Britons in Australia are sharing their experiences about being caught up in devastating bushfires on New Years Eve. Dr Billy Tusker Haworth from Manchester has been caught up in fires in Bega. Via: Britons trapped by Australia's wild-fires reveal the terrifying scenes around them
Leanne Truesdale (pictured), now 37, from Newtownards, Northern Ireland, was seven when William George Oliver, now 68, fondled her while her family danced carols just metres away. Via: Northern Irish mother breaks 31-year-silence to reveal how father's best friend sexually abused her
Follow all the celebrations as the clock strikes midnight and countries see out 2019 and welcome in the twenties 1.49pm GMT As part of our ‘the world in 2020’ series, Guardian reporters have looked ahead to the coming year.Lily Kuo in Beijing has looked at how the Chinese government will Read more
Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time workerAlmost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage.In Read more
• ‘No one at the club wants to sell Zaha,’ says manager • Dwight McNeil and Ollie Watkins are potential replacementsRoy Hodgson has reiterated Wilfried Zaha is not for sale but conceded the Crystal Palace hierarchy would have to consider serious offers for their prized asset in January.Zaha, who submitted Read more
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 12.51pm GMT Since the general election Boris Johnson has been claiming that the Conservatives are now a “totally different party” because of the success he had at winning over working-class voters and voters in the north (not always the same Read more
• Gerwyn Price says sorry on Twitter after storming out• Welshman had refused to shake victor Peter Wright’s handGerwyn Price has apologised for his conduct during defeat to Peter Wright in their PDC World Championship semi-final. Scottish veteran Wright, 49, saw off Price 6-3 in an ill-tempered clash at Alexandra Read more
Artwork is being inspected by experts for damage, spokesperson for the gallery said Via: Picasso painting worth £20 million attacked at Tate Modern
Defeated leader’s message that it has been ‘quite the year’ backfires, prompting taunt that 1912 was ‘quite a year’ for Titanic Via: Corbyn ridiculed by ex-Labour ministers after claiming to be 'resistance to Boris Johnson'
Police launch investigation into Bulwell crash Via: Girl, 10, dies after being hit by ambulance in Nottinghamshire