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• Shortage of ‘breakthrough’ weight loss drugs will slow fight against obesity, WHO warns - The Guardian1 December 2025, 5:50 pm
  Shortage of ‘breakthrough’ weight loss drugs will slow fight against obesity, WHO warns  The GuardianWHO warning over shortage of obesity jabs  BBCWeight loss jabs conditionally backed to tackle obesity by World Health Organization  Sky NewsWHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity  World Health Organization (WHO)World Health Organization issues first-ever guidelines for use of GLP-1 weight loss medications  ABC News
  
• ‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard - The Guardian1 December 2025, 5:32 pm
  ‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard  The GuardianLetter: Sir Tom Stoppard obituary  The Guardian‘Everyone was a little bit in love with him’: Samuel West remembers Tom Stoppard  The TelegraphTom Stoppard, playwright, 1937-2025  Financial Times'One of our greatest writers': King leads tributes to Sir Tom Stoppard  BBC
  
• Doctors to stage five-day strike before Christmas - BBC1 December 2025, 5:25 pm
  Doctors to stage five-day strike before Christmas  BBCResident doctors in England to go on strike in run-up to Christmas  The GuardianDoctors in England to go on strike in run-up to Christmas  Sky NewsResident doctors set date for strike  British Medical AssociationJunior doctors to strike for five days in run-up to Christmas  The Telegraph
  
• OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budget - The Guardian1 December 2025, 4:34 pm
  OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budget  The GuardianHead of OBR resigns after Budget day publishing error  BBCChair of UK's fiscal watchdog resigns after early published report threw Budget into chaos  CNBCInvestigation into November 2025 EFO publication error  obr.ukThe OBR has lost the battle, but won the war  New Statesman
  
• Zipcar, world’s biggest car-sharing company, to close UK operation - The Guardian1 December 2025, 4:26 pm
  Zipcar, world’s biggest car-sharing company, to close UK operation  The GuardianCar-sharing company ZipCar to end UK operations  BBCZipcar set to close UK operations - but Christmas bookings are safe  Sky NewsZipcar to close UK business over Khan’s congestion charge  The TelegraphZipcar UK to shut operations ahead of new London EV Congestion Charge  City AM
  
• BP scraps plans for Teesside hydrogen and carbon capture scheme - Financial Times1 December 2025, 4:24 pm
  BP scraps plans for Teesside hydrogen and carbon capture scheme  Financial TimesBP pulls out of building Teesside hydrogen plant at Teesworks  BBCBP abandons UK green energy plant in blow to Miliband  The TelegraphThe day net zero died  The SpectatorBP Ditches Plans for England Hydrogen Site Due to Data Center  Bloomberg.com
  
• Alexis Mac Allister shares true feelings on Alexander Isak's start at Liverpool - 'Very quiet' - Liverpool Echo1 December 2025, 4:00 pm
  Alexis Mac Allister shares true feelings on Alexander Isak's start at Liverpool - 'Very quiet'  Liverpool EchoAlexander Isak ends drought as Liverpool stop rot with win at West Ham  The GuardianArne Slot has taken step back at Liverpool as Joe Gomez explains new approach  Liverpool EchoExtended Highlights | West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool  West Ham UnitedWest Ham 0-2 Liverpool highlights  Sky Sports
  
• How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide - The Guardian1 December 2025, 3:39 pm
  How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide  The GuardianDesperate hunt for food and water as Indonesia floods death toll rises to 502  BBCSri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100  The GuardianMore than 1,000 dead in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods  The TimesMore than 1,100 confirmed dead and 800 missing in catastrophic Asia floods  Sky News
  
• Keir Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap - Financial Times1 December 2025, 3:32 pm
  Keir Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap  Financial Times'I don't eat to feed my kids but there is now hope'  BBCChildren aren’t cheap… in fact it now costs £249,000 to raise one  The TimesThe two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan  The GuardianNew 2026 rates and dates revealed for universal credit, PIP and end of two-child benefit cap  The Independent
  
• Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft - BBC1 December 2025, 3:30 pm
  Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft  BBCAirbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch  The GuardianAirbus finds another issue affecting its best-selling A320 passenger planes  CNNAirbus: Flights resume as normal after software update warning  BBCAirbus warns of quality issues on some A320 aircraft panels  Financial Times
  
• Beware flammable skincare, too many sprouts and overindulging in cheese this Christmas, say health experts - The Guardian1 December 2025, 3:30 pm
  Beware flammable skincare, too many sprouts and overindulging in cheese this Christmas, say health experts  The Guardian
  
• Andrew Windsor is officially a commoner after being stripped of remaining titles - Metro.co.uk1 December 2025, 3:03 pm
  Andrew Windsor is officially a commoner after being stripped of remaining titles  Metro.co.ukAndrew formally stripped of last remaining royal titles by King Charles  The IndependentDefence chiefs told to ‘get on with it’ and strip Andrew’s last title  The TimesEx-Prince Andrew Still Has One Prestigious Royal Title Left Against King Charles's Wishes  instyle.comShamed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor formally stripped of last remaining royal titles  London Evening Standard
  
• Geologists granted 'one of a kind' window into Scotland's past - BBC1 December 2025, 2:51 pm
  Geologists granted 'one of a kind' window into Scotland's past  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Reading and Leeds 2026: Charli XCX and Raye to headline - BBC1 December 2025, 1:16 pm
  Reading and Leeds 2026: Charli XCX and Raye to headline  BBCCharli XCX and Raye to headline Reading and Leeds Festival 2026  BBCReading & Leeds announces huge line-up and headliners for 2026  Rolling Stone UKReading Festival 2026 headline acts REVEALED  Reading ChronicleREVEALED: Headliners announced for expanded Leeds Festival 2026  Telegraph and Argus
  
• Siddiq given jail sentence in Bangladesh after corruption trial in her absence | ITV News - ITVX1 December 2025, 1:15 pm
  Siddiq given jail sentence in Bangladesh after corruption trial in her absence | ITV News  ITVXTulip Siddiq MP says Bangladesh jail sentence is 'deeply unfair'  BBCLeading lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of former UK minister  The GuardianTulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in Bangladeshi prison for corruption  The TelegraphBangladesh sentences British MP, Sheikh Hasina’s niece, to prison  Al Jazeera