38 minutes ago Kate Garraway shares 'hope' for first Christmas without husband Derek Draper after children's 'tough few years'

The Good Morning Britain star opened up about the upcoming event, another first following Derek's tragic death in January

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52 minutes ago Emmerdale Tina Dingle's secret son revealed as bombshell threatens to tear family apart

Emmerdale's Tina Dingle - who is played by Samantha Power - made her shock return to the village earlier this week and it's safe to say she made a big impression

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53 minutes ago Liam Payne's heartbroken dad Geoff refuses to leave his side amid battle to bring his body home to the UK

The tragic One Direction star was found dead in Buenos Aires last week after falling from a hotel balcony - and now his family are desperate to bring his body home

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53 minutes ago Parents stunned as children's soft play centre puts up Halloween 'body bag' decorations

Rugrats and Halfpints soft play area in Cirencester has apologised over corpse-like body bags hung for Halloween

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70 minutes ago New Zealand’s historic T20 World Cup suggests a change is coming in women’s cricket

The White Fearns beat South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup final to become champions for the first time

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90 minutes ago The tears flowed as the Queen stood alone at the remains of the school in Aberfan where 116 children died

October 21, 1966, started out as any other normal day for me. I was working for the BBC in Cardiff and I was in the studios in Stacey Road just after 9 o'clock. I was the only one present.

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1 hour ago As a recent migrant to Germany I say this: the border clampdown is an insult to the values championed here | Bonita Dordel

Even as I am taught about the German credo of tolerance and compassion, the government is betraying it to pander to the far rightI live in a small, quaint old town in north-west Germany, and every day I attend four hours of German and integration lessons. I attend because I am an immigrant: I am South African, and moved to Germany three months ago, along with my German husband and our children. These classes, which will take 700 hours to complete, are a requirement of my staying here for more than a year.The course takes place at the local Volkshochschule (VHS – “the people’s high school”), a network of about 900 public adult education centres that offers a wide range of courses, including languages and vocational training. The schools are deeply rooted in Germany’s commitment to lifelo...

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1 hour ago Tapas not tantrums: we put food at the centre of our Barcelona family holiday

On a rail trip to Spain from the UK via Paris, our writer discovers a great way of travelling happily with children Street lights strobed through the window, sending shadows sweeping across our faces as our train followed the River Seine through Choisy-le-Roi. Ten minutes earlier, we had pulled out of Paris’s Gare d’Austerlitz. Departing at 9.40pm, the Intercité de Nuit was due on the Spanish border just after 10am, where we would connect to a Barcelona train.It’s possible to make the journey from London in a day, but my husband and I had added a stopover to give our two daughters – aged six and four – a whistlestop tour of the French capital, an indulgent lunch and a night on a sleeper train. Travelling with children was once a stop-start nightmare of whingeing for snacks, bu...

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1 hour ago Prince William reveals another family member he and Kate Middleton share bed with

Prince William and Kate Middleton are known for their close-knit family unit, but it seems that they're willing to share their bed with more than just their three children

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2 hours ago Criticism of mosque finally revealed as MEN uncovers secret Manchester Arena bomb report

Families urge mosque trustees 'to be transparent and tell us exactly what they’ve done and are doing now to tackle extremism'

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