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The Legacy of Destructive Austerity

Racism Dispute Roils Romance Writers Group

Palau is first country to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream

North Korea threatens to resume nuclear and ICBM testing

Australia fires: More than 200 homes burn down on coast

New Year's Eve: London fireworks celebrate start of 2020

Who'd be a lifeguard for cold water swimmers?

What year is it?

Taking on Germany’s tampon tax: 'Periods are not a luxury'

Bodybuilding: 'It's made me address my false leg'

The story of the aeroplane house in Nigeria's capital Abuja

Are your friends bad for your health?

Why mature dating apps are coming of age

Could relatives of measles virus jump from animals to us?

The region which legislates who you can love

What does it mean to be a black traveller?

'How Pokémon Go has changed my life'

20 things to look out for in 2020

Heal divisions in 2020, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Lewis Capaldi named the UK's biggest-selling musician of 2019

Smokers past and present 'live in more pain'

'I still have confidence in package holidays'

Over 90,000 to Celebrate Jewish Talmud Milestone at MetLife Stadium New Year's Event

Dax Shepard Is Listening

How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration

Carlos Ghosn, Fallen Nissan Boss, Flees Japan to Escape ‘Political Persecution’

Not enough NHS staff for people with cancer, charity warns

'I feel complete' in Uganda - George the Poet

Mallacoota: Where Australia's bushfires turned day to night

New Year's Eve: Police warning as UK prepares for 2020

What were the top business stories of 2019?

Civil partnerships: First mixed-sex unions to take place

National archives: Sir John Major snubbed separate Scottish time zone

Huawei: 'Survival will be our priority' in 2020

National archives: MPs floated 'farcical' idea of Russia joining Nato

China internet: Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors

Citizenship Act protests: Why fear has gripped Muslims in this Indian state

'Why I stuck by my drug addict son'

2019 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards

Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories

The Hogmanay cinema panic that killed 71 children

'Man on the Moon' moment - the year's big breakthroughs

Local shops urge action to save cash machines

The digital links of 2019's global protests

National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April

Record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals in UK, says Wildlife Trusts

US attacks Iran-backed militia bases in Iraq and Syria

Shooting at Texas Church Leaves 2 Parishioners Dead, Officials Say

More than £100,000 in payouts for three teachers attacked by pupils

Student loan online accounts to undergo overhaul in 2020

Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion

Bank of England chief Mark Carney issues climate change warning

Greta Thunberg's father: 'She is happy, but I worry'

Gay in Nigeria: 'Everybody sees me as an abomination'

Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines vision for Labour's future

Kim Jong-un calls for 'positive and offensive' security policy

The Syrian town with more cats than people

TV in 2020: Shows coming to small screen near you

Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending

Autism diagnosis: 'I want 40 years of my life back'

'We can give a lot of the power back to the fans'

'Why feeling the cold from a drinks can blew my mind'

The best space images of 2019

Hydrogen-powered drones could point way to future travel

The decade in grime

Pictures that people in solitary confinement ask for

MOTD2: Should offside be included in VAR? Keown & Wright can't agree

Rangers win at Celtic in dramatic Old Firm derby

Ten questions from the past 10 years

Mexican Police Chief Arrested in Massacre of Mormon Family

Welcome to the Era of the Post-Shopping Mall

The Amazon Coat, One Year Later

Trump faces criticism after sharing tweet naming alleged whistleblower

Monsey stabbing: Several wounded at home of New York rabbi

Sue Lyon, Star of ‘Lolita,’ Is Dead at 73

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Defeated Labour MPs call for 'fundamental change' at top of the party

Felixstowe Victoria Hall murder inquiry: Family's 'hope' 20 years on

Almost 37,000 Scots paid less than minimum wage

Ten brands that disappeared from the High Street over the last decade

Why international rock stars are flocking to India

How crowds toppled communism's house of cards in 1989

The town that raised thousands to save their own

Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst

The best science long reads of 2019

Gym wear: The 22-year-old trying to take on the world's biggest brands

US saw highest number of mass killings on record in 2019, database reveals

Striking photojournalism from around the world in 2019

Stay-at-home dads set up father-friendly playgroup

‘Gardening gives me a lot of peace’

Little boxes of love help families with dementia

The Papers: Honours leak and 'troubling' police use of AI

Uruguay seizes record 4.4 tonnes of cocaine in Montevideo

Rosie Ruiz Was a Marathon Champion ... for a Moment

In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.

