32 minutes ago King Charles set for a 'different' Christmas as he tackles 'road to recovery'

King Charles will be looking for a "different" and "more normal" festive season this year after a tough year for his health, according to the former butler to the monarch

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35 minutes ago Middle East crisis: Israeli strikes kill 28 Palestinians in Gaza – live updates

The strikes came a day after Pope Francis condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty’Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes overnight and early this morning have killed at least 28 Palestinian people. Civil agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said at least 13 people were killed in an airstrike on a house in Deir al-Balah – a town in central Gaza – belonging to the Abu Samra family.Bassal said that eight people, including four children, were killed in the attack on the Musa Bin Nusayr school, which had been repurposed as a shelter for Palestinians displaced by the war. Bassal said an overnight Israeli airstrike killed three people in the southern city of Rafah, and a drone strike this morning hit a car in Gaza City, killing four people.They (Israeli forces) have been using heavy artillery and detonating explosive devices that had been planted in the areas surrounding the hospital, preventing and impeding the movement of ambulances, as well as that of people seek...

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40 minutes ago Love Actually initially had a supernatural twist and fans are only just realising

Love Actually is a firm festive favourite, but not many fans will know that the film was originally supposed to have a supernatural twist involving one of its characters

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45 minutes ago PLAY TEAMSHEET: Can YOU remember the Arsenal team that beat Ipswich Town 2

Every day we'll challenge you to name a different starting XI from the Premier League era. We'll give you a team's rough formation, and the number of letters in each player's name. Then it's up to you!

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55 minutes ago Best toothpastes for gum repair to look after your mouth, tried and tested

Dentist-approved formulations for a healthy smile

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85 minutes ago BBC EastEnders Christmas Day: Explosive twist, love triangle and sad Phil scenes

EastEnders fans can expect 'a classic Christmas episode' this Christmas Day, as one discovery rocks Walford, while there's concern for one Albert Square legend

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1 hour ago Urgent warning over 'silent killer' that can strike over Christmas and New Year

The festive season can be a time when people are more likely to disregard healthful habits, particularly when it comes to alcohol consumption. "Holiday heart syndrome" (HHS) refers to cardiac arrhythmias that occur after bouts of binge drinking

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1 hour ago Chelsea keep denying but Christmas at Premier League summit would change title talk

Blues will spent Christmas at top of the table if they beat Everton and Liverpool drop points against Tottenham

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1 hour ago Mufasa: The Lion King review – technically dazzling Disney origin story lacks soul

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’s all-action tale boasts uncanny CGI effects and songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, but the screenplay is schmaltzy and derivativeIt’s a technical marvel. Using the same photorealistic CGI techniques as John Favreau’s 2019 “live-action” remake of the classic 1994 Disney animation The Lion King, this origin story for Mufasa, father of Simba and the character whose death is the inciting incident in the original film, is a visually arresting spectacle. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the indie darling behind the triple Oscar-winning masterpiece Moonlight, and the similarly lauded If Beale Street Could Talk, Mufasa: The Lion King feels like a massive leap forward in terms of the rendering capacity of the computer animation software.It captures not just the fur, but the play of muscle and sinew beneath it; not just water and ice but the minute refractions of light through a droplet or crystal. It even solves the lack of facial expression of the somewhat taxidermied-...

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1 hour ago Christmas tipples to try at home as Gen Z sparks new 'baby cocktail' craze

A new 'canapé cocktails' trend is doing the rounds with the younger generation cutting back on alcohol intake - now Barcardi has introduced four drinks with a twist to try this festive season

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