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‘You’re barred!’: Labour’s battle with pubs promises a new year headache - 2025-12-21T11:48:09Z

Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay - 2025-12-21T11:21:18Z

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Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release - 2025-12-20T14:59:21Z

Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live - 2025-12-21T11:45:31Z

Scotland officials weigh up smoking ban exception for supervised crack use - 2025-12-21T11:00:04Z

Starc breaks England hearts again as Australia retain the Ashes in tense third Test - 2025-12-21T04:29:56Z

UK supermarkets turn to European turkeys as avian flu hits supply - 2025-12-21T11:00:02Z

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Photos of Andrew reveal how ex-prince gave Jeffrey Epstein access to British high society - 2025-12-20T11:14:15Z

Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties - 2025-12-20T10:00:29Z

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‘We feel excluded’: expensive tickets and Trump’s shadow dampen World Cup excitement in Mexico - 2025-12-21T08:00:53Z

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Renate Reinsve on vomit-inducing reviews and 19-minute standing ovations: ‘You feel your face go stiff from smiling so long’ - 2025-12-21T10:00:01Z

Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace? - 2025-12-21T10:00:04Z

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Winners of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025 – in pictures - 2025-12-21T08:00:52Z

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‘The game is gone’: Thomas Frank fumes over VAR decisions in Spurs loss - 2025-12-20T21:56:29Z

Viktor Gyökeres holds nerve to sink Everton and keep Arsenal top of pile - 2025-12-20T22:14:09Z

Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham - 2025-12-20T20:35:20Z

Steve Evans returns reinvigorated on mission to spark Bristol Rovers revival - 2025-12-21T08:00:54Z

Brilliant Bristol run in six dazzling tries in Big Game mauling of Harlequins - 2025-12-20T21:09:49Z

Angry Eddie Howe claims officials denied Newcastle a ‘stonewall’ penalty - 2025-12-20T16:27:16Z

Erling Haaland double sinks West Ham as Manchester City put heat on Arsenal - 2025-12-20T22:03:42Z

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There are reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026. Here are four | Heather Stewart - 2025-12-21T11:48:30Z

I’m a Grinch and my husband is like Buddy the Elf – here is how we found a Christmas compromise | Polly Hudson - 2025-12-21T05:00:48Z

It’s Nutcracker season for the lucky few – but why isn’t dance part of every child’s life? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 2025-12-21T10:00:02Z

Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend | Coco Khan - 2025-12-20T10:00:26Z

The Bondi terror attack was designed to drive us to rancour – but there is no peace in division | Thomas Keneally - 2025-12-20T19:00:38Z

When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top | Jason Okundaye - 2025-12-20T08:00:26Z

The tug-of-war over CNN shows how dysfunctional US media has become | Margaret Sullivan - 2025-12-20T12:00:31Z

The Guardian view on the Palestine Action hunger strikers: the government is trying to ignore this protest | Editorial - 2025-12-19T18:30:07Z

The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves - 2025-12-19T18:29:07Z

Sure, Christmas isn’t all about presents – for those lucky enough to afford their own treats | Letter - 2025-12-19T17:10:22Z

Europe mustn’t build its own house of dynamite | Letters - 2025-12-19T17:12:24Z

We abhor racism in Britain, but refuse to recognise where it comes from | Letters - 2025-12-19T17:11:41Z

Circle back in February? If only we could | Letter - 2025-12-19T16:49:37Z

Samuel Ojo on the perils of Christmas shopping – cartoon - 2025-12-20T11:55:43Z

‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK - 2025-12-21T08:00:53Z

‘The anxiety never disappears’: Monmouth businesses recover from severe flooding - 2025-12-21T07:00:52Z

Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts - 2025-12-20T14:54:37Z

Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting within weeks - 2025-12-21T06:18:52Z

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years - 2025-12-21T07:00:53Z

The plants that thrive in salt: could halophytes help save coastal farming? - 2025-12-21T10:00:03Z

