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The Independent
The best kids’ toys of 2021: Fun for Christmas and beyond
From rocking horses to playsets and puzzles, Santa might just outdo himself this year
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Storyful
Crews Dismantle Burned Fox News Christmas Tree in Manhattan
Police said one person was arrested early on December 8 after setting fire to a Christmas tree in front of the Fox News building on Sixth Avenue in New York.Video shows crews disassembling the scorched tree on Wednesday morning. The fire was reported after midnight.The NYPD said investigators couldn’t confirm whether an incendiary device was used to start the fire. Credit: Angelina Fay via Storyful
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The Independent
No 10 Christmas party: a look into the government’s festive scandal
No 10 Christmas party: a look into the government’s festive scandal
13 hours ago
The Independent
Pfizer antibodies may only partially protect against omicron, early study suggests
Results of first laboratory experiments on new variant ‘better than I expected’, scientist says
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PA Media: UK News
Omicron R-rate could be as high as 3.47 – preliminary research
University of East Anglia Professor Alastair Grant has projected the reproduction rate of the new variant based on UKHSA figures.
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The Independent
Second man charged in Edinburgh attempted murder inquiry
A 32-year-old man suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries when he was attacked outside a Tesco in the capital.
15 hours ago
AFP UK
Making ‘The Beach’ sustainable: Thailand hopes to curb damage of mass tourism
Mass tourism had brought the archipelago, immortalised by the Leonardo Dicaprio movie ‘The Beach’, to the brink of ecological catastrophe. Now Thailand hopes to make Phi Phi the standard-bearer for a new, more sustainable model of tourism as the country reopens to visitors after the long Covid-19 shutdown.
2 days ago
PA Media: Video
Cycle lanes blamed as London becomes world’s most congested city
An increase in cycle lanes during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to London becoming the world’s most congested city, according to new analysis. Traffic information supplier Inrix told the PA news agency that segregated spaces for cycling were one of the reasons drivers in the capital will lose an average of 148 hours stuck in jams across the whole of 2021.
22 hours ago
KameraOne
Top 5 highest paid footballers in 2021
Do you know the world's highest paid football players of 2021?
18 hours ago
Yahoo Celebrity UK
Naughty Boy eliminated from 'I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!'
The music producer said he'd learned a lot on the show.
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PA Media: UK News
UK should be ‘ambitious on climate regardless of action by other countries’
A survey found nearly two-thirds of people think the UK should be one of the most ambitious countries when it comes to tackling climate change.
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PinkNews
Pop goddess Kim Petras says narrow-minded record bosses dismissed her as just ‘gay club music’
Kim Petras has opened up about being seen as a “joke” in her home country of Germany, and dismissed by the US music industry.
2 days ago
Evening Standard
China: US must ‘pay a price’ for boycotting Winter Olympics over human rights abuses
China has vowed the United States will have to “pay a price” after the US declared it would diplomatically boycott the Winter Olympics over human rights abuses. The White House announced on Monday government officials would boycott the event because of human rights “atrocities”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing on Tuesday the country would take “resolute countermeasures”.
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BANG Showbiz
Graham Norton introduces new wine
Graham Norton has introduced a new red wine to his range, HE-DEVIL.
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The Independent
Kyle Rittenhouse blasts ‘piece of s***’ trial prosecutor and says he wants to be a lawyer
Teenager surprised conservative show hosts with law school ambitions
2 days ago
The Independent
Formerly vaccine-hesitant nurse urges unvaccinated people to get jabbed
Around 6.4 million people in the UK are yet to have their first vaccine
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The Independent
Even amid boycott, IOC still hit with Peng Shuai questions
IOC President Thomas Bach can’t escape repeated questions about Peng Shuai and issues raised by two video calls the International Olympic Committee has had with her
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The Independent
Wellbeing in UK ‘among lowest levels on record’ during second wave of virus
‘Lockdown loneliness’ linked to higher anxiety among 20 to 24-year-olds.
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Reuters
France registers surge in COVID-19 hospitalisations
PARIS (Reuters) -France on Tuesday registered a surge in COVID-19 hospitalisations as a rise in new infections in mid-November led to an increase in patient numbers. The health ministry reported that the number of COVID-19 patients in French hospitals rose by 618 to 12,714, the second-highest net one-day increase this year behind the net increase of 732 on April 6, when the patient tally was above 30,600. Due to one of Europe's highest vaccination rates, a rise in new cases now has less impact on hospital numbers than in the spring.
2 days ago
Sky video
Ofgem 'inaction on unfit energy suppliers leaves households with £2.6bn bill'
The energy regulator Ofgem has been accused of sleepwalking into the price crisis that has seen a third of the UK's household suppliers collapse, with a charity warning of a £2.6bn bill to be footed by consumers.
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