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UK - The Evening Standard

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  1. The McFly star has penned the music and lyrics to the eagerly anticipated stage show, which has its world premiere at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday.
  2. Electrical grid capacity in west London stretched to limit as AI ‘factories’ compete with housing developments for energy

  3. Online property searches often jump on Boxing Day, and some home buyers could be set to spring into action now that Budget uncertainty has cleared.
  4. The summit is being staged in Newport – the most significant event hosted by Wales since the 2014 Nato summit.
  5. Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year – up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office.
  6. The inscribed tablet, made from slate taken from north Wales, has inscription in both Welsh and English to honour Manod quarry in Eryri (Snowdonia).
  7. A £3.95 card features heat-activated ink that, when warmed, reveals a code to redeem a free sausage roll or vegan sausage roll.
  8. Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affects around two people in every million in the UK.
  9. The Scottish Retail Consortium and Usdaw have launched the ’tis the season to ShopKind’ campaign to tackle abuse of shop staff.
  10. The building society said students have downloaded 125,000 takeaway vouchers through its FlexStudent current account.