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• Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100 - The Guardian13 December 2025, 6:00 am
  Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100  The GuardianDick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit, And It's Backed by Science  ScienceAlertDick Van Dyke Wants to Celebrate His 100th Birthday Watching 'Jeopardy!' (Exclusive)  People.comDick Van Dyke prepares to turn 100: 'I'm so lucky'  ABC NewsDick Van Dyke looks chipper as he's pushed around LA in office chair with wife Arlene days before turning 100  Daily Mail
  
• ‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement - The Guardian13 December 2025, 6:00 am
  ‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement  The GuardianWhy the Paris Agreement worked – and what it needs to do to survive  Climate Home NewsTen years of the Paris Agreement: Hope for change clouded by climate realities  Euronews.comThe Paris climate agreement  BBCE&E News: No big party in Paris as climate pact turns 10  POLITICO Pro
  
• Venezuela oil exports reportedly fall sharply after US seizure of tanker - The Guardian13 December 2025, 3:35 am
  Venezuela oil exports reportedly fall sharply after US seizure of tanker  The GuardianMaduro says Trump wants Venezuela's oil. But is that the real US goal?  BBCSanctions and seizures: Trump turns up the heat on Venezuela  Financial TimesTracking data shows oil tanker seized by US heading away from Venezuela  BBCVenezuela oil exports fall steeply after US forces seize tanker off coast  Al Jazeera
  
• Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be 'reckless', says Starmer - BBC13 December 2025, 2:20 am
  Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be 'reckless', says Starmer  BBC'Double whammy' of flu and strikes a risk to patients, Streeting says  BBCSir Keir Starmer urges doctors to accept deal to avert Christmas strikes amid 'super flu' outbreak  news.sky.comStreeting warns doctors’ strikes could collapse NHS amid flu surge  The IndependentResident doctors, a fair deal is on the table. Please do not strike at this moment of crisis for the NHS | Keir Starmer  The Guardian
  
• Being homeless eats away at your self-worth, says care leaver - BBC13 December 2025, 12:31 am
  Being homeless eats away at your self-worth, says care leaver  BBC
  
• John Cena last match: How he reached the top of WWE - BBC13 December 2025, 12:05 am
  John Cena last match: How he reached the top of WWE  BBCJohn Cena and the age-old problem with ‘retiring’ from wrestling  The IndependentJohn Cena Won Everyone Over in the End  The RingerRanking All of John Cena’s Retirement Tour Matches From Worst To Best  Yahoo SportsIs John Cena The G.O.A.T?  Soundsphere magazine
  
• ‘Charismatic, self-assured, formidable’: Lara Croft returns with two new Tomb Raider games - The Guardian12 December 2025, 11:28 pm
  ‘Charismatic, self-assured, formidable’: Lara Croft returns with two new Tomb Raider games  The GuardianTomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis Is A Remake Of The First Game In The Series  Game InformerAmazon Game Studios announces two new ‘Tomb Raider’ games coming in 2026 and 2027  About AmazonTomb Raider: Catalyst and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis coming to PS5  PlayStation.BlogAmazon's Tomb Raider Game First Look, Lara Croft Remake in 2026  Variety
  
• Less than half of NHS staff get flu jab despite virus ‘tidal wave’ - The Times12 December 2025, 10:42 pm
  Less than half of NHS staff get flu jab despite virus ‘tidal wave’  The TimesAs NHS braces for record flu cases, is the strain active in continental Europe too?  The Guardian'Worst winter flu crisis' and 'World Cup of greed'  BBCUK ‘super flu’ explained amid soaring hospital admissions with mutated virus  Channel 4Wes Streeting: NHS risks collapse from strikes threat and ‘superflu’  The Times
  
• King Charles reveals cancer treatment 'to be reduced' in recovery milestone - ITVX12 December 2025, 10:41 pm
  King Charles reveals cancer treatment 'to be reduced' in recovery milestone  ITVX'King's cancer fight boost' and 'EU freezes' Russian assets  BBCKing Charles hails reduction in cancer treatment as ‘milestone’ in his recovery  The GuardianKing reveals 'good news' in his battle with cancer and urges people to get checked  news.sky.comWhat changes in 2026 following the King's cancer treatment news? | ITV News  ITVX
  
• Scottish acting 'giant' and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99 - ITVX12 December 2025, 10:37 pm
  Scottish acting 'giant' and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99  ITVXTributes to comedian Stanley Baxter after death aged 99  BBCStanley Baxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song  BBCActor and comedian Stanley Baxter dies  news.sky.com‘Astonishing’: how Stanley Baxter’s TV extravaganzas reached 20 million  The Guardian
  
• Enzo Maresca assessing Cole Palmer day-by-day | News | Official Site - Chelsea Football Club12 December 2025, 10:30 pm
  Enzo Maresca assessing Cole Palmer day-by-day | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football ClubCole Palmer: Chelsea forward's groin injury makes no 'sense', says Enzo Maresca  BBCCucurella: 'Everton is one of our most important games of the season' | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football ClubPremier League news: Palmer not fully recovered, Moyes plans Tarkowski chat  The GuardianChelsea vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch  ToffeeWeb
  
• EU to freeze €210bn in Russian assets indefinitely - The Guardian12 December 2025, 9:47 pm
  EU to freeze €210bn in Russian assets indefinitely  The GuardianEU backs indefinite freeze on Russia's frozen cash ahead of loan plan for Ukraine  BBCBelgian PM meets Starmer in London as debate continues on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine – as it happened  The GuardianRussia sues Euroclear over frozen assets  Financial TimesBelgian prime minister tells Sky News he is 'sceptical' about Ukraine loan using Russian assets  news.sky.com
  
• Judge 'haunted' by attack on victim as Eastern European grooming gang is jailed - news.sky.com12 December 2025, 9:36 pm
  Judge 'haunted' by attack on victim as Eastern European grooming gang is jailed  news.sky.comGateshead grooming gang members jailed for rape and sexual assaults  The GuardianFive members of grooming gang to be sentenced for targeting North East girls  Yahoo News UKGateshead grooming gang jailed for rapes and sexual assaults of teenage girls  The IndependentSickening Eastern European grooming gang who raped teen girls and left one victim, 14, addicted to cocaine are jailed  The Sun
  
• TJ Watt: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has surgery on partially collapsed lung - BBC12 December 2025, 9:17 pm
  TJ Watt: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has surgery on partially collapsed lung  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Apple Releases iOS 26.2—Critical Update For 1 Billion iPhones - Forbes12 December 2025, 9:11 pm
  Apple Releases iOS 26.2—Critical Update For 1 Billion iPhones  ForbesWith iOS 26.2, Apple lets you roll back Liquid Glass again — this time on the Lock Screen  TechCrunchApple iOS 26.2—1 Billion iPhone Users Must Install New Update  ForbesiOS 26.2 Features: Everything New in iOS 26.2  MacRumorsiOS 26.2 is here with Liquid Glass, AirDrop, and Apple Music updates  The Verge