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Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year - 2025-12-20T07:00:23Z

Pressure grows on DWP over ‘misleading’ response to carer’s allowance scandal - 2025-12-20T17:00:34Z

Karen Carney and Carlos Gu win Strictly crown as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman bow out - 2025-12-21T00:02:22Z

‘It feels like being suffocated’: Palestine Action activist in HMP Peterborough vows to continue hunger strike - 2025-12-20T15:00:32Z

Dover ferry delays hit Christmas travellers after French border IT failure - 2025-12-20T13:39:04Z

Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims - 2025-12-21T05:00:49Z

Friedrich Merz wants Berlin to be a geopolitical hub. Will German voters reward him? - 2025-12-21T09:29:46Z

Ukraine war briefing: Russian oil rig hit in Caspian Sea over 700km from Ukraine - 2025-12-21T03:20:56Z

Brown University shooting suspect died two days before body discovered, autopsy shows - 2025-12-20T18:23:05Z

Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero? - 2025-12-20T05:00:20Z

Christmas ads put on a diet as UK ban on TV junk food advertising bites - 2025-12-20T12:00:30Z

WH Smith tries to recover bonuses from ex-bosses as watchdog investigates accounting error - 2025-12-19T12:37:38Z

Former Yodel owner probably forged mother’s signature in takeover bid, judge rules - 2025-12-19T14:25:15Z

‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst - 2025-12-20T09:00:24Z

My cultural awakening: Love Actually taught me to leave my cheating partner - 2025-12-20T07:00:24Z

The 50 best films of 2025 in the UK - 2025-12-19T08:00:01Z

The 50 best albums of 2025 - 2025-12-19T14:00:14Z

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The 20 best video games of 2025 - 2025-12-19T06:00:58Z

TV tonight: Will Sharpe is Mozart in a rompy period drama - 2025-12-21T06:15:50Z

Le Carré with a cocktail, not a cuppa: the glamour and escapism of The Night Manager - 2025-12-20T10:00:27Z

And the 2025 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year - 2025-12-19T15:00:03Z

‘A lot of these scary blokes doing time are terrified little boys’: Dennis Kelly on writing a new kind of prison drama - 2025-12-19T13:00:03Z

The 50 best albums of 2025: No 1 – Rosalía: Lux - 2025-12-19T14:00:04Z

Shock and awe: our critics pick their best live classical events of 2025 - 2025-12-19T15:06:03Z

‘I enjoy fame. It’s very exposing and raw – though you pay a price’: Addison Rae, the Guardian’s artist of the year - 2025-12-18T12:00:13Z

Au Pairs frontwoman Lesley Woods: ‘We were the antithesis to all that boy-meets-girl stuff’ - 2025-12-18T08:00:30Z

From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times - 2025-12-20T19:00:39Z

‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot - 2025-12-20T05:00:21Z

Yael van der Wouden : ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cured my fear of aliens’ - 2025-12-19T10:00:04Z

Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels - 2025-12-19T12:00:04Z

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Inside Fallout, gaming’s most surprising TV hit - 2025-12-17T15:00:09Z

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When We Are Married review – JB Priestley playfully upends gender roles - 2025-12-21T11:48:20Z

New English Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker review – Christmas favourite delivers magic in miniature - 2025-12-19T14:01:19Z

Party with Picasso, wonder at the ancients and go wild with photography – the week in art - 2025-12-19T12:00:05Z

Christmas Day review – Sam Grabiner serves up gripping dinner-table debate - 2025-12-17T15:17:40Z

Unseen Tennessee Williams radio play published in literary magazine - 2025-12-20T12:00:29Z

Timothée Chalamet puts alter-ego rumors to rest in remix with EsDeeKid - 2025-12-20T02:24:28Z

‘Geometric lines, strong colours and shadows created a striking image’: Anne Rayner’s best phone picture - 2025-12-20T11:00:28Z

