The Guardian - December 24, 2024

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December 24, 2024

NHS to trial AI tool able to spot risk of diabetes

The NHS in England is launching a world-first trial of a \"gamechanging\" artificial intelligence tool that can identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes more than a decade before they develop the condition.

3 mins

Ex-Trump nominee 'paid for sex with girl'

A House of Representatives ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz, the former Florida Republican congressman, found \"substantial evidence\" that he engaged in sex trafficking and paid for sex with a minor, among other serious violations of state law and congressional rules.

3 mins

Revealed: Thames Water diverted 'clean-up' cash to help pay bonuses

Work to tackle pollution shelved after internal risk assessment

5 mins

Badenoch plays down prospect of Musk donation to Reform

Kemi Badenoch has said she does not believe Elon Musk is going to make a multimillion-pound donation to Reform UK, even as the party's treasurer claimed the US billionaire was now ready to do so.

2 mins

Structural change as beacon of Liverpool radio quits the tower

It is known across Liverpool as the Radio City Tower but that moniker might not be around much longer as the iconic structure hosts its final live broadcast today.

3 mins

Crocodile who scaled heights of fame in 1986 hit comedy dies

After a 90-year life in which he scaled the dizzying heights of the film industry, Burt, the giant crocodile that featured in the hit Australian comedy Crocodile Dundee, has died.

1 min

Saudis warned Germany about Christmas market attack suspect 'many times'

Saudi authorities had previously requested the extradition of the main suspect in Friday's Christmas market attack in Germany, a source close to the Riyadh government told Agence France-Presse yesterday, as several agencies admitted they had received warnings about him.

3 mins

Kremlin denies Asma al-Assad seeking divorce or London exile

The Kremlin has denied Turkish media reports suggesting Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of the ousted Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, is seeking a divorce and hoping to return to London.

1 min

Forecasters predict mild Christmas with temperatures of up to 15C

Forecasters are predicting one of the mildest Christmases on record with temperatures potentially peaking at 15C and no chance of snow anywhere in the UK.

1 min

Middle children from large families more likely to be friendly and fair, study claims

The debate has raged for more than a century: does birth order help to shape personality, or are conscientious firstborns and creative youngest children flawed stereotypes based on flimsy evidence?

2 mins

Labour is being blamed for drag on growth - but the real picture is more complicated than that

Economic growth revised to zero, stubbornly high inflation, and warnings of job losses on the horizon.

3 mins

Starmer under pressure as economy stagnates despite vow to revive it

The UK economy flatlined between July and September and is on track to have stagnated over the entire second half of 2024, adding to pressure on Keir Starmer over his promise to reboot growth.

3 mins

Keir Starmer PM to take 'a few days' off, says No 10

Keir Starmer and his family are to take a short overseas holiday over the new year, Downing Street has said.

1 min

High streets Late surge in Christmas shopping

Shoppers surged on to high streets on Saturday amid signs they are spending more in stores and on the internet than last year in the run-up to Christmas, as retailers hope for a last-minute rush.

2 mins

Car driven into shop in suspected arson attack

Police are investigating a suspected arson attack in Birmingham that led to five people being evacuated in the early hours yesterday after a car was driven into the front of a shop and set on fire.

1 min

Girls to form part of St Paul's Christmas Day choir for first time in history

Girls will form part of the choir performing at the Christmas Day service at St Paul's Cathedral for the first time in its 900-year history tomorrow.

2 mins

Kurdish family cannot be reunited in UK, court rules

The court of appeal has ruled that a couple who were separated from their two young children on a migrant dinghy in northern France after the mother fell overboard cannot travel to the UK to be reunited with them.

2 mins

Water voles bounce back in some areas but dispersal down across Britain

Water voles continue to decline in their distribution across Britain, but there are signs of recovery in some regions, with populations bouncing back in 11 areas, according to a report.

1 min

'The worst it's been' Teachers and parents share their experiences of living inside a crisis

\"The Send [special educational needs and disabilities] system is broken; completely and irrevocably,\" said David Wilson, a deputy headteacher at an inner-city Manchester primary school where between six and 10 children with Send are in each classroom.

