The Guardian - January 02, 2025

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January 02, 2025

Low turnout 'a threat to legitimacy of elections'

UK elections are \"close to a tipping point\" at which they lose legitimacy because of plummeting voter turnout among renters and non-graduates, an influential thinktank has said.

3 mins

Ten dead after truck flying IS flag drives into crowd in New Orleans

Vehicle and gun attack injures dozens gathered to celebrate new year FBI investigating 'act of terror', while police say suspect has been killed

4 mins

More cancers being spotted at early stage, says NHS England

The number of patients being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage in England has risen to its highest level, according to NHS analysis.

1 min

Russian gas stops flowing to Europe via Ukraine after agreement expires

Russian gas stopped flowing to Europe via Ukraine yesterday, ending a major energy route that goes back to Soviet times and had even survived three years of full-scale war between the two states.

3 mins

I don't want to be in the back seat' Biology still beats AI when it comes to art, says Jeff Koons

His hands-off approach to the production of his famous balloon dogs and stainless steel rabbits has been criticised in the past but Jeff Koons, the world's most expensive artist, has drawn a red line: \"I wouldn't - for my own base work - be looking at AI to be developing my work.\"

4 mins

Horrific' White House pledges full support to investigators

The White House said last night that Joe Biden had been briefed by the leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, after the attack in New Orleans that is being investigated as a terrorist incident.

2 mins

New year revellers tell of shock and confusion

The silence on Bourbon Street told much of the story. At the intersection that marks the centre of New Orleans's noisy tourist hub, lined with tall palm trees and towering hotels, the quiet on the morning of New Year's Day was broken only by yellow police tape fluttering in the light breeze and the occasional blare of sirens echoing on the road.

2 mins

Father of Stephen Lawrence says he can accept killer's release if he shows remorse

His chance to argue his case for freedom will come after his completion of a minimum prison term of 14 years and three months.

2 mins

Concern at surge in use of drones to deliver drugs to prison inmates

Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in the use of drones to deliver drugs to inmates, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures show the number of aerial incursions more than tripled in two years.

3 mins

Heavy snow warning issued for most of country as 2025 begins with flooding and strong winds

A three-day heavy snow warning was issued by the Met Office yesterday as thousands of households mopped up after torrential new year rain led to flooded properties, travel chaos and power cuts.

3 mins

Why automatic voter registration could be one solution to waning engagement

The turnout gap between homeowners and renters widened to 19 percentage points last year, up by a quarter since 2017

2 mins

Patient safety fears after poll suggests most GPs have compassion fatigue

Seven in 10 GPs suffer from compassion fatigue and struggle to empathise with patients because they are worn out from caring for them, a survey has found.

2 mins

Warring stars Lively and Baldoni both file lawsuits over It Ends With Us

The actor Blake Lively has sued the director of It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, and several others associated with the film, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation for coming forward about her treatment on the set.

2 mins

Suspected traffickers to face travel restrictions and ban on social media

Suspected people smugglers will face phone bans, social media blocks and travel restrictions under new interim orders that can be applied before any conviction, which ministers say will drastically speed up curbs on traffickers' activities.

2 mins

Refugees Call for 10,000 visas to reduce Channel death toll

The Home Office is facing calls to introduce 10,000 refugee visas in an effort to reduce the death toll from people crossing the Channel in small boats after a record number of lives were lost in 2024.

1 min

Search for identity Struggle to put names to bodies found in sea

Four years ago, the remains of a toddler encased in a lifejacket and a navy snowsuit washed up on a beach in southern Norway, having spent the previous two months being carried on North Sea currents.

5 mins

Tory focus on small boat crossings had role in UK riots, says senior Labour MP

The Conservative government's relentless focus on small boat crossings and delays processing asylum claims played a role in stoking August's riots, the chair of the Commons equalities committee has said.

3 mins

DWP spent £50,000 in bid to halt release of safeguarding review

More than £50,000 of taxpayers' money was spent on lawyers to try to prevent the release of a safeguarding review ordered after a disabled man starved to death in his own home.

2 mins

Police Stop Seven-Year-Old Boy Driving Scrambler Bike on Public Road

Police in Merseyside expressed surprise after they caught up with an erratically driven scrambler bike on a public road to find the rider was a seven-year-old boy.

1 min

Orc Wars: Dungeons and Dragons Players Split Over 'Species'

My first dungeon master was an anti-racist skinhead,\" Jeremy Cobb says of his introduction to the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.

