Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years
PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish society
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/denmark-postnord-postal-delivery-letters-society
NHS to trial potentially life-saving treatment for deadly liver disease
Acute-on-chronic liver failure will be treated with device that cleans patients’ blood corrupted by toxins
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/21/nhs-to-trial-potentially-life-saving-treatment-for-deadly-liver-disease
First wheelchair-using astronaut touches down after ride to edge of space
Michaela Benthaus from Germany soared 65 miles above the Earth’s surface in 10-minute Blue Origin flight
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/20/first-wheelchair-using-astronaut-blur-origin-rocket
The US healthcare system hurts poor Americans. It’s about to get worse
Eduardo Porter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
The Trump administration is trying to legislate trans people out of existence
Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/21/trump-administration-trans-people
Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals
Casey Michel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/21/trump-white-collar-criminals
A tape measure, a metal detector and a spirit level: 25 surprisingly useful things you can do with your phone
While many use our phones predominantly to doomscroll, smartphones have a range of little-known functions that could make life better and easier – from heart monitoring to even developing camera film
Chris Stokel-Walker
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/21/a-tape-measure-a-metal-detector-and-a-spirit-level-25-surprisingly-useful-things-you-can-do-with-your-phone
‘I feel special, in my heart’: thousands gather at Stonehenge for winter solstice
People, including druids and pagans, come from across world to watch sunrise on shortest day of the year
Raphael Boyd
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/21/stonehenge-winter-solstice