Tom Watson stood down over Labour Party 'brutality'

UK railways need ‘radical overhaul’, campaigners say

French government to scan social media for tax cheats

Don Imus, Radio Host Who Pushed Boundaries, Dies at 79

Edward Gallagher: Navy Seals called platoon leader 'freaking evil'

India Citizenship Act protests: 'Our son was shot dead by police'

Plastic pollution: Calls to do more to cut bag use

Hawaii tour helicopter wreckage found on Kauai island

Huda Kattan: Hijab wearers can still express themselves

2019 in pictures: Striking images from around the UK

The man who spent 30 years caring for crocodiles in Ethiopia

10 musical moments to look out for in 2020

Extinction: A million species at risk, so what is saved?

New Year Honours 2020: Famous names on the list

Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

Gare du Nord: Why Europe's busiest station needs a makeover fast

The anti-vaccination movement that gripped Victorian England

Sudan after Bashir: 'The revolution is on the curriculum'

How puppetry can help with trauma

'We fell in love on the dance floor’

Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air plane comes down near Almaty airport

Australia fires: Crews brace for dangerous heatwave

Thornton Heath stabbing: Second murder arrest

Kartarpur: Temple of hope between India and Pakistan

Black Rhino Born at Michigan Zoo on Christmas Eve

'There was a gasp in the courtroom' - retiring Supreme Court President Lady Hale

Is 'super coral' the key to saving the world's reefs?

Inside China's child pop star factory

Soldier's mission to give shoes to vulnerable in Uganda

Has #MeToo changed Bollywood?

The African women standing up for change in 2019

End of the decade: How the 2010s changed my life

Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history

Art in 2020: The exhibitions hotlist

Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes

Baby video messages 'amazing' for new parents

Climate change: Migrant species do well in warm and wet UK in 2019

Free NHS hospital parking for thousands in 'greatest need'

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu claims win in party leadership challenge

Home Alone 2: Canada's CBC broadcaster defends cutting Trump scene

Kulubá: Dig uncovers large Mayan palace in Mexico

Where Rent Is $13,500, She Lives Off What’s Left at the Curb

The Papers: Fury at fox-killing lawyer and MI6 HQ plans 'lost'

Edward Aschoff, ESPN College Football Reporter, Dies at 34

Lashes, Lashes, Lashes: What It Took to Give the ‘Bombshell’ Women the Fox Look

Crisis Looms in Antibiotics as Drug Makers Go Bankrupt

As Protests Flare in India, Modi Plays a New Position: Defense

Speaking Out on Gay Rights and Corruption Costs Ambassador His Job

The Hidden Perk That New York’s Mega-Rich Now Demand

The 10 Most Influential Films of the Decade (and 20 Other Favorites)

Annular solar eclipse: Crowds in Asia gather to see 'ring of fire'

Typhoon Phanfone: Philippines counts cost of deadly storm

Morpurgo's Christmas (fire) cracker

Dog walker helps men talk about mental health

The bakery in a mental health hospital

Boxing Day family puzzler 2019

Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile

Watkin's Wembley folly: London's 'Eiffel Tower' that never was

My Money: 'I'm exactly £1,000 lighter'

Books 2020: What you could be reading

The children at risk of eating themselves to death

The ordinary people who went viral in 2019

Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination

British troops move black rhinos to Malawi

Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

Readers' pictures of the year 2019

The Town That Lost Its Walmart

Boeing Can’t Fly Its 737 Max, but It’s Ready to Sell Its Safety

The Cruelty of a Trump Christmas

Prince William's kiss for Prince Louis in new photo by Duchess of Cambridge

In pictures: Christmas around the world

Royal Family to attend Sandringham Christmas Day church service

Monzo boss warned: 'Worst decision of your life'

Elsie, 3, home for Christmas after a year in hospital

Welby to speak of London Bridge attack at Christmas sermon

'I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone'

Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack

Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers

Kartarpur: Temple of hope between India and Pakistan

BBC Unsung Hero: 'My afro saved my life'

Why I spend my weekends ringing birds

Call the Midwife: The real-life nurses who inspired Scottish adventure

Gavin & Stacey: Bringing a crackin' Christmas back to Barry

Communities in Calderdale 'traumatised' by 2015 floods

New engine tech that could get us to Mars faster

'Why it's OK I'm not seeing my family this Christmas'

We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa

Pope Francis: God still loves us all, even the worst of us

Andrew Miller: Former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston dies

Indonesian bus plunges into ravine leaving 25 dead

The Rise of Skywalker: Disney cuts Star Wars same-sex kiss in Singapore

Vulnerable children moved miles from home - report

Salmon producer steps up war on food fraud

Best friends send same Christmas card for 50 years

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn praise NHS in Christmas messages

