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News : BBC
Interest rates cut to 3.75% but further reductions to be 'closer call' The decision to lower borrowing costs was widely expected, after inflation slowed in the year to November.
Zelensky gives stark warning as EU leaders hold crunch talks on Russia's frozen assets Attribution
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Duke of Marlborough accused of strangling estranged wife Attribution
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King Charles pours 'perfect pint' at new brewery Attribution
Fact-checking Trump’s unusual new White House presidential plaques Attribution
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News : New York Times
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Sport
: Telegraph

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News : London Evening Standard
Londoners face eye-watering 75% council tax hikes in funding shake up
Westminster Bridge locked down after suspicious package alert
Woman 'who killed girls with poisoned raspberries' rescued from Thames
Rob and Michele Reiner's cause of death confirmed
Police name suspect over murder of Islington schoolboy Adam Henry
Plans submitted to turn south London hotspot into skyscrapers
Adult gender clinics could have 15-year wait lists without improvement – review
Trial of Harry’s claim against Daily Mail publisher to begin in January
Boxer Frank Bruno says City of London award ‘means more to me than my MBE’
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News : Sky

Interest rate cut to lowest level since 2023 - with 533,000 people likely to feel impact first | Money
Inflation coming down faster than expected and could near 2% target by spring, says Bailey
Interest rate cut could knock £100 off mortgage payments for first time buyers, says Reeves
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What does this all mean for savers?
Investors fully pricing in one more rate cut in 2026
The 533,000 people who will be among first to feel impact of rate cut
Inflation now likely to fall again next year - nearing Bank's target earlier than expected
Peak of inflation passed, governor says - but size of future rate cuts will be 'closer call'
Pound holds firm after interest rate decision
Cut brings Christmas cheer and it looks like there will be more next year - but there's still uncertainty
Interest rate cut is boon for mortgage holders but deeper questions remain
Hospitals on 'high alert' after new flu data released - as resident doctors' strike continues
'Utterly unacceptable': SNP leader John Swinney condemns alleged office bugging of female MSP
Russia 'reveals secret chat' with MI6 chief - as Zelenskyy warns EU about 'bigger risks' at key talks
'All Jewish hearts are broken' says UK Chief Rabbi on Bondi terror attack visit

News
: Telegraph

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The £70m farce that exposes rot at the heart of the Royal Navy Critics call deal to sell HMS Bulwark to Brazil for a knockdown price a spectacular failure
Badenoch: Sexism classes are a distraction – British boys aren’t the problem
Protesters hurl potatoes at riot police outside EU parliament
Hunt saboteurs accused of ‘kidnapping’ missing foxhound Social media post claimed dog had been rescued from its abuser after it went missing in November
Farage avoids police investigation into election spending claims
Starmer calls out Trump’s ‘quiet piggy’ insult
Labour gagged me on IHT, says farming report author
King pulls ‘perfect’ pint of Guinness at new London brewery Audience applauds as monarch achieves absolutely gorgeous pour of Irish stout
Duke of Marlborough accused of strangling wife three times Charles James Spencer-Churchill allegedly attacked Edla Marlborough between November 2022 and May last year
Labour’s anti-Semitism strategy ‘reheats meek policies’

News : Guardian
'Worst ever'Trump attacks Democratic foes in White House portraits
DoctorsAcas offers to help break deadlock in resident doctors’ strike
NHSResident doctors in England begin five days of strike action
EnglandSoaring demand causing shortage of flu jab appointments
FluNew flu strain inflicting severe pressure across Europe
USCongress passes $901bn defense bill that includes support for Ukraine and Europe
Roman AbramovichUK will transfer £2.5bn from sale of Chelsea to Ukraine fund – Starmer
ExplainedWhat is the row about the EU using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine?
Film‘Oh how we will miss this man’: Meg Ryan posts emotional tribute to Rob Reiner
In picturesCrowds gather on third day of Bondi beach shooting memorial
The AshesEngland lodge complaint with referee after Snicko error costs wicket

News : Huffington Post
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Internet : Wired News
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News Mail
Moment killer strolls back to Sainsbury's to fatally attack father who accused him of jumping the queue - as he is jailed for just five years
Bank of England CUTS interest rates to 3.75% to save economy from Labour slump
Borrowers were handed an early Christmas present today when the Bank of England cut interest rates to save the economy from collapse under Labour.
Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife - as he mysteriously misses court appearance
The Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife, Edla. Both are pictured in 2015. Charles James Spencer-Churchill was not present for the court hearing in Oxford today.
Cowboy father and son roofers who defrauded their customers out of £500,000 are jailed after scam targeting 48 families
Jim Janes, 57 and his son, Thomas Michael Jim James, 37, of Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, have been jailed for eight years each after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering.
Body is found in hunt for missing university student, 20, weeks after he was caught on CCTV running down busy road on the night he vanished
Aryan Sharma, 20, was last seen on the outskirts of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the early hours of November 22.
Did Manchester residents CELEBRATE Bondi terror attack? Police investigate claims and say that 'the intolerable has become normalised' amid rise of anti-semitism
Sir Stephen Watson, pictured, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said girls as young as ten have asked for armed officers to attend Hanukkah parties following the Bondi attack

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Politics
: BBC

Farmers 'bewildered and frightened' over inheritance tax, report finds A government-commissioned report into farm profitability says farmers fear what the future might hold.
Science & Environment Posted
King's Speech set for week after crunch elections Attribution
Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools Attribution
Starmer faces rebellion over plan to cut jury trials Attribution
Bomb disposal robot destroys Labour MPs' Christmas cards Attribution
Ajax trial paused after soldier falls ill in another vehicle Attribution
Labour lifts council tax cap in six southern areas Attribution
Zelensky gives stark warning as EU leaders hold crunch talks on Russia's frozen assets Attribution
Interest rates cut to 3.75% but further reductions to be 'closer call' Attribution
Cut green spending to make UK ready for war, Tories say Attribution
No apology from Welsh secretary over town centre cash row Attribution
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News : Independent
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Schools to tackle influence of Andrew Tate with lessons on consent The flagship 36m strategy will finally be unveiled 18 months after Labour was elected with a manifesto promise to halve violence against women and girls within a decade
Starmer tells Abramovich to transfer £2.5bn from Chelsea sale to Ukraine
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Russian president claims speculation of war with the West is ‘hysteria’
UK to rejoin EU student exchange in Brexit reset
Two arrested at pro-Palestine protest over ‘call for intifada’ hours after police ban chant
Devastated children issue statement as brother Nick Reiner in court over murder of parents
Trump touts accomplishments and blames Biden in national address over affordability
Duke of Marlborough charged with three counts of intentional strangulation
Rare pink fog descends on the UK as Met Office issues weather warnings
Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ in unhinged rant against Kyiv’s allies
Trump’s chief of staff says he has an ‘alcoholic’s personality’
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