• Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’• Business leaders warn that small firms are being ‘hammered’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/31/rishi-sunak-failure-negotiate-strikes-sabotaging-uk-labour

Spot grinning hippos and a huge dog’s face in Rebecca Cole’s evocative, and occasionally sinister, Yorkshire moors images
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jan/01/spotting-faces-and-animals-in-ilkley-moors-stones-in-pictures

Research in England and Wales shows that conservatories, extensions and changing behaviour cancelled out any savings
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/01/rebound-effect-cancels-out-home-insulations-impact-on-gas-use-study

Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/01/new-years-eve-celebrations-fireworks-and-festivities-amid-global-uncertainties

The case of Martin Sargeant, who was jailed for five years for stealing church funds, is highlighting efforts to learn more about gambling-d..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/01/church-fraudster-martin-sargeant-gambling-habit-crime

Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged over Boxing Day killing of footballer
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/31/two-charged-with-of-cody-fisher-in-in-birmingham-nightclub

Forces are increasingly aware that high-stakes betting is a form of addiction and a driver of crime similar to alcohol or drugs
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/01/police-in-england-and-wales-to-screen-suspects-for-signs-gambling-addiction-is-driving

48-year-old man pronounced dead at scene and 40-year-old taken to hospital in Fort William
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/31/ben-nevis-climber-dies-and-another-injured-after-avalanche

Justin Welby will highlight importance of supporting care workers and unpaid carers in new year message on BBC
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/01/archbishop-of-canterbury-to-urge-uk-government-to-fix-broken-care-system

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told health secretary Steve Barclay there was no evidence tests on travellers would have any effect
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/31/sunaks-u-turn-on-china-covid-tests-is-a-political-move-say-scientists

Silicon Valley firm insists its new text generator, which writes human-sounding essays, can overcome fears over cheating
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/31/ai-assisted-plagiarism-chatgpt-bot-says-it-has-an-answer-for-that

Flights delayed, rivers flooded and roads and railways disrupted by after-effects of deadly US ‘bomb cyclone’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/30/wind-ice-and-flood-chaos-predicted-across-scotland-for-hogmanay

Belfast shipbuilders famous for the Titanic suffer loss of revenues as it prepares for MoD contract
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/30/harland-wolff-hit-by-up-to-34m-order-cuts-and-supply-chain-delays

Chris Bryant and Julian Lewis receive knighthoods while Michael Marmot gets Companion of Honour
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/30/new-year-honours-list-chris-bryant-julian-lewis

Department of Health confirms that from 5 January anyone travelling to England will be asked to take a pre-departure test
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/rishi-sunak-dithering-over-covid-testing-of-passengers-from-china

Figure compares with 189 during same three days of 2021, but detentions at Manchester airport rose slightly
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/31/just-nine-passengers-detained-at-heathrow-during-border-force-strike

Unions warn of escalation next year unless ministers give ground on pay rises
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/31/uk-strike-calendar-service-stoppages-planned-for-january

We take a look back at some of the most memorable looks from the iconic British fashion designer and rebel
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2022/dec/30/vivienne-westwood-best-looks-in-pictures

Charity fundraisers and volunteers supporting refugees among those recognised for their contribution
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/30/community-champions-dominate-new-year-honours-list-2023

Prime minister’s new year message makes no mention of the chaos that has plagued the Tory party in 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/31/uks-problems-will-not-go-away-admits-sunak-after-tough-2022

Almost every facet of life in the UK – courts to cost of living, transport to healthcare, environment to asylum system – is at breaking point
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/30/inflation-waiting-lists-strikes-rail-chaos-climate-emergency-the-2022-polycrisis

Further studies under way as ‘remarkable’ results offer new hope in treating biliary tract cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/30/man-year-to-live-now-cancer-free-after-immunotherapy-trial

Files show Downing Street felt former South African leader’s attempt to mediate was ‘unlikely to be helpful’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/30/blair-government-misgivings-mandela-mediation-role-lockerbie-national-archives

After Boris Johnson took political patronage to new levels by his appointments, Labour sees public mood is ripe for radical reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/29/donors-cronies-lackeys-case-abolish-lords-reform-labour-boris-johnson

Woodside is modelled on a Dutch facility that connects residents to normal life and improves wellbeing
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/30/dementia-village-in-warwick-is-a-pioneer-in-person-centred-care

From a lakeside property with the look of a houseboat to an infamous former London celebrity hangout
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2022/dec/30/the-best-dream-homes-for-sale-in-pictures

