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Three Victorian Christmas recipes to try at home – including a potato pudding

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the first Christmas card. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted thousands of times in Britain and America, cementing the fascination with and commodification…

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy calls Putin a ‘fantasiser’ over peace talks claim and says he wanted to ‘annihilate’ Ukraine’s army – as it happened

Ukrainian leader responds to Russian president’s claims that countries were on the verge of a deal to end hostilities in April 2022

The Guardian - UK

UK may send British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers, defence secretary suggests

John Healey has said Britain needs to ‘make the training a better fit for what the Ukrainians need’ and left the door open to it taking place in the war-torn country

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Musk's Possible Meddling In UK Politics Stirs Concern

Concerns are growing in the UK as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain's political scene, appearing to cosy up to hard-right firebrand lawmaker Nigel Farage.

International Business Times

It’s a struggle to grasp Keir Starmer’s vision for Britain

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Martin Kettle on the kind of Britain Labour says it wants to build

The Guardian - UK

Mauritius wants to rethink a deal with the UK over remote islands housing a key US base

The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius

The Independent UK

OPINION - Welcome to Dark Camelot: Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and the bromance that could change Britain

The image of Elon Musk alongside Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s new treasurer, Nick Candy, at Mar-a-Lago on Monday perfectly captured the political convulsions of the year, on both sides of the Atlantic. And what better location than Donald Trump’s Florida resort, the busy HQ of his presidential transition team,…

Evening Standard

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Guardian newspaper confirms sale of Sunday sister paper The Observer to Tortoise Media

The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper has confirmed that it has sold the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media for an undisclosed fee

The Independent UK

What does the China ‘spy’ row show? That Starmer can’t just muddle through on foreign policy

The PM’s attitude to China exposes the void where there should be a strategic concept of Britain’s place in the world, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

No 'Credible Civilian' Purpose For Iran Uranium: UK, France, Germany

Britain, France and Germany accused Iran on Tuesday of growing its stockpile of high enriched uranium to "unprecedented levels" without "any credible civilian justification."

International Business Times

Will ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Be Allowed To Return To Britain? Border Security Minister Speaks Out

Former Isis bride Shamima Begum may one day return to Britain, after government minister Angela Eagle refused to rule out allowing her back.

International Business Times UK

Government plan for foreign worker visa rules and migration to be published in new year, says Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper said the plan would lay out a workforce strategy for Britain and how industries can be less reliant on foreign labour

Evening Standard

A mix of merriment, music and mayhem makes panto a beloved British holiday tradition

Panto is as much a part of Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies

The Independent UK

“We should have toured Europe and taken advantage of the impact our single had. We were lazy and stuck to playing in Britain. It was a huge mistake”: The all-too-short story of promising early proggers Rare Bird

A US tour without enough dates, a move away from the sound that got them signed, frequent line-up changes and never any money – just some of the things that went wrong for the band who once stood alongside The Nice and Van der Graaf Generator

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Cycling News

Great Britain again the richest national team in cycling thanks to new £39 million Olympic funding

UK Sport bankrolls four-year Los Angeles Olympic programme

Evening Standard

Keely Hodgkinson: How Britain's golden girl finally became queen of the track

The winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year never doubted she was ready to conquer the world

International Business Times

China Says Spying Claims Involving UK's Prince Andrew 'Preposterous'

China on Tuesday said claims that a businessman had used his links with Britain's Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing were "preposterous", after the UK government voiced mounting concerns over the allegations.

International Business Times

Embassy Plans Add To UK Headaches In Resetting China Ties

As Britain's new Labour government bids to reset long-fraught ties with China amid a suspected spy scandal, another issue could mar relations: Beijing's controversial plans to open the largest embassy in the UK. China has for several years been trying to relocate its embassy, currently in the British capital's upmarket…

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LiveScience

4,000-year-old bones reveal 'unprecedented' violence — tongue removal, cannibalism and evisceration in Bronze Age Britain

The extremely violent treatment of the corpses of at least 37 Bronze Age people is rewriting the history of prehistoric Britain.

The Independent UK

Chinese alleged spy’s identity revealed as MPs raise fears over Beijing’s reach in Britain

Yang Tengbo is named in court as Iain Duncan Smith warns such ‘agents’ are the ‘tip of the iceberg’

International Business Times UK

Keir Starmer's 'Surrender Squad' Faces Backlash Over Claims of Undoing Brexit by Aligning With EU

Keir Starmer has been accused of setting up a 'surrender squad' to undo Brexit by the backdoor. Meanwhile Reform and Nigel Farage appear to be gaining momentum.

The Independent UK

Who is the alleged Chinese spy with close ties to Britain's Prince Andrew?

An alleged Chinese spy who cultivated close ties with Prince Andrew said Monday he has done “nothing wrong or unlawful” as Britain’s government faces questions about what it is doing to thwart security threats from China

The National (Scotland)

'UK complicity in Israeli war crimes not without consequence', Labour warned

BRITAIN’S complicity in Israeli war crimes “will not be without consequence”, the UK Government has been warned.

Evening Standard

Britain’s turbines set new wind record ‘taking centre stage in clean energy mix’

Wind generation topped 22,000 megawatts for the first time on Sunday.

The Independent UK

How SPOTY favourite Keely Hodgkinson became one of Britain’s best-loved athletes

The 22-year-old is favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year at Tuesday night’s ceremony after storming to Olympic glory in Paris this summer

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