30 Best Board Games for Christmas 2025
Ditch the dusty classics! Our expert guide reveals the 30 best modern board games for Christmas 2025, from party hits to deep strategy, perfect for UK families and friends.
Ditch the dusty classics! Our expert guide reveals the 30 best modern board games for Christmas 2025, from party hits to deep strategy, perfect for UK families and friends.
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An insider's look at the opaque and often baffling process of securing a seat on a UK government board. Discover the unspoken rules and hidden pathways to public appointments.
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Discover the ultimate tabletop games for Christmas 2025, featuring Warhammer, Pokémon, Doom and Disney Lorcana. Perfect gifts for gamers of all levels with prices from £19.99.
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BBC board members face MPs over Trump speech edit scandal, denying coup allegations while admitting to slow response. Key resignations and potential lawsuit revealed.
A BBC board member resigns after being excluded from talks on liberal bias allegations that led to the director general's shock exit. Follow the latest developments.
BBC board member Shumeet Banerji resigns early, citing governance failures following high-level departures. Get the latest on this developing story.
Former WH Smith finance director Robert Moorhead withdraws from Greggs board position following damning audit report. CEO Carl Cowling steps down after profits overstated by £30m.
Arsenal FC confirms its controversial £10m-a-year sponsorship with Visit Rwanda will terminate in June 2025 following criticism over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 militia.
Harvard University investigates former president Larry Summers' Jeffrey Epstein ties as he resigns from OpenAI board. Read the latest developments in this ongoing scandal.
Former BBC journalist Mishal Husain warns the corporation faces an existential crisis and calls for end to ministers picking board members to restore public trust.
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Bhutan's Prime Minister reveals how his carbon-negative nation prioritises wellbeing over GDP and calls on wealthy western countries to fulfil their climate obligations.
A vacant 1980s office building in Hammersmith is set to be refurbished into a 45-bed care home after receiving unanimous planning approval. Read about the new facility for older people.
Camden Council unveils a 'once-in-century' plan to transform Euston with 2,500 new homes, 34,000 jobs, and a £41 billion economic boost by 2053. Discover the vision.
Network Rail launches Platform4 to transform old railway sidings and yards into 40,000 new homes and commercial spaces across 47 towns and cities, creating transit-linked communities.
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2803, establishing Trump's 'Board of Peace' to oversee Gaza for two years. Discover how this unprecedented move aims to transform ceasefire into lasting peace.
The NRL's revolutionary R360 program threatens to accelerate rugby union's talent drain to league. Could this reshape both codes' futures? Read the analysis.
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Bexley Council greenlights demolition of a locally listed Erith Post Office for 33 new flats, with no affordable housing as the project faces a £113k deficit. Read the full story.
UAE-based Arada buys 80% of Thameside West, a £2.5bn project delivering 5,000 London homes. The deal signals strong international faith in the capital's property market.
Labour MP Stella Creasy condemns proposed asylum reforms creating 'perpetual limbo' for refugees. New policy offers only temporary sanctuary, requiring reapplications every 2.5 years.
Schroders Capital strengthens its private assets team with strategic hire from Pimco. Discover how this move enhances their business development capabilities.
A cross-party committee warns that planning reforms threaten both 1.5 million home target and nature goals. Find out why nature is not the 'blocker'.