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Southampton v Newcastle off because of Covid cases and injuries in Magpies squad

Colorado Wildfires: Thousands evacuated as buildings burn

Lukaku comments 'bring noise we don't need', says Chelsea boss Tuchel

Most defeats, most ducks, most collapses - England's 'record-breakingly bad' year

Xi'an: Cries for help and food in quarantined Chinese city

Omicron: Third wave looms as India Covid cases spike

Bangladesh: Women-only beach scrapped after social media outcry

Who is 'good enough to play for Real Madrid'? - Garth Crooks' team of the year

South Africa collapse as India win first Test

Putin and Lukashenko team up for ice hockey match

'I genuinely thought we had a good chance' - Anderson om England's Ashes defeat

China bans its national football players from getting tattoos

How 'fake news' affected the world in 2021

Average house price hits record high of £255,000

Arteta to miss Arsenal v Man City match after testing positive for Covid again

Djokovic withdraws amid unclear vaccine status

'The feelgood factor is back' - will British tennis build on 2021 success?

Valentina Orellana-Peralta: US teen shot dead by police 'died in mother's arms'

Images from 2021: A collection of 21 striking sport photographs

Cristiano Ronaldo statue divides opinion in India

Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket

Desmond Tutu: Remembered by daughter as a 'hugger'

Covid: Enjoy new year but be cautious, care minister says

Jermaine Cools: Teenager arrested over murder of boy

Leona Peach: Police seek father of missing 12-year-old girl

Covid in Scotland: Record demand leads to PCR test result delays

Russian court orders oldest civil rights group Memorial to shut

Austria's Innsbruck airport denies 110 Britons entry over new Covid rules

Egyptian pharaoh's mummy digitally unwrapped for first time

Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket

Paing Takhon: Myanmar celebrity gets three years in jail for mass protests

Egyptian pharaoh's mummy digitally unwrapped for first time

Newham death: Man charged with murdering woman

Austria's Innsbruck airport denies 110 Britons entry over new Covid rules

Desmond Tutu - the staunch and steadfast healer of a nation

Jean-Marc Vallée: Canadian filmmaker dies aged 58

US snowstorms: California and other western states battered

Ashes: Australia seize control of third Test after ruthless bowling display

Windsor Castle: Queen 'assassination' bid video probed

Afghanistan's Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women

Scott Marsh: Viral and controversial art of 'Australia's Banksy'

How this clip restored one man's dream of being a pilot

India's unwinnable battle against spitting

My art channels the pain from Ethiopia's war

Man found with crossbow at Windsor Castle sectioned

'A dark day': South Africans remember Tutu

Desmond Tutu: Obama joins tributes to South Africa anti-apartheid hero

In pictures: The life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Dog saved by surgery after chocolate coin feast

Sudan coup: Security forces accused of violence against protesters

Desmond Tutu: UK tributes paid to archbishop

Uri Geller: The celebrity who owes his success to spoons

In pictures: The life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California

Kate surprises audience with piano performance

Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi address: World ignoring huge tragedies

Pope's Christmas Day message

James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission

Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi address: World ignoring huge tragedies

Sudan coup: Military cuts internet services ahead of planned protests

Ashes: England-Australia Melbourne Test - tourists make four changes for Boxing Day

Met Office confirms white Christmas as snow falls in Scotland

Covid: Christmas flights cancelled and new curbs amid Omicron spread

Covid: Christmas flights cancelled and new curbs amid Omicron spread

James Franco accusers call him 'completely insensitive' after interview

Pregnant woman among 15 charged for Uganda attacks

James Franco accusers call him 'completely insensitive' after interview

CrossCountry: Strike action affects Christmas Eve train journeys

Man killed by dog 'died doing what he loved'

Chris Noth: Fourth woman accuses Sex and the City actor of assault

Tesla disables gaming while driving feature

Russian priest who adopted 70 children jailed for abuse

Burnley-Everton called off because of Covid cases and injuries

Chris Noth: Fourth woman accuses Sex and the City actor of assault

Woolworths 1920s Christmas nativity scene still going strong

Liverpool-Leeds & Wolves-Watford postponed because of Covid cases

Belgium agrees to close controversial ageing nuclear reactors

James Franco admits sleeping with students from his acting school

England name much-changed squad for West Indies T20 tour

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Kyiv hopes truce will ease military tensions

Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989?

