The great Glastonbury Festival clean-up is underway as hundreds of workers help to restore the site at Worthy Farm.
The festival’s clean-up team began picking up thousands of discarded items including paper cups and food containers as festival-goers began to make their way home, leaving the Somerset grounds in a steady stream.
Cleaners tackled over-flowing bins and big items such as camping chairs and blow-up mattresses, as well as slippers, flip-flops and shopping bags.
Glastonbury will not return in 2026, as the festival enters a fallow year to give the ground time to recover before the next event takes place in 2027.
Organiser Emily Eavis told the on-site newspaper, Glastonbury Free Press, she had a “huge list of things” to improve the festival ahead of its next iteration.
Meanwhile, the row over controversial performances by punk band Bob Vylan and the Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap continues.
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Photos show Glastonbury 2025 aftermath after thousands of fans leave festival site
08:47 , Roisin O'ConnorA major clean-up operation has begun at Glastonbury Festival to return the site from a pop-up city of 200,000 music fans to a Somerset dairy farm.
The festival’s clean-up team began picking up thousands of discarded items including paper cups and food containers as festival-goers began to make their way home, leaving the festival in a steady stream.
Cleaners tackled over-flowing bins and big items such as camping chairs and blow-up mattresses, as well as slippers, flip-flops and shopping bags.
Photos show Glastonbury 2025 aftermath after thousands of fans leave festival site
Alanis Morissette gives her audience permission to let rip during a spectacular Glastonbury debut
Monday 30 June 2025 23:00 , Greg EvansIt’s hard to find fault in Morissette’s pride here: her lyrics raised a generation, giving voice to feelings that many of us possess but tend to lay dormant, says Adam White.
Alanis Morissette lets rip during her spectacular Glastonbury debut - review
Doechii’s Glastonbury performance sees her triumph over a biblical set clash
Monday 30 June 2025 22:00 , Greg EvansChoosing to spend your Saturday headline slot with her doesn't feel like a consolation prize. In fact, you’d be forgiven for thinking Doechii had been playing to festival crowds for decades, says Kate Solomon in a five-star review.
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Neil Young thunders through a mighty Glastonbury setlist in front of a surprisingly sparse crowd
Monday 30 June 2025 21:00 , Greg EvansYoung’s idea of a special guest is Hank Williams’s guitar, while his pyrotechnics are strictly of the fretboard variety and generally aimed into a circle of bandmates writes Mark Beaumont.
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Monday 30 June 2025 20:00 , Greg EvansKneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof
Monday 30 June 2025 19:00 , Greg EvansThe Irish trio’s appearance has, due to political interference, led to an unexpected referendum on the festival’s soul. But, writes Adam White, their anarchy feels historically in keeping with what Glastonbury represents.
Kneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof
Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury headliner was a killer show and therapy rolled into one
Monday 30 June 2025 18:00 , Greg EvansPop star has the crowd so deeply in their feelings that it feels like any deadbeat ex in the vicinity would burst directly into flames says Kate Solomon in a rave review.
Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury headliner was a killer show and therapy rolled into one
Charli XCX responds to ‘boomer’ criticism of her Glastonbury set
Monday 30 June 2025 17:00 , Greg EvansCharli XCX has addressed accusations that she’s a “fraud” following backlash aimed at her Glastonbury Festival performance.
The 32-year-old singer, who created the Brat cultural phenomenon with the release of her so-named sixth studio album, has openly admitted she uses Auto-Tune when recording and performing her music.
Yet, throughout her performance at Worthy Farm, many viewers watching the BBC’s coverage of Glastonbury at home slammed the singer for using the software – and for her style of dancing.
In response to the vitriol, Charli wrote on X/Twitter: “like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a “real artist” is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx”
Lydia Spencer-Elliot reports:
Charli XCX responds to ‘boomer’ criticism of her Glastonbury set
Bob Vylan have US visas revoked
Monday 30 June 2025 16:28 , Lydia Spencer-ElliottBob Vylan have had their US visas revoked ahead of a tour later this year.
