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New MI6 chief warns of 'age of uncertainty' as Russian threat grows

Assassination plots, cyber-attacks, sabotage and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the front line is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn today.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Daily Mail owner secures £500m funding for Telegraph takeover

The owner of the Daily Mail has secured funding for a £500m takeover of the Telegraph, in a crucial development that paves the way for the group to announce the terms of its acquisition today.

1 min  |

December 15, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Average first-time buyer's mortgage hits record high

First-time buyers are taking out larger mortgages than ever before as rising wages and looser affordability tests allow them to buy properties that were previously beyond their budget.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Just coasting

England players need introduction to the concept of consequences

4 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Sangaré stunner and Vicario errors escalate Tottenham's troubles

Just as Tottenham appeared to be generating some momentum, they put on a limp display and suffer an embarrassing defeat.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Amorim would welcome talks with Mainoo over loan move

Ruben Amorim has said he would be “really pleased” if Kobbie Mainoo decided to speak to him about a loan move away from Manchester United.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Henderson remembers late friend Jota in grim arm-wrestle

This was a game to reflect the tyranny of analytics-based football, where thought and expression are abandoned for the playbook, set pieces rule, and long throws become key events.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Little Foot fossil 'may be a new species in human lineage'

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research raising questions about our evolutionary past.

1 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Jews around the world express shock and grief at Bondi attack

Jewish communities around the world have reacted with shock, sadness and solidarity after what Australia’s prime minister described as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians” at Bondi beach in Sydney.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Harlequins untested in 10-try rampage

Christmas is a time for giving and Bayonne presented this game to Harlequins by selecting an inexperienced side who realistically stood no chance.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Single-sex space rules should be followed, says equalities chair

\"Nobody is expecting a toilet police\" but people should follow the rules when guidance is finally issued on single-sex spaces, the chair of the equalities watchdog has said.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

The Bondi beach terror attack will force Australia to revisit its 'gold standard' gun laws

For almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws have been recognised as among the most stringent - and effective - in the world.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Frank warns Spurs 'not a quick fix' after Forest misery

Thomas Frank said Tottenham’s 3-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest offered a sobering reminder his side remain a “work in progress” and amid increasing scrutiny the head coach reiterated improving Spurs’s fortunes is “not a quick fix”, saying: “If no one gets the time, no one can turn this around.”

1 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Planning law overhaul stalls as Reeves's adviser resigns

Rachel Reeves’s attempts to overhaul Britain’s planning laws have been dealt a blow after a senior lawyer whom she appointed as an adviser decided to leave the government after just four months.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

London link Rabbi named as victim of beach attack

A London-born rabbi was named among the 16 people killed in the antisemitic terror attack at Bondi Beach yesterday.

1 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Decorative chillies to be red hot next year, says RHS

Tabletop vegetable plants will replace bouquets of cut flowers next year, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said as it offered its top plant trend predictions for 2026.

2 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Haaland and Foden propel City in pursuit of Arsenal

Even in a week when they have beaten the mighty Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu, this ranked as one of Pep Guardiola's most satisfying victories of the season.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

‘We are close’ Guardiola hails fighting spirit of robust side

Pep Guardiola has warned that Manchester City are growing in resilience after Erling Haaland and Phil Foden secured the side’s fifth win in succession and maintained pressure on the Premier League leaders Arsenal.

1 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

What the data says Do asylum seekers commit crimes at a higher rate?

It is a familiar pattern in news coverage of recent months: a horrific, often sexual, crime is committed by an asylum seeker or foreign national.

4 min  |

December 15, 2025

The Guardian

Rise in discharge delays poses winter overcrowding risk to hospital patients

Hospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a bed, according to an analysis of NHS figures.

3 min  |

December 15, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Rock me Amadeus, all over again: can TV series inspire a new generation to love Mozart?

Forty years ago, Amadeus won eight Oscars, four Baftas and four Golden Globes - and introduced a new generation to 18th-century music.

3 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Doctors' strike during flu crisis 'beyond belief' - PM

Keir Starmer has said it is \"frankly beyond belief\" that resident doctors would strike during the NHS's worst moment since the pandemic, in remarks that risk inflaming tensions with medics.

4 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

'We've made progress' But 10 years on from the Paris agreement, is it enough?

Ten years on from the Paris climate summit, which ended with the world's first and only global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to dwell on its failures. But the successes go less remarked.

6 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Paint it orange! The charity turning anger into hope - and quick action

Dashing through the snow with Father Chris... It doesn't get any more seasonal, even if it feels as if there might be a final syllable missing.

4 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

President takes star role in battle for Warner Bros businesses

Over the first 10 months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has not hidden his desire to control the US media industry - from encouraging TV networks to fire journalists, comedians and critics he dislikes to pushing regulators to revoke broadcast licences. Now he seems determined to set the terms for one of the biggest media deals in history.

6 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Swift's pain over Southport knife attack is palpable

Swifties had long guessed that there would be a documentary going on behind the scenes of the blockbuster Eras tour.

1 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Recognition for writer and pioneer

'The thing all women hate is to be thought dull,\" says the title character of Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes, an early feminist classic about a middle-aged woman who moves to the countryside, sells her soul to the devil and becomes a witch.

2 min  |

December 13, 2025

The Guardian

Machado feared US strike on escape boat as she fled

The most dangerous moments came when salvation seemed finally assured. Many miles from land, the small fishing skiff carrying the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado had been lost at sea, tossed by strong winds and 10ft waves. A further hazard was the ever-present risk of an inadvertent airstrike by US warplanes hunting alleged cocaine smugglers.

2 min  |

December 13, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Police warn drivers of risks when handing over keys

Terence Baxter* had booked a meet-and-greet service to park his Volkswagen at Heathrow airport while he and his wife went on holiday.

2 min  |

December 13, 2025

The Guardian

Card Factory delivers surprise pre-Christmas profit warning

Card Factory has delivered an unwelcome early Christmas surprise for investors by issuing a shock profit warning during its peak trading period, which sent shares plunging by more than a fifth.

1 min  |

December 13, 2025