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1. Record £4bn in claims processed by health insurers in 2024 – ABI

   The figures highlight the value of workplace health insurance schemes in supporting employees to stay well and in work, the ABI said.

2. Coolest shower curtains to bring a splash of decadence to your bathroom

   Rub a dub dub, time to dress the tub

3. Family ‘didn’t accept’ man stabbed with scissors died by suicide, court told

   Police initially believed that there were no suspicious circumstances when Osaretin Oronsaye, 62, was found dead at his flat in Dartford in July 2025.

4. Jury for Noah Donohoe inquest to be selected on Thursday

   The 14-year-old’s body was found in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after he went missing.

5. When is Burns Night 2026, who was Robert Burns and why do we celebrate?

   Scotland’s national poet has been celebrated since 1801

6. Innocent couple murdered in arson attack over drugs, jury told

   Sheila Jackson, 83, and her partner, Eric Greener, 77, died following the fire at their home in St Helens, Merseyside, last July.

7. Jason Statham says he no longer gets 'nervous' before action films as he reveals surprising London ‘shelter’ between roles

   The British actor, 58, spoke with The Standard at the UK premiere for his new film, Shelter, where he was joined by long-time partner Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

8. Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal in Chelsea hijack; Jacquet twist; Man Utd begin Neves talks; Liverpool latest

   January window is approaching the home stretch

9. US tariffs over Greenland could create ‘spiral of events’, Irish deputy premier

   Simon Harris said it was ‘not an exact science’ to model the potential impacts on Ireland.

10. OPINION - A year of President Donald Trump: he represents the new world order, where desire and ego rule

    It has been a year since Donald Trump took office for a second term. Over the last twelve months, he has unleashed chaos, uncertainty and fear – mainly on the many friends and allies that the US has around the globe.