4 hours ago A year ago, a gripping ITV drama triggered outrage over the Post Office scandal. Lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates hoped a new Government would at last deliver compensation. Sadly, he was wrong...

The letters tumbling onto the mat come from across the world - France, Australia, the US and many more - some just addressed to 'Alan Bates, North Wales.'

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21 hours ago Ryan Reynolds hints at difficult time in first post since wife Blake Lively’s Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Deadpool star's post arrived days after bombshell scandal involving wife

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4 hours ago Multimillionaire told he cannot raze his £8.8million waterfront mansion to the ground and rebuild it to have the tallest house on the street after planning objections

John Yeoman, 70, had applied to demolish his luxury £8.8million three-storey home he shares with his wife Deborah, despite it being only 20 years old, and replace it with a five-storey giant.

Economics

17 hours ago Gavin and Stacey fans spot hilarious continuity error during Mick's touching stag night tribute to Smithy

The moving scene showed an emotional Mick describing Smithy as a second son to himself and wife Pam, after they struggled to conceive another child.

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5 hours ago Aston Villa in shock after the FA rejects Jhon Durán’s red card appeal

In-form Villa striker will now be banned for three gamesUnai Emery believes ‘stamp’ on Schär was unintentionalAston Villa are shocked and disappointed after the Football Association rejected their appeal against Jhon Durán’s red card, meaning the striker will serve a three-match ban.The Colombian was given a straight red card by the referee, Anthony Taylor, after being adjudged to have intentionally stamped on the Newcastle defender Fabian Schär when the pair collided in the first half of Villa’s Boxing Day defeat. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Exact date new rare Royal Mint coins celebrating Red Arrows will be released

The Royal Mint's 2025 annual set includes commemorative coins celebrating the Red Arrows, Queen Mum, WWII, modern railways, and the Royal Observatory - they will be available from January 2nd 2025

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5 hours ago Danish 'Cinderella' who left her golden stiletto at future king's birthday bash bags her very own Prince Charming

Anne-Sofie Tornso Olesen left one of her high heels at Prince Christian's 18th birthday party last year, and has now found her real 'Prince Charming' in 20-year-old Nikolas Kolding.

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22 hours ago As a student in London I yearned for home, until I found paradise: a vast old villa with perfect housemates | Andrew Martin

We cooked ragu and listened to records while lying on chaises longues. Then the M11 link road was built – and everything changedIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeIn the mid-1980s, I was in my early 20s and was reading for the Bar in London. I was living in a mouldy Balham bedsit and returning regularly to the comfort zone of my native York, when a friend told me a room was going in a shared house in Leytonstone.I wasn’t expecting much of E11. I wasn’t expecting trees, for example, but my walk from the attractive art deco tube station took me along roads better described as avenues. The house itself seemed almost the last one in London, an illusion created by the proximity of Wanstead Flats. It was a rangy, detached 1920s house, white with a red roof, and it had a name, but I’ll just call it the villa.Andrew Martin is an English novelist; his latest book is The Night in Venice Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Jhon Duran suspension confirmed as Aston Villa lose appeal over red card

The 21-year-old was dismissed against Newcastle on Boxing Day

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18 hours ago Manchester United: How many games will Bruno Fernandes miss after third red card of the season?

Midfielder facing another suspension after being sent off against Wolves

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6 hours ago Man Utd target goalkeeper transfer after Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir mistakes

Manchester United goalkeepers Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir allowed Tottenham and Wolves to score directly from a corner in the last few games - and the Red Devils could now bring in Belgian starlet Senne Lammens

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5 hours ago Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker match outfits at family lunch with Reign, 10, and Rocky, 13 months

A couple of days after Christmas, the couple kept the festive cheer alive in coordinated sets of red clothing as they went to a seaside eatery.

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15 hours ago Coronation Street icon Kevin Webster is set to battle cancer in harrowing new storyline as his wife Abi struggles with her own ordeal

Michael Le Vell, 60, who plays the mechanic in the ITV soap, has starred as a main character on the Cobbles for 41 years, but his character will soon face his toughest battle yet.

