18 hours ago Settled, industrious, essential: it’s time we saw immigration as a British success story | Martha Gill

New arrivals are set to push the population to 72.5 million but the numbers matter less than how well people fit in once hereLast week some startling numbers hit the headlines. If the Office for National Statistics is correct, net migration will add five million people to these islands in the span of a decade. That will account for almost all population growth in that time, driving us up to 72.5 million by 2032.Is it good news or bad? Many commentators reacted with alarm: there is already a great deal of strain on housing, education and health services. But others like the idea. They point out that birthrates are falling across the world, and that Britain, like other countries, is due to get increasingly decrepit with time. We will eventually have to live off the life force of skilled young people from overseas, over whom everyone else will be competing. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago ITV Dancing On Ice’s Christopher Dean’s major health scare that left him wondering if he’d ‘live or die’

Both Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean announced they will retire at the end of the year and will leave their roles as head judges on Dancing on Ice.

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16 hours ago Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse pinpoints exact 'danger angle' that viewers love

Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse thinks viewers absolutely love watching celebs taking a tumble on the ice and that is one of the reasons the show is such a massive hit

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18 hours ago Olivia Attwood reveals 'Dancing on Ice and I’m A Celeb offers' and the reason she said no

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Attwood has revealed how she is so in-demand she has no choice but to turn down massive offers like Dancing On Ice and I'm A Celebrity because she's just too darn busy

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5 hours ago ITV Dancing on Ice star's highest salaries revealed from Holly Willoughby to Torvill and Dean

The Dancing On Ice judging panel, as well as co-hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern, are sure to collect an eye-watering pay cheque for their roles - but how much exactly do they make and who makes the most?

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19 hours ago Ferne McCann 'filling Dancing On Ice void' with new activity after elimination

Ferne McCann was eliminated from Dancing On Ice last week and has now found a new way to spend her time after her surprise exit from the ITV skating show

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5 hours ago Who has left Dancing on Ice so far? 2025 departures and who is still in ITV show

All of the stars who have skated away from Dancing on Ice this season ⛸

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21 hours ago 'It was one of our best skates' says Scottish ice dancer despite medal disappointment at Europeans

Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby also placed fifth in the pairs competition

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21 hours ago Is it time to stop bashing Bridget Jones? Hapless everywoman has evolved – and so have we

A fourth film about Helen Fielding’s creation will be released on Valentines’s day, and this time it’s gen Z that has fallen in love with herBridget Jones is back. The fabled diary (probably a Surface Pro now) has snapped back open. The cigarettes are doubtless replaced by a Vaporesso vape.The new film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, again starring Renée Zellweger, is being released into cine­mas on Valentine’s day, which feels appropriate. One of the most emotionally charged days of the year for the return of one of Britain’s more emotionally charged exports. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Start time tonight, live stream and confirmed match card

The road to WrestleMania officially begins this weekend

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27 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: UK start time, live stream, TV details and confirmed match card

It's one of the most unpredictable nights in the wrestling calendar

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29 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Start time tonight , live stream and confirmed match card

The road to WrestleMania officially begins this weekend

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