Met refers itself to watchdog over No 10 Christmas party

Nationwide working to clear payment delays

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Sally Ann Howes dies aged 91

Salford snake: Forklift driver finds deadly reptile in brickyard

New Covid-19 rules: 'I'm not isolating at Christmas now'

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich wins apology over Putin claim

French outcry over academic in Grenoble Islamophobia row

Sri Lanka plans to pay off Iran oil debt with tea

Yemen war: Funding crisis forces UN to cut food assistance

Benjamin Mendy: Man City footballer charged with another rape

Brigitte Macron to sue over false claims she was born male

Koalas: Mass deaths in Victoria bring animal cruelty charges

Wightlink ferry crewman takes passenger 270 miles to party

Rogel Aguilera-Mederos: Colorado lorry driver's sentence sparks uproar

Super Typhoon Rai: BBC correspondent shows damage on Siargao Island

Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali pleads not guilty to murdering MP

Princess Haya: The princess, the sheikh and the £550m divorce settlement

Hundreds of trains cancelled as Covid hits railways

Gary Walker: Ex-police officer's 2004 murder conviction overturned

Big Ben will bong again to see in the new year

Turkish lira in comeback after new plan unveiled

Christmas restrictions: 'I don't have a turkey in the fridge'

Ghanaian MPs brawl in parliament over e-money tax

Alt-J's Thom Sonny Green: From shielding to getting back on tour

Chris Noth: Sex and the City actresses show support for accusers

MPs urge changes to 'outdated' gender recognition laws

Hobnobs maker warns biscuit prices set to soar

Covid: Pubs and restaurants warn time running out to help

Laura Kuenssberg to step down as BBC's political editor

Harry Miller: Legal victory after alleged 'transphobic tweets'

Scotland's Omicron wave may last until February

Quidditch leagues set to pick new name after JK Rowling trans row

Davos business leaders' event postponed over Omicron

In pictures: Mountain summits 'float' above the clouds

Strictly: Rose Ayling-Ellis on her historic Strictly win

Ethiopia war: World heritage site Lalibela back in government hands

Lord Frost: I didn't support PM's coercive Covid plan

Evergrande: China's efforts to contain its Lehman moment

Leftist Gabriel Boric to become Chile's youngest ever president

Highlights from the career of architect Richard Rogers

Hong Kong: Legco voting underway after electoral overhaul

Derek Chisora v Joseph Parker II: New Zealander beats Briton on points in Manchester

The Ashes: Joe Root take painful blow as England struggle against Australia

West Bank ambush suspects captured, Israel says

NFL Highlights: Jonathan Taylor scores 67-yard touchdown as Indianapolis Colts beat New England Patriots

Covid: Germany tightens restrictions on UK travellers

Rangers 1-0 Dundee United: League leaders edge out Covid-hit visitors to extend lead at top

Covid-19: Cabinet ministers briefed on latest UK data as Omicron surges

Downing Street parties inquiry: Opposition MPs call for independent figure to lead probe

Sutton house fire: Woman held after twin brothers killed bailed

Ethiopian civil war divides diaspora in the US

Super Typhoon Rai: Walking through the storm's trail of destruction

Ghislaine Maxwell defence rests as she calls case 'unproven'

Sacked NatWest worker has customer details under her bed

Super Typhoon Rai: Dozens feared dead in Philippines

Aston Villa v Burnley postponed after Villa record 'increased amount' of positive Covid-19 cases

The Ashes: Australia in control of second Test after England collapse

Officer who shot Daunte Wright: 'I'm sorry it happened'

England's hopes fade after another dismal collapse in Ashes

France travel ban: Time-lapse shows long Eurostar queue at St Pancras

The Ashes: Stuart Broad dismissed for nine as England all out for 236

Super Typhoon Rai: Dozens feared dead in Philippines

Andry Rajoelina: French nationals sentenced for Madagascar coup plot

The Ashes: Australia dominate action-packed second day - highlights

Sweden's Gavle Christmas goat torched... again

The Ashes: Australia get early breakthrough as Rory Burns edges to Steve Smith

Dust storms and tornadoes hit the US Midwest

Clothes sales back to pre-Covid levels in November

Star Hobson murder: Brockhill and Smith to have sentences reviewed

Ashes: David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne grind down England on day one in Adelaide

Bruce Springsteen sells his entire music catalogue for $500m

Kent migrants: Untreated burns and nowhere to sleep - report

Covid: France to drastically restrict travel from UK

Omicron: What can we learn from South Africa's experience so far?

