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Workers’ rights bill set to pass into law after battle in Lords
Labour’s flagship employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
What are the president's lawyers claiming?
Donald Trump has made good on his threat to file a lawsuit against the BBC over its editing of a speech he made. Here the Guardian examines some of the key passages in the claim.
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Arts funding in England must be shielded against politics, says Hodge report
Arts Council England (Ace) must scrap its flagship strategy, ensure arts funding is protected from politicisation and be less bureaucratic in order to regain trust, according to a damaging report.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
'It's very TikTok-able': how Japanese sport of sumo is stamping its mark on UK
It is a centuries-old Japanese tradition, steeped in ceremony, with roots in the ancient faith of Shintoism - and it also happens to be super popular on TikTok.
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Liverpool parade: former marine jailed for 21 years
A former Royal Marine is starting a 21-year jail term for mowing down dozens of Liverpool football fans in a \"truly shocking\" act that \"defies ordinary understanding\".
5 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Drunk raccoon merchandise raises $250,000 for local animal shelter
Merchandise honouring the raccoon that gained international fame by barging into a Virginia shop, smashing bottles and passing out drunk in a bathroom on Black Friday has raised more than a quarter-million dollars for the local animal shelter where he slept off his bender.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Thames defers latest executive bonuses as it pursues rescue deal
Thames Water has deferred awarding bosses retention payments totalling £2.5m, avoiding a potentially damaging row as the heavily indebted utility scrambles to agree a multibillion-pound rescue deal.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Ineos in £120m deal to save Grangemouth ethylene plant
Jim Ratcliffe's chemicals company, Ineos, has been granted £120m of government funding to help save the UK's last ethylene plant at Grangemouth, in a deal expected to save more than 500 jobs.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Garnacho delivers double delight to finish off Cardiff
As Facundo Buonanotte saddled up beside Alejandro Garnacho on the advertising hoardings in front of the away supporters after the latter opened the scoring at a jam-packed Cardiff City Stadium, for a moment or two everything seemed all right in the often chaotic world of Chelsea.
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Morrisons feeling the heat after rotisserie chicken VAT ruling
Morrisons faces a £17m tax bill after losing a lengthy court battle against HMRC over the charging of VAT on rotisserie chickens.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Plans to reduce driving test wait times delayed to the end of 2027
Plans to cut the wait for a driving test to seven weeks by the end of the year will not be achieved until November 2027, an audit report has found.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Guardiola puts faith in 'father figure' to lead new-look City
Pep Guardiola has indicated he will make changes for Manchester City’s Carabao Cup quarterfinal against Brentford, but will include a “father figure” to avoid repeating the error of the defeat by Bayer Leverkusen last month.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Science award will honour life of Goodall and the truth, says Queen guitarist
Earth might be under pressure, but the Queen guitarist, Sir Brian May, is hopeful that a new award from Starmus - the science, music and arts festival he co-founded - will encourage people to take action.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Test is a window to the world after Bondi attack leaves nation reeling
Adelaide reflects a state of slow-motion shock after the Sydney shootings which have left the country altered
4 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Quins move for Saints’ Furbank not ruled out
Rugby union:
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
'Cool Hand' to 'Panda Man': the power or pitfalls of a nickname
Some monikers area perfect fit for the audience and reflect a darts player's style; others are just too hot for television
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Governance Ministers look at increasing independence
Ministers are examining plans that would increase the BBC’s independence from politicians, including ending political appointments to its board, as part of talks over the corporation’s future.
3 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Bonmati and Dembélé receive Fifa Best awards
Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmati were crowned the Fifa Best men’s and women’s players of 2025 respectively at the world governing body’s awards ceremony in Doha.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Government to hold inquiry into foreign interference in UK domestic politics
An independent review into the impact of foreign financial influence and interference in domestic politics by Russia and other hostile states was announced yesterday after one of Reform UK's former senior politicians, Nathan Gill, was jailed for accepting bribes from a pro-Kremlin agent.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Big tech Osborne adds OpenAI to his jobs portfolio
George Osborne is joining OpenAI to lead the ChatGPT company’s relationships with governments around the world.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Sex offenders will have to reveal dating app use under new plans
Convicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app or social media accounts they use or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mahmood.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Albanese rules out link between gunmen and wider terrorist cell
Investigators in Australia have dismissed suggestions that two gunmen who opened fire on a crowd celebrating a Jewish festival in Sydney on Sunday, killing 15 people and injuring dozens, were part of a wider terror network.
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'Show a bit of dog' Stokes makes rallying call as England strive to save Ashes
Ben Stokes has called on his England players to summon up the rage witnessed against India in the summer and show some \"dog\" as they look to keep their slim Ashes hopes alive.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Doctors to strike after rejecting last-ditch offer
Hospitals are cancelling tens of thousands of appointments and operations after resident doctors voted overwhelmingly to reject a last-ditch offer to avoid this week's strike.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Fright and delight from eye-popping illusions
Paranormal Activity
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Kendal is formidable in a fitting first epitaph to Stoppard
A fortnight after West End playhouses dimmed their lights in tribute to Sir Tom Stoppard, Hampstead theatre's stage lights rise on a revival of his 1995 play Indian Ink, originally intended to mark 30 years since the play's premiere.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Jimmy Lai The rise and fall of Hong Kong's chief 'troublemaker'
Yesterday’s verdict convicting Jimmy Lai of national security offences was expected.
6 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'A matter of conscience' Heroic bystander's family on why he risked his life
When Ahmed al-Ahmed tackled and wrested a gun from an alleged shooter at Bondi beach, he was simply thinking that he \"couldn't bear to see people dying\", his cousin says.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Prem Rugby to seek investors if RFU backs franchise plan
Prem Rugby is planning to launch a tender process to secure external investment in the competition after it has received formal approval from the Rugby Football Union to become a closed franchise league, which it expects will happen next year.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Tears, flowers and silence: Sydney unites in grief after Bondi horror
Defiant dawn gathering at site by beach where gunmen had opened fire
3 min |