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High-stakes tests are common in England’s schools – and they’re linked to a fear of failure

The UK government has committed to reducing the amount of time pupils spend in GCSE exams in England by up to three hours on average. This comes after recommendations to cut exam time were made in an independent review of the national curriculum and school assessment.

The Conversation

BoE Eases Bank Capital Requirements for the First Time Since 2008—What It Means for You

The Bank of England has eased bank capital rules for the first time since 2008. Here's what it means for borrowing, savings and the wider economy.

International Business Times UK

Government delays decision on Chinese 'super embassy' again

The UK government has again delayed its decision over whether to approve plans for a new Chinese “super embassy” in central London.

Evening Standard

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FTSE 100 ends flat as bank gains offset weak gold

Elsewhere, UK lenders passed the latest Bank of England stress tests.

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UK Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned by qualifier in huge first-round upset

The ‘Rocket’ was playing his first UK match since the World Championship in May

Evening Standard

ECB declines to provide emergency liquidity for reparations loan to Ukraine

The latest effort to support Ukraine with immobilised Russian assets has suffered a new setback at the hands of the European Central Bank, which warned that the plan would violate EU treaties and undermine the institution's independence.

Euronews

Epson EH-LS9000 vs BenQ W4100i: which five-star 4K projector should you buy?

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Jamie Laing to buy popular UK snack brand

The Made in Chelsea star is set to add another business to his bow

Evening Standard

"With the topics I think about and scream about, it’s good to have that fantasy world to escape into." UK genre-mashing 'brat punk' Delilah Bon on dragons, bunking and her weird Sims habits

Brat Summer never ends when you're a brat punk

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‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor turned her asylum grilling into a film

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new wave

The Guardian - UK

Groundbreaking Antigravity A1 8K 360 drone goes on sale much earlier than expected...

The Antigravity A1 had been teased for December 4 – already sooner than originally expected –but some US and UK retailers have put in on sale today

Digital Camera World

Marina Lewycka posthumously named ‘winner of winners’ of Wodehouse prize for comic fiction

The British-Ukrainian writer, who died last month, won the prize’s 25th-anniversary Vintage Bollinger award for 2005 novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, while Rosanna Pike took this year’s prize for A Little Trickerie

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers aim to ban cryptocurrency political donations over anonymity risks

Crackdown, which will be blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform party, not likely to be ready for elections bill in new year

The Guardian - UK

Zero-tariff deal with US to cost NHS £1 billion, No 10 says

The agreement sees the UK’s threshold for what it can pay for new medicines raised by 25%.

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The Independent UK

Jamie Laing’s sweets company to acquire popular UK snack brand

The Made in Chelsea star said he is ‘grateful for the opportunity to continue building the Graze brand’

The Independent UK

Labour warned of fresh economic hit as Brexit accelerates high-skilled ‘brain drain’ from UK

‘None’ of the Labour chancellor’s measures will ‘have a material effect’ on growth, Richard Hughes, the chair of the OBR, has said

The Independent UK

HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic

The figure comes as the UN reports a ‘devastating’ collapse of HIV prevention services around the world

The Independent UK

Asian Business Awards Investor of the Year Cyrus Vandrevala backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

The investor announces a sizeable donation after winning Investor of the Year at the Asian Business Awards

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The Independent UK

Western and Russian envoys clash in rival op-eds ahead of Putin’s visit to India

Russian leader’s visit comes at delicate time for relations between traditional allies

Euronews

The British public has spoken: 'Die Hard' is not a Christmas movie

The annual debate on whether 'Die Hard' is a Christmas movie or not has finally been resolved. A new poll reveals only 38 per cent of UK public think the Bruce Willis actioner is a festive classic...

Evening Standard

Zipcar parking bays left empty when firm quits London 'should be converted into e-bike parking'

Councils urged to repurpose car club bays for e-bikes to help tackle capital’s pavement parking problem

The Independent UK

Major UK bank to ‘double the salary’ of customers in new monthly payday draw

A select few account holders will see their salary matched

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations

Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against him

The Guardian - UK

What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White

The Independent UK

How to spot if someone is lonely – and what you can do to help

The festive season can be hard for many older adults on their own

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