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'My little teddy bear didn't do anything to anybody'

Mother’s tribute to boy, 9, killed in attack on German market

I was wrong about my new pub venture, says Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he was wrong” about his new pub after being warned how difficult it currently is to make money in the hospitality industry.

'Either my son comes out of Egyptian jail or I collapse'

Alaa Abdel Fattah’s grandmother reaches 80th day of hunger strike as she fights for the pro-democracy activist’s release

A day on the front line of Britain's evictions crisis

Holly Bancroft meets those fighting for their homes in court

Labour MP invites Trump 'home' to Scottish island where his mother was born

Donald Trump has been invited “home” to visit the Scottish island where his mother was born, just days before he re-enters the White House.

Trump appoints Apprentice producer as envoy to UK

Donald Trump has named the British producer behind The Apprentice reality TV series as his special envoy to the UK.

Streeting feels shame over hospital corridor treatment

Patients being treated in hospital corridors is the shame of the NHS, Wes Streeting has said, as a new poll indicates satisfaction with the health service has hit a record low.

Can the government stop Musk donating to Reform?

There have been growing rumours that Elon Musk is considering donating tens of millions of dollars to Reform UK. It comes after party leader Nigel Farage met with the tech billionaire at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion, alongside Reform’s new party treasurer Nick Candy.

UK should designate China a security threat, says Patel

The UK should officially designate China a national security threat, Tory frontbencher Dame Priti Patel has said, as she accused the government of desperation” in its early dealings with Beijing.

Many billionaires support Reform UK, says treasurer

Reform UK’s treasurer Nick Candy has claimed the party has a number of billionaires” ready to donate to Nigel Farage’s party in addition to tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Powell: I understand public frustration with Labour

The state of the economy is disappointing” and people’s frustrations with Labour’s performance in office are understandable, a cabinet minister has acknowledged.

Trump's ex-adviser stokes fear of trade war over tariffs

Donald Trump will impose surgical” tariffs when he enters office, his former director of communications has warned, as concern grows over an imminent trade war with the United States.

Prospect of 'stagflation' has companies in survival mode

Businesses say they are battening down the hatches” in fears over economic gloom in the new year as the fallout from Rachel Reeves’s Budget continues.

Usyk outpoints Fury again to retain heavyweight titles

Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury on points on Saturday to do the double over the Briton, retaining the unified heavyweight titles in the process.

Jesus punishes Palace to reignite Arsenal title fight

Gabriel Jesus’s first-half brace fired Arsenal to an emphatic 5-1 win against Crystal Palace to take them within three points of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League.

Resigned Guardiola signals City's complete breakdown

An obsessive Spanish manager had taken his adopted club to rare heights.

How the malicious Grinch bots’ are stealing Christmas

When my brother-in-law tried to buy a Barbie gymnast as a Christmas present for my daughter last week, the doll kept disappearing from every online store he visited.

Pope warns Vatican staff on gossiping and backstabbing

Pope Francis used his annual Christmas greetings to tell Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another, warning that gossip is an \"evil\".

'I feared I'd end up in the trench like the other bodies'

Reporting from the site of a mass grave around 25 miles from the Syrian capital, Bel Trew speaks to a man who dug out the trenches before realising the horror of what was happening

Christmas market atrocity will further divide the West

Does terrorism work? It depends what the aim of the perpetrator is and in the case of Friday night's Magdeburg Christmas market attack it's not as clear cut as it may have seemed in the immediate aftermath.

Germany mourns as death toll from market attack rises

Saudi doctor held after car ploughs into crowd at Christmas event, leaving five people dead and dezens more sala

'Good vibes': winter solstice is celebrated at Stonehenge.

Thousands gathered at Stonehenge yesterday as they greeted the sun with cheers and applause to mark the winter solstice.

Children born thanks to IVF pioneer find biological father is scientist at his lab

Questions have been raised about one of the UK's most wellknown fertility doctors after two people whose parents attended his clinic reportedly made the shock discovery that their biological father is a lab scientist who worked in the same hospital as the physician.

Lockerbie silence 36 years on is labelled 'pretty fishy'

The father of a Lockerbie bombing victim has urged Sir Keir Starmer to publish everything the UK knows about the tragedy.

‘My face was still bruised when they laid me off’

Women whose careers were destroyed by domestic abuse even after escaping partners say employers must do more

Flights and ferries cancelled during Christmas getaway

Flights and ferries were cancelled yesterday because of bad weather, disrupting the Chirstmas travel plans of thousands of people.

Streeting urged to review sale of abortion pills by post

The health secretary has been warned that a recent conviction over the use of abortion pills to poison a woman \"could be the tip of the iceberg\" unless safeguards are brought into place.

Aung San Suu Kyi's son in plea for her prison release

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release from prison amid fears for the 79-year-old's health in the country's \"terrible\" prisons.

Families launch legal action over school fees VAT raid

Six families have launched a legal challenge against the government's plan to impose VAT on private schools, claiming it is discriminatory against certain pupils.

Trump 'gave permission' for absolute moron' comment

Donald Trump \"gave permission\" to his former campaign coordinator to publicly insult Sir Keir Starmer's choice for the UK's new ambassador to the US, according to sources close to the president-elect.