Australia fires: The thousands of volunteers fighting the flames

US stops sending sniffer dogs to Jordan and Egypt

Queen acknowledges ‘bumpy’ year for nation in Christmas message

New Zealand volcano: Police call off search for missing pair

Christmas: Beware 'lethal' button batteries in toys

Newlyweds facing cancer look forward to first Christmas as a married couple

Measuring the cost of an invasive tree killer

How Greta Thunberg inspired a pantomime

Self-care: Why this band does self-care sessions with its fans

Meet the artist who draws scientists for Instagram

How to disagree well: Two close friends who have reason to hate each other

The Scots girl adopted by singing cowboy Roy Rogers

Call the Midwife star talks tough on vaccinations for 'evil diseases'

How is Australia tackling climate change?

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

The US Ship of Miracles that saved 14,000 North Korean refugees

US children's hospital dreaming of a bright Christmas

Brendan Dassey of ‘Making a Murderer’ Is Denied Clemency

Was the Virgin Mary a Virgin? Does It Matter?

What It Took for a Fox News Psychiatrist to Finally Lose His License

Honduras prison crisis: Inmates killed in fresh violence

The Rise of Skywalker: Another hit for Star Wars despite falling sales

More Than 50 Injured in 69-Vehicle Pileup in Virginia

The 'real' Lyudmila from Chernobyl speaks for first time

Trump impeachment inquiry sung by a Christmas choir

2019 Quiz of the Year part four: October to December

I was a teenage code-breaker at Bletchley Park

'I won't have many more Christmases with my kids'

Fighting a goose invasion with guns, knives and forks

Films lookahead: 20 movies not to miss in 2020

North Pole: Growing up in the town where it's always Christmas

Is India becoming a major source of space debris?

'Fashion industry's pollution made me cry'

Coldplay 'bodysnatched' our sound, says Travis singer Fran Healy

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school

Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'

Ed Miliband to join review of Labour's election failure

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.

Thomas Cook staff say 'benefits system has failed them'

Syria war: Turkey can't handle new 'refugee wave', says Erdogan

Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party

These Reporters Lost Their Jobs. Here Are the Stories They Couldn’t Tell.

‘Harry Potter’ Helped Me Come Out as Trans, But J.K. Rowling Disappointed Me

The Long Tail of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’

Mitch McConnell, Master of the Blockade, Plots Impeachment Strategy

We Can’t See ‘Star Wars’ Anymore

Harry Dunn's parents to meet Priti Patel as extradition process begins

Notre-Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas Mass in two centuries

France pension protests: Macron calls on strikers not to ruin Christmas

Woman Ran Over Girl Because She Was ‘a Mexican,’ Police Say

The TV repeats and old songs that help people with dementia

Whirlpool: MPs call on washing machine firm to offer swift refunds

Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976

2019 Quiz of the Year part three: July to September

The studios teaching Trans women how to be more feminine

The teenage activists taking after Greta Thunberg

Quilombo cuisine: Rescuing the ancient cuisine of African slaves

'The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel'

Graham Norton reflects on 20 years of chat shows

The year in protests: From Chile to Lebanon, what happened next?

West Africa: Is France losing ground to militants?

Are US hunters becoming an endangered species?

Take a look behind the 'small doors to imaginary spaces' within bookshelves

The Subway Crush Who Crushed Me

When the Surgeon Is a Mom

Facebook Discovers Fakes That Show Evolution of Disinformation

After Impeachment, an Angry Trump Looks to Voters for Vindication

Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline

Maximus appeal: Street cat gets 'hundreds' of home offers

Why China could be football's biggest headache

London Bridge attack: Darryn Frost on using a narwhal tusk to stop knifeman

'Abuse on the campaign trail doesn't shock me any more'

UK approves £4bn takeover of defence company Cobham

Cannabis-based medicine for epilepsy available on NHS from January

School pays for private tuition to help with exams

Son of Russian spies feels "relief" to be Canadian

Boris Johnson in pre-Christmas visit to UK troops in Estonia

The Papers: Prince Philip's 'hospital dash' and Brexit 'first step'

2019 Quiz of the Year part two: April to June

Black hair: Four men share their beard stories

Week in Pictures: 14 - 20 December 2019

Reunited siblings team up for family game show

Teenager flourishes in new home despite rare disability

Child prodigies: How geniuses navigate the uncertain journey to adulthood

Best albums and songs of 2019: Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Taser use by police in England and Wales reaches record high

Boeing prepares to launch astronaut capsule for Nasa

Australia bushfires: PM Morrison apologises for US holiday amid crisis

Devon town councillor calls for babysitting allowance

Poles raise money to buy new lorry for stranded Iranian

MPs to vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

Heathrow third runway 'delayed for 12 months'

'I want my chemotherapy to help others touched by cancer'

London stabbings: Two dead and two injured

New Zealand destroying military-style guns after ban

Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag

World's oldest fossil trees uncovered in New York

Getting justice for rape victims

2019 Quiz of the Year part one: January to March

How Beitar Jerusalem's football club owner took on racism and won

'My EastEnders visit was a dream come true'

Trump impeachment and a US state divided

Brexit: What is the transition period?

