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• England dealt Ashes blow with Mark Wood ruled out for rest of series - The Guardian9 December 2025, 6:41 am
  England dealt Ashes blow with Mark Wood ruled out for rest of series  The GuardianThe Ashes: Mark Wood ruled of England squad, Matthew Fisher called up  BBCMark Wood: England fast bowler ruled out of Ashes series against Australia with Matthew Fisher called up to squad  Sky SportsMark Wood ruled out of Ashes as Australia confirm Hazlewood absence  The TelegraphEngland bowler ruled out for remainder of Ashes series  ICC
  
• Met Police seizes e-bikes in phone snatching crackdown - BBC9 December 2025, 6:15 am
  Met Police seizes e-bikes in phone snatching crackdown  BBCPolice launch Christmas blitz on e-bike phone snatchers in West End  London Evening StandardInside the mission to stop illegal e-bikes from whizzing around London  Metro.co.ukEaling operation spotlights Met’s new strategy  EALING.NEWSLondon police unleash high-speed e-bikes to hunt phone snatchers  upday News
  
• Ukraine prepares new peace plan as Zelensky rules out giving up land - BBC9 December 2025, 5:05 am
  Ukraine prepares new peace plan as Zelensky rules out giving up land  BBCUkraine war latest: Kyiv to share new peace plan with US as Zelenskyy rules out giving up any land  Sky NewsVolodymyr Zelenskyy says European allies close to finalising revised US peace plan  Financial TimesZelensky says Ukraine will refuse to concede territory to Russia as peace talks press on  CNNTrump Criticizes Zelensky as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On With European Leaders  The New York Times
  
• UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays - The Guardian9 December 2025, 5:00 am
  UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays  The GuardianBudget uncertainty blamed for sharp fall in card spending by UK consumers  Financial TimesFTSE 100 Live 09 December: Retail sales disappoint, index set for steady start  London Evening StandardBlack Friday delivers muted results as online fashion stumbles  fashionunited.ukPre-Budget shopper ‘jitters’ dampen Black Friday sales  The Independent
  
• Wolves vs Man Utd: Premier League - LIVE - London Evening Standard9 December 2025, 4:27 am
  Wolves vs Man Utd: Premier League - LIVE  London Evening StandardWolves 1-4 Man Utd: Are Reds on the up or is a bad result around the corner?  BBCFernandes at the double as Manchester United ease past Wolves amid fan unrest  The GuardianAmorim: We had winning feeling in second half  Official Manchester United WebsiteMan United ratings: Fernandes earns 10/10 for sparkling display vs. Wolves  ESPN
  
• UK weather: 90mph winds possible and travel disruption likely as Storm Bram hits - Sky News9 December 2025, 4:18 am
  UK weather: 90mph winds possible and travel disruption likely as Storm Bram hits  Sky NewsWind and rain batters parts of UK as Storm Bram brings 'danger to life' warnings  BBC'Danger to life' warning issued for Storm Bram  BBCStorm Bram to bring strong winds and heavy rain to UK  The GuardianStorm Bram has been named  Met Office
  
• This is the reality of Trump's trade war - Sky News9 December 2025, 2:04 am
  This is the reality of Trump's trade war  Sky NewsHave Trump’s Tariffs Hit the ‘High-Water Mark’?  The New York TimesUS Struggles to Revive Manufacturing While Downsizing China’s Role  Bloomberg.comDonald Trump’s tariffs are not reducing the trade deficit  Financial TimesTariffs to put 'America first': Is Donald Trump spelling doom for US? Economics explained  Times of India
  
• Amy Winehouse’s friends ‘concealed’ that they auctioned items, High Court told - London Evening Standard9 December 2025, 1:43 am
  Amy Winehouse’s friends ‘concealed’ that they auctioned items, High Court told  London Evening StandardFather of Amy Winehouse sues two of late singer’s closest friends  The TimesAmy Winehouse’s friends ‘secretly sold’ her clothes  The Telegraph'Amy Winehouse’s pals concealed selling star's possessions at auctions'  The SunAmy Winehouse's flatmates 'secretly sold' her possessions for over £700k, star's father claims  lbc.co.uk
  
• Maternity care failings 'much worse' than anticipated, says head of national review - BBC9 December 2025, 12:38 am
  Maternity care failings 'much worse' than anticipated, says head of national review  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Trump gives Nvidia the OK to sell advanced AI chips to China - BBC8 December 2025, 11:55 pm
  Trump gives Nvidia the OK to sell advanced AI chips to China  BBCBusiness live: Trump says Nvidia can sell H200 AI chip to China  The TimesTrump greenlights exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China  CNNStock futures are little changed as Trump approves Nvidia chips sales to China: Live updates  CNBCTrump accused of ‘colossal economic and national security failure’ for allowing Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China – business live  The Guardian
  
• Syrian president: We can be one of leading countries in the world - The Telegraph8 December 2025, 11:13 pm
  Syrian president: We can be one of leading countries in the world  The TelegraphJeremy Bowen: Syria feels lighter without the Assads' crushing weight - but now there are new problems  BBCCan Syria’s president turn wave of global goodwill into tangible results at home?  The GuardianWith flags and fireworks, Syrians celebrate one year since fall of al-Assad  Al JazeeraVictory only the start, Syrian president says year after toppling of Assad regime  BBC
  
• 'Disgraceful' Salah comments caused 'carnage' - pundits - BBC8 December 2025, 10:36 pm
  'Disgraceful' Salah comments caused 'carnage' - pundits  BBCThe true meaning behind Mohamed Salah’s rant and how Liverpool can fix him  The IndependentArne Slot has ‘no clue’ if Mohamed Salah will play for Liverpool again  The Guardian‘Salah is a disgrace’: Jamie Carragher delivers one of football’s great eviscerations  The TelegraphMo Salah: Liverpool leave forward out of squad to face Inter Milan but he avoids disciplinary action over comments  Sky Sports
  
• ‘Could do a better job than Keir Starmer’: who could replace the PM if he is forced out? - The Guardian8 December 2025, 10:35 pm
  ‘Could do a better job than Keir Starmer’: who could replace the PM if he is forced out?  The GuardianThe hunt for a new Labour leader has already begun  The TelegraphKeir Starmer must speed up or face political oblivion  The TimesLabour is sleepwalking into a farcical leadership contest  UnHerdLabour think tank that supported Starmer asks members who they would back in leadership challenge  The Independent
  
• Tsunami alert issued after 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Japan - ITVX8 December 2025, 10:03 pm
  Tsunami alert issued after 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Japan  ITVXDozens injured after magnitude 7.5 quake strikes northern Japan  BBCJapan tells residents to evacuate as powerful earthquake strikes north-east  The GuardianJapan tsunami live: First official megaquake warning issued after 33 hurt by rare 7.5-magnitude earthquake  The IndependentMagnitude 7.5 earthquake in north Japan injures 23 people  Al Jazeera
  
• Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients - BBC8 December 2025, 9:30 pm
  Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients  BBCNew cell-editing treatment could save blood cancer patients  The TelegraphPatients with previously untreatable blood cancer now disease-free after world-first gene therapy  Sky NewsTeenager who received world-first leukaemia treatment is now cancer-free  The IndependentNew study strengthens evidence for new CAR T-cell treatment for aggressive blood cancer  Blood Cancer UK