32 minutes ago Halle Berry, 58, poses in swimsuit while deciding if she's 'naughty or nice' on vacation with her boyfriend

Halle Berry is enjoying her Christmas with her long time boyfriend Van Hunt in a tropical locale. She shared a handful of vacation snaps on Instagram.

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86 minutes ago Woman, 33, arrested on suspicion of murder after man found dead at home in Staffordshire on Christmas Day

Police rushed to a house on Norton Canes, Staffs at around 3.25am this morning to reports that a man had suffered a cardiac arrest.

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1 hour ago Ukraine war briefing: Biden slams Russia’s ‘outrageous’ Christmas Day assault on Ukraine

President reaffirms US weapons support to Kyiv after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, which Zelenskyy condemned as ‘inhuman’. What we know on day 1,037See all our Ukraine war coverageJoe Biden has asked the US defence department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, describing Russia’s Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine’s cities and its energy infrastructure as “outrageous”. “The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to heat and electricity during winter and to jeopardise the safety of its grid,” Biden said. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Washington has committed $175bn in aid for Ukraine.Christmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles to target energy infrastructure across the country, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman”. “Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas to attack. What could be more inhuman? More than 70...

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2 hours ago Bank of Mum and Dad want their money back! Parents are calling in their loans after handing out nearly £10BILLION last year

It is often the lender most turn to for cash when all else fails. But now it seems even the bank of mum and dad is no longer a guaranteed insurance policy.

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2 hours ago Indian Ocean tsunami: how survivors found love after Boxing Day disaster

A rise in the number of remarriages and a baby boom in the years since 2004 gave hope to survivors and helped them cope with the tragedyIt was Mahyuddin’s mother who had pestered him to go out on Sunday morning, 20 years ago. Dozens of relatives were visiting their small coastal village in Indonesia for a wedding party, but a powerful earthquake had struck just before 8am. Buildings in some areas had collapsed. He should go and check on his employer’s office to see if they needed help, his mother said.As he drove into town, he found chaos and panic. The road was heavy with traffic: cars, motorbikes, trucks, all rushing in the same direction. People were running, shouting that water was coming. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Baby Driver actor Hudson Meek dies aged 16 after falling from moving car

Baby Driver star Hudson Joseph Meek, who was just 16 years old, died after falling out of a moving vehicle on his way to Alabama last week, a police investigation into his death is ongoing

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3 hours ago Boxing Day Test 2024: Australia vs India fourth men’s cricket Test, day one – live updates

Updates from the Boxing Day Test at the MCGStart time in Melbourne is 10.30am AEDTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email1st over: Australia 0-0 (Konstas 0, Khawaja 0) There’s a real good lip curl from Konstas on the close-up cam, waiting for Bumrah. The crowd hushes in anticipation and sighs as he leaves the ball. A big jerky action, shouldering arms over the top of the ball and pulling his bat around to face back down the pitch.Plays and misses at the next one, a pearler that goes away off the pitch. Bumrah doing heaps early. Draws another leave third ball, but the fourth and the fifth are lovely. Beaten, beaten again, both times drawing Konstas into the defensive shot before seaming past the edge. Perfect seam position, upright then scrambling away. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Britain's equalities chief intervenes after Labour insisted tightening law to protect single

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has demanded to see the transgender policies of hundreds of public bodies after concerns about them were dismissed by ministers.

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3 hours ago Work off Christmas dinner with Nike’s Boxing Day deals on trainers and sportswear

With discounts across women’s and men’s trainers, clothing, and accessories, the Nike Boxing Day sale is not to be missed

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3 hours ago The train operators with the highest cancellations as performance plummets to joint record low

A total of 208,000 services were fully axed in the 12 months to November 9, in a sign of the overall network’s lack of reliability

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