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• Premier League LIVE: Manchester United vs Newcastle - text commentary, score, stats & updates - BBC26 December 2025, 8:04 pm
  Premier League LIVE: Manchester United vs Newcastle - text commentary, score, stats & updates  BBCManchester United v Newcastle: Premier League – live  The GuardianMan Utd vs Newcastle: Confirmed team news  BBCPremier League predictions and best bets: Newcastle to storm Old Trafford and beat Manchester United  Sky SportsRuben Amorim names team for Boxing Day clash with Newcastle  Official Manchester United Website
  
• MND drug denied on NHS despite being free - The Telegraph26 December 2025, 7:29 pm
  MND drug denied on NHS despite being free  The Telegraph
  
• British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted - The Guardian26 December 2025, 7:13 pm
  British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted  The GuardianActivist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison  The IndependentEgyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison  ReutersActivist who was jailed in Egypt arrives in UK after travel ban lifted  The Independent
  
• Price Of Silver Hits All-Time High - Forbes26 December 2025, 7:03 pm
  Price Of Silver Hits All-Time High  ForbesSilver set for best year since 1979 as China crackdown fuels rally  The TelegraphSilver crosses mark while gold, platinum stretch record highs  ReutersShortage sends silver price soaring  News.com.auSilver Price Hits Fresh Records Above as Wall Street Hovers Near Highs: News, Forecasts, and What to Watch Next  ts2.tech
  
• Salah seals Egypt qualification with win against South Africa at AFCON 2025 - Al Jazeera26 December 2025, 6:03 pm
  Salah seals Egypt qualification with win against South Africa at AFCON 2025  Al JazeeraAfcon 2025: Egypt 1-0 South Africa - Mohamed Salah penalty books last 16 spot  BBCMohamed Salah scores penalty as Egypt qualify for AFCON knockout stages  Liverpool FCEgypt 1 - 0 S. Africa - Match Report & Highlights  Sky SportsMarmoush helps Egypt into last-16 at AFCON  Manchester City FC
  
• Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians - Financial Times26 December 2025, 6:00 pm
  Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians  Financial TimesNigeria latest: Trump's claims ISIS targeted in Nigeria 'sketchy', presidential adviser tells Sky News  Sky NewsTrump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’  The GuardianUS airstrikes in Kwara State: Wetin we know about US airstrike wey hit Kwara State  BBCTrump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground  The New York Times
  
• Israel recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu says - BBC26 December 2025, 5:58 pm
  Israel recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu says  BBCIsrael becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as sovereign state  The GuardianReport: Somaliland president made secret Israel visit two months before state recognition  The Times of IsraelPressure mounts on Trump and Starmer after Israel recognises Somaliland  The IndependentIsrael becomes first country to recognise Somaliland  Al Jazeera
  
• Zelensky to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago to ‘finalise’ peace deal - The Telegraph26 December 2025, 5:40 pm
  Zelensky to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago to ‘finalise’ peace deal  The TelegraphZelensky plans to meet Trump on Sunday for talks on ending Russian war  BBCZelenskyy to travel to US for Trump meeting amid push for Ukraine deal  The GuardianWith Putin on the back foot, Zelensky plays his Trump card  The TelegraphVolodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this weekend  Financial Times
  
• The Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025 - The Guardian26 December 2025, 5:39 pm
  The Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025  The Guardian10 indie games from 2025 that delighted the PlayStation Indies teams  PlayStation.BlogArs Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025  Ars TechnicaHidden Gems 2025: The Best New Games You Might Never Have Heard Of  GameSpotKenneth Shepard’s Top 10 Games Of 2025  Kotaku
  
• Shoppers shun UK high streets despite lure of Boxing Day sales - The Guardian26 December 2025, 5:35 pm
  Shoppers shun UK high streets despite lure of Boxing Day sales  The GuardianBoxing Day shopping falls flat once again  BBC'I'll Bea there for you' and 'Boxing Day sales slump'  BBCBoxing Day sales to drop by £1bn as cost of living bites  The TimesShoppers expected to shun Boxing Day sales after tax rises  The Telegraph
  
• Dark truth of 'quiet' OAP unveiled as IRA informant & 'torturer-in-chief'… who executed 14 & dumped dead in mass grave - The Sun26 December 2025, 4:55 pm
  Dark truth of 'quiet' OAP unveiled as IRA informant & 'torturer-in-chief'… who executed 14 & dumped dead in mass grave  The Sun
  
• King Charles’s annual message is most watched TV show in UK on Christmas Day - The Guardian26 December 2025, 4:39 pm
  King Charles’s annual message is most watched TV show in UK on Christmas Day  The GuardianThe King's message tops Christmas Day TV ratings  BBCKing Charles calls for reconciliation and unity in Christmas message  The GuardianKing's speech 2025: Christmas message urges communities to pull together in divided world  BBCKing's Christmas message references Bondi Beach attack as he pays tribute to acts of 'spontaneous bravery'  Sky News
  
• New Forest Bloodhounds relieved to escape trail hunting ban - BBC26 December 2025, 4:17 pm
  New Forest Bloodhounds relieved to escape trail hunting ban  BBCWiltshire farmer fears hunting ban will worsen social isolation  BBCLabour’s animal welfare strategy does not go far enough | Letters  The GuardianBoxing Day hunt supporters criticise Starmer's 'assault' on countryside | ITV News  ITVXThe Boxing Day hunt is a fine British tradition – I’ve been going for years  The Telegraph
  
• The perfect morning routine: how to build a happy, healthy start to the day – from showers to sunshine - The Guardian26 December 2025, 4:00 pm
  The perfect morning routine: how to build a happy, healthy start to the day – from showers to sunshine  The Guardian8 Little Ways to Boost Your Mood Every Day, According to Mental Health Experts  Real SimpleNeuroscience researcher: The dopamine-boosting morning routine I use to start my day in a good mood  CNBC
  
• ‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power - The Guardian26 December 2025, 3:51 pm
  ‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power  The GuardianA sham poll in Myanmar opens a new phase of military rule  The Economist‘A comedy show’: Myanmar youth in exile slam military-run ‘sham’ election  Al JazeeraThe UK must step up its leadership on Myanmar  The TelegraphWhy China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in This Country  The New York Times