The Guide #222: From Celebrity Traitors to The Brutalist via Bad Bunny – our roundup of the culture that mattered in 2025 - 2025-12-20T07:00:24Z

‘Firm, snappy texture’: the best supermarket crackers for cheese, tasted and rated - 2025-12-20T13:00:30Z

Last-minute Christmas gifts: 18 UK presents you still have time to buy (even on Christmas Eve) - 2025-12-19T15:00:01Z

How I Shop with Jo Malone: ‘I like my bed steamed every day’ - 2025-12-19T10:00:06Z

The best flower delivery in the UK for every budget: seven favourites, freshly picked - 2025-12-18T10:00:12Z

The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 10 light therapy devices that are worth the hype - 2025-12-17T15:09:45Z

‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: your child’s voicemail that could be a scam - 2025-12-21T07:00:53Z

A vegetarian Christmas: Chantelle Nicholson’s French mushroom pie, caramelised pear pud and more - 2025-12-21T06:00:50Z

From a showstopping pavlova to a £7 sherry: what top chefs bring to Christmas dinner - 2025-12-19T12:00:04Z

Cosmopolitan Christmas: Stosie Madi’s French-African-Lebanese Christmas lunch – recipes - 2025-12-20T06:00:22Z

Are sweet potatoes healthy? - 2025-12-19T17:00:06Z

The moment I knew: ‘Sheltering under his lavender umbrella felt like pure stardust’ - 2025-12-20T19:00:37Z

I threw a potato. Mum brandished a knife … would whole-family therapy save our Christmas? - 2025-12-20T06:00:25Z

What’s the nicest thing a stranger has done for you? This year more than 50 people gave me their answer - 2025-12-19T14:00:08Z

In this fractured and frightening world, one mantra my parents gave me calls me - 2025-12-19T14:00:03Z

Last-minute gift ideas for gamers: Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite and more - 2025-12-21T08:41:51Z

What will happen when the £100 contactless card limit is scrapped? - 2025-12-19T16:09:06Z

Make lists, borrow bedding and put a bow on everything: how to host a stress-free Christmas - 2025-12-18T15:00:03Z

Beans, beans, the more you eat, the more your … meals are healthier and cheaper - 2025-12-17T07:00:27Z

Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive – from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April - 2025-12-17T05:00:26Z

First she got breast cancer. Then her daughter did, too - 2025-12-16T17:00:10Z

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Endings are hard, but facing them helps us to heal - 2025-12-15T11:00:30Z

No more French ‘fashion police’: Emily in Paris costume designer relishes move to Rome - 2025-12-19T13:00:02Z

How ‘showgirl’ became the sparkling look of 2025 - 2025-12-19T07:00:56Z

Jingle belles: what to wear on Christmas day - 2025-12-19T06:00:54Z

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: my top tips for gifting clothes this Christmas - 2025-12-17T14:00:08Z

I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express – but would the big man deliver? - 2025-12-20T07:00:22Z

‘You can’t beat a wintry walk on a crisp, bright day’: readers’ favourite UK winter activities - 2025-12-19T08:00:57Z

Why west Cornwall is the perfect place to mark the winter solstice - 2025-12-18T07:00:29Z

A winter tour of Luxembourg’s fairytale chateaux – on the country’s free bus network - 2025-12-17T07:00:27Z

Trump, tech barons and a title-less Andrew: how well do you remember 2025? – quiz - 2025-12-20T06:00:21Z

Tinsel and Home Alone back in style as TikTok seeks comfort in #90sChristmas - 2025-12-20T14:00:32Z

Tim Dowling: my wife needs to go to bed. According to the dog - 2025-12-20T06:00:24Z

My weirdest Christmas: I was flirting wildly with my crush – then a rogue wave ruined everything - 2025-12-20T05:00:21Z

Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying - documentary - 2025-12-12T11:01:43Z

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