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Edinburgh's Hogmanay cancelled due to 'extreme weather' - what are the alerts where you are?
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the latest victim of bad weather set to batter the UK over the new year.
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Liam Payne's final hours detailed by judge as five charged over his death in Argentina
Liam Payne's final hours have been detailed by a judge as five people are charged over his death.
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More than £10m worth of jewellery and designer handbags stolen from London home
More than £10m worth of jewellery and £150,000 worth of designer handbags have been stolen from a home in London - prompting the offering of a reward.
Showbiz
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Liam Payne's final hours detailed by judge as five charged over his death in Argentina
Liam Payne's final hours have been detailed by a judge as five people are charged over his death.
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans - after dress code change
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans.
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Gal Gadot had emergency surgery to remove brain blood clot while 8 months pregnant
Gal Gadot says her baby daughter had to be delivered during emergency surgery earlier this year after a "massive blood clot" was discovered in the actress's brain.
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Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright announce they're expecting their first baby
Actress Michelle Keegan is expecting her first baby with husband Mark Wright, the celebrity couple have announced.
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Rebel Wilson marries fashion designer Ramona Agruma in Sydney in second wedding ceremony
Rebel Wilson has legally married fashion designer Ramona Agruma in her hometown of Sydney.
UK News
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Edinburgh's Hogmanay cancelled due to 'extreme weather' - what are the alerts where you are?
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the latest victim of bad weather set to batter the UK over the new year.
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More than £10m worth of jewellery and designer handbags stolen from London home
More than £10m worth of jewellery and £150,000 worth of designer handbags have been stolen from a home in London - prompting the offering of a reward.
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Father calls for industry changes after baby dies during 'hands-free' breastfeeding
The father of a seven-week-old boy who died after being breastfed in a baby carrier is calling for increased safety standards around baby slings.
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Marcus Fakana: British teen sentenced over Dubai 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl surrenders to authorities
A British teenager sentenced to one year in prison in Dubai after a "holiday romance" with a 17-year-old girl has surrendered himself to authorities to begin his sentence, according to a campaign group.
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More people driving the wrong way down motorways - and blaming their sat navs
There has been a "deadly" rise in reports of people driving the wrong way down England's motorways in the last year, an investigation has found.
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Smoking a single cigarette could take 20 minutes off life expectancy, new study says
Each cigarette a person smokes could shorten their life by 20 minutes, according to new estimates.
World News
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Stillness and shock after South Korea's plane tragedy - but families' frustration is boiling over
At the crash site at Muan Airport, you get a really strong sense of just how sudden and catastrophic it all was.
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Russia's 'hybrid attacks' against NATO 'look like war' and allies must draw 'red lines'
Russia's unconventional attacks against NATO "look like war" and allies must set new red lines that will trigger a retaliation if crossed, a former foreign minister has warned.
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies
Former US president Jimmy Carter has died aged 100.
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South Korea: Expert says concrete wall plane crashed into is 'verging on criminal'
Aviation experts have said airport authorities in South Korea should face serious questions over the concrete wall that a plane collided with killing 179 people.
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Marcus Fakana: British teen sentenced over Dubai 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl surrenders to authorities
A British teenager sentenced to one year in prison in Dubai after a "holiday romance" with a 17-year-old girl has surrendered himself to authorities to begin his sentence, according to a campaign group.
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Investigators request warrant to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree
Investigators have asked a South Korean court to issue an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol.
Politics
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Labour would lose almost 200 seats in 'highly unstable' parliament if election held today, poll suggests
Labour would lose its majority and nearly 200 seats if a general election was held today, a new mega poll suggests.
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No 10 insists private school fees 'out of reach for most people' as ministers defend VAT policy
The government has insisted that private school fees are "clearly out of reach for most people" as ministers continue to defend their VAT policy.
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What will happen in Westminster next year?
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Major political consequences for Farage, Badenoch and the Tories ahead in 2025
British voters are in for a relatively untroubled 2025, after the "Year of Elections" which saw a new government in the UK and major upheavals around the world, including the victory of Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated as US president for the second time on 20 January.
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Starmer throws down gauntlet to watchdogs with growth edict
Sir Keir Starmer has ordered Britain's key watchdogs to remove barriers to growth in a bid to kickstart Britain's sluggish economy.
Weird News
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World chess number one Magnus Carlsen quits tournament after refusing to change jeans
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he couldn't wear jeans.
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Scottie Scheffler: Freak Christmas dinner injury forces world's best golfer to undergo surgery
The world’s best golfer has suffered a freak injury while cooking Christmas dinner, forcing him to undergo surgery.
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Stranded NASA astronauts send Christmas message from space
Astronauts stranded on the International Space Station over Christmas have sent a festive message back to Earth.
Tech News
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UN chief Antonio Guterres declares last 10 years a 'decade of deadly heat'
The world has experienced a "decade of deadly heat", the head of the UN says, as he urged countries to "exit this road to ruin".
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Smoking a single cigarette could take 20 minutes off life expectancy, new study says
Each cigarette a person smokes could shorten their life by 20 minutes, according to new estimates.
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One of UK's oldest golf clubs fights for its future amid rising sea levels
One of the oldest golf clubs in the country is facing a fight for its future - from storms and the seas.
Videos
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Stillness and shock after South Korea's plane tragedy - but families' frustration is boiling over
At the crash site at Muan Airport, you get a really strong sense of just how sudden and catastrophic it all was.
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Labour would lose almost 200 seats in 'highly unstable' parliament if election held today, poll suggests
Labour would lose its majority and nearly 200 seats if a general election was held today, a new mega poll suggests.
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Scientists build tiny virtual reality goggles for mice
Scientists have built tiny VR goggles for mice so they can better study how animals behave in virtual reality.
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies
Former US president Jimmy Carter has died aged 100.
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Santa Tracker: The slip-up that started a 70-year-old festive tradition
In early December 1955, the phone rang at an air base in Colorado Springs. The officers on the watch floor of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) - who were defending the skies above the US and Canada - stiffened.
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In a time of change Sky News spent a critical year on a farm
Many months before farmers found themselves on the front pages of newspapers, after protesting in Whitehall against the new government's inheritance tax rules, we at Sky News embarked upon a project.
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