9 o’ them lessons and carols is just starting on Minnesota Public Radio: https://www.yourclassical.org/playlist/classical-mpr

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of forcing ex-assistant to clean up after ‘Wild King Night’ parties
Attorneys for Phillip Pines lay out list of claims related to alleged sex parties in lawsuit filed in Los Angeles
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/24/sean-diddy-combs-assistant-claim

Champagne-soaked sex and slow-burn longing – was this the swooniest year of TV ever?
Be it the understated romance of Japanese epic Shōgun, Danny Dyer’s tree sex in Rivals or Adam Brody risking his career for love – this was the year TV stole hearts
Hollie Richardson
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/24/champagne-soaked-sex-and-slow-burn-longing-was-this-the-swooniest-year-of-tv-ever

Ripley to The Rings of Power: your top TV of 2024 Who is a god of TV? Who has magical chemistry? And who deserves to be lightning-bolted for bad behaviour? Here are Guardian readers’ best shows of the year Guardian readers and Alfie Packham https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/24/ripley-to-the-rings-of-power-your-top-tv-of-2024

What home means to me
Turkey
After a breakup, can you ever be happy living alone? I moved countries to find out
Carolin Würfel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/24/breakup-living-alone-partner-berlin

Yeah, right: Birmingham LGBTQ+ church members ‘cut off’ after sexual assault complaints
Former members also say complaints were mishandled and are seeking apology from Methodist church
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/24/birmingham-lgbtq-methodist-church-sexual-assault-complaints

BYD construction site in Brazil shut over ‘slavery-like’ conditions More than 160 Chinese nationals were found living in ‘degrading’ conditions and working excessive hours Business live – latest updates Kalyeena Makortoff and agencies https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/24/byd-car-factory-construction-site-brazil-shut-chinese-nationals