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• MasterChef Festive Extravaganza: Champion of Champions review – John Torode leaves the kitchen at last - The Guardian29 December 2025, 9:00 pm
  MasterChef Festive Extravaganza: Champion of Champions review – John Torode leaves the kitchen at last  The GuardianPraise be, we finally reach John Torode’s last MasterChef supper  The TelegraphMasterChef Champion Of Champions 2025 winner crowned  BBCMasterChef unveils champion of champions after tense episode  Daily StarMasterChef crowns its Champion of Champions 2025  Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
  
• Ipswich stun leaders Coventry to breathe life into Championship promotion race - The Guardian29 December 2025, 8:47 pm
  Ipswich stun leaders Coventry to breathe life into Championship promotion race  The GuardianCoventry City 0-2 Ipswich Town: Tractor Boys boost top-two hopes  BBCCoventry vs Ipswich predictions, team news, betting tips, odds and Bet Builder  Racing PostYour Matchday Guide against Ipswich Town  Coventry City Football Club'An incredible feeling' - Wes Burns on 'special' goal in Town's 2-0 win at Coventry  East Anglian Daily Times
  
• Claudia Winkleman to host new chat show on BBC One - BBC29 December 2025, 8:10 pm
  Claudia Winkleman to host new chat show on BBC One  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Government to review 'information failures' in British-Egyptian activist case - BBC29 December 2025, 7:31 pm
  Government to review 'information failures' in British-Egyptian activist case  BBCNo 10 defends campaign to release Abd el-Fattah despite his ‘abhorrent’ tweets  The GuardianBritish-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation  BBCZionists are out to get me, says Egyptian ‘extremist’  The TelegraphBritish activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah apologises for social media posts | ITV News  ITVX
  
• UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating - The Guardian29 December 2025, 7:15 pm
  UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating  The GuardianAccounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating  Financial TimesUK accounting body to scrap remote exams - report  Sharecast.comWhy the ACCA is pulling the plug on the ‘sofa professional’  Accountancy AgeAccountancy exams go in-person as AI cheating soars  https-//www.semafor.com
  
• TEAM NEWS: Leicester City Vs Derby County - DCFC29 December 2025, 6:52 pm
  TEAM NEWS: Leicester City Vs Derby County  DCFCJordan James completes double over Derby to lift sour mood at Leicester  The Guardian‘Consistency Is Key’ - Cifuentes Speaks Pre-Derby  LCFCJohn Eustace makes Derby County promise as Rams look for Leicester City revenge  Derbyshire LiveLeicester vs Derby score predictions with Cifuentes' downfall in the air  Yahoo Sports
  
• Octopus Energy lines up sale of stake in bn software arm Kraken - Sky News29 December 2025, 6:28 pm
  Octopus Energy lines up sale of stake in bn software arm Kraken  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Trump news at a glance: progress but no breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks - The Guardian29 December 2025, 6:03 pm
  Trump news at a glance: progress but no breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks  The GuardianTrump offered Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says  Sky NewsTrump and Zelensky appear more upbeat - but show little evidence that peace is near for Ukraine  BBCRussia-Ukraine war live: Trump, Putin hold call after Zelenskyy meeting  Al JazeeraPutin gets the last word with Trump — again  The Times
  
• OpenAI faces a make-or-break year in 2026 - The Economist29 December 2025, 5:56 pm
  OpenAI faces a make-or-break year in 2026  The EconomistHow OpenAI Will Shape the Stock Market to Start 2026  TheStreet ProToo Big to Survive: Will The 0 Billion Oracle Deal Be The End For Sam Altman's OpenAI?  Trade BrainsOpenAI's 0B Spending Spree Could Dwarf Top Cloud Giants by 2029  TheTradableWhy OpenAI will be the AI stock kingmaker in 2026  Axios
  
• Man 'carrying handgun' shot and killed by police after crash in Norfolk - Sky News29 December 2025, 5:48 pm
  Man 'carrying handgun' shot and killed by police after crash in Norfolk  Sky NewsPolice fired twice during fatal shooting, says IOPC  BBCMan ‘carrying handgun’ shot dead by police after Norfolk car crash  The TimesPolice watchdog launches investigation after man shot dead by officers in Norfolk  The Guardian'Gunman' died on A11 after police fired two shots  Eastern Daily Press
  
• More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2025 - The Guardian29 December 2025, 5:48 pm
  More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2025  The GuardianThe EU islands where small boat migrant arrivals have plummeted 60% in a year  Daily ExpressЧто стоит за заметным снижением миграции этим летом  russpain.comIrregular migrant arrivals to the Canaries by boat have dropped by 60% in 2025  Canarian WeeklyFrom Somalia to the Balearic Islands: the silent change in the migratory route to Ibiza and Formentera  La Voz de Ibiza
  
• Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence - BBC29 December 2025, 5:02 pm
  Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence  BBCVladimir Putin’s extraordinary claim could bring down peace talks  The TelegraphUkraine war: Zelenskyy denies Russian accusation that Putin’s residence was attacked by Ukrainian drones – as it happened  The GuardianUkrainian strike on presidential residence ‘will not go unanswered,’ Putin tells Trump  Anadolu AjansıRussia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence but Kyiv says Moscow is lying  Reuters
  
• Bradford community centre balcony extension refused - BBC29 December 2025, 3:46 pm
  Bradford community centre balcony extension refused  BBC
  
• How the UK was crowned the hybrid work capital of Europe - The Times29 December 2025, 3:40 pm
  How the UK was crowned the hybrid work capital of Europe  The Times
  
• Mother and two children die in Boxing Day house fire in Stroud - BBC29 December 2025, 2:30 pm
  Mother and two children die in Boxing Day house fire in Stroud  BBCMother and two children die in Boxing Day blaze  BBCGloucestershire woman and two children killed in Boxing Day house fire  The GuardianPictured: Mother and two children killed in Boxing Day fire  The TelegraphMother and two children aged four and seven confirmed dead in Boxing Day fire  Sky News