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• The Ashes 2025-26: England win staggering two-day Test against Australia in Melbourne - BBC27 December 2025, 6:32 am
  The Ashes 2025-26: England win staggering two-day Test against Australia in Melbourne  BBCThe Ashes 2025 LIVE: Australia vs England, fourth Test, Melbourne - cricket score, radio & highlights  BBC'Has a touch of genius' - Ashes player ratings  BBCBoxing Day Test 2025: Australia v England fourth Ashes Test, day two – live updates  The Guardian'Short Tests are bad for business' - CA CEO hints at intervening on pitches  ESPNcricinfo
  
• No longer ‘unloved’: retailers investing more in physical stores, UK data shows - The Guardian27 December 2025, 6:00 am
  No longer ‘unloved’: retailers investing more in physical stores, UK data shows  The Guardian
  
• Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire after weeks of deadly clashes - BBC27 December 2025, 5:51 am
  Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire after weeks of deadly clashes  BBCThailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes  The GuardianThailand bombs Cambodian border area as ceasefire talks continue  BBCThailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict  CNNThailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire  The Telegraph
  
• Man United vs Newcastle LIVE: Result and latest updates from Premier League - London Evening Standard27 December 2025, 4:30 am
  Man United vs Newcastle LIVE: Result and latest updates from Premier League  London Evening Standard'We suffered together' - Amorim changes style as Man Utd win  BBCPatrick Dorgu volley powers Manchester United into fifth as Newcastle misfire  The GuardianMakeshift Man United scrap to win over Newcastle, offering hope for rough stretch ahead  ESPNMan Utd 1-0 Newcastle: Ruben Amorim explains change in formation in Old Trafford win  Sky Sports
  
• Shoppers shun UK high streets despite lure of Boxing Day sales | Retail industry - The Guardian27 December 2025, 3:16 am
  Shoppers shun UK high streets despite lure of Boxing Day sales | Retail industry  The GuardianBoxing Day shopping falls flat once again  BBC'I'll Bea there for you' and 'Boxing Day sales slump'  BBCBoxing Day sales slump heralds worse to come for high street  The TelegraphBoxing Day sales to drop by £1bn as cost of living bites  The Times
  
• King Charles’s annual message is most watched TV show in UK on Christmas Day - The Guardian27 December 2025, 2:30 am
  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  BBCChristmas Day TV ratings revealed as number one show wins by a landslide - can you guess who came out on top?  The SunBBC Christmas viewing hits record lows with 'stale' line-up  The i PaperWhat the BBC won't tell you about the King's Christmas message viewing figures  TheNational.scot
  
• UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’ | UK news - The Guardian27 December 2025, 2:30 am
  UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’ | UK news  The GuardianUS judge blocks detention of British social media campaigner  BBCUK government says it backs free speech after US visa bans  ReutersMcSweeney ally fights US deportation  The TelegraphWhy Trump administration is so annoyed with Europe's online rules  Sky News
  
• UK to offer military gap year in effort to boost recruitment - BBC27 December 2025, 2:25 am
  UK to offer military gap year in effort to boost recruitment  BBCUK to offer military 'gap year' to boost recruitment  BBCDetails of military gap year for UK's under 25s revealed  Sky NewsGap year soldiers to be trained to fight in war zones  The TelegraphUK youth to be offered military ‘gap year’ in bid to boost defence: Report  Al Jazeera
  
• Don't rule out EU customs union, TUC boss Nowak tells Starmer - BBC27 December 2025, 1:44 am
  Don't rule out EU customs union, TUC boss Nowak tells Starmer  BBCPaul Nowak calls on Labour to forge closer relationship with Europe  The GuardianUnion chief backs calls for a UK-EU customs union  Financial TimesWhy Keir Starmer should worry about Labour’s euro talk  The TimesNo 10 'sticking to red lines' on UK-EU customs union after Streeting comments  Sky News
  
• 2025: The science stories that stopped us in our tracks - BBC27 December 2025, 12:42 am
  2025: The science stories that stopped us in our tracks  BBC6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025  New ScientistDigging up the past: Important dinosaur discoveries of the year  New AtlasThe most exciting dinosaur discoveries of 2025  EarthSkyThe Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025, From Preserved Blood Vessels to the Return of a Short King  Smithsonian Magazine
  
• Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons - Nintendo Life27 December 2025, 12:30 am
  Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons  Nintendo LifeMy Nintendo December Wrap-Up - News - Nintendo Official Site  nintendo.comNintendo Switch Online profile icons will be rerun daily over the next two weeks  My Nintendo NewsNintendo Closes Out 2025 With Big Rewards  GAM3S.GGMetroid Prime 4: Beyond (Wave 3) and Kirby Air Riders (Wave 5) icons now available for Switch Online members  GoNintendo
  
• Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65 - The Guardian26 December 2025, 10:39 pm
  Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Cancer vaccines 'could be available within just 10 years' in major breakthrough - The Mirror26 December 2025, 10:32 pm
  Cancer vaccines 'could be available within just 10 years' in major breakthrough  The Mirror
  
• Peace referendum Ukraine’s ‘Brexit’ moment, says Zelensky - The Telegraph26 December 2025, 10:17 pm
  Peace referendum Ukraine’s ‘Brexit’ moment, says Zelensky  The TelegraphTrump to POLITICO: Zelenskyy ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’  PoliticoZelenskyy to meet European leaders and Trump for Ukraine peace talks amid fresh strikes on Kyiv  The GuardianZelensky plans to meet Trump on Sunday for talks on ending Russian war  BBCKyiv bombarded and Polish jets scrambled - despite key peace talks this weekend  Sky News
  
• Trump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’ - The Guardian26 December 2025, 8:53 pm
  Trump 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  BBCNigeria latest: Trump's claims ISIS targeted in Nigeria 'sketchy', presidential adviser tells Sky News  Sky NewsFear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area  CNNWhy bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians  Financial Times