2 mins

Hi-tech nod to history NHS using model patients to help bridge training gap

NHS using model patients to help bridge training gap

1 min

TV review Captivating show is back with new twists and savvier players

Series three of The Traitors begins with an utterly gutting twist.

3 mins

DNA of ancient Roman buried in York reveals Scandinavian ancestry

People with Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain long before the Anglo-Saxons or the Vikings turned up, researchers have found after studying the genetics of an ancient Roman man buried in York.

2 mins

Trump's killing of Suleimani led to fall of Assad, says Tugendhat

Donald Trump's decision to sanction the assassination of an elite Iranian commander triggered a chain of events that revealed Iran as a paper tiger and led to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the UK's former UK security minister has said.

2 mins

Lack of mental healthcare 'putting young lives at risk'

The number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare in England has risen by 10% in a year, with lengthy waiting lists for regular NHS care pushing more to crisis point.

2 mins

Ambitious staging will celebrate centenary of 'the Irish Chekhov'

Plays by the acclaimed dramatist Brian Friel, who has been referred to as an \"Irish Chekhov\", have been performed in London, Dublin, on Broadway and elsewhere.

3 mins

'I love the four-day week... it's helped' Pupils on London school's quiet revolution

A small independent school on the fringes of a National Trust park in Morden, south London, a quiet revolution is under way.

3 mins

Hospital failings led to woman's death after surgery, says coroner

Failings at a hospital contributed to the death of a 55-year-old woman who suffered sepsis after weight loss surgery at the time of a junior doctors' strike, a coroner has said.

1 min

'Nudge unit' hired by ministers to dispel myths and misinformation on heat pumps

Experts from a \"nudge unit\" have been hired to help ministers fight misinformation about heat pumps to try to encourage their take-up.

2 mins

Almond and fig trees are thriving as country sees fewer frosts

Fig and almond trees are thriving in Britain as a result of fewer frosts, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.

2 mins

BBC to air nature documentary series narrated by Tom Hanks

The BBC has acquired a nature documentary series narrated by the Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks.

1 min

New appeal after 52 years helps solve mystery of missing woman

A woman who went missing 52 years ago has been found alive and well after police released a grainy photograph, right, as part of an appeal, solving one of Britain's longest-running missing people cases.

1 min

Trouble at mill Campaign to halt demolition of historic site

The wooded banks of the River Lemon, which tumbles through the town of Newton Abbot from the heights of Dartmoor, have long been a hive of activity, the site of corn and wool mills and tanneries that have employed thousands of people over the centuries.

2 mins

Crowds throng Birmingham city centre for non-existent fireworks

Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Birmingham on New Year's Eve despite a police warning that the announcement of a fireworks display was a hoax.

1 min

Black box data recovered in search for cause of crash that killed 179 in South Korea

Investigators in South Korea have extracted data from one of two black boxes retrieved from a Jeju Air plane that crashed shortly after landing on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people onboard.

2 mins

I Was Lucky Social Media Activist on His Journey to Escape From China

As he trekked through the mountains on China's border with Laos, Lu Yuyu felt exhausted. His companions were smugglers to whom he had paid 15,000 yuan (£1,622) to help him escape China, and they forced him to keep going until he could be delivered to two men and a scooter for the last few hours.

2 mins

12 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Strikes as War Continues into New Year

Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday, mostly women and children, officials said, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year.

1 min

Wrongly jailed critic of Duterte hopes for return to politics in Philippines

Leila de Lima, one of the fiercest critics of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody \"war on drugs\" who was jailed for more than six years on baseless charges, will try to return to politics in 2025.

2 mins

We are driven by a passion'

Looking towards the semicircular apse with a frescoed image of a partially identifiable Christ on a throne staring back at them, the archaeologists crouching in the small space deep beneath a residential building in Naples were left speechless.

2 mins

Belgium becomes first in EU to outlaw sale of disposable vapes

Belgium has become the EU first country to ban the sale of disposable vapes in an effort to stop young people from becoming addicted to nicotine and to protect the environment.

2 mins

Republican States 'Will Feel Empowered by Trump' to Pursue Rightwing Agenda

Republican state lawmakers and conservative leaders around the US see Donald Trump's re-election as a mandate that will help them enact rightwing policies in Republican-run states across the US.

2 mins

Judge's warning Threats called out

Allies and aides to Donald Trump should be increasingly concerned by Elon Musk's proximity to and influence on the US president-elect, the Yale historian and bestselling author Timothy Snyder has said.