The US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has said this is because of the band’s “hateful tirade at Glastonbury”.
It comes after the band’s controversial set at Worthy Farm, which saw them lead the crowd in an anti-IDF chant.
Glastonbury Festival organisers said they were “appalled’’ by the comment, adding that they “very much crossed a line”. Meanwhile, police are currently assessing Glastonbury footage to decide whether any offences may have been committed.
The Prodigy receive rave reviews for ‘electrifying’ Glastonbury performance dedicated to Keith Flint
Monday 30 June 2025 16:00 , Greg EvansOn Sunday (29 June), the group paid a heartfelt tribute to frontman and founder Keith Flint, who died in 2019, with a special edition of their hit “Firestarter” remixed with Flint’s voice.
It marked the first time the band has performed at the Worthy Farm music festival since 2009, having first performed there in 1995 at the peak of their commercial success.
Performing on the festival’s Other stage, The Prodigy, led by Maxim (Keith Andrew Palmer) alongside musicians Liam Howlett, Rob Holliday and Leo Crabtree, stunned viewers and festivalgoers with their high-energy set covering decades of hits including “Omen”, “Light Up the Sky”, and the controversial “Smack My B***”.
“The Prodigy. One of the most electrifying, unhinged and incredible bands I’ve ever seen live,” wrote one fan on X/Twitter. “This return to Glastonbury is off the charts. That’s what a festival headliner looks like.”
Maria Butt reports:
The Prodigy praised for ‘electrifying’ and ‘unhinged’ Glastonbury closing performance
Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury legends slot feels like wringing out the dregs of a career
Monday 30 June 2025 15:00 , Greg EvansThe first cut may be the deepest, but the first note isn’t even the flattest. It’s an earache, more like writes an unimpressed Mark Beaumont.
Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury slot feels like wringing out the dregs of a career
Bob Vylan ‘dropped by agents'
Monday 30 June 2025 14:15 , Jacob StolworthyBob Vylan have been “dropped by their agents” after their controversial Glastonbury set, which saw them lead the crowd in an anti-IDF chant.
Glastonbury Festival organisers said they were “appalled’’ by the comment, adding that they “very much crossed a line”. Meanwhile, police are currently assessing Glastonbury footage to decide whether any offences may have been committed.
It’s now been reported that United Talent Agency (UTA) have dropped the band over the backlash. The agency appear to have scrubbed the act from their official website. The Independent has contacted UTA for comment.
More here:
Charli xcx hits back at critics
Monday 30 June 2025 14:00 , Jacob StolworthyCharli XCX has addressed accusations that she’s a “fraud” following backlash aimed at her Glastonbury Festival performance.
The 32-year-old singer, who created the Brat cultural phenomenon with the release of her so-named sixth studio album, has openly admitted she uses Auto-Tune when recording and performing her music.
Yet, throughout her performance at Worthy Farm, many viewers watching the BBC’s coverage of Glastonbury at home slammed the singer for using the software – and for her style of dancing.
Read the report here:
Charli XCX responds to ‘boomer’ criticism of her Glastonbury set
Bob Vylan responds to Glastonbury controversy
Monday 30 June 2025 13:00 , Jacob StolworthyBobby Vylan, who is one half of punk rap duo Bob Vylan, has shared a lengthy statement after Glastonbury bosses called his onstage comments at the festival “appalling”.
Here’s what he said:
Bob Vylan share statement after Glastonbury boss calls onstage remarks ‘appalling’
Praise for The Prodigy
Monday 30 June 2025 12:30 , Jacob StolworthyThe Prodigy have received overwhelming praise for their set on Glastonbury Festival’s closing night.
On Sunday (29 June), the group paid a heartfelt tribute to frontman and founder Keith Flint, who died in 2019, with a special edition of their hit “Firestarter” remixed with Flint’s voice.
It marked the first time the band has performed at the Worthy Farm music festival since 2009, having first performed there in 1995 at the peak of their commercial success.
