34 minutes ago Magdeburg Christmas Market attack: Organisers break silence after horror attack kills five

At least five people are dead and dozens more injured after a car ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany in what is being described as a deliberate attack

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56 minutes 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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56 minutes 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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86 minutes ago Glasgow bin lorries still without safety breaks decade after tragedy which killed 6

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: A number of recommendations still haven't been implemented.

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1 hour ago Vet issues warning over 'harmless' Christmas food that could damage your dog

A lot of Christmas food is toxic to dogs, prompting a vet to warn pet owners about what they can and can't give their four-legged friends during the festive season

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2 hours ago Germany Christmas market attack: Magdeburg Market organisers break silence after horror attack kills five

At least five people are dead and dozens more injured after a car ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany in what is being described as a deliberate attack

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2 hours ago Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident

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3 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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3 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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4 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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