17 h. ago It's a been a bumper year for biographies and memoirs: here Ysenda Maxtone Graham has picked out the best ones of 2025

Dive into the lives and loves of some of the world's most eminent people through the best memoirs and biographies of the year

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19 h. ago Grinch card is pulled from Sainsbury's shelves after being identified as 'invalidating the lived experiences of trans people'

The card depicted the Dr Seuss character, The Grinch, alongside the caption: 'This Christmas, I'm identifying as a Grinch.'

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24 h. ago How many big names have paid the price for being linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Fewer than you might think | Emma Brockes

Remarkably, most of the men connected to the convicted sex offender have barely experienced any fallout. That says as much as the scandal itselfA couple of weeks ago, the annual DealBook Summit got under way in New York. It’s a series of public talks billed as conversations with “the world’s most consequential people”, and is part of that circuit of live events in which the worst people on Earth gather on stage to address the second-worst people on Earth, their paying audience. Hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the conference was a characteristically starry affair, but in a lineup that included Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, and “changemaker” Halle Berry, it was Ehud Barak, the former prime minister of Israel and a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who really caught the eye.My first thought about Barak’s appearance was: Larry Summers must be spitting. Summers, the former president of Harvard and another Epstein associate, was very much not...

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31 h. ago Sainsbury's Grinch card is pulled from shelves after being identified as 'invalidating the lived experiences of trans people'

The card depicted the Dr Seuss character, The Grinch, alongside the caption: 'This Christmas, I'm identifying as a Grinch.'

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38 h. ago The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

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38 h. ago The Guardian view on Australia’s social media ban: dragging tech companies into action | Editorial

Children under the age of 16 needed protecting and the moral argument wasn’t winning. Government regulation can change the terms of debateOn 10 December, the world watched as Australia enacted the first social media ban for under-16s. Whether it will have the desired effect of improving young people’s lives we are yet to find out. But what the ban has achieved already is clear.Many politicians, along with academics and philosophers, have noted that self-regulation has not been an effective safeguard against the harms of social media – especially when the bottom line for people like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk depends on keeping eyes on screens. For too long, these companies resisted, decrying censorship and prioritising “free speech” over moderation. The Australian government decided waiting was no longer an option. The social media ban and similar regulation across the world is now dragging tech companies kicking and screaming toward change. That it has taken the force of the law...

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41 h. ago New York to legalize medically assisted suicide with strict criteria for patients

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill allowing terminally ill people the legal ability to end their lives with prescribed medication.

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42 h. ago Two people living in caravan are surrounded by floodwater and it's still rising

Managers at Rhosfawr caravan park near Pwllheli are surrounded by eight inches of floodwater as the Met Office warns of prolonged rain across north west Wales

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47 h. ago Hero Below Deck star Nathan Gallagher 'rescued people' from Bondi beach during 'terrifying' antisemitic attack that claimed 15 lives

The Sydney landmark was the scene of bloodshed after two gunman, since named as Sajid and Naveed Akram, opened fire on crowds of more than 1,000 people as they celebrated Hanukkah.

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47 h. ago Could YOU pass France's new 'civic examination' needed to live in the country? Try these sample questions and find out...

France is launching a new 'civic examination' to test the knowledge of people who want to live in the nation. 

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62 h. ago ‘It gave me my confidence back’: How Mustard Tree helps the people of Greater Manchester to transform their lives

Yvonne Anderson says that her life has been transformed by finding Mustard Tree

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65 h. ago Horrific CCTV footage shows moment Paul Doyle drove into crowds of people at Liverpool victory parade

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: CCTV footage shows the moment Paul Doyle drove through the crowds at the Liverpool parade last year

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67 h. ago The trauma after the storm: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of emotional devastation across Jamaica

Experts are calling for the integration of mental health into climate-disaster policy in the Caribbean as studies show that PTSD risks increase after hurricanes and displacementWhen Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on 28 October with 185mph winds, destroying homes, hospitals and infrastructure, killing 32 people and affecting 1.5 million, Toni-Jan Ifill immediately realised it would leave many with long-term traumatic memories.A month and a half after the storm, which also affected eastern Cuba, the clinical psychologist says recollections of the terrifying winds also haunt some of the staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston. Even the sound of rain can cause trauma responses among people who lived through it. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago M&S Charlton live as 11 people in hospital after 'carbon monoxide leak'

M&S Charlton live as 11 people in hospital after 'carbon monoxide leak'  My London

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67 h. ago Bodycam shows Paul Doyle being bundled into police van as crowd throws punches

Paul Doyle was sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to 31 offences relating to seriously injuring over 100 people during Liverpool title parade in May

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68 h. ago M&S Charlton 'major incident' live as 11 people in hospital after 'carbon monoxide leak'

M&S Charlton 'major incident' live as 11 people in hospital after 'carbon monoxide leak'  My London

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68 h. ago Paul Doyle jailed for more than 21 years after ploughing car into Liverpool parade crowd

Paul Doyle, who rammed his car into crowds of people at a Liverpool parade, has been jailed for more than 21 years - this is a breaking story

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68 h. ago Liverpool parade attacker Paul Doyle who drove through crowd of people is jailed

Doyle, 54, has been jailed following the incident in May 2025

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68 h. ago M&S Charlton 'major incident' live as 30 people treated for 'carbon monoxide leak'

M&S Charlton 'major incident' live as 30 people treated for 'carbon monoxide leak'  My London

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69 h. ago Paul Doyle bit sailor's ear off in drunken fight before horror parade crash

Paul Doyle, the man who is being sentenced today for driving his car into more than 100 people in Liverpool, amassed a string of convictions before the horror incident

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