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The Guardian
Leeds-Bradford tram scheme launch delayed to late 2030s
The opening of the long-awaited Leeds tram system has been pushed back by at least two to three years, following a government review of the £2.5bn project.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Long waits and an 'unacceptable' lack of data at NHS gender clinics
Doctors treating vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria have no way of assessing whether the NHS treatment provided has worked because outcomes are not systematically recorded, a damning official inquiry into the clinics has found.
3 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Facebook tests system to charge users fee for sharing web links
Facebook is testing a system that charges users for sharing web links, in a move that could prove to be a further blow to news outlets and other publishers.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Christmas tonic for Reeves may wear off in 2026
Rachel Reeves has reason to be cheerful.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
The president's ‘Bah! Humbug!’ address suggests he is feeling the chill of opinion polls
It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Insolvent' Mone-linked PPE supplier goes into liquidation
The company linked to the former Conservative peer Michelle Mone, which owes the government almost £150m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during the pandemic, has been put into liquidation.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Boxing remains the ringmaster in the circus of Joshua v Paul
The sport was the original attention economy, and now millions will tune in to watch brash YouTuber get a pasting
4 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Alan Cumming chosen to host 2026 Bafta film awards
The Scottish actor and presenter Alan Cumming has been named as the new host of the Bafta film awards, taking over the reins from David Tennant.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Massive disruption' in worst-case climate crisis scenarios, say scientists
The worst-case impacts of the climate crisis for the UK have been laid bare by scientists, ranging from a scorching 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea level.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Coast of Hormuz Island goes red as rainfall washes soil out to sea
Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
There are only two things wrong with this team: they can't Baz and they can't ball
It's a cruel, cruel summer.
4 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Twisted' anaesthetist found guilty of killing 12
A French anaesthetist described by prosecutors as “Dr Death” has been found guilty of intentionally poisoning 30 patients and killing 12 over almost a decade as a top medic.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Guggenheim abandons plan to build on Basque nature reserve
Green groups and local people in the Basque Country have welcomed the scrapping of a project to build an outpost of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on a Unesco reserve that is a vital habitat for wildlife and migrating birds.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Court halts evictions of thousands of refugees in run-up to Christmas
The high court has halted evictions of thousands of new refugees who were at risk of spending Christmas on the streets.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
'It is an invasion' Mussels pose serious threat to Lake Geneva
Like cholesterol clogging up an artery, it took just a couple of years for the quagga mussels to infiltrate the three-mile highway of pipes under the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL).
3 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
BP claims a change of chief executive will accelerate its profit plans. But how, exactly?
Here we go again: just when you thought BP was trying to generate less drama, the new chair has decided a new chief executive is needed.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Pressure on Belgium as EU leaders race to reach funding deal for Ukraine
EU leaders have been presented with two options to meet Ukraine’s estimated €136bn funding needs in 2026 and 2027: a “reparations loan” secured against Russian frozen assets or joint EU borrowing to fund Kyiv.
3 min |
December 19, 2025
The Guardian
Macclesfield’s McLeod dies in car accident
The Macclesfield forward Ethan McLeod has died in a car accident.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Meta sued over suicide of sextortion victim, 16
The parents of a 16-year-old who took his own life after falling victim to a sextortion gang on Instagram are suing Meta for the alleged wrongful death, in the first UK case of its kind.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Gambling trap Illicit sites target addicts who are attempting to quit
The Long family are facing up to their second Christmas without their eldest son.
5 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Arbitration service offers to step in to break deadlock in doctors' strike
The conciliation service Acas has offered to help to try to break the deadlock in the resident doctors' strike in England.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Par for the course? Why Ryder Cup hero McIlroy may miss Spoty cut once again
It has been a 2025 for the ages for Rory McIlroy. He cemented his legacy by completing a career grand slam with victory at the Masters.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Leftwinger expelled by Labour to lead UK's largest trade union
The UK's largest trade union, Unison, is on a potential collision course with Labour after it ousted a leader with close links to Keir Starmer in favour of a leftwinger who was expelled from the party three years ago.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Russia targeting European finance bosses and politicians over assets
Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Kremlin intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, according to European intelligence agencies. Security officials indicated to the Guardian that there had been deliberate targeting of key figures at Brussels-based Euroclear, the securities depository holding the majority of Russia's frozen assets, and leaders of the country.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
The ‘winter’ crisis that never stops A day in the life of a Midlands hospital
Thirteen ambulances are lined up at the rear of the emergency department of the Royal Stoke university hospital as Dr AnnMarie Morris, the hospital trust's deputy medical director, walks towards the entrance, squinting in the low afternoon sun.
6 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
'It should be better than that' England weigh up complaint after Snicko error spares Carey
England are considering a formal complaint over the Snicko technology being used in this Ashes series after Alex Carey received a lifeline en route to a telling century on the opening day of the third Test.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Trump trade deals 'built on sand', say senior MPs
Ministers and senior MPs said yesterday the UK's agreements with Donald Trump were \"built on sand\" after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs had no underlying text beyond limited headline terms.
4 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Former Labour mayor Driscoll joins Greens
Jamie Driscoll, the former Labour metro mayor for North of Tyne who later played a role setting up Your Party, has joined the Greens.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Five more countries, including Syria, added to US travel ban list
Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Tuesday that further restricts and limits the entry of foreign nationals to the US, the White House said.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
The Guardian
Sales at Stella McCartney fall 27% amid fears of cash crisis by 2028
Sales at Stella McCartney’s fashion label sank by more than a quarter last year, tipping it further into the red and adding to fears it could run out of money by 2028.
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