82 minutes ago The best and worst advent calendars of 2024 revealed: We test beauty, chocolate and boozy offerings

FEMAIL has opened, analysed, tasted and constructed all the advent calendars that might be on your festive countdown wish-list from the British High Street and online.

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86 minutes ago Christmas Number One 2024 Odds: These are 10 acts favourite to top the festive charts

Who will rule the pop charts this Christmas?

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87 minutes ago Ruben Amorim could add two players to Man Utd's Europa League squad for home debut

Ruben Amorim will take charge of his second Manchester United game on Thursday night when Bodo/Glimt travel to Old Trafford, with the new boss considering handing out call-ups to two youngsters

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88 minutes ago Four bodies recovered from capsized tourist boat in Red Sea with nine missing

Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists and 14 crew when it sent a distress signal on Monday morningFour bodies have been recovered from a capsized tourist boat that sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast and nine people are still missing, the local governor has said.The Red Sea governor, Amr Hanafi, said that the yacht, called Sea Story, had been struck by high waves on Monday and sank in less than seven minutes. Continue reading...

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88 minutes ago Jacob Bethell, ‘cool cat’ and England rookie thrust into Test spotlight

Debutant has impressed everyone from a young age but can he carry off batting No 3 against New Zealand?Moments after the applause in the England huddle at Hagley Oval that signposted Jacob Bethell’s impending Test debut at No 3, the sound system they use to keep training sessions upbeat began blaring out The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. Even for a leadership group that likes a punt, this feels their biggest yet.Bowlers can burst through with little by way of their back catalogue; bolters elevated on the basis of raw ingredients. England have had a few in their recent past, like Shoaib Bashir – first-class bowling average of 67 when called up – or Rehan Ahmed, a five-fer on Test debut aged 18. Pat Cummins is one Australian example, with nine Shield wickets at 46 when he first pulled on his B...

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91 minutes ago Strictly's Chris McCausland admits he 'worried' wife Patricia would have to 'pick up a lot of slack' when raising their daughter Sophie, 11, as he gives rare insight into fatherhood

The blind comedian, 47, shares daughter Sophie, 11, with his wife Patricia, but he prefers to keep his private life under wraps and does not share images of his family on social media.

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93 minutes ago UK government seeks meeting with Trump team over Chagos Islands agreement

National security adviser will travel to Washington in attempt to persuade US president-elect not to rip up dealUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s national security adviser is to travel to Washington as the UK government tries to persuade Donald Trump not to rip up the Chagos Islands agreement, the Guardian has learned.Jonathan Powell, who negotiated the Chagos deal earlier this autumn, is drawing up plans to visit the US capital in the coming days, four government sources said. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago When is 2024 Sports Personality of the Year? Ceremony date and early contenders for BBC award

The annual award returns in December for its 71st edition

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1 hour ago Russia expels Brit diplomat for 'spying and sabotage' as relations with Moscow plummet further

According to the FSB, the British diplomat was a replacement for one of six UK diplomats expelled in August, also on espionage charges

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1 hour ago Gynaecologist 'who raped 87 patients over 20 years sexually abused a 15

Arne Bye, 55, is charged with abusing his position in order to obtain sexual contact with a total of 94 women over 20 years - including two who were children at the time of the alleged assaults.

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