Exclusive: 27 members of House of Lords have donated almost £50m in total to Conservatives
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/29/one-in-10-tory-peers-have-given-more-than-100000-to-party

Videos shared on social media showed shoppers waiting outside stores in the dark and others crowding around the bottles inside Aldi stores a..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2022/dec/29/chaotic-scenes-as-shoppers-rush-to-get-hands-on-prime-energy-drink-video

Alleged victim says end of suspension is ‘slap in face to anyone who has experienced sexual harassment’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/29/snp-restores-whip-to-mp-patrick-grady-after-sexual-assault-suspension

Files show PM favoured allowing Putin ‘a position on the top table’ and encouraging him to integrate with west
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/30/blair-gave-putin-silver-cufflinks-for-birthday-archives-reveal

Exclusive: Nearly one in 10 care homes that offer dementia support reported on by inspectors in 2022 were given worst rating
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/28/dementia-patients-in-england-facing-national-crisis-in-care-safety

Incoming general secretary, Paul Nowak, says PM has overestimated public support for confronting unions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/29/rishi-sunak-needs-exit-strategy-from-1980s-playbook-on-strikes-says-tuc

Downing Street says reports of raucous behaviour of all-party trips are a matter for parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/28/no-10-concerned-mps-engaged-in-sex-and-heavy-drinking-on-trips-abroad

Ministers considering change that would class eggs laid by hens kept in barns for months under restrictions as free range
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/dec/28/uk-free-range-egg-rules-could-be-relaxed-in-line-with-eu-for-avian-flu-outbreaks

PM and Akshata Murty got rid of ‘very tired’ decor largely installed for former chancellor George Osborne
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/28/rishi-sunak-and-his-wife-paid-for-makeover-of-no-10-flat-tatler-profile-reveals

Home where Robert spent his last months was one of hundreds in England whose ratings fell after inspection this year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/28/very-grim-daughter-criticises-surrey-care-home-over-fathers-death

Whitehall sources claim the Home Office is fighting with Michael Gove over whether Islamist extremists’ details should be removed
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/government-refuses-to-disclose-whether-prevent-strategy-will-be-redacted

Dyfed-Powys police arrested 33-year-old on suspicion of child neglect after sudden death of child in Lampeter
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/woman-in-wales-arrested-after-death-of-child-8-linked-to-strep-a

Storm that sent US temperatures plunging triggers yellow weather warning for heavy rain over Scotland on Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/us-bomb-cyclone-to-cause-wet-and-windy-weather-in-uk-says-met-office

General secretary Mark Serwotka predicts ‘coordinated and synchronised’ action from January
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/28/civil-service-union-warns-strikes-junior-doctors-teachers

Scottish police watchdog investigating incident in which man died on Boxing Day
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/27/man-62-dies-after-being-hit-by-police-car-in-livingston

Lindsay Hoyle tells of divisiveness of EU vote and ‘bizarre’ revolving door of ministers in 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/27/brexit-and-triple-pm-disaster-tested-respect-for-democracy-says-commons-speaker

National Trust’s annual audit reveals a dire year for animals from toads and bats to birds and butterflies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/28/uk-wildlife-devastated-by-litany-of-weather-extremes-in-2022

Victim taken to hospital early on Tuesday after shooting near party in north London suburb
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/27/woman-24-in-serious-condition-after-being-shot-in-tottenham

Plan will bring Durham, Northumberland, Gateshead, Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and North Tyneside under control of one mayor
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/28/14bn-devolution-deal-for-north-east-england-announced

Party insiders say manifesto was made up of fresh Starmer ideas and Corbyn-era commitments
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/27/labour-drew-up-plans-to-govern-in-case-of-johnson-snap-election

Exclusive: ONS analysis shows black households five times more likely to struggle to pay energy bills
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/28/labour-reaffirms-pledge-to-fight-structural-racism-amid-disparity-figures

Families losing millions of pounds to unsolved crimes, party says, as it pledges to put 13,000 extra officers on the streets
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/27/labour-criticises-disgraceful-stats-with-1m-thefts-unsolved-last-year

England to become first country to eliminate virus thanks to targeted screening campaigns and effective treatments
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/28/nhs-on-track-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-five-years-ahead-of-global-targets

PwC, administrator of Lehman’s London arm since bank’s failure in 2008, secures three more years to finish process
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/28/the-cost-of-winding-up-lehman-brothers