4 mins

Government urged to take action to end the 'vicious downward spiral' of Send provision

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) have been victims of a \"vicious downward spiral\" of declining support over the past decade, pushing more families into crisis, the former children's commissioner for England has said as she urged the government to take action.

2 mins

Holiday on ice Scientists and fossil hunters in Antarctica hunker down to climate work

Most of us will not get a white Christmas this year, but a group of scientists is guaranteed one while carrying out research on the Antarctic peninsula.

2 mins

King's message to focus on health workers

The king's Christmas message will focus on the efforts of healthcare workers after a year in which Charles and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer.

1 min

Delia Smith takes year off festive cooking for first time in half a century

Delia Smith, the doyenne of Christmas dinners, is taking a year off from cooking the festive feast for the first time in more than 50 years.

1 min

Man jailed over threat to 'blow away' English Defence League

A man who posed with an \"ornamental\" AK-47 rifle and threatened to \"blow away\" the English Defence League during the summer riots has been jailed for more than two years.

2 mins

'The joy went out of my life' Pensioners struggling after winter fuel payment cut

When Colin Anderson moved home to Devon after 30 years in London, he was looking forward to a quiet retirement close to where he had grown up.

3 mins

Opera review Manic energy and fury at the witch keep the children enrapt

Operas don't get more Christmassy than Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. Not so much in content - crushing poverty, a scary forest, a child-eating witch - as by venerable association since its world premiere on 23 December 1893.

1 min

Advice on bites and burns high on search list last Christmas

Information on alcohol consumption, rabies and bites - animal and human - was among the most sought-after NHS advice on Christmas and Boxing Day last year, data shows.

1 min

Champagne's dirty secret: pickers underpaid, underfed and sleeping on the streets

A Guardian investigation has found that workers in France's champagne industry are being underpaid and forced to sleep on the streets and steal food to stave off hunger.

4 mins

'Obsessed' The festive ritual of a Christmas parkrun

For some, the idea of a Christmas that contains any more exertion than reaching for the Quality Street is the stuff of nightmares. But for others, the most wonderful time of the year would not be complete without a festive parkrun.

2 mins

Artist who led British abstraction is subject of revelatory show

Britain's pioneering abstract artist whose legacy has mostly been obscured by a mix of sexism and the second world war is to have her first major exhibition in over 40 years.

1 min

Birmingham LGBTQ+ church members 'cut off' after sexual assault complaints

The Methodist church in Birmingham has been accused of silencing and cutting off members of an LGBTQ+ congregation after they reported a senior member of the group for alleged sexual assault.

2 mins

Two-tier policing? Majority of banned marches were proposed by far right

The bar is said to be appropriately high, but there have been 24 marches banned by a home secretary in response to police requests in the past 30 years.

5 mins

Cabinet Office interviews Siddiq over Bangladesh corruption claim

The Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has been questioned by the Cabinet Office's propriety and ethics team after Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission accused her and family members of embezzling billions for a nuclear power plant.

2 mins

Syrian family in limbo over Christmas as Home Office suspends asylum claims

A Syrian family say they are \"fearing for their future\" this Christmas after having an imminent decision on their asylum application stopped by the government.

2 mins

Just friends? Exhibition to explore Elizabeth I's relationship with Dudley

Exhibition to explore Elizabeth I's relationship with Dudley

3 mins

Suspect in healthcare CEO killing pleads not guilty to state murder charges

The suspect in the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO pleaded not guilty to murder and terror charges yesterday in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution.

2 mins

Biden commutes nearly all federal death sentences to life imprisonment

The US president, Joe Biden, yesterday commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, changing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole.

4 mins

2024: the year of elections Democracy under stress despite billions of votes

In January, as this bumper year of elections got under way, breathless editorials and reheated hot takes made it clear the stakes could not be higher.

6 mins

Greece faces 'emergency' as number of child refugee arrivals soars

Greece is facing a refugee \"children's emergency\" as the number of unaccompanied minors reaching the country rises and concern grows over a lack of safe places to host them.

2 mins

In plain sight The little red cabin housing a key European datacentre

Stockholm archipelago

2 mins

China denied request to board ship linked to severed undersea cables, says Sweden

Sweden has accused China of denying a request for Swedish prosecutors to board a Chinese ship that has been linked to the cutting of two undersea cables in the Baltic despite Beijing having pledged \"cooperation\" with regional authorities.