Mercedes will not appeal against Abu Dhabi result

Grindr fined £5.5m for sharing users' data

Riccardo Ehrman: Journalist who prompted Berlin Wall to fall dies

Bank branches: Rival banks join forces to protect future of cash

Swansea grandmother breaks bauble Guinness World Record

Lewis Hamilton receives knighthood days after being denied F1 title

Brown, Bellingham and Challis up for Young Sports Personality award

England face New Zealand and South Africa in 'mini World Cup' in 2022 autumn Tests

German court jails hitman for Berlin murder on Russia's orders

Aguero retires from football following heart problem

German raids on Covid extremists over Saxony leader death plot

Cornish comedian Jethro dies aged 73

Jacob Zuma: South African court orders ex-president back to jail

More restrictions possible in Scotland before Christmas

Man Utd set to return to training after Covid outbreak among players

Haiti fuel tanker blast kills dozens in Cap-Haïtien

Trump's son urged father to intervene in 6 January Capitol riot

Hungary migrant deaths: Car crashes avoiding police

Covid-19: High demand blamed for shortage of PCR appointments in England

Arctic heat record is like Mediterranean, says UN

Online Safety Bill: New offences and tighter rules

Belarusian opposition leader jailed for 18 years

Arsenal strip Aubameyang of club captaincy after 'latest disciplinary breach'

Kentucky tornadoes: Two-month-old girl is youngest victim

Star Hobson: The short life and death of a beloved toddler

Belarus: Opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years over protests

Some schools struggling to stay open as cases rises

Arctic Circle's record high temperature sounds 'alarm bells'

Covid: New social mixing guidelines likely in Scotland

Working from home: 'We get more done in the office'

Police and migrants clash outside Mexico City

Man Utd to face PSG in Champions League with holders Chelsea playing Lille

Hong Kong: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil

Italy: Seven dead as rescuers find bodies in Sicily blast

Russia explosion: Teen detonates device at Orthodox convent school

Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa president being treated for Covid

Kentucky tornadoes: Rebuilding lives from 'hell on Earth'

Buy now pay later: How does it work?

Kentucky tornadoes: Rebuilding lives from 'hell on Earth'

Race on between virus and vaccine, says minister

Reckya Madougou: Opposition leader jailing damages Benin democracy - lawyer

Obituary: Vicente Fernández, Mexico's king of ranchera

Anne Rice, author of Interview with the Vampire, dies aged 80

Russia Ukraine: Massive consequences if Moscow invades, G7 says

Indian PM's Twitter hacked with bitcoin tweet

Mexico truck crash: 'I woke up 50 metres from the truck'

Anne Rice, author of Interview with the Vampire, dies aged 80

Murder charge after Kenton house stab death

Man dies after being shot in police confrontation

Simon McCoy becomes latest presenter to leave GB News

Drone footage shows Amazon warehouse collapse

Postponed Tottenham-Rennes will not be rescheduled

Queues form as Banksy Colston statue trial T-shirts go on sale

More than 50 feared dead in Kentucky's worst ever tornadoes

US Olympic boycott: Uyghurs and Hong Kongers react

Firms warn of 'devastating' impact of new restrictions

Donald Trump swears in criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s loyalty

Swansea: Cinema & Co bolted shut amid Covid breach summons

Bipin Rawat: India holds funerals for top general and his wife after crash

We're fully booked up, says lorry driving trainer

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules

UK residents vaccinated abroad can now use NHS Covid Pass

Taylor Swift to face trial in Shake It Off copyright case

Football fans spending millions on club crypto-tokens

China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules

Saudi camel beauty pageant cracks down on cosmetic enhancements

Farm laws: India farmers end protest after government accepts demands

Christmas parties row: Three gatherings to be investigated by top civil servant

Bronski Beat founder Steve Bronski dies

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth minus £100m fighter jet

Longannet power station chimney blown up

Sauti Sol singer Chimano hailed in Kenya for coming out as gay

Conservative Party fined over PM's Downing Street flat refurbishment

Human remains found in car linked to 45-year-old cold case

NHS Tracker: How is the NHS in your area coping?

