1 hour ago Coronation Street killer set for dramatic return 13 years after ITV soap debut

Coronation Street's Mark Baylis is reprising his role in the soap as Rob Donovan with his return set to air in the new - and he will cause plenty of chaos for Carla Connor and Lisa Swain

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7 hours ago I have been left in a lifetime of debt after fighting the council to get my son in school... we had to remortgage our home

EXCLUSIVE: Suzanne Hollinshead, 53, from Flitwick, Bedfordshire, had to remortgage her home to help pay off a 'lifetime of debt' from the fight with Central Bedfordshire Council.

Economics

8 hours ago Mikel Arteta sends Arsenal players key warning over replacing injured Bukayo Saka

Arteta admitted Gunners will be “different” without Saka for extended period

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9 hours ago Ruben Amorim sends worrying message to Manchester United fans: 'Far from the end'

Manchester United sank to defeat at Wolves on Boxing Day, losing 2-0 at Molineux to a Wanderers side on the up under new boss Vitor Pereira

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10 hours ago Cindy Beale’s Christmas Day attacker revealed in EastEnders anniversary week

The week will be filled with ‘explosive drama’, the soap’s executive producer said.

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11 hours ago Maya Jama opens up on ITV The Masked Singer debut and most 'challenging' part of show

The Love Island host joins Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan for the new series of the hit ITV show, which starts in January

Culture

11 hours ago Chris Kamara sends touching message to Jeff Stelling after incredible TV return

Legendary broadcasters Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling reunited for Boxing Day's Premeir League coverage and enjoyed every second of working together once again after both left Soccer Saturday

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14 hours ago Middle East crisis live: WHO chief at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrikes; Netanyahu says attack ongoing ‘until we complete the job’

Houthi television reports say three people were killed in Israel’s strikes on Yemen; Israel says airstrikes target military infrastructureAn IDF reservist soldier was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said.The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago JonBenét Ramsey breakthrough on 28th anniversary of her death as father John says crime may finally be solved

John Ramsey hopes an upcoming meeting with the new chief of Boulder Police could provide the key to unlocking the mystery of his daughter's brutal murder.

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15 hours ago Luis Diaz sends Liverpool transfer message amid Mohamed Salah contract talks

Liverpool star Luis Diaz has hailed his Colombian international teammate Jhon Duran who has produced a number of eye catching performances this term for Aston Villa

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17 hours ago Dirty water, sentient trees and hope in a climate crisis: 10 environmental long reads to digest over Christmas

In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: These essential features – chosen by the Guardian’s Long Reads editors, cover everything from dirty water and sentient trees to how to find hope in a climate crisis• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in fullThis year the Guardian Long Read series celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since we launched in 2014, we’ve run more than 1,000 pieces, on everything from Algerian sheep fighting to the trials and tribulations of Durex’s chief condom guy. Over the years, we’ve also run plenty of great environment stories, and for this special edition of Down to Earth we want to highlight a few of our favourites from the archive.Below we’ve picked 10 of our favourite climate pieces to dig into over the Christmas break – but first, this week’s most important reads.CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK householdsGhosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are a k...

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18 hours ago What is the Native American Church and why is peyote sacred to members?

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America

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19 hours ago Bruno Guimaraes sends clear Newcastle United message after Man City transfer decision

Manchester City have been long linked with a transfer for the Newcastle United midfielder

Politics

20 hours ago Heartbreaking moment man sends last message to his wife seconds before Azerbaijan Airlines jet 'is shot down' in crash that killed 38

The passenger identified as Subkhon Rakhimov started filming a video for his wife as soon as he realised the plane was losing altitude.

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20 hours ago The 2010s are glorified by gen Z. But the ‘indie music’ of that era was unoriginal | Jamie Peck

So much of early 2000s ‘indie’ music was nothing but a backward-looking rerun of movements pastYou’ve probably noticed it by now: the smeared makeup in fashion editorials, the “messy girl” style of gen Z celebrities like Olivia Rodrigo, and the dance-y, LCD Soundsystem-esque sound of artists like the Dare and well, LCD Soundsystem, whose reunited lineup seems to be playing shows every night now.The no-longer-so-niche pop star Charli xcx further foregrounded it with her breakout hit Brat this past summer, an album whose inescapable promotional cycle improbably combined an embrace by the Harris/Walz presidential campaign – cue Jake Tapper trying to explain “brat summer” to your parents – and a birthday party photographed by none other than aughts-era shutter bug the Cobrasnake in his trademark high-flash, low-res style.Each artist fits the mold of a bygone trope. Ryan Adams was the self-professed ‘wannabe beat poet guy,’ fitting the chain-smoking mold of folk predecessors like Bob Dyl...

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21 hours ago Sam Konstas makes debut to remember as Australia edge India on day one

Fourth Test, day one: Australia 311-6Teenager makes fearless 60 but Bumrah strikes lateIt has been a tour of polygraphic variation for India’s Test team. Down and out to begin in Perth, becoming ascendant by the end. Back to the bottom in Adelaide, dragging themselves out of trouble in Brisbane to finish the draw there on a high. But starting the fourth Test in Melbourne, right in the series at 1-1, was the first time the Indians have looked completely at a loss.It’s not that nobody has ever batted aggressively in Tests. Gilbert Jessop, David Hookes, Sanath Jayasuriya, Rishabh Pant, most of England’s current lineup – plenty have had their shot. It’s not that nobody has ever played a scoop shot to Jasprit Bumrah in a Test – ask Joe Root, who soon found it didn’t work out so well. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Helen Worth surprised by Corrie cast and crew after wrapping time on soap

Her exit storyline saw Gail decide to swap Weatherfield for a new life in France after she finally got her happy ending by marrying Jesse Chadwick.

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22 hours ago Prayers and tears as survivors and relatives mark 20th anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people across a dozen countries

A powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on December 26 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people across a dozen countries

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22 hours ago 'Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago today saw me lose my two sons and fiancé in an instant'

Sharon Howard has returned to Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of losing her six-year-old son Taylor, his eight-year-old brother Mason and fiancé, David Page, 44

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