Day: December 18, 2025

Spanish police search laboratory in African swine fever leak fears

African swine fever, while harmless to humans, is often fatal to pigs and wild boars

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New deal needed for ‘bewildered and frightened’ farming sector, review urges

The report for Government comes from former National Farmers’ Union president Baroness Minette Batters.

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Former top judge says ban on antisemitic chants at pro-Palestine marches ‘exceptionally difficult’ to prosecute

It comes after the Met Police and Manchester Police announced on Wednesday that anyone chanting controversial slogans such as ‘globalise the intifada’ would face arrest

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Santa’s pay remains stagnant – but elves get a festive boost

Research saw more elves being paid the National Living Wage this year

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Chinese tea brands aim to convert coffee drinkers in US expansion

Bobobaba’s vibrant drinks are designed to appeal to a new demographic

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Voices: ‘Doctors are not self-indulgent’: Readers on NHS strike action as flu cases rise

Our community is divided over resident doctors’ pre-Christmas strike, with some condemning its timing amid record flu cases as dangerous and self-indulgent, while others defend it as a justified response to years of pay erosion and NHS underfunding.

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British man captured by Russian forces while ‘fighting for Ukraine’ jailed for 13 years

Hayden Davies was accused by Moscow of being a paid mercenary for Kyiv’s forces in the eastern Donetsk region

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Trump latest: US military kills four in strike on another alleged drug boat after president attacks Biden in TV address

Latest deadly strike in eastern Pacific announced as President Donald Trump continues to blame predecessor Joe Biden for the state of the U.S. economy after almost a year in power

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