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17 February 2025

  • 2025
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  • 17 February
News imageMirror headline reading 'Test of Strength', and Times headline reading 'Ukraine needs US safety pledges, PM to tell Trump'

'Test of strength' as Starmer to meet Trump over Ukraine

Most papers focus on the Ukraine war, as peace talks between the US and Russia - but not Ukraine - begin later.

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Unión La Calera v Unión Española

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Unión La Calera vs Unión Española in the Primera División

News imageKatya Adler standing outside the Elysee palace in Paris. She is wearing a purple scarf and coat

Watch: Why European leaders held emergency Ukraine summit

European leaders met at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday for an emergency summit on Ukraine.

News imageA group of three school boys dressed in black and carrying school bags walking through a school door

Review of school sex survey to be published

The survey hit the headlines in 2021 after asking pupils as young as 14 about their sexual experiences.

News imageThree men leave the car park at HMP Barlinnie in casual clothing carrying black bags.

Early release of hundreds of prisoners begins

The first of up to 390 prisoners are being freed early in an attempt to ease overcrowding in jails.

News imageA large electricity pylon with cables against a blue sky

Power lines plan a kick in the teeth - campaigners

A group has criticised the decision to replace 27 miles (43km) of overhead power lines, which are considered at end of life.

News imageDr Harj Singrao in his dentist scrubs is stood in his clinic looking at the camera

'There could be no NHS dentists in two years'

Dentists say NHS contracts are becoming more challenging to fulfil and they need to hand them back.

News imageA man with arms folded standing in front of Caldicot School

'We must stop mollycoddling kids' says Saturday detentions head teacher

Inside the school where a controversial new head warns against "hiding behind words like wellbeing".

News imageMan in black shirt holding gold Bafta award

Kneecap director says film was a 'huge privilege'

Rich Peppiatt picked up the Bafta in the Outstanding Debut category for his work on the 2024 film.

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