Thursday December 11 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times

Households could save £500 a year under slower path to net zero

Plans by Ed Miliband to make UK net zero by 2050 risk costing £350bn more than a delayed approach to reducing carbon emissions, report suggests


A smiling man holds a pint of beer while a beagle dog looks on.
British paratrooper who was killed in Ukraine is named

Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, died while testing a new air defence system


Doctors to vote on calling off strike after new Streeting offer

Health secretary has offered medics priority for NHS jobs over foreign applicants in a deal that the BMA has agreed to put to members



A helicopter hovering over a ship as soldiers rappel down ropes.
Footage shows US military storming sanctioned oil tanker off Venezuela

The interception of the tanker, which Trump called the ‘largest one ever seized’, is the latest flashpoint in the region



Milei in talks with UK to lift post-Falklands arms ban

Argentina’s president says negotiations are under way to end rules that block the purchasing of British weapons, as he invites Starmer for state visit



Should I get an NHS flu jab because of the H3N2 strain?

Thousands of people are in hospital with the new and dangerous strain, and health bosses fear this may turn into the worst flu season on record


Collage of three people, two men and one woman, with abstract red and blue shapes.
Collage of three people, two men and one woman, with abstract red and blue shapes.
Starmer names 25 new peers to force bills through Lords

Illustration of a person receiving a vaccine injection with a virus and graph overlay.
Illustration of a person receiving a vaccine injection with a virus and graph overlay.
Should I get an NHS flu jab because of the H3N2 strain?








Dudderhouse Hill Neolithic The Long Cairn in Yorkshire Dales.
Historic England’s 2025 additions range from quirky to ancient

Among the nearly 200 new and upgraded entries to the heritage list are a shipwreck, a 5,000-year-old cairn, a windmill and an Arts and Crafts garden






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Jilly Cooper’s guide to Christmas: booze, lovers, frozen turkey

Jilly Cooper’s Christmas survival guide was a hit when it came out 40 years ago. Following the death of the bonkbuster queen, we’re bringing it back


Rosalie Chapman sits on steps, looking at the viewer.
‘I was called a witch, a bitch, a prostitute’ — misogyny at the Oxford Union



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Dear Thomas Markle — a few thoughts on the ‘good dad’ front


Sophie Kinsella, a chick-lit author, at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.
Sophie Kinsella told me she liked happy endings. Her death at 55 is tragic





Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado gestures from a balcony.

María Corina Machado arrived in Oslo, her first public appearance in 11 months, after her daughter collected the prize on her behalf and delivered her speech


Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado leans over a crowd barrier to greet supporters while people around her take photos.
Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado leans over a crowd barrier to greet supporters while people around her take photos.
How Nobel peace prize winner María Machado fled Venezuela, in a wig
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Failing state has surrendered to mob threats

Unexplained police errors about Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans show how the authorities cave to Islamist campaigners



Illustration of a cartoon strip where a man in a suit gives generic political statements, ending with a reporter asking if his answers constitute torture.

Morten Morland’s Times cartoon: December 11, 2025



a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
Sorry, Ukraine, we’ve treated you shamefully






a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
Sorry, Ukraine, we’ve treated you shamefully




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Collage of images representing Goodwin PLC, including missiles, a jet fighter, an excavator, a welder, and a stock graph.

A 143-year-old engineering firm sees profits poised to double this year. Yet, with shares at a prospective price-earnings ratio over 60, is the excitement justified?




Grace-Anne Marius and Anselm Baltes smiling.
I moved from London to Berlin after Brexit — the housing is better here



People shopping for fresh produce in a Kroger supermarket.
US interest rates cut by a quarter point by Federal Reserve


Southern rockhopper penguin standing on a rock at sunset with a colony of penguins in the background by the ocean.
Falklands oilfield gets $2bn Rockhopper and Navitas go-ahead

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Alistair OsborneWill lights go out on Cicor’s TT deal?



UK pharmaceutical industry welcomes lower NHS medicines rebate



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Illustration of writer Charlotte Brontë in a green dress holding a book.
This charming podcast is a spunky rival to The Rest Is History



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John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy standing in front of the Lawcourts.
Margaretta D’Arcy obituary: firebrand campaigner and playwright

Restless writer with four prison sentences to her name whose career was closely intertwined with that of her husband John Arden, dies aged 91

John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy standing in front of the Lawcourts.
Margaretta D’Arcy obituary: firebrand campaigner and playwright


James Riches, fire chief who lost son in 9/11



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