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Climate Awareness Drive, Joshua–Jake Paul Authenticity Spat, Cyprus EU Presidency Plans, Ursid Meteors Peak, and UK Crime Updates Including Roxborough Stabbing and Road-Rage Assault

Welsh museum joins UK project to raise awareness of the climate emergency

Welsh museum joins project to raise awareness of climate emergency as Ceredigion Museum in Aberystwyth is selected as one of 12 organisations for the Natural History Museum-led Fixing Our Broken Planet: Interconnected programme. The initiative provides funding, resources and access to scientists to help communities understand climate risks and take action. Ceredigion Museum will work with young people from the Dyfi region to produce a short film about the Dyfi Estuary, capturing what they value and their worries and hopes as the climate changes. The film will be shown in the museum’s Archaeology Gallery and will also feed into the Changing Tides coastal adaptation handbook developed with local residents.

Anthony Joshua’s Win Over Jake Paul Sparks Debate About Authenticity in Entertainment

The piece describes Anthony Joshua’s decisive defeat of Jake Paul as a satisfying restoration of boxing’s hierarchy, while arguing that Paul is less an ethical crisis than a symbol of a broader cultural unease. It contrasts real, physical events—like a boxing match—with staged “immersive experiences” and AI-generated online content, suggesting modern leisure is increasingly packaged, monetized, and inauthentic. The conclusion urges people to seek messy, tangible reality and community over curated simulations.

Cyprus Unveils Logo and Work Programme for Its EU Council Presidency

Ten days before Cyprus begins its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the government presented the official logo and its work programme for the first half of 2026.

Police say dog owner followed and assaulted driver after dog was hit by car

In Polk County, Missouri, police say Charles Cooper followed a 21-year-old man to a basketball game at Pleasant Hope Middle School after the man struck something on the way there, later learning it was a dog. Investigators allege Cooper confronted the driver in the parking lot, beat him with a metal flashlight and punched him while making threats and demanding he cry. The victim was hospitalized, and Cooper was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

Ursid meteor shower to peak Sunday night, closing out 2025’s major skywatching events

The Ursid meteor shower will reach its peak Sunday night into early Monday morning, marking the last major celestial event on the 2025 skywatching calendar.

Teen girl taken into custody after man stabbed to death in Roxborough, police say

A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody Sunday morning after a 57-year-old man was stabbed in the ribs inside a home on the 500 block of Wartman Street in Philadelphia’s Roxborough neighborhood, police said. Officers responded around 9:45 a.m., and the man was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. Police said the girl was being held for further investigation as of mid-afternoon, and no motive or charging decision had been announced.

Campaigner links racially motivated attack on Ukrainian girl to Reform UK's anti-migrant rhetoric

A 14-year-old Ukrainian girl, Polina Rudakov, was assaulted in Caerphilly after a school trip on 18 December, with her mother saying three older girls followed her, shouted abuse including “go back to Ukraine,” and attacked her; the incident has been reported to police and the family is seeking witnesses and CCTV. A local Ukrainian community spokesperson argued that hostile political messaging about migrants and refugees has helped normalise hatred, pointing to Reform UK’s recent by-election campaign attacking Wales’s Nation of Sanctuary programme, while the local Plaid Cymru representative condemned the attack and cautioned against speculation about influences.

Teen Girl Taken Into Custody After Fatal Stabbing in Roxborough

A teen girl was taken into custody following a fatal stabbing in Roxborough. The victim was found with a stab wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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