9 hours ago Travel news LIVE: Chaos for London as strong winds force over 100 Heathrow flight cancellations amid Christmas getaway

Friday is expected to be the UK’s busiest day on the roads for festive travel with an estimated 23.7 million journeys planned for the day

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9 hours ago Travel news LIVE: Chaos for London as strong winds force over 40 Heathrow flights to be axed and 200 delayed amid Christmas getaway

Friday is expected to be the UK’s busiest day on the roads for festive travel with an estimated 23.7 million journeys planned for the day

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11 hours ago Travel news LIVE: Chaos for London as strong winds force over 90 Heathrow flights to be axed amid Christmas getaway

Friday is expected to be the UK’s busiest day on the roads for festive travel with an estimated 23.7 million journeys planned for the day

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12 hours ago Gavin and Stacey's future after Christmas special sealed as star lets slip secret message

As anticipation builds for what will be the final episode of Gavin and Stacey, one of the BBC show's stars has shared what was left for the cast at the end of the script

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13 hours ago Actor Mathew Horne looks back: ‘Gavin and Stacey was a big turning point in my life. People would confuse me with Gavin in real life’

The comedian and actor on his Cure obsession, surviving a press storm, and being heckled by Robbie WilliamsBorn in Nottinghamshire in 1978, Mathew Horne is a comedian and actor. He studied drama at Manchester University, where he and Bruce Mackinnon formed Mat and Mackinnon – a duo who would be headhunted by Catherine Tate in the early 00s. Horne has since appeared in TV shows such as Teachers, Bad Education, Gavin and Stacey, and Inside No 9. On stage, he has starred in Entertaining Mr Sloane, The Homecoming and Rain Man. Gavin and Stacey: The Finale airs on Christmas Day on BBC One and iPlayer. He lives in London with his wife and son.This photo was taken on mufti day at primary school. We didn’t have to wear school uniform, and as I was very interested in Captain Pugwash I went dressed as him. I was also very into the Cure; they were an important band to me, even as an eight-year-old. That drawing in the background, the gold cobweb on black paper, is a homage to their song Lullab...

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17 hours ago Travel news LIVE: Chaos looms for London as strong winds hit capital during Christmas getaway

Friday is expected to be the UK’s busiest day on the roads for festive travel with an estimated 23.7 million journeys planned for the day

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17 hours ago Cheesy gratin and garlicky fried rice: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for Christmas leftovers

Fried rice in a moreish garlic and spring onion sauce, and an excellent way to use up cheeseboard scraps, crackers and allWith the Christmas menu largely planned, we can now all admit that the thing we really love about the festivities is the time after the day itself. Expectations return to planet normal and most of us revert to cooking much as we do for the rest of the year: a fridge raid here, a stir-fry there, home-cooked meals served up to friends and family who are more than happy just to be fed. So this is a time when cooking with food that has already been cooked feels like the biggest win of all. With most of the work pretty much done, it’s often just a case of assembly, stirring and reheating. Entertaining the easy way. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Bring us some (air fried) figgy pudding! How new tech is being favoured over the traditional ovens to cook Christmas dinners

A survey of 1,071 people by cookware brand Ninja UK found two-thirds planned on using their air fryer for the big day.

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