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It was meant to be great, so how did 2022 turn into the bin fire from hell?

We survived the pandemic only to be torn apart by man-made disasters at home and abroad

I’ve got PCPD (perpetual Christmas party dread)

Party grinch: the allure of keeping up with Christmas revelry can fade quickly

Rishi Sunak faces an incredibly difficult foreign policy choice in 2023

Bluntly, the UK ts not going to be able to afford all its defence plans by spending just two per cent of GDP

Rare moments of comfort offer prospect of hope’ as rising costs hit families

Therapy 4 Healing provides wellbeing treatments such as massages and reflexology at pop-up clinics in south London

Family’s tribute to selfless’ guard Gaby

“Our joy”: Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died on Monday

Mayor in new row over planned cuts to 'iconic' bus routes

Cash plea: ‘Still time to save these buses if the Government steps up,’ says Sadiq Khan

Warning after e-scooter death of girl, 14

Tragedy: TV host Emily Hartridge

Zelensky flies to Biden summit on first foreign visit since start of war

UKRAINE'S president Volodymyr Zelensky was today travelling to Washington for a summit with Joe Biden - his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion began in February.

Murder probe after teen, 16, stabbed to death in Clerkenwell

Tragic: forensics officers search the crime scene

Met chief Rowley marks first 100 days with drug gangs blitz

Pledge: Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says he will restore public confidence in his force, though it will take months

Rail strikes to disrupt first four working days of new year

RAIL chiefs have apologised to the millions of passengers who will have their new year travel plans disrupted by a week of strikes.

Business leaders slam delay by ministers on energy support scheme

Decision delay: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Musk pledges to resign from Twitter ... when he finds a 'foolish' successor

ELON MUSK has confirmed he will step down as chief executive of Twitter after being defeated in his own online poll — as soon as he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”.

Queen of Christmas reigns over New York with Santa

Nice list: Father Christmas appeared on stage with Mariah Carey to bring extra festive magic to her New York show

'DRIVE STROKE PATIENTS TO A&E YOURSELF

WAR OF WORDS AS HEALTH SECRETARY UNDER FIRE OVER REFUSING PAY TALKS

Breaking down the gender and colour bars to job recruitment

WHEN Cynthia Davis secured her first job in recruitment, there were 120 other consultants at her executive search firm. “Only five of them were women, and I was the only person of colour,” the entrepreneur explains.

McCullum urges teen-star Ahmed to take his first steps into the IPL

ENGLAND head coach Brendon McCullum will encourage teen sensation Rehan Ahmed to play “as much franchise cricket” as possible.

Borthwick family values will be key to getting the best out of his players

EVERY time Steve Borthwick needs to refocus on how to treat his England players, he will look at his two young sons. England’s new head coach will ask himself: “Would I want Hunter and Chase coached by me?” The closer to “yes” that he comes in his answer, the better the job he will be doing.

WHITEWASH! HISTORIC WIN FOR ENGLAND

SKIPPER STOKES AND DUCKETT WRAP UP FIRST-EVER SERIES CLEAN SWEEP IN PAKISTAN IN JUST 38 MINUTES

The football was fabulous ... but at huge human cost

Fund for workers should be priority now

FTX founder agrees to US extradition for fraud trial

SAM Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder of collapsed crypto firm FTX, has reportedly agreed to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges after overseeing one of the most high-profile corporate bankruptcies in modern times.

TSB fined £50m for IT fiasco that locked out two million customers

TSB HAS been slapped with a fine of almost £50 million for the disastrous systems meltdown that left around two million customers locked out of their accounts for weeks in 2018.

The world's most glorious winter train journeys

Iconic snowy vistas, Art Deco cabins and silver service dining train travel has really got its mojo back says Rosalyn Wikeley

I am proud to be the biggest Christmas dinner diva

WEAPONISED competence is the gift I will be bringing this Christmas. I am generally quite ashamed of my general incompetence at home, in everything from DIY to cooking, though not so ashamed that I can't throw my elderly parents under the bus for it: both over-mothered and under-fathered, I'm a deadly combination of lazy and useless.

How just the price of your morning coffee could be enough to help change lives

Any donation, however small, can make a real difference to the vital work of community wellbeing projects, reports Robert Dex

And the Special Award goes to...

As the Evening Standard honours those who have made an outstanding contribution to theatre in its hardest few years, Nick Curtis talks to the people who have been at the forefront

Prince Harry 'to do new interview with Bradby

BUCKINGHAM PALACE was today bracing for more accusations from Prince Harry after it emerged he is set to do an interview with Tom Bradby.

'Beautiful friend': The Specials singer Terry Hall dies aged 63

THE Specials’ lead singer Terry Hall was today remembered for his “remarkable music and profound humanity” following his death at the age of 63.

Egg breaker: Messi photo is Instagram's most popular

LIONEL MESSI smashed another record today as his post proclaiming Argentina as \"the champions of the world\" became the most liked picture in the history of Instagram - beating a photo of an egg.

‘TAKE NO RISKS' PLEA AS STRIKES HIT NHS

NURSES' BOSS URGES PM TO 'DO DECENT THING' ON PAY AS LONDON TRUST PUT ON HIGHEST ALERT FOR AMBULANCE WALKOUT | PM 'refusing to back down' on nurses' call for 19% pay rise