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• New Year's Eve live: UK rings in 2026 with spectacular firework displays in London, Edinburgh and across the country - BBC1 January 2026, 3:07 am
  New Year's Eve live: UK rings in 2026 with spectacular firework displays in London, Edinburgh and across the country  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• ‘Stranger Things’ Crashes Netflix As Series Finale Debuts - Deadline1 January 2026, 1:30 am
  ‘Stranger Things’ Crashes Netflix As Series Finale Debuts  DeadlineWatch Hopper Give Eleven a Defiant Pep Talk in Stranger Things’s Finale Trailer  Netflix‘Stranger Things’ Series Finale Spoilers: Fate of Every Character Revealed, 2 Die As Show Comes to End  Just Jared'Stranger Things' series finale LIVE — latest episode updates, spoilers, theories and more  Tom's GuideDoes Steve Harrington die in the 'Stranger Things' finale?  Yahoo News UK
  
• Children in England to be offered vaccines in their own homes - The Guardian1 January 2026, 12:21 am
  Children in England to be offered vaccines in their own homes  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living - The Guardian1 January 2026, 12:21 am
  Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living  The GuardianNewspaper headlines: PM's 'year of proof' and 'fight' with judges over Shamima Begum  BBCPrime Minister promises 'positive change' for Britons in new year message | ITV News  ITVXKeir Starmer vows to ‘stay the course’ in 2026 after Labour leadership speculation in New Year message  The IndependentKeir Starmer vows to 'defeat decline and division' in new year message  BBC
  
• Energy price cap rises slightly as temperatures fall - BBC1 January 2026, 12:03 am
  Energy price cap rises slightly as temperatures fall  BBCUK energy bills set to fall by £138 in April after green tax move  The TimesDrop in energy price cap from April forecast to save typical home £138 a year  The GuardianAnnual energy bill to fall by more than £100 in April as government removes policy costs  Sky NewsHousehold energy bills rise as temperatures plummet  ITVX
  
• Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Yan Diomande and Rúben Neves? - The Guardian1 January 2026, 12:03 am
  Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Yan Diomande and Rúben Neves?  The GuardianYan Diomande transfer news: Man Utd interested in RB Leipzig forward but face competition from Bayern Munich and PSG  Sky SportsTransfer rumors, news: Bayern, PSG eye move for Leipzig's Diomande  ESPNSpurs seek Johnson replacement from rival, Ake's West Ham alternatives  talkSPORTHuge transfer blow for Liverpool and Man United  The Voice of Football - Shoot
  
• How the 'postcode lottery' of parenting impacts young children - BBC1 January 2026, 12:02 am
  How the 'postcode lottery' of parenting impacts young children  BBC
  
• Single ten-minute workout could halt progression of bowel cancer - The Times1 January 2026, 12:01 am
  Single ten-minute workout could halt progression of bowel cancer  The Times‘Exercising for 10 minutes can turn off genes linked to bowel cancer growth’  The IndependentThis Simple, Well-Researched Habit Cuts Cancer Death Risk By Nearly 50%  mindbodygreen.comRon DePinho: Exercise Increasingly Recognized as More Than Supportive Care in Oncology  Oncodaily'Just 10 minutes of exercise could fight cancer' say Newcastle researchers  Chronicle Live
  
• New Traitors contestants include detective, crime writer and psychologist - The Guardian1 January 2026, 12:01 am
  New Traitors contestants include detective, crime writer and psychologist  The GuardianDetective and crime novelist among new Traitors contestants  BBCClaudia teases 'extraordinary' Traitors twist as fans speculate about new red cloak  BBCMeet the 66-year-old Hampshire retiree taking part in The Traitors for 2026  Daily EchoThe Traitors 2026: Meet the contestants, from a former detective to a bestselling crime writer  The Independent
  
• Anthony Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal road crash - Sky News31 December 2025, 11:28 pm
  Anthony Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal road crash  Sky NewsAnthony Joshua discharged from hospital after Nigeria car crash  BBC‘Stay strong, champion’: boxing world offers condolences to Anthony Joshua  The GuardianAnthony Joshua: British boxer spends second night in hospital after fatal Nigeria car crash  Sky SportsAnthony Joshua's friend describes 'crazy nightmare' after Nigeria car crash  Sky News
  
• China's plan to boost birth rates with condom tax and cheaper childcare - BBC31 December 2025, 11:07 pm
  China's plan to boost birth rates with condom tax and cheaper childcare  BBCLEMME TELL YOU | Dishes in the sink? Viral job offer debate; China birth control tax  WBFFChina Will Tax Contraceptives in a Bid to Improve Birth Rates  WIREDMake childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening  theins.ruChina’s ‘condom tax’ sparks backlash as Beijing struggles to reverse population collapse  Wisdom 92.1
  
• Enzo Maresca at risk of Chelsea sack if poor run persists with a dry January - The Guardian31 December 2025, 10:47 pm
  Enzo Maresca at risk of Chelsea sack if poor run persists with a dry January  The GuardianEnzo Maresco: Why Chelsea manager is really under pressure  BBCEnzo Maresca had a bad December at Chelsea. He cannot afford a poor January  The New York TimesWhen Chelsea players will return to Cobham to begin Man City preparations as Maresca decision looms  Sports IllustratedEnzo Maresca in danger of losing Chelsea job unless results improve in January after run of one win in seven league games  Sky Sports
  
• Thomas Frank explains what happened when he bumped into a Tottenham fan at lunch in London - Football London31 December 2025, 10:32 pm
  Thomas Frank explains what happened when he bumped into a Tottenham fan at lunch in London  Football LondonAndrews provides Thiago update before Tottenham clash  Brentford FCBrentford vs Spurs | How to watch, team news, kit colours, key information  Tottenham HotspurBrentford vs Tottenham Hotspur predictions, team news, betting tips, odds and Bet Builder  Racing PostFrank reveals emotions ahead of ‘special’ Brentford return with Spurs  London Evening Standard
  
• Afghanistan back in Dark Ages as Taliban orders executions under collapsing walls - Daily Express31 December 2025, 10:31 pm
  Afghanistan back in Dark Ages as Taliban orders executions under collapsing walls  Daily ExpressTaliban Publicly Flogs Two, Including Woman, in Parwan  افغانستان اینترنشنالAfghanistan goes back to dark ages: Taliban rulers have ordered dozens to be killed by stoning and four convicts to be executed by pushing a wall onto them  Daily MailTaliban Flog Man & Woman In Takhar, Sentence Them To Prison  افغانستان اینترنشنال
  
• Which free AI is the best? We put Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok to the test - The Times31 December 2025, 7:50 pm
  Which free AI is the best? We put Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok to the test  The Times