2 mins

Borne again: former PM among names in France's latest cabinet

The French prime minister, François Bayrou, has announced his new government - the country's fourth this year - in the hope he can see off another vote of no confidence from a bitterly divided parliament.

1 min

BP faces legal action over pipe supplying oil to Israel

Palestinian victims of the war in Gaza are taking legal action against BP for running a pipeline that supplies much of Israel's crude oil.

1 min

More than 1,000 North Korean casualties in Ukraine, says Seoul

More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, South Korean military officials said yesterday.

2 mins

Morrisons offers discounts after IT glitch affects orders

Morrisons' technical troubles may affect delivery orders as well as holders of the chain's loyalty card

1 min

Homebase to live on as brand in old stores owned by the Range

Homebase is to live on as a brand online and in up to 70 former stores reopened next year as branches of the Range, its new owner has announced.

2 mins

Aviva agrees deal to buy Direct Line for £3.7bn, putting 2,300 insurance jobs at risk

Aviva has agreed to buy the rival insurer Direct Line for £3.7bn, with up to 2,300 job cuts planned as the companies aim for at least £125m in cost savings.

2 mins

Prepayment meters may cost households a third of income this winter

Economics correspondent

2 mins

'It's a huge problem' ONS under pressure over quality of its data

The Office for National Statistics (ONS), with its number-crunchers and crack-of-dawn data dumps, is an unlikely backdrop for turmoil.

4 mins

Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi in merger talks amid falling sales

Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi have confirmed they are in talks over a possible £46bn three-way merger as the Japanese carmakers struggle with falling sales and competition from Chinese brands.

1 min

Constitution Hill return revs up King George day

Comeback of hurdling great makes Boxing Day card at Kempton perhaps the most mouthwatering this century

3 mins

Draper faces fight to be fit for Australian Open as hip injury hits plans

Jack Draper faces a race against time to be in top physical shape for the Australian Open next month after suffering a hip injury in training.

4 mins

Lewis points finger at WPL over 'rammed' Ashes schedule

England's head coach, Jon Lewis, has criticised the \"rammed\" Women's Ashes schedule, blaming the Women's Premier League in India for the compressed nature of the tour.

2 mins

Clayton edges past Mansell in sudden-death thriller

Jonny Clayton won a sudden-death leg in the deciding set to edge past Mickey Mansell and book his place in the third round of the PDC world championship after an epic contest at Alexandra Palace.

1 min

Fury ceased clowning to push Usyk to his limits but this special champion always finds a new gear

Once upon a time, the world stopped to watch when the heavyweight championship was at stake. Oleksandr Usyk's unanimous-decision triumph over Tyson Fury in Riyadh on Saturday was barely noticed.

4 mins

'It's opened my mind': inside the FA's all-female coaching course

WSL stars past and present have signed up to an A licence course that aims to boost the number of female coaches

4 mins

'We do what the police cannot': Fanprojekte face battle to survive

A German court case threatens the existence of projects that play a crucial social-work role with football fans

5 mins

Liverpool's lead at the top is due to much more than good luck

They may have faced some teams at the right time but Slot has improved players to the extent it is their title to lose

3 mins

Amorim given free rein over Rashford call

Ruben Amorim's exclusion of Marcus Rashford from Manchester United's past three match-day squads is solely his decision, with the head coach under no pressure from Sir Jim Ratcliffe's football department.

1 min

Juric vows 'death metal football' style for Saints

Southampton's new manager, Ivan Juric, says he plans to implement an aggressive style of play similar to death metal, his favourite genre of music.

1 min

'We have to change for the better': Kulusevski on what's next for Spurs

Forward says his side need to evolve after Sunday's painful defeat to leaders Liverpool

3 mins

'Huge blow' Saka's hamstring tear leaves Arsenal scrambling for options

Mikel Arteta has said he and Arsenal must find a way to cope without Bukayo Saka after confirming the England forward is set to be sidelined for \"many weeks\" due to the hamstring injury he sustained against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

2 mins

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