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Monsey stabbing: Several wounded at home of New York rabbi

New Year Honours: Government apologises after addresses published

Why international rock stars are flocking to India

Why international rock stars are flocking to India

How crowds toppled communism's house of cards in 1989

Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst

China and Twitter: The year Chinese diplomacy went social

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

The theatre shows you won't want to miss in 2020

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

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

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

The theatre shows you won't want to miss in 2020

Almost 37,000 Scots paid less than minimum wage

Roadside litter: Law change could see car owners fined

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

How Shifnal raised thousands to save two of their own

Little boxes of love help families with dementia

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

Your most-read Scottish stories of 2019

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

‘Gardening gives me a lot of peace’

Wikipedia article of the day for December 29, 2019

Tom Watson stood down over Labour Party 'brutality'

UK railways need ‘radical overhaul’, campaigners say

Plastic pollution: Calls to do more to cut bag use

UK railways need ‘radical overhaul’, campaigners say

Tom Watson stood down over Labour Party 'brutality'

Ivor The Engine: Bagpuss's cartoon brother on track for comeback

Colchester photographer's light-painting photos 'transform town'

Historic England: 10 English archaeological finds of the decade

Cartoons: Inside the cow shed where classics were made

Hundreds donate toys for boy to leave on Staffordshire graves

New Year Honours 2020: Famous names on the list

Cartoons: Inside the cow shed where classics were made

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

2019 in pictures: Striking images from around the UK

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

The anti-vaccination movement that gripped Victorian England

How puppetry can help with trauma

'We fell in love on the dance floor’

French government to scan social media for tax cheats

Jeffrey Epstein case: FBI 'investigating Ghislaine Maxwell'

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

Wikipedia article of the day for December 28, 2019

10 musical moments to look out for in 2020

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

Typhoon Phanfone: Philippine death toll rises to 28

Bruce Lee's daughter sues fast food chain over image use

Australia fires: Crews brace for dangerous heatwave

Thornton Heath stabbing: Second murder arrest

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

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

Free NHS hospital parking for thousands in 'greatest need'

Baby video messages 'amazing' for new parents

Art in 2020: The exhibitions hotlist

Art in 2020: The exhibitions hotlist

Iraq ends year in political turmoil

The mosque siege that changed Saudi history

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

Wikipedia article of the day for December 27, 2019

Inside China's child pop star factory

Inside China's child pop star factory

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

The African women standing up for change in 2019

App helps parents of premature babies stay in touch

App helps parents of premature babies stay in touch

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

Primark socks human bone find 'not linked to crime'

Racism in football: Reporting process is 'broken'

Loneliness: How one shed is bringing people together

Mountain biker discovers rare lichen in UK first

Business review of 2019: Boeing, Huawei and Brexit

British troops move black rhinos to Malawi

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

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

How the US-China trade war has changed the world

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

The island struggling to secure its future

Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile

The island struggling to secure its future

The children at risk of eating themselves to death

Books 2020: What you could be reading

Morpurgo's Christmas (fire) cracker

Dog walker helps men talk about mental health

Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

Wikipedia article of the day for December 26, 2019

Books 2020: What you could be reading

Morpurgo's Christmas (fire) cracker

Trump impeachment: Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination comment

The bakery in a mental health hospital

Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

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

Quiz: A Question Of Sport At 50 - test your knowledge

Monzo boss warned: 'Worst decision of your life'

Royal Family to attend Sandringham Christmas Day church service

Monzo boss warned: 'Worst decision of your life'

Why I spend my weekends ringing birds

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

Communities in Calderdale 'traumatised' by 2015 floods

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

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

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

Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack

We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa

Executing a dictator: Open wounds of Romania's Christmas revolution

Welby to speak of London Bridge attack at Christmas sermon

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

We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa

Wikipedia article of the day for December 25, 2019

Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers

The Christians helping Bethlehem shepherd families give birth safely

Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers

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

BBC Unsung Hero: 'My afro saved my life'

Queen acknowledges ‘bumpy’ year for nation in Christmas message

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn praise NHS in Christmas messages

Christmas: Beware 'lethal' button batteries in toys

Gang murder investigations blocked by 'wall of silence'

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'

The Christmas decorations for loved ones lost

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn praise NHS in Christmas messages

'Fashion industry's pollution made me cry'

New Zealand volcano: Police call off search for missing pair

Kashmir crisis 2019: Between a rock and a hard place

Wikipedia article of the day for December 24, 2019

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

How Greta Thunberg inspired a pantomime

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

How Greta Thunberg inspired a pantomime

Why didn't the Bank of England appoint a woman?

Heard it before? The rise of the anniversary album

Russia's reluctant teen activist: 'Mum's house arrest changed my life'

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

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

How is Australia tackling climate change?

LGBT rights: The film about gay love shaking up Georgia

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

2019 Quiz of the Year part four: October to December

Fighting a goose invasion with guns, knives and forks

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

Nottingham woman sends 1,900 Christmas cards to strangers

Films lookahead: 20 movies not to miss in 2020

Ed Miliband to join review of Labour's election failure

Ed Miliband to join review of Labour's election failure

Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'

Trump impeachment inquiry sung by a Christmas choir

The 'real' Lyudmila from Chernobyl speaks for first time

Aceh Christians forced to celebrate Christmas in a tent

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school

Wikipedia article of the day for December 23, 2019

Thomas Cook staff say 'benefits system has failed them'

I was a teenage code-breaker at Bletchley Park

The 'real' Lyudmila from Chernobyl speaks for first time

Thomas Cook staff say 'benefits system has failed them'

Deutsche Bank whistleblower hits back at regulator

Tech trends 2020: New spacecraft and bendy screens

Trump impeachment: White House withheld Ukraine aid just after Zelensky call

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