More here:
The Prodigy praised for ‘electrifying’ and ‘unhinged’ Glastonbury closing performance
The clean up operation is in full swing...
Monday 30 June 2025 09:00 , Jacob StolworthyAs Worthy Farm closes its gates for two years, a clean-up operation is underway to get the site back to normal after a wild five days of festivities.
Olivia Rodrigo takes Glastonbury by storm
Monday 30 June 2025 08:15 , Jacob StolworthyPop star has the crowd so deeply in their feelings that it feels like any deadbeat ex in the vicinity would burst directly into flames.
Read Kate Solomon’s verdict on Rodrigo’s Sunday night headline slot:
Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury headliner was a killer show and therapy rolled into one
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If Charli XCX is over Brat summer, she doesn’t let it show during her full-throttle Glastonbury set
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OK, Olivia looks INCREDIBLE
Sunday 29 June 2025 21:50 , Roisin O'ConnorAnd so confident! Her band sound amazing. There’s actually a bit of a stunned silence as the band halts for a moment before she breaks into “Obsessed”. Someone’s also been taking lessons from the Taylor Swift school of dramatic pauses/facial expressions.
Olivia Rodrigo is about to take to the stage...
Sunday 29 June 2025 21:40 , Roisin O'ConnorIn just over five minutes, pop star Olivia Rodrigo will play the closing headline set on the Pyramid Stage. I’m SO excited to see this - a few of my brilliant colleagues on-site have lamented the lack of surprise guest appearances during major sets (no Lorde or Billie Eilish for Charli XCX? Rude), but I have high hopes for Rodrigo. My dream would be for her to bring out Elvis Costello, who defended her after she was accused of copying his classic track “Pump It Up” for her single “Brutal”. A mash-up of the two would be bloody brilliant.
Other guesses? Maybe Harry Styles, who’s been lurking around Worthy Farm all weekend. But ideally, given her rock’n’roll outlook, we’d see some veterans join her - I’m talking Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jagger...
Noah Kahan admits he got famous UK landmark wrong
Sunday 29 June 2025 21:35‘Stick Season’ singer lived in London for a while, but he kept pronouncing one major place name incorrectly.
'Kneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof'
Sunday 29 June 2025 21:31 , Roisin O'ConnorKneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof
Wolf Alice review, Other Stage - ★★★★☆
Sunday 29 June 2025 21:02 , Kate SolomonA huge moment for London’s favourite indie darlings Wolf Alice in the last of the Glastonbury sunshine. Since they signed to a major label for their forthcoming album, The Clearing, the styling, sound and energy of the band has had a leg up.
Has frontwoman Ellie Rowsell’s been having lessons in frontwomaning? She’s electric as she strikes a pose with a megaphone, belts out the rockier songs like she’s furious at you specifically and even as she takes a tearful second during 2021 fave “How Can I Make It Ok?” to process the size of the crowd (massive) and the moment (huge).
Wolf Alice shine on their ballads – the rockier songs come with a lot of energy but they lack something the slower ones effortlessly have. But the band clearly understood the Glastonbury assignment and delivered a set brimming with star power.
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Sunday 29 June 2025 21:02 , Roisin O'Connor
Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Friday: Lorde, Lola Young and En Vogue
AJ Tracey crushing it at a packed-out Woodsies
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:59 , Roisin O'ConnorRapper AJ Tracey just concluded a brilliant set at Woodsies, managing to draw an absolutely ludicrous audience despite some pretty hefty clashes. He’s got so many bangers it’s ridiculous - I also credit him for spearheading the 2020s UK garage revival.
Noah Kahan brings out Brandi Carlile!
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:34 , Roisin O'ConnorThis is a lovely moment - Brandi really deserves to be better known in the UK, she has the most spectacular voice.
Thoughts on Kae Tempest's blistering set
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:32 , Ellie HarrisonIf you missed Kae Tempest this evening, stop what you are doing and catch up on iPlayer now. The south London rapper was like a coiled spring on The Park Stage, pouncing on topics from mental health to the wealth gap to gentrification to grief.
