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25 for 2025: unmissable sporting events over the next 12 months
London welcomes new year with fireworks as weather cancels events across UK
The UK has welcomed 2025 with fireworks and celebrations in London, but many events across the country were cancelled due to bad weather.
Tens of thousands of people attended the annual event in the capital, with millions more tuning in on television.
Speaking ahead of the spectacle, the London mayor, …
Seven-year-old boy visits every city in England by train
An achievement for a lot of seven-year-olds in 2024 might have been riding a bike without stabilisers or tying their own shoelaces, but for one boy it was visiting every city in England with his dad by train.
Austin, seven, and his father, Ashley, “about 37”, began their quest by …
Xi says China’s economy on course to expand by 5% despite Trump concerns
Using his annual address to the nation, Xi sought …
Russia winds down gas supply to Europe via Ukraine as transit deal expires
Europe will receive the last Russian gas sent via Ukraine’s pipelines in the early hours of the new year as the continent braces for a plunge in temperatures that could hasten the drain on reserves of the fossil fuel.
The Russian state energy company, Gazprom, is expected to cut its …
New year events cancelled as high winds and heavy rain batter UK
High winds and heavy rain battering the UK have caused travel problems and the cancellation of a swathe of new year events including firework displays and a bathtub race that takes place in Europe’s largest natural harbour.
The predicted strong winds led to the cancellation of displays heralding the arrival …
Tuesday briefing: How public celebrations like New Year’s Eve became private events
‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea
Two years ago fisher Siri James lived on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, in a small village near Pariva beach. But as the tides continued to rise, James was forced to move further in from the shore.
“It’s not easy moving inland, I was born and raised by …
Senior Labour figures urged Tony Blair to delay arrival of EU citizens in UK
Senior figures in Tony Blair’s government, including John Prescott and Jack Straw, urged the then prime minister to delay opening the UK labour market to eastern European nationals shortly before they became EU citizens, newly released documents reveal.
Papers released to the National Archives in Kew, west London, showed Prescott …
Edinburgh cancels New Year’s Eve street parties and fireworks due to storm warning
Edinburgh’s New Year’s Eve street parties and fireworks display have been cancelled on safety grounds because of storms forecast for the next 36 hours.
The city’s Hogmanay festival organisers said the high winds and rain predicted to hit the city made it unsafe to hold any of the outdoor events …