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Kureishi is reportedly still unable to use his arms or legs and has spent the last year in five different hospitals.

Temperatures soared and dipped during 2023 as the weather created some extreme conditions.

HS2 Ltd executive chair Sir Jon Thompson said the transition towards installing railway systems will ‘edge us ever closer’ to completion.

Here is a look at some of the most bizarre Guinness World Records of the year.

After starting a global trend, Bahsoon told the PA news agency: ‘Now I see the tube girls of Warsaw, of Paris, and it’s just insane.’

Simon King was trapped in his safe room for 36 hours with his family members while Hamas militants stormed his village.

A new wave of generative AI, Apple’s augmented reality move and misinformation around elections will be major talking points of the next 12 months.

A quarter of people were left wondering what to do with unwanted Christmas gifts last year, according to Which?

Longer summers and shorter winters are disturbing the natural habits of plants and wildlife.

The 568ml size will sit alongside 200ml and 500ml measures already available.

The findings challenge the notion that genetics are the sole cause of the condition, researchers say.

Fees paid by hospital staff rose more than eight-fold compared with the previous year.

Hampshire-based Marwell Wildlife has fitted GPS collars to monitor endangered Grevy’s zebras.

It will be on show on Jura, in the Inner Hebrides, where Orwell wrote the book almost 75 years ago.

Boxing Day brings a range of front page headlines.

For those heading to the capital to do their shopping, London will see highs of 8C and lows of 6C, remaining dry throughout the day.

Citizens Advice said this year had seen record high levels of people in debt to their energy supplier, and the numbers were growing.

An independent report warned ministers that children face the risk of diabetes, heart disease and other health issues.

In an interview with The Independent, Charlie Taylor said there is a danger that people are leaving prison ‘far worse’ than when they came in.

The actor ‘died in his sleep after fighting long-term illness’.