1 hour ago The household names to turn down gongs from the Queen or King with New Year's honours list due

Being handed an honour by the monarch is widely considered a huge achievement there are plenty of well-known faces who have spurned the advances of Buckingham Palace

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2 h. ago The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman warns fans to expect the unexpected and says new series has so many twists that she screamed

Hosted once again by Claudia, the hit BBC guessing game will be returning to our screens on New Year's Day.

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2 h. ago How to stop yourself procrastinating ever again, by top BBC psychology expert CLAUDIA HAMMOND. Her life

Do you procrastinate? You're not alone: almost everyone does to one degree or another. To use myself as an example, one item appeared on my to-do list for more than two years: writing my will.

Science

2 h. ago VICTORIA MOSS'S fashion verdict: A toxic family drama, the Scottish Widows bride, and how Posh turned a wedding into her own catwalk

VICTORIA MOSS: The white, hooded cloak that swamped Holly Ramsay must have felt like a fabulous idea for a winter wedding, yet it looked more Scottish Widows than luxury cover up.

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3 h. ago Suspected Covid fraudsters given 48 hours to repay owed cash

The government is warning a voluntary window to return any money owed to taxpayers claimed through pandemic-era schemes closes shortly before midnight on December 31

Economics

3 h. ago Air fare price warnings mount as regional airports set for rocketing tax bills

Regional airports are among those facing the steepest increases in business rates in the UK amid an overhaul of the way the tax is calculated.

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3 h. ago My family and I will face ‘personal pain’ in toxic election campaign – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said he is certain his loyalty, his ‘identity’ and his ‘belonging and commitment to Scotland’ will be questioned.

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4 h. ago Trump warns clash over territory could jeopardise Ukraine peace deal following Zelensky meeting

US president Donald Trump has described his meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida as “terrific” and said they covered “95 per cent” of the peace plan on Sunday, 28 December.

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4 h. ago Gogglebox star receives support after spending Christmas away from new boyfriend

The Channel 4 star Izzie Warner has paid tribute to her boyfriend Toby Joyce as they spent Christmas Day apart

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5 h. ago Holly and Tana Ramsay make nod to firm family bond with sweet detail at wedding

Holly Ramsey and mum Tana Ramsay shared a sweet wedding detail as Holly tied the knot with Adam Peaty at Bath Abbey in front of a star-studded guest list on Saturday

Society

5 h. ago Welsh weather forecaster Derek Brockway warns of 'risk of snow and ice'

An Arctic plunge is expected

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6 h. ago Brit holiday hotspot hit by deadly floods as rare 'red weather alert' issued

Torrential downpours have turned roads into rivers in a number of popular Spanish holiday hotspots, including Malaga, Marbella and Valencia, with tourists warned to 'stay away'

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6 h. ago Safety warning issued after 'serious incidents' along UK coast

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is warning the public to be cautious over the coming days as big waves and strong rip currents are expected along the coastline

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7 h. ago Market forces, not militancy, are pushing teachers towards strikes

Editorial: Warnings of possible industrial action by teachers next year during a worsening pay and retention crisis is about supply and demand and conditions – the government should be paying attention

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7 h. ago Wilfried Nancy's huge Celtic understatement as glaring stat lays bare unpredictability of chaotic Hoops

Who knows how this chaotic brand of football will play out when Nancy gets his first taste of Old Firm mayhem this weekend

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7 h. ago Luke Littler reveals what family bought him for Christmas & fires terrifying warning to rivals for £1m Ally Pally payday

THE “Luke Littler Effect” has once again hit Ally Pally – yet this time the man himself wants to become a darting Invincible. Littler’s sixteenth game at the World Darts Championship saw him post a tournament personal-best average of 107.09 as he smashed Austrian slowcoach Mensur Suljovic 4-0 in 25 minutes on Saturday night. You...

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9 h. ago Malaga floods: Missing man found dead after red Costa del Sol weather warning

Red weather alerts were issued in Spain this week as flooding hit the Costa del Sol - one man has now tragically died as authorities search for more who are missinng

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9 h. ago Bernie Sanders calls for pause in AI development: ‘What are they gonna do when people have no jobs?’

Senator’s warnings come as Trump renews calls to ban states from regulating AI

Politics

10 h. ago US strikes on Nigeria and Syria are ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS, Republican says

House armed services committee’s Mike Turner denied that military strikes showed new Trump approach to US forcesUS warns of more Nigeria strikes as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing operations’A senior Republican on the US House armed services committee has said that the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism that have existed across Donald Trump’s two presidential terms.Mike Turner, an Ohio congressman, said on Sunday that the strikes are a “continuation of our conflict with [the Islamic State]”. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The Guardian view on the new space race: humanity risks exporting its old politics to the moon | Editorial

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look skyward, where a new lunar contest mirrors humanity’s struggle to live within planetary limitsDuring the cold war’s space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the need to prove American superiority. Having made that political and technological point with the 1969 moon landing, the contest between Moscow and Washington petered out. A new dash across the skies kicks off in 2026, reigniting geopolitical competition under the guise of “peaceful exploration”. The moon’s south pole is emerging as the most valuable real estate in the solar system, offering “peaks of eternal light” for solar arrays and ice deposits in craters shielded from the sun.The US and a China-led bloc are eyeing the lunar surface and its potential to control a post-terrestrial economy. Space had been humanity’s last commons, supposedly shielded by the 1967 UN outer space treaty that bans state ...

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