Economics

23 hours ago UFC, boxing and golf: what is Donald Trump’s relationship with sport? – podcast

The US president-elect’s ties with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and boxing, as well as World Wrestling Entertainment, might tell us about the kinds of sport he appreciates. But then there’s golf As the US prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics during Trump’s presidency, Jonathan Freedland and Karim Zidan walk through his history with sport to see if it explains more about himArchive: BBC, WWE, Fox 9 Minneapolis, NBC 10 Philadelphia, PBS Newshour, TMZ, MSNBC Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Kelsey Parker credits new boyfriend for 'bringing her back to life' after Tom Parker's death

Kelsey Parker has opened up about being in a relationship this festive period, revealing that she's found a person who's brought her "back to life" after Tom Parker's death in 2022

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5 hours ago Premier League releases statement as fans left baffled by 'easy' red card decision

Joao Pedro threw an elbow towards the head of Yehor Yarmoliuk during Brighton's 0-0 draw with Brentford on Friday night, but despite VAR looking at the incident, he escaped punishment because he didn't make contact

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9 hours ago Mark Wahlberg, 53, and wife Rhea Durham, 46, show off sizzling beach bodies in Barbados

Mark Wahlberg and wife showed Rhea Durham looked as loved-up as ever as they enjoyed a beach day in Barbados this week.

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5 hours ago Coronation Street's David Platt twist 'exposed' as fans fear for character's safety

Coronation Street's David Platt was nowhere to be seen on the ITV soap on Friday, 27 December after he vanished from Weatherfield - wife Shona leading the search

Politics

10 hours ago Man sues Johnson & Johnson for $25m claiming talcum powder killed his wife

The lawsuit, filed in Maine, claims Cynthia Cartwright ingested asbestos while using the product, Pecos River Talc, which is a subsidiary of the pharmeceutical giant

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6 hours ago João Pedro escapes red as Brighton’s winless run continues against Brentford

When Brighton produced a stirring comeback to defeat Manchester City here at the start of November and move into the top four, Fabian Hürzeler could have been forgiven for thinking that being a Premier League manager is a pretty straightforward business. But after another disappointing performance from his side that made it six matches without a victory and allowed Brentford to pick up only their second away point of the season, the 31-year-old may have a different opinion now.Despite creating a plethora of chances, Brighton could not find a way past Thomas Frank’s battling side, who lost their goalkeeper Mark Flekken to injury in the first half and handed a Premier League debut to Hákon Valdimarsson. In the absence of their top scorer, Danny Welbeck, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury, and for all their positivity and possession under Hürzeler, Brighton lack a cutting edge in attack that was exposed again by Brentford. They have not won at home since beating City and it wa...

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10 hours ago Lauryn Goodman's most unlikely plan yet: A year after her explosive text detonated footballer Kyle Walker's marriage, the wannabe WAG is cooking up an astonishing pivot, reveals KATIE HIND

It's exactly a year since Lauryn Goodman sent that explosive text to Kyle Walker's then pregnant wife Annie Kilner to inform her that her husband was the father of her baby daughter.

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7 hours ago Aston Villa's response as Jhon Duran LOSES appeal after 'dreadful' red card

Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran was sent off during the first half of his side's 3-0 loss to Newcastle United on Boxing Day, after VAR intervention

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14 hours ago Ruben Amorim admits he's already under pressure after Man Utd suffer Wolves defeat

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim believes he is already under pressure after just 10 games in charge, with the Red Devils falling to a 2-0 defeat against Wolves on Boxing Day

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9 hours ago Who is Ainsley Earhardt, the Fox News host tying the knot with Sean Hannity?

Hannity and Earhardt are the latest Fox News couple to take their relationship to the next level

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17 hours ago Anthony Gordon sounds warning to Man Utd as Newcastle bid to pile misery on Red Devils

Anthony Gordon is adamant Newcastle have taken the next step in their development with the Magpies looking to underline their credentials with a victory over Manchester United

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9 hours ago Man United receive new referee verdict on Bruno Fernandes red card after Ruben Amorim comments

The ex-referee thinks that Tony Harrington made the correct decision in sending off Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes in the defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers

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18 hours ago 'The trouble hadn't begun with sex... he'd begun to doubt if he really liked his wife': Read acclaimed author TESSA HADLEY'S new short story Treasure only here

Millie, aged six, was on her way to school; she sat strapped into her booster seat in the back of her father's car. Improbably, beyond the car windows, it was snowing - a sleety, mushy kind of snow...

