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• ‘A great night for golf’: McIlroy hails Spoty success after individual and team awards - The Guardian19 December 2025, 3:31 pm
  ‘A great night for golf’: McIlroy hails Spoty success after individual and team awards  The GuardianAll the Sports Personality 2025 winners  BBCMalachy Clerkin: Rory McIlroy is special because of his vulnerabilities as much as his victories  The Irish TimesRory McIlroy wins Sports Personality of the Year 2025 award  BBCRory McIlroy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year after career Grand Slam with Ellie Kildunne in second  Sky Sports
  
• Watch live as Radio 1 counts down to this year's Christmas number one - BBC19 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  Watch live as Radio 1 counts down to this year's Christmas number one  BBCCan Kylie beat Wham! for this year's Christmas number one? | ITV News  ITVXWhat will be Christmas Number 1? Wham!, Kylie, or a Palestinian song?  The TimesWill Wham get a third Christmas No. 1 in a row? Festive chart battle explained  Yahoo News UKKylie Minogue tells us about Nick Cave and going viral with new ‘Fully Wrapped’ Christmas album  NME
  
• Ukraine video claims to show long-range attack on oil tanker in Mediterranean - BBC19 December 2025, 2:14 pm
  Ukraine video claims to show long-range attack on oil tanker in Mediterranean  BBCUkraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv blows up Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean  The TelegraphOSINT by Paint: Submarine Struck by Ukrainian Underwater Drone Identified as B-271 Kolpino - Militarnyi  МілітарнийUkraine war latest: Kyiv hits Russian tanker in Mediterranean in ‘unprecedent’ strike  The IndependentSSU strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker for first time in neutral waters of Mediterranean Sea  Ukrinform
  
• UK borrowed more than expected in November amid pre-budget pressure - The Guardian19 December 2025, 1:58 pm
  UK borrowed more than expected in November amid pre-budget pressure  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Woman and secret lover who plotted to kill her husband in Wales jailed - The Guardian19 December 2025, 1:57 pm
  Woman and secret lover who plotted to kill her husband in Wales jailed  The GuardianWife and lover who plotted husband's caravan murder jailed for 19 years  BBCWoman jailed for plotting with lover to murder husband in caravan and make it look like suicide  Sky NewsWoman in love triangle plotted to kill husband and fake his suicide  The TelegraphMurder plot wife and lover learn fate - live  Wales Online
  
• Ukraine war latest: EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine as Putin tells BBC the West is 'making Russia the enemy' - BBC19 December 2025, 12:52 pm
  Ukraine war latest: EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine as Putin tells BBC the West is 'making Russia the enemy'  BBCEurope has just failed Ukraine again  The TelegraphEU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails  Financial TimesUkraine war live: Zelenskyy says EU’s €90bn loan is a ‘signal to Russians’ despite frozen assets not being part of deal  The GuardianEurope Funnels Billions to Ukraine but Wobbles Geopolitically  The New York Times
  
• VAWG strategy to better protect children from misogyny and abuse - GOV.UK19 December 2025, 12:49 pm
  VAWG strategy to better protect children from misogyny and abuse  GOV.UKViolence against women and girls strategy: Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools  BBCUK government strategy to protect women and girls from violence ‘seriously underfunded’  The GuardianDemonising teenage boys won’t produce a generation of good men  The TelegraphWhy the government's violence against women and girls target includes men, but not girls  Sky News
  
• City without injured quartet for Hammers clash - Manchester City FC19 December 2025, 12:40 pm
  City without injured quartet for Hammers clash  Manchester City FCTeam News | Nuno issues squad update ahead of Manchester City trip  West Ham UnitedMan City press conference LIVE - Pep Guardiola future latest plus injury updates and West Ham team news  Manchester Evening NewsMan City XI vs West Ham: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League  London Evening StandardWest Ham forward back in training ahead of Manchester City match  hayters.com
  
• Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers - BBC19 December 2025, 12:20 pm
  Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Teenager to face trial over murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe - Sky News19 December 2025, 11:47 am
  Teenager to face trial over murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe  Sky NewsTrial date set for teen charged with girl's murder  BBCAria Thorpe: Images released of girl, 9, stabbed to death - as boy appears in court charged with murder  Sky NewsBoy, 15, accused of murdering nine-year-old Aria Thorpe is set to face trial | ITV News  ITVXBoy, 15, charged with murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Somerset  The Guardian
  
• Pope appoints Richard Moth as new leader of Catholic Church in England and Wales - BBC19 December 2025, 11:04 am
  Pope appoints Richard Moth as new leader of Catholic Church in England and Wales  BBCPope appoints new leader of Catholic Church in England and Wales  BBCRichard Moth appointed Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster  The GuardianBishop Richard Moth appointed new Archbishop of Westminster  Diocese of WestminsterPope Leo appoints Richard Moth as new Archbishop of Westminster  Vatican News
  
• Elections may be cancelled in Plymouth and Exeter - BBC19 December 2025, 10:46 am
  Elections may be cancelled in Plymouth and Exeter  BBCLocal elections could be delayed again for millions of voters  The TimesCambridgeshire and Peterborough councils consider election delay  BBCFirst counties confirm they will seek election delay  Local Government ChronicleLocal elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time  The Guardian
  
• WH Smith probed by regulator over accounting error - BBC19 December 2025, 10:32 am
  WH Smith probed by regulator over accounting error  BBCWH Smith tries to recover bonuses from ex-bosses as watchdog investigates accounting error  The GuardianUK regulator launches investigation into WHSmith following accounting errors  Financial TimesWH Smith investigated over accounting scandal  The TelegraphWH Smith: investor confidence sorely lacking  Interactive Investor
  
• Oasis’ reunion setlist was originally four songs longer, says Gem Archer - NME19 December 2025, 10:25 am
  Oasis’ reunion setlist was originally four songs longer, says Gem Archer  NME“Noel said, ‘Ever been in a band with three guitars? We’ll let Bonehead do Bonehead, and we’ll fit around it’”: Noel Gallagher’s longtime right-hand man Gem Archer takes us inside the Oasis reunion – and how they negotiated their new three-guitar lineup  Guitar WorldOasis need 'time to decompress' after 2025 world tour as guitarist Gem Archer confirms break  London Evening StandardOasis Guitarist Gem Archer Says Original Oasis Setlist Had 4 More Songs  BillboardGem Archer on seeing Liam and Noel Gallagher together at first Oasis reunion rehearsal: “It really felt like we’d never split up”  Channel X94
  
• Lineker blasts absurd 'revenge' report on £5bn plan to bring 'pain' on BBC with four-word response - Football36519 December 2025, 10:05 am
  Lineker blasts absurd 'revenge' report on £5bn plan to bring 'pain' on BBC with four-word response  Football365Man City 'must prepare' for successor, says Guardiola  BBCEnzo Maresca: Chelsea boss denies Manchester City links  BBCCrystal Palace target Brennan Johnson, Maresca on Manchester City links: football – live  The GuardianEnzo Maresca: Chelsea head coach dismisses reports linking him to Man City as '100 per cent speculation'  Sky Sports