57 minutes ago Holly Willoughby hides face under baseball cap in rare family sighting at Winter Wonderland

Holly Willoughby got into the Christmas spirit by taking her kids to London's Winter Wonderland, where she braved the cold and scary rides

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97 minutes ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falklands)

Donald Trump's new choice of special envoy to the UK is making a return of sorts to his roots - having grown up in east London before fighting for Britain in the Falklands.

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98 minutes ago How overflowing River Nile is forcing thousands to survive on edge of canal

As flooding worsens, the swamp is submerging villages, ruining farmland and killing livestock

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2 hours ago With Assad’s fall, Putin’s dream of world domination is turning into a nightmare | Peter Pomerantsev

Complaints about the president are growing among Russian military and business leaders. Now is the time for the west to turn up the heat As Bashar al-Assad fell, Russian nationalist military bloggers turned on the Kremlin. “Ten years of our presence,” fumed the “Two Majors” Telegram channel to its more than one million subscribers, “dead Russian soldiers, billions of spent roubles and thousands of tonnes of ammunition, they must be compensated somehow.” Some didn’t shy away from lambasting Vladimir Putin. “The adventure in Syria, initiated by Putin personally, seems to be coming to an end. And it ends ignominiously, like all other ‘geopolitical’ endeavours of the Kremlin strategist.” These weren’t isolated incidents. Filter Labs, a data analytics company I collaborate with, saw social media sentiment on Syria dip steeply as Assad fell.It was in stark contrast to Putin’s silly claim at his annual news conference last week that Russia had suffered no defeat in Syria. Unlike social med...

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3 hours ago Debenhams shoppers 'literally don't feel any cold' with winter jacket slashed by 55%

Keep warm and dry this winter with the Tog24 'Orton' Jacket that is on sale for over half-price less.

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4 hours ago Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories | Kate Maltby

It’s a creepy time of year from The Archers to Nosferatu to Mark Gatiss’ Woman of StoneThis Christmas, find some pity for Lynda Snell MBE. Fans of the BBC radio soap The Archers know Lynda as the stalwart organiser of every Christmas panto in the fictional village of Ambridge. This year, she found herself tasked with something more arduous: voice-coaching the hard-living Mick, who had volunteered to play Father Christmas at the local pub, only for the landlords to discover that Mick had a performance voice so rasping and gravelly it was guaranteed to terrify the children.Readers who, like me, are incurable listeners of The Archers will know the solution: Lynda sparkily announced that this year, Ambridge would host a “creepy Christmas” event, allowing Mick to snarl to his heart’s content as Krampus, not Santa, and a range of other Christmas bogeymen. Hilarity, by Ambridge standards, ensued when Lynda found herself scrambling to hide Mick and his demonic horns from the vicar. Continue...

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4 hours ago Debenhams reduces 'powerful' £464 heater to under £129 that's '25p to run'

This nifty gadget will see you through winter - and then become a lifesaver during summer.

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5 hours ago The island named ‘best winter sun destination’ only a £25 flight from Manchester Airport

Chase away the winter blues and soak up the sun instead with this sunny getaway

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5 hours ago Mark Cuban uses Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot to shoot down his praise of far

Musk said that ‘only the AfD can save Germany’ in a post on X on Friday night that provoked widespread backlash from politicians at home and overseas

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6 hours ago UK seaside town constantly voted as one of the 'best' is perfect for a staycation

Lyme Regis is a charming seaside town on the Dorset coast that offers a tranquil winter escape

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