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• Australian Open: Jordan Smith stuns world's best to win Million Dollar One Point Slam - BBC14 January 2026, 11:46 am
  Australian Open: Jordan Smith stuns world's best to win Million Dollar One Point Slam  BBCOne Point Slam LIVE - Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek among pros facing amateurs and celebrities in Australian Open warm-up  TNT SportsCould you win a point against Carlos Alcaraz for modulem? This event will reveal all  The IndependentUK start time and how to watch AO 1 Point Slam at Australian Open  Wales Online'All you have to do is win five or six points': Your chances of beating the world's top tennis stars in a new tournament  BBC
  
• Colleen Hoover: It Ends With Us author reveals 'successful' cancer treatment - BBC14 January 2026, 11:17 am
  Colleen Hoover: It Ends With Us author reveals 'successful' cancer treatment  BBC'It Ends with Us' Author Colleen Hoover Reveals Cancer Diagnosis as She Concludes Radiation  People.com‘It Ends With Us’ author Colleen Hoover shares cancer diagnosis in candid hospital post  Fox NewsBest-selling author confirms she has cancer  The Independent‘It Ends With Us’ & ‘Regretting You’ Author Colleen Hoover Reveals Cancer Diagnosis  Deadline
  
• Rachel Reeves 'particularly concerned' about pub business rates - BBC14 January 2026, 11:10 am
  Rachel Reeves 'particularly concerned' about pub business rates  BBCMPs raise alarm over future of pubs - with more than 500 tipped to close this year  Sky NewsHalf of pubs shutting early after Reeves tax raid  The TelegraphReeves’s promise of pub business rates U-turn averts Labour rebellion  The GuardianThe Chancellor drains the final dregs from the Great British pub  lbc.co.uk
  
• Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans - BBC14 January 2026, 10:33 am
  Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• BP takes bn-bn hit on green energy business - Financial Times14 January 2026, 10:00 am
  BP takes bn-bn hit on green energy business  Financial TimesBP flags up to billion in low-carbon energy impairments  ReutersBP reveals £3.7bn hit from botched net zero transition  The TelegraphBP cautions over ‘weak’ oil trading and reveals up to £3.7bn in write-downs  The IndependentBP hit for more than £3BILLION after disastrous push into green energy  This is Money
  
• ‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death - The Guardian14 January 2026, 9:40 am
  ‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death  The GuardianAlan Rickman's diaries expose brutal Harry Potter truth and 'unsettling' death  Daily StarEmma Thompson reveals that one of Alan Rickman’s best performances created the biggest issues in his career  YahooAlan Rickman's brutal diary entries reveal the only Harry Potter film that made him 'smile'  Daily RecordEmma Thompson shares best friend Alan Rickman's heartbreaking last moments  The Mirror
  
• Three Merseyside councillors defect to Reform UK - Liverpool Echo14 January 2026, 9:12 am
  Three Merseyside councillors defect to Reform UK  Liverpool EchoBREAKING: Another Merseyside Reform win as councillor joins from Greens  FacebookPolitics LIVE: Nigel Farage's defection deluge continues as surprise Green switcher to Reform takes swipe at Zack Polanski  GB NewsThree Wirral councillors defect to Reform UK, becoming party's first group on council  Wirral GlobeReform Announces More Than Twenty Councillor Defections  Guido Fawkes
  
• Anything less than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable,’ Trump says ahead of talks – Europe live - The Guardian14 January 2026, 8:52 am
  Anything less than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable,’ Trump says ahead of talks – Europe live  The GuardianTrump dismisses concern Greenland takeover would destroy NATO alliance  Australian Broadcasting CorporationCoffins Instead of Words: Social Media Users Respond to Trump’s NATO Accusations  МілітарнийTrump doubts NATO’s loyalty to the United States. Is he right?  defence24.comTrump: ‘It may be a choice’ between seizing Greenland or preserving NATO  politico.eu
  
• Emma Raducanu earns first win of season at Hobart International - BBC14 January 2026, 8:00 am
  Emma Raducanu earns first win of season at Hobart International  BBCEmma Raducanu wins first match in 109 days after rain delays  The TelegraphEmma Raducanu: British No 1 fights back in Hobart to win first match since September, beating Camila Osorio  Sky SportsEmma Raducanu wraps up first win in three months over Camila Osorio after rain delay  The IndependentEmma Raducanu recovers in Hobart to post first win in over three months  The Guardian
  
• Trump says JP Morgan boss ‘wrong’ over Fed defence; Miliband hails record windfarm auction – business live - The Guardian14 January 2026, 7:54 am
  Trump says JP Morgan boss ‘wrong’ over Fed defence; Miliband hails record windfarm auction – business live  The GuardianTrump hits back at JP Morgan CEO’s defence of Federal Reserve  The GuardianBloomberg Daybreak: Trump Defends DOJ's Powell Probe  Bloomberg.comTrump hits back at JPMorgan’s Dimon over Fed probe  SemaforTrump hits back at 'Wall Street's top guy': The Fed must investigate, and credit card interest rates must be lowered.  富途牛牛
  
• Schools in Kent and Sussex shut again as water supply issues continue - BBC14 January 2026, 7:06 am
  Schools in Kent and Sussex shut again as water supply issues continue  BBC'It's killing us small businesses' - Firms react as South East Water woe drags on  BBC‘It’s pretty grim’: Tunbridge Wells residents struggle through several days without water – again  The GuardianHow did South East Water become such a disaster?  The Times‘It’s a shambles’: Anger grows at South East Water CEO as thousands without water ‘until at least the weekend’  The Independent
  
• K-pop drum duet caps off Japan and South Korea's diplomatic meeting - BBC14 January 2026, 6:57 am
  K-pop drum duet caps off Japan and South Korea's diplomatic meeting  BBCCymbal of unity? South Korea and Japan leaders bash out K-pop hits after summit talks  The GuardianDrumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits  CNNJapanese PM performs K-Pop hits – and then calls snap election  The TelegraphWatch the Leaders of Japan and South Korea Jam to K-pop on the Drums  The New York Times
  
• Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse - The Guardian14 January 2026, 6:53 am
  Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse  The GuardianSaks files for bankruptcy. What went wrong at the luxury retailer?  BBCSaks Global files for bankruptcy amid luxury market strains  CNNExclusive: Saks Global nearing module.75 billion financing plan ahead of bankruptcy filing, sources say  ReutersLuxury department store chain Saks files for bankruptcy  Financial Times
  
• What happens next to the boats at the bottom of the Llangollen Canal? - BBC14 January 2026, 6:24 am
  What happens next to the boats at the bottom of the Llangollen Canal?  BBCStranded boat refloated weeks after canal collapse  BBCNarrowboat refloated after canal bank collapse  The TelegraphDeserted narrowboats are still stuck in the mud of drained canal weeks after dramatic embankment collapse  Daily MailLocal business fears they will be 'forced to close' after Whitchurch canal breach  Rayo
  
• Containers in UK waters 'no surprise', Southampton expert says - BBC14 January 2026, 6:10 am
  Containers in UK waters 'no surprise', Southampton expert says  BBCMore spilled containers wash up in Sussex after Solent spills  BBC"Potentially hazardous" - council's warning as debris washes up on beach  portsmouth.co.ukPictures from the scene: Shipping container and tins of milk wash ashore in Seaford  The ArgusWarning as debris fallen from ships during storm may wash ashore in Hampshire  Daily Echo