Their 2019 hit “People’s Faces” always delivers, and cameras duly cut to emotional fans hugging in the crowd. But tonight it was all about their new era. Tempest's forthcoming album Self Titled is out next month, but fans at Worthy Farm already knew every word to the singles dropped in recent weeks, from the explosive, staccato “Diagnoses” to the euphoric “Statue in the Square”.
Tempest ended their set with the latter followed by “Know Yourself”, ripping their vest off to show the crowd their top surgery and spit beautiful bars, into a shaking mic, about the trans experience. Tears likely. Goosebumps inevitable.
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Sunday 29 June 2025 20:30 , Roisin O'ConnorAnother switch! Parcels on West Holts
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:15 , Roisin O'ConnorI scooted over just in time to see Parcels absolutely CRUSHING it on West Holts with a bloody massive crowd (possibly equal to or even bigger than Wolf Alice?!). Very impressive, and they sound magnificent.
Back to Noah Kahan...
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:12 , Roisin O'ConnorI have very mixed feelings about Wolf Alice - I absolutely adored their ferocious third album - but I’ve switched back over to Noah whose singer-songwriter strumming feels like the perfect vibe for Sunday (before Olivia Rodrigo blasts away any residual hangovers). He’s brought out Laufey as a special guest for “Call Your Mom”, which is lovely.
REVIEW: Kneecap’s contested Glastonbury performance was forceful, urgent – and impossible to suppress
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:01 , Roisin O'ConnorBy Louis Chilton:
Kneecap’s contested Glastonbury performance was forceful and urgent - review
Switching over to Wolf Alice on the Other Stage...
Sunday 29 June 2025 20:01 , Roisin O'ConnorDrenched in the evening sun, Wolf Alice are performing to a packed Other Stage audience, a set that includes songs from their upcoming fourth album The Clearing.
BBC issues statement after making decision to air Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance
Sunday 29 June 2025 19:52 , Roisin O'Connor
BBC issues statement after making decision to air Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance
Noah Kahan takes to the Pyramid Stage
Sunday 29 June 2025 19:49 , Roisin O'ConnorBreakthrough singer-songwriter Noah Kahan makes his Pyramid Stage debut in a prime slot, right before headliner Olivia Rodrigo.
There are a few clashes, including British rock band Wolf Alice on the Other Stage, but it looks like he has a decent (and growing) crowd!
REVIEW: Despite Matty Healy’s nerves, The 1975 are at the height of their powers for their Glastonbury headline set
Sunday 29 June 2025 19:31 , Roisin O'Connor
Glastonbury highlights from our on-site team
Sunday 29 June 2025 19:30 , Roisin O'ConnorLivi Petter: “Highlight was absolutely singing (screaming_ along to all of the words of Gracie Abrams’ ‘That’s So True’ at the Other Stage, even if I lost my voice doing so. That and the veggie burger I found at 4pm yesterday near the Park Stage when I realised I had been starving for hours. And possibly the bottle of water I drank this morning / the cold-tap shower I had last night before Charli.”
Hannah Ewens: “For me the highlight was being reminded that the UK and Ireland have the most exciting and crucially interesting pop artists right now: CMAT, The 1975 and Charli across one weekend. I think being able to be there during the Charli/The 1975 double bill will be something to speak of in years to come: ‘I was there when Charli ended Brat Summer with the burning flag and rememer when she just went solo onstage’, and then The 1975 headlining.
“My lowlight was that I just wished more artists had fun with duets and guests. It didn’t feel like the most thrilling year for those never-to-be-seen-again moments, which Glasto is so special for.”
(Adam White is outraged to learn that Lorde was in fact backstage when Charli sang “Girl, So Confusing”, which they duetted on for her remixed Brat album.)
Kate Solomon: “My highlights are JADE absolutely ascending at Woodsies yesterday, and Alanis Morissette on Pyramid which, despite me being on my own weaving through the crowd trying to find somewhere that wasn’t a nightmare, moved me to tears at deeply unexpected moments (”You Oughta Know”???). That and the big iicon head.”