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10 hours ago Elon Musk's ex Grimes insists she wasn't 'dumped' by the billionaire: 'I bounced'

Grimes, 36, and Musk, 53, were together for four years before splitting in 2022, and she has now claimed that she was the one who decided to walk away from their relationship.

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19 hours ago UK greyhound racing hit with drug scandal over illegal use of human ‘birth control pills’

Exclusive: Tests showing dogs swallowed contaminated substances triggered action against trainers

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10 hours ago Grimes clarifies that she wasn’t ‘dumped’ by ex Elon Musk: ‘No regrets’

The Tesla CEO and the musician share three children together — but ended in a bitter custody split

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19 hours ago Netanyahu warns Yemen airstrikes will continue after WHO chief caught up in airport attack – Middle East crisis live

Head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was at Yemen’s international airport when it was hitThe Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea for more than a year to try to enforce a naval blockade on Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Israel’s year-long war in Gaza.The strikes on shipping by the Houthis, who have also launched missiles at Israel, have prompted retaliatory strikes by the US and Britain. Here is an extract from our explainer on the group:The Houthis are a Yemeni militia group named after their founder, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, and representing the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam.They emerged in the 1980s in opposition to Saudi Arabia’s religious influence in Yemen. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Top couples therapist reveals the 8 behaviours that are guaranteed to DESTROY a relationship

Dr Nicole LePera, a clinical psychologist from Philadelphia, listed the patterns of behaviour that she has seen destroy relationships in a post on X.

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11 hours ago Real Madrid cult heroes reunited at Christmas – thanks to twin sister wives

Joselu left Real Madrid for Qatar in the summer transfer window, but retains a unique link to the Spanish giants thanks to his wife and veteran full-back Dani Carvajal

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11 hours ago Craig Revel Horwood backs Giovanni Pernice in BBC Strictly Come Dancing bullying scandal

Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood opens up about the report that upheld six complaints against Giovanni Pernice in the aftermath of the Amanda Abbington bullying scandal

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11 hours ago Gardeners urged to take action if they spot robins this winter, say experts

They may symbolise the festive season for many but red-breasted robins face a struggle for food in the coldest months and we can help them out, advises The Woodland Trust.

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11 hours ago Chauffeur is convicted of stalking Qatari princess he wrongly believed was his girlfriend after sending her notes and flowers and even divorcing his wife for her

Jihad Abousalah, 47, stalked Haya Al-Thani between March 1 and March 23 of this year, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard on Friday.

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11 hours ago Andrew 'determined to cling to power' as Christmas plans obliterated by royal expert

Prince Andrew spent Christmas away from the Royal Family's Sandringham gathering and a royal expert has slammed his "poor judgement" after ex-wife Sarah Ferguson reportedly stepped in

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12 hours ago Cocktail of the week: Gothic Bar’s red nose gimlet – recipe | The good mixer

A festive and fancy gin and lime with hints of cinnamon, a hit of apricot brandy and a sherbet-frosted rimThere’s a bit of prep involved here – you need to make the syrup a day ahead, for instance – but this is a great drink for impressing guests. If you opt to rim the glasses with lime sherbet, either buy some in ready-made or make your own by finely crushing a few lemon drop sweets in a mortar – dip the rim of the glass first in lime juice and then in the lemon drop dust. The excess syrup will keep in the fridge for about a month – use it up in puddings, apple-based ones especially.Jack Porter, head bartender, Gothic Bar, The Midland Grand, London NW1 Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Denise Welch, 66, jokes husband Lincoln is 'too old' as she pokes fun at age

Actress Denise Welch has poked fun at the 14-year age gap in her relationship with her husband Lincoln Townley as she wished him a happy birthday this morning

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12 hours ago ITV's Dr Amir Khan says 'definitely' see a GP if you have these red flag symptoms

Dr Amir Khan put out some new advice on Friday, which he said was important as the year came to a close

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