56 minutes ago UK must not make Putin's mistake as Trump's return increases risk of Ukraine War escalation

Donald Trump’s decidedly lukewarm support for Ukraine have raised fears he will cut off US military support

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1 hour ago ‘She should have a bit of me’: the Dutch mothers fighting for their children to carry their surname

Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consentWhen 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s Korean surname, it was a revelation. “I was adopted and got a Dutch name but I never felt completely Dutch,” she says. “When, a few years ago, I first went to Korea, things fell into place. You don’t just go ‘one, two, three’ and change your name, but now I feel more whole.”The entrepreneur from Groningen split from her husband and wants to give her five-year-old daughter “Lee” as part of a double-barrelled surname – but she cannot, under a Dutch law that some women, a leftwing MP and legal experts believe is unfair. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago The Christmas that went wrong: The day was saved by the new friend I’d made on a drunken night out

I was alone in New York during the pandemic, in the aftermath of a breakup and unable to go home. A Korean family taught me to believe in the kindness of strangersLike many Jewish families, the Wolfsons take Christmas extremely seriously. Latkes and smoked salmon are served before homemade cranberry sauce and brussels sprouts. My dad’s hand-painted menorah, which he made during the ceramics cafe boom of the early 2000s, sits proudly underneath the Christmas tree.As such, I had never missed a Christmas with the family – although there had been some near misses. In 2019, we spent Christmas by my dad’s hospital bed after his stroke – us sipping on hospital canteen gingerbread lattes, him having Christmas dinner in the guise of vanilla-scented protein, fed through a tube. In 2020, I saw my family only from six feet away, double-masked and on the doorstep. I delivered presents, but they were not opened for a few days, to let any stray virus dissipate. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ‘I won that fight’: Tyson Fury rejects defeat as judges’ ‘Christmas gift’ to Oleksandr Usyk

Despite a unanimous decision against him by all three judges, Fury refuses to accept the Ukrainian fighter has now beaten him in back-to-back title bouts Tyson Fury described Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over him as a “Christmas gift” from the three judges who all scored the fight 116-112 in favour of the champion. The verdict was justifiably much more clear-cut than the split-decision ruling which had also given Usyk victory in May.But Fury offered his contrasting belief at the post-fight press conference: “I thought I won that fight. I thought I won both fights but I’m going home with two losses on my record. There’s not much I can do about it. I can just fight my heart out. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Revealed: How Meghan's friend Omid Scobie is masterminding a VERY unflattering Royal TV drama where a feisty feminist triumphs over fuddy

Harry and Meghan's friend Omid Scobie is working on a book and TV project whose inspiration bears more than a passing similarity to Meghan's turbulent history with the Royal Family, insiders say.

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4 hours ago Inside Cheryl and Bear's first Christmas without Liam: Friends reveal how his family are rallying round, the 'great lengths' Cheryl is going to... and what's happened to ex

KATIE HIND: How Cheryl is doing her utmost to fill the void in the life of her seven-year-old son Bear this Christmas after the tragic death of his pop star father Liam Payne

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5 hours ago FLOURISHING AFTER 50: Help! My husband's family always expects us to put on a lavish Christmas lunch without paying for anything

This week, leading money educator Vanessa Stoykov helps out an exhausted wife who is sick and tired of catering for her in-laws every Christmas.

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5 hours ago Family of Wisconsin school shooting victim say they hold ‘no bitterness’ against teen killer Natalie Rupnow

Rubi Vergara’s uncle, Andrew Remus, said that Natalie Rupnow’s family ‘lost a daughter too’

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6 hours ago Strictly's Josh Widdicombe shares the sweet reason he signed up for the Christmas Special as he pays tribute to series champion Chris McCausland

Dressed as the flightless aquatic birds, Widdicombe, 41 will dance a Charleston to Let It Snow with professional Karen Hauer , 42.

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6 hours ago How grieving Lady Gabriella Windsor helped Kate plan Christmas carol service

Lady Gabriella said to have been ‘very touched’ to have been asked to join the princess’s team

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