55 m. ago Full list of New Year's Eve events cancelled in major cities over safety fears

New Year's Eve celebrations are being scrapped around the world due to various safety concerns, from crowd crushes to natural disasters, with major cities including Sydney, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong affected.

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69 m. ago Netflix fixes 'obvious' Stranger Things error after fans point out mistake

Stranger Things is almost over with just the finale left to drop on Netflix.

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86 m. ago Boots shoppers snap up 'showstopper' £68 beauty box for just £16 in sale

Each product found inside the 'showstopper' beauty box works out to cost £3.20 apiece

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2 h. ago Mamdani to be sworn in as New York mayor in abandoned subway station

Mamdani to take oath of office on New Year’s Eve in Gilded Age subway station beneath city hallWhile tens of thousands of New Yorkers will be in Times Square for countdown to 2026, the city’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has said he will be sworn into office in an underground midnight private ceremony at an abandoned subway station built during the Gilded Age.Mamdani, 34, plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall which acts as turnaround for the local 5 train. The unusual choice of venue for the ceremony, Mamdani said, is symbolically resonant of the “inauguration of a new era”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Roses in the rain? New Year's Day parade in Pasadena gets wet forecast. Bundle up for NYC ball drop

For the first time in 20 years, rain is expected to intrude on the Rose Parade in Southern California

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2 h. ago 'Epic' Netflix films coming in 2026 include must watch sequels and reboots

Netflix is set to release a number of huge titles in 2026 including a number of long awaited movies

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2 h. ago Moment suspect 'dragged away' by police as five attacked with crowbar at hospital

Footage shows the man being escorted into a van by four officers as members of the public watch on

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2 h. ago Judge blocks White House's attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid

A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Events

2 h. ago The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump’s forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost | Editorial

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today, how US foreign policy has dramatically – and alarmingly – turned towards Latin America and the CaribbeanDonald Trump is not generally noted as a student of history. Yet over the past year, his decisive reorientation of US foreign policy towards the Americas has revived a playbook dating back two centuries, to the fifth president, James Monroe. Now the 47th is doubling down. An anti-interventionist is having second thoughts. Remarks that sounded at first like bad jokes or random outbursts from the presidential id have become more sinister through repetition or accompanying actions. Only a fool would take all of Mr Trump’s comments literally – but they should certainly be taken seriously.He has refused to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and repeatedly floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. He threatened to seize the Panama canal. He has imposed swing...

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2 h. ago DWP Cold Weather Payments triggered in 18 England postcode areas as

It comes as temperatures are set to drop to -5C in the coming days

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3 h. ago Stranger Things star talks 'cut scenes' as Netflix fans demand 'unseen footage'

Stranger Things season five is almost over with just one more episode left to drop on Netflix.

Culture

4 h. ago Manchester United vs Wolves LIVE: Early team news plus how to watch and kick off time

Manchester United face Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford in their final Premier League game of 2025 tonight.

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4 h. ago Five charts that explain the global economic outlook for 2026

Inflation is predicted to cool but uncertainty over AI-driven growth and trade policy poses risks in the year aheadThe global economy proved to be more resilient in 2025 than had been feared, despite severe headwinds that ranged from Donald Trump’s trade war to geopolitical tensions and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.Entering the new year, the hope is that the worst of the recent inflation shock has passed, as the world’s most powerful central banks lower interest rates. However, the pre-Covid age of rock-bottom borrowing costs is a distant memory, global growth is slowing and conditions remain fragile. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago More musicians drop out of Kennedy Center shows after Trump name change

The Cookers on Monday pulled out of a New Year’s Eve jazz gig at the controversially renamed ‘Trump-Kennedy’ centerA second jazz band has pulled out of performing at the controversially renamed “Trump-Kennedy” center in Washington DC, giving just two days notice before their New Year’s Eve gig was set to take place.The Cookers, described as a Grammy-nominated, all-star septet of legendary post-bop jazz musicians, have not given an explicit reason for their decision but in a statement posted on their website said: “Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Netflix fans have just days left to watch Steven Spielberg classic

The iconic film is leaving Netflix on January 2, and fans are urging viewers to watch before it's too late

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4 h. ago From bologna to a pickle – here are the most bizarre New Year’s Eve drops in the US

The widespread tradition traces its origins back to 1907, when a 1.5-metre diameter ball first descended in Times Square

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4 h. ago Here’s how much it costs to watch New York City’s NYE ball drop like a VIP

‘If you have a ticket to [a] New York party on New Year's Eve, you have guaranteed predictability or at least as close as you can get to predictable in NYC,’ one expert said

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5 h. ago George and Amal Clooney quit the US for good and become French citizens

George and Amal Clooney have been married since 2014 and in 2021 bought a stunning house in Provence, France which is where they could move to

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5 h. ago Radio 2's Zoe Ball unveils intimate details of her 'sexy' new lover

Radio host Zoe Ball is said to have moved her new partner into her home just weeks ago and refers to her boyfriend as 'the lodger'

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5 h. ago Ryanair launches flash sale with £25 flights to 21C Canary Islands this January

Desperate to escape the big chill this January? It doesn't have to cost a fortune. Ryanair is offering a number of cheap flights to the Canary Islands in the next few weeks, where holidaymakers can bask in 21C weather

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