REVIEW: If Charli XCX is over Brat summer, she doesn’t let it show during her full-throttle Glastonbury set
Sunday 29 June 2025 19:01 , Roisin O'ConnorIf Charli XCX is bored of Brat, she doesn’t let it show at Glastonbury – review
Rod Stewart review, Legends Slot - ★★☆☆☆
Sunday 29 June 2025 18:41 , Roisin O'ConnorOooooooft it’s a Mark Beaumont special, akin to his now-famous Guns N Roses review from 2023. I’m pretty sure Axl Rose threatened to fight him over that one.
Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury slot feels like wringing out the dregs of a career
VIDEO: Wes Streeting condemns anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury but tells Israel to 'get your own house in order'
Sunday 29 June 2025 18:23 , Roisin O'ConnorIN PICTURES: Doechii headlines West Holts
Saturday 28 June 2025 23:21 , Roisin O'Connor
A thrash version of Anxiety?
Saturday 28 June 2025 23:17 , Roisin O'ConnorNova Twins were doing a rock version of this earlier, I would LOVE it if Doechii brought them out but I think she’s staying solo for now. Love it though.
Thoughts on Charli XCX
Saturday 28 June 2025 23:12 , Annabel NugentAs Charli XCX takes the Other Stage on Saturday night – strutting past the barricades, a whoosh of black hair and a 2010s Alexander McQueen skull scarf trailing behind her – one thought springs to mind: I’ve seen this before.
Dozens of times, in fact, both virtually and in person. The British Brat™ has taken her hair-whipping, hip-thrusting, bass-pounding tour all over the world this summer. Truly, is there a busier pop star working right now? And yet here I am, watching Charli do her thing for the billionth time and lapping it up – as is, it seems, everybody else.
The audience is colossal; it’s a wonder why she’s not on the Pyramid Stage.As has become customary for the pop star on tour, the camera plays a big role tonight. She preens for it, she shakes her hips for it, she clocks it around the side with a nasty right hook.
There is a palpable, but fleeting disappointment when Lorde fails to show up for their collab “Girl, So Confusing” – but Gen Z pop girlies get a buzz out of seeing Gracie Abrams do the “Apple” dance.Tracks like “I might say something” slow the set right down, though only momentarily before Charli asks the crowd: “You wanna f***ing party or what?” You already know the answer.
BBC switch time
Saturday 28 June 2025 22:17 , Roisin O'ConnorRight, I’m jumping over to watch Doechii on West Holts, Annabel is watching Charli XCX. We also have reviewers stationed at each, while Mark Beaumont is at Neil Young, obvs.
Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Saturday: Pulp, Haim, Raye, Brandi Carlile, and Bob Dylan tribute band
Saturday 28 June 2025 22:08 , Roisin O'Connor
Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Saturday: Pulp, Haim, Raye, and Brandi Carlile
Neil Young arrives on the Pyramid Stage solo
Saturday 28 June 2025 22:05 , Roisin O'ConnorThis is a boss move from Mr Young, strolling casually on to the Pyramid Stage like he forgot something on the way out of his house. We’re starting with “Sugar Mountain” by Crazy Horse and Neil Young (1979), a lovely acoustic rendition, just him, his guitar and the harmonica. Wow. It’s quite the riposte to the flashy opener from The 1975 yesterday (different is fine, the contrast is actually quite spectacular).
Other Stage locked off ahead of Charli XCX set
Saturday 28 June 2025 21:58 , Roisin O'ConnorOur team on the ground tell me that security have locked off the Other Stage ahead of Charli XCX’s headline set there tonight: “There’s lots of room in there but they’re being cautious.”
REVIEW: Kneecap’s contested Glastonbury performance was forceful, urgent – and impossible to suppress
Saturday 28 June 2025 18:35By Louis Chilton:
Kneecap’s contested Glastonbury performance was forceful and urgent - review
The uncomfortable truth about Glastonbury
Saturday 28 June 2025 18:31 , Roisin O'Connor
Of course it's Pulp!
