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• Birmingham doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients - BBC5 December 2025, 2:53 pm
  Birmingham doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients  BBCFormer doctor charged over alleged sexual assaults on 38 patients  Sky NewsFormer doctor charged with sex offences against 38 patients including child  The TelegraphFormer Royal Stoke doctor charged with FORTY-FIVE sex offences  Stoke on Trent LiveFormer doctor charged with 38 sexual assaults against patients  The Independent
  
• Four Poundland stores to close in Bristol and Somerset - BBC5 December 2025, 2:08 pm
  Four Poundland stores to close in Bristol and Somerset  BBCPoundland reveals more store closures - here's the full list  Sky NewsPoundland: List of stores set for closure  Yahoo News UKAnother Poundland store to close its doors in BCP  Bournemouth EchoPoundland store to close on North Wales retail park  North Wales Live
  
• Eritreans, including Olympian Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, freed after 18 years in jail without trial - BBC5 December 2025, 1:55 pm
  Eritreans, including Olympian Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, freed after 18 years in jail without trial  BBC
  
• Another Cloudflare outage takes down websites including LinkedIn and Zoom - The Guardian5 December 2025, 1:49 pm
  Another Cloudflare outage takes down websites including LinkedIn and Zoom  The GuardianCloudflare outage cause revealed as major websites disrupted  The IndependentGlobal websites back online as Cloudflare issues a dashboard fix  CNBCCloudflare goes down again; CTO Dane Knecht confirms outage but clarifies: Not an ...  The Times of IndiaCloudflare: 'Large number of empty pages' on several websites after internet outage  Sky News
  
• Wear face mask if you feel ill, public told - The Telegraph5 December 2025, 1:47 pm
  Wear face mask if you feel ill, public told  The TelegraphHospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses  BBCNumber of flu patients in hospital beds across England rises by more than 50%  Sky NewsExtra-mutated 'superflu' sweeps Britain: NHS declares early flu crisis and warns of 'worst winter ever' as experts suggest wearing masks  Daily MailNHS braces for ‘unprecedented flu wave’ as hospitalised cases in England rise  The Guardian
  
• Report: Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division - GamesIndustry.biz5 December 2025, 1:01 pm
  Report: Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division  GamesIndustry.bizMeta pivots to AI smart glasses as metaverse bet struggles  BBCZuckerberg prepares to abandon Metaverse dream  The TelegraphMeta plans to slash metaverse spending as Zuckerberg shifts focus to AI  Financial TimesThe metaverse is cooked, and Wall Street couldn’t be happier  CNN
  
• World Cup 2026 draw: updates as the teams await fate in Washington DC – live - The Guardian5 December 2025, 1:01 pm
  World Cup 2026 draw: updates as the teams await fate in Washington DC – live  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• England pay price for worst bowling of Bazball era and five dropped catches - The Times5 December 2025, 1:00 pm
  England pay price for worst bowling of Bazball era and five dropped catches  The Times'Never going to be perfect' - Root defends 'jaded' England over drops  BBCAshes 2025-26 - Australia wait to count cost of crazy floodlit passage  ESPNcricinfoAshes: Joe Root wants England to respond after multiple fielding errors give Australia advantage in second Test  Sky SportsThe Ashes 2025 LIVE: Australia vs England, second Test, Brisbane - cricket score, radio & highlights  BBC
  
• Putin in India: What did Putin and Modi get out of Delhi meeting? - BBC5 December 2025, 12:49 pm
  Putin in India: What did Putin and Modi get out of Delhi meeting?  BBCNarendra Modi and Vladimir Putin embrace before talking trade at India-Russia summit  Sky NewsPutin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US  The GuardianCan the West trust India?  The TelegraphPutin says Russia is willing to supply 'uninterrupted' fuel to India, as U.S. pressures New Delhi to cut back  CNBC
  
• Edinburgh Airport latest: Flights resume but disruption continues - BBC5 December 2025, 12:36 pm
  Edinburgh Airport latest: Flights resume but disruption continues  BBCFlights resume at Edinburgh Airport after air traffic control outage  BBCFlights delayed and cancelled at Edinburgh Airport after IT issue affected air traffic control  The IndependentA New York to Scotland flight got all the way across the Atlantic before an air traffic control problem forced a diversion to Ireland  YahooIT issue affects flights at Edinburgh Airport  Sky News
  
• Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick - BBC5 December 2025, 12:28 pm
  Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick  BBC'It's worse than Covid,' says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day  BBCFlu: Children hit hardest as cases in Northern Ireland surge  BBCGet Protected: get your Influenza vaccine  health-ni.gov.ukGet vaccinated call as hospital admissions double in one week  Limerick Post Newspaper
  
• Man, 18, hit by car on motorway was Tasered before death - BBC5 December 2025, 12:21 pm
  Man, 18, hit by car on motorway was Tasered before death  BBCMan, 18, struck on motorway Tasered before death  BBCTeenager was Tasered by police before being killed by car on M5  The GuardianTeen who got out of ambulance on M5 was tasered before being hit by car | ITV News  ITVXTeen dies after getting out of ambulance on M5  BBC
  
• Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission | Polly Toynbee - The Guardian5 December 2025, 12:15 pm
  Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission | Polly Toynbee  The GuardianLabour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live  The GuardianGovernment pledges to end children living in B&Bs  BBCChild poverty strategy unveiled - but not everyone's happy  Sky NewsCouncils to notify schools of homeless pupils under new duty  Schools Week
  
• US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows - The Guardian5 December 2025, 12:03 pm
  US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows  The GuardianBoat strike briefings help Hegseth - but shipwreck video release may hurt  BBCTrump administration latest: Criticism mounts over strikes on alleged drug boats  CNNPentagon announces another boat strike amid heightened scrutiny – US politics live  The GuardianHegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all  The Washington Post
  
• Kensington Palace gives behind-the-scenes glimpse of Princess Kate's carol concert - Daily Express5 December 2025, 11:52 am
  Kensington Palace gives behind-the-scenes glimpse of Princess Kate's carol concert  Daily ExpressPrincess of Wales gives sneak peek inside special royal Christmas event  The IndependentCatherine asks for Cornish shanty in carol service  BBCPrincess of Wales: Christmas is not about ‘sentimental gestures’  The TelegraphKate Middleton Shares First Glimpse of Festive Decor for Her Christmas Carol Service — with Help from Mary Berry!  People.com