Did Ethiopia plant four billion trees this year?

Macau: China's other 'one country, two systems' region

The Goes Wrong Show: When TV festive frolics go awry

The Papers: 'Golden age' promises and 'extreme Brexit' fears

Car crashes through Florida airport wall

’Twas the Eve of Impeachment

Trump and Clinton's impeachment - what's different now?

Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress

Tekashi 6ix9ine: Rapper sentenced to two years in prison

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial

Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to set out 'unarguable' case for indyref2

Australia heatwave: State of emergency declared over bushfire crisis

Birmingham Prison: Funding dispute stopped CCTV installation

Live Vote of the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump

Universities warned of unfair recruitment tactics

Climate change: Met Office says warming trend will continue in 2020

Online child sexual abuse: Don't do what I did

Senegal's plastic recycling 'monster' campaigns for a cleaner country

5G: Is it worth getting a new phone?

Fall of Ceaușescu: When Romanians stood up to tyranny

Nandi Bushell: Meet the nine-year-old drumming sensation

Queen's Speech: What is it and why is it important?

A school looking after its children – and their families

Is the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?

The Sudanese brides who undergo genital mutilation for love

How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong

Racism 'prevalent' in the armed forces, ombudsman warns

Trump could be impeached - how did we get here?

Fox News Breaking News Alert

How Cuba’s digital revolutionaries are fighting for change

How to have a sober Christmas: An addict's guide

Pramila Le Hunte: 'I tried to be the first female British Asian Tory MP'

Could Scotland leave the UK... and stay in the EU?

The teenager who laughed in the face of MS

General election 2019: Tony Blair warns Labour not to 'whitewash' reasons for poll defeat

GPs 'shun full-time work as pressures take toll'

Vienna State Opera: Top ballet academy 'encouraged pupils to smoke'

Climate watchdog urges PM to get back on track

The Papers: MPs 'savage' Corbyn as PM warned of health 'crises'

Andrew Garrido taught himself piano on a paper keyboard

Refugee camps: Pregnant and living in a wet tent

The delivery driver who takes away your rubbish

German court forced to rule as cheese smell gets up woman's nose

Lip filler was 'like having golf ball injected'

How much should bosses be paid?

Cancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective'

Instagram e-cigarette posts banned by ad watchdog

Trump is not a lawyer - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

'Mortgage prisoners' sue over 'unfair' rates

Health strike: Thousands of nurses stage 12-hour strike

Fox News Breaking News Alert

London Fire Brigade 'slow and wasteful', according to inspectors

Rape convictions: Justice system near 'breaking point', says watchdog

Sanna Marin: Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM

Iran threat has not gone away, warns Royal Navy head

Christmas getaway 2019: Where and when to avoid on roads and rail

What's the best colour lighting for sleep?

The Jewish barber who loves Christmas

Meet Hong Kong's grannies forced to collect cardboard

The fight to stop Venice from flooding

Little Women: Cast talk friendship and the Golden Globes

Cranfield bride 'rescued' by police as car breaks down

Meet the artist who designed a deliberately inaccessible hotel room

Estranged students: 'Homeless' in the holidays

How charity apps may be making us more generous

A bumpy ride for Democrat backing impeachment

The man who helped make ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin a president

The woman who will help keep seaweed-eating sheep on an Orkney beach

How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney

Lesbos migrant camp children 'say they want to die'

General election 2019: 'It feels like starting Hogwarts'

The gender gap is on course to close.... in 99 years

Newspaper headlines: Papers focus on PM's rethink of Brexit deal timings

Citizenship Amendment Act: Protests erupt across India over citizenship law

The D.N.C. Chairman Knows No One Is Happy. Neither Is He.

‘S.N.L.’ Presents Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Marriage Story,’ Plus Baby Yoda

The World Wants More Danish TV Than Denmark Can Handle

The Year Women Got ‘Horny’

Archbishop Welby expresses concern over UK's direction

When the O.K. Sign Is No Longer O.K.

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World