China warns nations will 'pay price' for Olympic boycott

Boris and Carrie Johnson announce birth of girl

Boss says sorry for 'blundered' mass Zoom firing

Storm Barra: Power cuts hit north and north east Scotland

Tottenham return 13 positive Covid-19 tests - with eight players included

Nick Cannon: Comedian announces death of five-month-old son Zen

5G in Coverdale: Ancient valley set for telecoms upgrade

Tiny town, Marazion, bids to become UK's smallest city

Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact

Halo Infinite: Time to 'mix-up' the series

Bipin Rawat: India's top general in helicopter crash

Olaf Scholz: Who is Germany's new chancellor?

Myanmar: Soldiers accused of shooting, burning 13 villagers

Michael Steinhardt: US billionaire hands over antiquities worth $70m

Grammy Awards: Drake withdraws nominations

Syria blames Israel for rare air strike on main port of Latakia

Indonesia volcano: BBC reporter surrounded by houses buried in ash

Mixed-race family suffered years of racist abuse from neighbours

Indonesia volcano: Toll rises after Mount Semeru buries villages

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: China criticises US diplomatic boycott

Covid testing: New PCR rules throw plans into disarray

Kenyan policeman kills at least five including wife

Haiti kidnappers release three more missionaries after abduction

Warnings Covid travel test prices are misleading

John Miles, best known for his rock ballad Music, has died

Brexit: Ireland to receive €920m for Brexit impact

New York's workers must all have vaccine by 27 December

Man jailed for trying to murder lottery-winning partner

Storm Barra: Northern Powergrid aims to reconnect final homes

Covid: Sainsbury's asks staff to delay Christmas parties

Grenfell Tower: Governments hid fire safety risks, inquiry hears

T.rex gets Christmas jumper at Natural History Museum in London

Sylvester Oromoni: Nigerians demand justice over Dowen College death

Covid-19: Italy tightens restrictions for unvaccinated

Far-right target critics with Twitter's new media policy

Joey Barton not guilty of attacking rival boss

Michael Sheen turns himself into a 'not-for-profit' actor

Covid: UK red list criticised as 'travel apartheid' by Nigeria

Yasmin Evans to leave BBC Radio 1Xtra on Christmas Eve

NI 100: Signing of Anglo-Irish Treaty marked 100 years on

Covid: UK red list criticised as 'travel apartheid' by Nigeria

Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler pick up Kennedy Center Honors

Union loses legal challenge to PM's decision to back Priti Patel

Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler pick up Kennedy Center Honors

Matt Hancock: Breaking Covid guidance 'failure of leadership'

Trump social media firm says it has raised $1bn

Lewis Hamilton wins thrilling Saudi Arabian GP

Storm Barra: Severe weather warnings for wind and rain issued

Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies

Levelling up: Government white paper likely to be delayed to 2022

Tyson Fury: Drainpipe sculpture of boxer unveiled in Morecambe

Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies

UK Snooker Championship final: Zhao Xintong leads Luca Brecel

Chelsea beat Arsenal to win FA Cup & complete 2020-21 domestic treble

Fred gives Man Utd win over Palace in Rangnick's first game in charge

Military truck rams into group of Myanmar protesters in Yangon

Parliament drug use claims to be raised with police this week

Women's FA Cup final: Fran Kirby gives Chelsea early lead against Arsenal

French climber handed Mont Blanc gems after 2013 find

Banksy pledges to help save Reading jail with stencil sale

Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe

Barry Sheerman: Longest-serving Labour MP to step down

Storm Arwen: Business secretary says power cuts unacceptable

Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe

Trump social media firm raises $1bn from investors

Norwich: 'Mr Christmas' installs 16,000 lights on his house

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: National inquiry into his death

India Nagaland: Security forces kill 13 civilians amid ambush blunder

Bus carrying choir members plunges into Kenya river

Belgian zoo hippos test positive for Covid

Belgian zoo hippos test positive for Covid

Covid: Doctors' leaders back postponed health checks

Michigan school shooting: Suspect's parents deny involuntary manslaughter

Michigan school shooting: Suspect's parents deny involuntary manslaughter

Government to overhaul drug policy to focus on getting users healthcare

Afghanistan: Macron reveals plans for joint European mission

Gambia elections: Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's shadow looms over poll

Eitan Biran: Cable car survivor returned to Italy after custody battle

World's oldest Test cricketer Eileen Ash dies at 110

Huge Calder Valley model railway hidden from girlfriend unveiled

Afghanistan: Macron reveals plans for joint European mission

Covid: Met reviews Labour MPs' complaint over No 10 party claims

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Football fans to clap for murdered Arthur