3 mins

'We can be weirdos too' Black mermaids creating their own fantasy worlds

Dressed in a purple and turquoise seashell bra and an iridescent green tail, the professional mermaid Carrie Wata swam through a hula hoop that a group of children held underwater in a pool at a birthday party outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

6 mins

'Heck of a light show' as glittering algae mass off coast of Tasmania

Masses of glittering algae have returned to Tasmania's coastline in a spectacular bloom of bioluminescence that experts say is the largest seen in years.

2 mins

Endangered monkey's fate rests on Brazilian city's planning policy

The fate of one of the world's most threatened primates will be on the line in the coming months when Brazilian authorities decide whether to incorporate the pied tamarin into the urban planning policies of Manaus.

2 mins

Consumers warned against 'easy money' websites that buy IDs to use in betting

Consumers struggling to pay bills over the festive season have been urged not to sign up with companies that offer money in exchange for personal details in order to open multiple betting accounts in their name.

2 mins

UK lost 37 shops a day in 2024 as high street continues to struggle

With the business rate discount falling to 40%, experts warn 2025 could be worse for high street shops

1 min

Plug-free hybrid cars must be banned by 2030, ministers told

Britain must press ahead with a ban on the sale of new hybrid cars with no plug from 2030 or risk taking \"a catastrophic misstep\" on the road to net zero, ministers have been warned.

1 min

Time for ministers to get serious about stamp duty on shares - a terrible advert for London

This is the 0.5% levy on purchases of shares in UK companies. The US, China and Germany don't impose any equivalent tax at all

3 mins

A year of two halves How global financial markets fared differently in 2024

Global stock markets climbed in 2024, helped by falling inflation and the US economy's success in avoiding a hangover after a strong post-pandemic recovery.

4 mins

Bat to the future Let the Ashes mind games begin: peek into cricket's crystal ball for 2025

The final game between Australia and India at the SCG, the Aussies' last home Test before they face England in Perth in November, features every single member of Pat Cummins' side becoming complicit in what is interpreted within the England camp as a significant escalation in Ashes mind games.

4 mins

Boulter's win for GB helps sink fiance De Minaur's Australia

As the Great Britain and Australia teams lined up before their highly anticipated United Cup tussle, Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter savoured the last moment of peace in their household for the day, greeting each other on-court with a friendly kiss on the cheek.

2 mins

Van Gerwen seizes big moments to knock out resilient Rydz in epic

They call 1 January, world championship quarter-final day, the greatest day in the darting calendar.

3 mins

Lions, Lionesses and a finely poised Ashes - stories to track in 2025

From the Old Trafford soap opera to the Women's Rugby World Cup, our writers pick some of the events to follow

5 mins

Ones to watch Ten young WSL and Championship stars to look out for in 2025

There is plenty of talent in England's top two divisions. Suzanne Wrack selects some promising players who could make their mainstream breakthrough this year.

4 mins

Clement needs derby win to get fans onside and rouse drifting Rangers

Philippe Clement can only hope the law of averages is due to swing in his favour.

3 mins

Rovers rejoice Batth pulls plug on Leeds' winning run

Danny Batth's last-minute equaliser rescued Blackburn a 1-1 draw at Elland Road and denied Leeds a 10th straight home win.

1 min

City snap up Knaak to fill Greenwood's boots at back

Manchester City have moved quickly to fill the void left by the injured Alex Greenwood by signing the German defender Rebecca Knaak from Rosengård on the opening day of the winter transfer window.

1 min

Sunderland close in on leaders after Isidor strike blunts Blades

Wilson Isidor, Jobe Bellingham and the rest of Regis Le Bris's vibrant young side are not about to give up on automatic promotion quite yet. This statement victory, secured thanks to Isidor's fine winner, not merely preserved Sunderland's unbeaten home record in the Championship this season but kept them fourth, two points and one place behind a suddenly more-looking Sheffield United.

2 mins

Martinelli completes comeback to keep Arsenal on leaders' tail

Mikel Arteta wanted to send a warning to Liverpool that Arsenal can push them all the way for the Premier League title and this was evidence that they mean business.

3 mins

'Set piece FC' strike again just as Arteta is tempted to change tack with latest injection of youth

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3 mins

We need everybody' Arteta's rallying call as Arsenal battle sickness

Mikel Arteta praised his players' fortitude after a patched-up Arsenal side overcame a sickness bug in the squad to defeat Brentford and keep up the pressure on Liverpool.

1 min

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