30 minutes ago 'The embarrassing moment at my work Christmas party that changed my life'

Lynda knew something had to change

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50 minutes ago Slim vs Gib fight date, UK start time and Misfits Boxing 19 fight card

The historic 'Supercard' in Qatar will see Slim and Gib go head-to-head as the bitter, long-time rivals, look set to finally settle the score inside the Misfits ring

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50 minutes ago Pep Guardiola dream transfer exactly what Man City are missing in midfield

Manchester City are on their worst run under Pep Guardiola's management and they are making life too easy for opponents at the moment.

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1 hour ago Singer claims Sweden ‘punishing’ her British husband by refusing him leave to remain

Tess Merkel Solomons bewails ‘disgusting’ treatment of husband after he missed post-Brexit application deadlineA singer with a Swedish disco band who performed at this year’s Eurovision has told of the “dehumanising” and “distressing” consequences of Brexit after her British husband’s application to remain in Sweden was rejected.Tess Merkel Solomons, a singer with the band Alcazar, said it felt as if her husband, Kenny Solomons, an actor and entrepreneur, was being “punished” because he was a British citizen in Sweden after Brexit. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruptionFelicity Nelson remembers her 17-day detention last September vividly. The 34-year-old Ghanaian activist was one of 53 people arrested at a road junction in Accra after demonstrating alongside hundreds of other youths against illegal mining.In detention, the group found a 54th person in their midst who had not been at the protest but was apprehended after visiting Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the protest’s organiser in hospital. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘Cosmetic surgery is screwing up the industry’: Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm on their stunning midlife drama

In After the Party, real-life couple Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm play two bitterly estranged exes. They talk middle-aged baggage, Scottish independence and ‘aspirational casting’‘We’re both yappers,” says Peter Mullan, the Glaswegian actor and firebrand. “So we yapped a lot. Actors we admire. Art we admire. Politics, life, love, death, all the usual stuff.” Mullan is telling me how he and Robyn Malcolm, the New Zealand actor and firebrand, first got together. “So we did a lot of yap,” he goes on. “And we’re nice enough to give the other one time to yap.” Malcolm, seated by his side, sweetly interjects: “And we still do.”We’re here to talk about After the Party, which Malcolm co-wrote with screenwriter Dianne Taylor. Malcolm co-stars with Mullan – although absolutely not in a “lovey-d...

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1 hour ago Tsunami: Race Against Time review – a gripping, moving look at the worst natural disaster of our lifetimes

This documentary about the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is horrifying, heart-rending and essential. It’s a privilege to hear some of these survivors speak about the experienceWhat more can be said about the worst natural disaster of our lifetimes? The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, caused by an earthquake (the third-most powerful in history) off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, affected 14 countries around the Indian Ocean basin and killed more than 225,000 people. As an incomprehensibly massive event that occurred before smartphones were ubiquitous, the tsunami is very well documented and yet not: the mess of scrambled pictures has been picked over many times.Tsunami: Race Against Time, a four-part documentary that flies by, reshapes the catastrophe into an anthology of gripping stories, capturin...

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1 hour ago Michael Strahan rips into Aaron Rodgers as he discusses Giants and Jets' struggles on FOX NFL Sunday

Michael Strahan took a stray shot at Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets while discussing the future of the New York Giants, his former team

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1 hour ago I spotted Ruben Amorim copying Pep Guardiola during Manchester United draw vs Ipswich Town

Man Utd drew 1-1 with Ipswich on Sunday and here are the moments you might have missed from the game.

Sport

2 hours ago Three generations of same Scots family all receive life saving blood transfusion

Donna Webster, 61, Lauren Webster, 35, and baby Isabella all have blood donors to thank for being alive.

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