fast to have acquired the defensive carapace of the professional politician. She was vulnerable and scrutable and likable in ways utterly alien to everyone else.Obviously this sympathetic film has been edited in such a way as to omit most of the hard business of internal politics and to foreground this humanity, although there is one fascinating moment at the very end when her partner Clarke Gayford gently asks if she might be doing too much; with a tiny flash of temper she asks if he is telling her to “delegate”. Gayford got his Denis Thatcher...

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7 d. ago Fast care after head injury can dramatically cut risk of developing dementia

Studies have long warned that concussions raise the risk of suffering neurodegenerative conditions - but now experts say this danger can be mitigated.

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1 week ago Verstappen back in F1 title race after Norris and Piastri disqualification follows his Las Vegas win

Max Verstappen now only 24 points behind Lando NorrisSkid blocks on McLaren pair’s cars worn down too farMax Verstappen swept to victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in dominant fashion, enough as he crossed the line to keep him just clinging on to hopes of retaining the world championship. But more than four hours after the race had concluded, the Dutchman found himself catapulted right back into the fight as the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were disqualified.Norris had finished second and Piastri fourth, solid enough results to maintain an advantage over Verstappen, but two hours after the race the FIA announced it was investigating the wear on the skid blocks on their cars. They were found to be worn down beyond the limits of the regulations, leading to a double disqualification, as the rules around skid wear, which ensures the cars run at the prescribed height, are hard and fast and there are almost no mitigating circumstances. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Horror in Stafford McDonald's as man dies in 'medical emergency' as 10 police cars swarm

Ten police cars and two ambulances rushed to the fast food restaurant at Stafford Trade Centre where a diner was having a 'medical episode' - he was later pronounced dead

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2 w. ago Huge police presence at McDonald's as customers 'being turned away'

Eye-witnesses say they have seen at least 10 police cars and two ambulances at the fast food restaurant tonight

Economics

2 w. ago Pep Guardiola's worst nightmare could become his Man City salvation

Manchester City resume their domestic campaign this week and the fixtures come thick and fast across the Premier League, Champions League, Carabao Cup and FA Cup

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3 w. ago Cynthia Erivo fans praise 'hero' Wicked star for rescuing Ariana Grande from red carpet ambush as her lightning fast reaction earns a flood of memes and comparison to Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard

The actresses are currently engaged in a world tour on behalf of their new film Wicked: For Good, the second of three planned prequels to The Wizard Of Oz.

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3 w. ago Cynthia Erivo fans praise 'hero' Wicked star for rescuing Ariane Grande from red carpet ambush as her lightning fast reaction earns a flood of memes and comparison to Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard

The actresses are currently engaged in a world tour on behalf of their new film Wicked: For Good, the second of three planned prequels to The Wizard Of Oz.

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3 w. ago Dinos, diggers and fast cars – the toys tipped to be best sellers this Christmas

The DreamToys list features the toys, games and gadgets predicted to be most in demand this festive season. By Lisa Salmon.

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3 w. ago Pigs, witches and fast cars – the toys tipped to be best sellers this Christmas

The DreamToys list is released as industry data revealed the UK toy market grew by 6% in value this year, the largest increase since 2020.

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3 w. ago Peppa Pig, Wicked and Formula 1 among the toys predicted to be best

These popular items are among the 15 toys to feature on the 2025 DreamToys list

Politics

3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: battle for Pokrovsk ‘raging on’ as Russia claims advance on town to east

Kyiv says Moscow’s forces carrying out ‘fast manoeuvres’ in push for key city, while sides give conflicting reports of combat around Myrnohrad. What we know on day 1,357See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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