ICYMI: Jumping into an active volcano, and other ways to spend the festive season

ICYMI: Jumping into an active volcano, and other ways to spend the festive season

Indonesia volcano: Residents flee as Mt Semeru spews huge ash cloud

Indonesia volcano: Residents flee as Mt Semeru spews huge ash cloud

Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Key moments from the first week

Storm Arwen: Northern Powergrid sorry for power cut communication

Patel makes cricket history with 10 wicket haul

Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Key moments from the first week

South Africa battles Omicron fear and vaccine myths

Italian man tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm

Covid in Scotland: Omicron cases linked to Steps concert in Glasgow

I now feel less safe as a gay man - MP Chris Bryant

Couple who killed Arthur Labinjo-Hughes jailed

Covid: First data points to Omicron re-infection risk

Sir Antony Sher: Actor dies of cancer aged 72

Ofgem to review power networks' Storm Arwen response

Obituary: Sir Antony Sher, a giant of the stage

South Africa battles Omicron fear and jab jitters

Cambo: Jobs warning as Shell pulls out of oil field development

Austria ruling party picks Nehammer for chancellor

Yorkshire coaching staff leave amid racism scandal

West Side Story: Spielberg on casting the film from Latin American community

Christmas parties: Conservative staff event going ahead, says chairman

Omicron coronavirus variant: Your questions answered

Euro 2020 final disorder: Ticketless thugs 'could have killed' at England v Italy game

Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering

Selfridges set for £4bn sale to Thai retail giant

Ros Atkins on... The No 10 Christmas party

Ghislaine Maxwell: Employee told 'not to look Jeffrey Epstein in the eye'

Thailand: Newspaper rebuked over 'hunts Africans' headline

Lamine Diack: Disgraced athletics boss dies in Senegal

£1m Police Scotland payout over M9 crash death

Russia Ukraine: Lavrov warns of return to military confrontation nightmare

Merkel picks German punk singer Hagen for last serenade

Margaux Pinot: Shock over release of judoka’s partner in assault case

Russia Ukraine: Lavrov warns of return to military confrontation nightmare

Storm Arwen: Thousands still without power six days after storm

Merkel picks German punk singer Hagen for last serenade

Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai says the Taliban are his brothers

Covid bereaved families 'sickened' over No 10 Christmas party

Government fined £500,000 for New Year honours data breach

Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai says the Taliban are his brothers

Turtle Tally recovering after being stranded on beach

Ghislaine Maxwell: Defence lawyers seek to discredit key accuser

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla: My wife's vaccine death is fake news

Curious leopard enters classroom in India

Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads

Ghislaine Maxwell: Defence lawyers seek to discredit key accuser

Home Alone house available to book on Airbnb

Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads

Meghan wins ruling in Mail on Sunday privacy fight

Sexual harassment: 'I was left crying on the Tube'

Asbestos exposure from 20 years ago killed IT worker

Home Alone house available to book on Airbnb

Storm Arwen: Five days and counting without electricity

PMQs: Johnson quizzed over lockdown Christmas party claim

Munich WW2 bomb blows up near station, wounding four

Arsenal star Gabriel fights off baseball bat-wielding robber

Munich WW2 bomb blows up near station, wounding three

Nigeria boat capsize: At least 29 die in Kano state

HIV: People with virus or taking PReP to be allowed to join armed forces

Astroworld: Half of victims' families reject Travis Scott's funeral costs offer

And Just Like That: 5 things we spotted in the Sex and the City trailer

Elizabeth Dixon: Lessons not learned after baby death cover-up, says family

Why US abortion laws could be changed by Supreme Court ruling

Pre-departure Covid tests would be valuable, say Sage scientists

Nationwide: UK house prices continue surge, up 10% in November

Teenager Amber Gibson's death in Hamilton treated as murder

Jacob Rees-Mogg investigated by standards watchdog

Storm Arwen: The mother who's been without power for five nights

Tel Aviv named as world's most expensive city to live in

Why Gambians won't stop voting with marbles

Johanna Konta: British former Wimbledon semi-finalist and world number four retires

Ava White: Boy in court accused of Liverpool stab murder

Zog Energy becomes latest firm to collapse in gas price crisis

Moulin Rouge: London's most lavish musical?

Mississippi: How a legal challenge could upend abortion rights