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Somerset tidal power could help UK meet AI demand
The architect of the London Eye wants to build a vast tidal power station in a 14-mile arc off the coast of Somerset that could help Britain meet surging electricity demand to power artificial intelligence - and create a new race track to let cyclists skim over the Bristol Channel.
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December 29, 2025
The Guardian
Film legend gave it all up to pursue her pet causes
God Created Woman, which was written and directed by her then husband, Roger Vadim.
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December 29, 2025
The Guardian
Venezuela says it has freed 99 political prisoners
Venezuela has said it has carried out its largest release of political prisoners this year, claiming to have freed 99 people detained for taking part in protests after the disputed 2024 election, as Nicolás Maduro's regime comes under increasing military pressure from the US.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
US warns of more strikes to come on Nigeria
The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, warned yesterday of further strikes against Islamic State targets in northwestern Nigeria, hours after the US military struck militant camps in what Donald Trump character-ised as efforts to stop the killing of Christians.
5 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
'We rely on the ocean' Climate crisis threatens an ancient fishing culture
Along Madagascar’s southwest coast, the Vezo people, who have fished the Mozambique Channel for countless generations, are defined by a way of life sustained by the sea.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Nurses' view 'I am fed up with being insulted'
I am fed up of being called names.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Keep dancing! Strictly’s last spin for Tess and Claudia
For the past 21 years, there has been only one ever-present on Strictly Come Dancing.
4 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Orkney's light therapy lending scheme helps tackle winter blues
“Boxes of light” are being used to help people who struggle with low winter mood while living in one of Scotland’s darkest communities as part of a wider research initiative to support the million-plus sufferers of seasonal affective disorder (Sad) across Britain.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Myanmar prepares to go to polls as junta hopes to legitimise rule
Myanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since the 2021 coup, but with its former leader behind bars, its most successful party disbanded and about a third of the country disputed or in rebel hands, few believe the junta's claims that the election will be \"free and fair\".
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Viewers cut costs by turning to streaming options with adverts
The number of UK streaming subscribers on packages that include commercials has overtaken those on higher-priced ad-free plans for the first time.
2 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
What will your life look like in 2035?
Routines could look very different. So how might the era of AI feel?
5 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
TV review Ethan Hawke show is hilariously moving
The Lowdown
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Out of the radio and on to the stage: The Archers goes on tour
People have been tuning in to rural tales from the village of Ambridge for 75 years, but now the characters of BBC Radio 4’s The Archers are going on tour in the first show if its kind.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
South Korea faces culture crisis as films and K-pop fall flat at home
South Korea’s entertainment dominance seemed unshakable.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Why a birdsong app is having a moment, bringing people 'closer to the natural world'
When Natasha Walter first became curious about the birds around her, she recorded their songs on her phone and tried to match each one with online recordings.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
'Ghost resorts'
As the Alps warm and the skiers melt away, what is left behind?
5 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Catalan grandmas lead the push to protect region's best simple dishes
Catalonia's avant garde chefs have long made a name for themselves with their revolutionary techniques and molecular gastronomy, yet they are fond of saying they are merely paying homage to the simple dishes served at their grandmother's table.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Boxing Day high street bargain hunt fails to tempt many shoppers
Boxing Day bargains failed to lure shoppers to high streets, with central London suffering a significant decline in visitor numbers yesterday.
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December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Plan for ball with red, white and blue theme sparks British Museum row
A row has broken out within the British Museum over its director’s suggestion of a red, white and blue-themed ball, after staff condemned it as being “in poor taste” given the rise in flag-hoisting across the UK.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Gig-goers push back against add-ons
Fans question additional costs for new venues and lament lack of transparency
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
NHS at risk as overseas doctors put off by racism
Foreign doctors and nurses are increasingly shunning the NHS because anti-migrant rhetoric and rising racism have created “a hostile environment”, the leader of Britain’s medics has warned.
4 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Collision course
The year Trump caused havoc in the US - and the world
8 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Coastguard calls off search for two men missing during Devon swim
A coastguard search for two men who went missing in the sea off the Devon coast on a Christmas Day swim has been called off.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Hostess with the mostest? Hyped Tupperware erotica novel prompts fierce TV battle
A much-hyped novel about a housewife who uses Tupperware parties to secretly smuggle erotic stories to her friends and neighbours is causing a stir in the television world after igniting a fierce bidding contest over the rights to adapt it for the small screen.
2 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Baby boom? Village hails first birth in 30 years but population crisis in Italy deepens
In Pagliara dei Marsi, an ancient rural village on the slopes of Mount Girifalco in Italy’s Abruzzo region, cats vastly outnumber people.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Horizon exhibition at Postal Museum is a betrayal, say victims of scandal
Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have dismissed a planned exhibition on the affair at the Postal Museum as a PR stunt.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with trail hunting ban, claims Countryside Alliance
Boxing Day hunts have gathered across England as opponents of a planned ban on trail hunting claimed that Keir Starmer’s government had “alienated rural people”.
2 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
King's call for compassion takes TV top spot with 7m viewers
King Charles’s annual address was the most-watched TV programme in the UK on Christmas Day.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
'We believe in justice' Palestinian family’s battle to keep olive farm
In 1916 Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made a move considered more than unusual at the time.
4 min |
December 27, 2025
The Guardian
How one tropical forest turned the tide on loggers
There are no roads through the Darién Gap. This vast inpenetrable forest spans the width of the landbridge between South and Central America, but there is no way through it: travellers must get from one side to the other by boat or by plane.
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