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CAFFEINE FIX

Why does a squirt of syrup in your coffee at Christmas burn such a massive hole in your wallet? Olivia Petter finds out.

Longing and loss: our era of British cinematic elegance

It is four decades since A Room with a View’ made Merchant Ivory a household name. Sarah Sands recalls a world in which her brother Kit and her then husband Julian were central

Time for the original ladette to write her next chapter

Zoe Ball is stepping down from Radio 2 having filled some of the most high-profile roles in TV and radio. Zoë Beaty charts three decades of highs and lows and what may come next

Cooper can do more to fix the breakdown of trust in police

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, yesterday announced \"major\" reforms of policing aimed at ensuring that \"communities can have confidence in their local police force\".

Starmer must wake up - Xi is not going to compromise

If anyone needed a China reality check, the confidence and pride of its regime have been made plain by the sentencing of 45 democracy activists in Hong Kong to prison terms of between four and 10 years for organising a primary election.

I used to curate Twitter... I know how to stop the X-odus

As someone who spent seven years as a Twitter curator, I've watched Elon Musk systematically dismantle a platform I loved, encouraging its users to be their worst selves while applying dangerously inconsistent approaches to crucial issues like hate speech and misinformation.

Stop trivialising rape, says Pelicot in address to court

Gisele Pelicot has criticised the cowardice” of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during a decade of mass rape organised by her husband as she called for an end to a macho, patriarchal society where rape is trivialised”.

Trump picks Fox presenter as his transport secretary

Donald Trump has named his choice for transportation secretary former reality TV star turned Fox presenter Sean Duffy.

Hong Kong jails 45 activists in 'outrageous' crackdown

Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial seen as a stark demonstration of a China-led crackdown on dissent.

'We want to inflict a lot of damage and upset Putin'

A Ukrainian colonel describes how Kyiv hopes to hurt Russia with the US-made missiles they now have permission to use

Ukraine fires first US longrange missiles into Russia

Moscow upgrades its nuclear threat after ATACMS attack

Ball quits breakfast show

Scott Mills to take over popular weekday slot on Radio 2

Man Capital chair donates to our safe homes campaign

Top businessman Mohamed Mansour supports the Indy’s appeal to build refuges for survivors of domestic abuse

New ice warning after snow forces 200 schools to close

A new ice warning has been issued after heavy snow sparked widespread travel disruption and forced the closure of hundreds of schools.

Trump to recognise African state, says ex-Tory minister

Donald Trump is poised to recognise a former British protectorate as an official country, according to a former UK defence secretary who lobbied the president-elect.

Why is Reeves accused of ‘lying' about achievements?

Among her challenges, chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has been accused of \"lying\" about her CV.

Labour's 100,000 cold facts

The government’s winter fuel payments cut will drive more pensioners into poverty, work and pensions secretary admits

Make no mistake - this isn't just bad news for farmers

I never imagined that farmers like me would need to go to London in order to protect our future livelihoods, but here we are. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the recently announced inheritance tax changes will impact a vast many – it isn’t just an elite few.

The last thing farmers need is a Clarkson and co cosplay

From early morning, they started gathering outside parliament in smart Barbour jackets, flat caps and spotless wellies. Not the farmers – they came later in proper warm clothing that had seen rain before – but the shadow cabinet, looking like a class of 10-year-olds marking World Book Day as the cast of The Sheep-Pig.

Farmers' chief hints at more extreme tax protest action

Thousands descend on London over inheritance changes

Tyson's another long-since faded fighter who just can't take retirement lying down

On Friday night in Texas, Mike Tyson joined a sad list of men behaving badly in a dangerous sport and he’s not bothered.

Stellar interim job may give Carsley future England shot

Eight debuts, five wins and one regret managing senior side

Late goal gifts Scotland Nations League lifeline

Andy Robertson marked his 80th cap with a sensational stoppage-time winner in Poland to keep Scotland’s hopes alive of staying in the top level of the UEFA Nations League.

Energy bills expected to rise again in the new year

Energy bills could be hiked yet again from 1 January as rising wholesale costs push up prices for households.

THAT'LL BE THE DEITY

Pop psychology superstar Jordan Peterson feels it's high time his voice was heard on the most grandiose of subjects: God. The power of Christ compels Helen Coffey to ask: why?

Queer villains are a cliche we should have moved past

Denzel Washington’s sly bisexual villain is a delight to behold in Gladiator II’, writes Louis Chilton. But when combined with two androgynous tyrants, a troubling trope emerges

The farmers' tax could be a pig in a poke for the country

With the agriculture sector warning the new tax will send us sleepwalking into a food shortage’, Zoé Beaty looks at the reality of an industry in crisis and how we may all pay a price

Trump's tariffs would lower our food standards but we may just have to stomach it

As if the dire predictions for Trump’s second term weren’t scary enough, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) has now warned that The Donald’s 20 per cent tariff plan could reduce the UK economy by 0.9 per cent by the end of his administration.

It's not yet World War Three but 'World War Z' has begun

Time was when optimists responded to the imminence of world war with a cocky: \"It'll all be over by Christmas...\"

Australian senator says she will heckle the King again

Australian senator Lidia Thorpe tore up a copy of a motion censuring her for protesting against King Charles during his October visit when she accused him of genocide against Indigenous people.