Saturday 28 June 2025 18:19 , Roisin O'ConnorLet’s gooooooo Jarvis
REVIEW: Alanis Morissette gives her audience permission to let rip during a spectacular Glastonbury debut
Saturday 28 June 2025 18:01 , Roisin O'ConnorBy Adam White:
Alanis Morissette lets rip during her spectacular Glastonbury debut - review
Kneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof
Saturday 28 June 2025 17:47 , Roisin O'Connor
Kneecap are the perfect Glastonbury band – the political controversy is proof
Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Friday: Lorde, Lola Young and En Vogue
Saturday 28 June 2025 17:29 , Roisin O'ConnorGlastonbury 2025 reviews, Friday: Lorde, Lola Young and En Vogue
John Fogerty's having a ball over on the Pyramid Stage
Saturday 28 June 2025 17:23 , Roisin O'ConnorGawd love him, John Fogerty is putting everything he’s got into his set on the Pyramid Stage, from the in-between banter (”I outlived those sons of bitches!”) he joked, when explaining how he came to sell the Creedence catalogue, with help from his beloved wife Julie. Nearing the end of the set now, but not without a bouncing rendition of “Bad Moon Rising”.
Not Completely Unknown review, Acoustic Stage - ★★★☆☆
Saturday 28 June 2025 17:12 , Mark BeaumontBack in the real world you can go and see Bob Dylan to feel the great man’s mumbling presence, but it’s only in the idealistic dreamland of Glastonbury that you might hear a recognisable and coherent performance of his songs.
Rumours that the Acoustic Stage presentation entitled Not Completely Unknown might feature Timothy Chalamet turn out to be mere distraction to lure crowds away from Kneecap - Andrew Garfield and Eddie Redmayne make an early exit when Timbo fails to show - but it does involve an array of notables telling their best Dylan stories and delivering their most heartfelt renditions from a catalogue which, historically, has often benefited from being shorn of Bob’s sandpaper vocal.
Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders fronts rich and resonant takes on “Ballad of Easy Rider” and Dylan-penned Byrds classic “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”; Ralph McTell recreates Bob’s finest harmonica lilts; Paul Carrack takes “Mr Tambourine Man” back to the porch swing and Katyatheartist reimagines “One More Cup of Coffee” in haunting trip-hop fashion.
COMMENT: Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury comeback tells us everything we need to know about him
Saturday 28 June 2025 17:02 , Roisin O'ConnorFrom an emotional Louis Chilton:
Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury comeback tells us everything we need to know about him
Kneecap lead thousands of fans in anti-Keir Starmer chant
Saturday 28 June 2025 16:49Kneecap lead a “F*** Keir Starmer” chant during the group’s Glastonbury set, first near the beginning of the show and once again towards the end of their West Holts gig.
“We f***ing love the English people, it’s the English government we don’t like,” they add later, after asking if there are any English people in the crowd.
Kneecap bring 'extremely talented gorgeous bastard' Jelani Blackman out
Saturday 28 June 2025 16:41 , Roisin O'ConnorI love Jelani, he’s one of the UK’s most talented - and horrendously underappreciated - rappers. But Kneecap are big champions of him, bringing him out just now for their set on West Holts (looks like their audience is in the 10s of thousands, sorry Keir Starmer).
Kneecap describe him as “an extremely talented gorgeous bastard... it's fucking distracting”. True that - I’ve interviewed him, I should know.
“Free Free Palestine,” Jelani says, leading the crowd in a chant, throwing in some praise for the Irish trio while he’s at it.
How to watch the BBC’s coverage of Kneecap, Neil Young and Charli XCX
Saturday 28 June 2025 16:31 , Roisin O'ConnorAfter a few recent updates from the Beeb, here’s the latest:
How to watch the BBC’s live coverage of Glastonbury festival 2025
