59 minutes ago Gary Anderson plans Ally Pally birthday bash as Scots darts hero opens up on biggest downfall

Anderson has two world crowns in the bag and won't be flying solo on his big day this year

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59 minutes ago Justin Baldoni 'dropped from talent agency' after Blake Lively files sexual harassment lawsuit

Blake Lively Blake has accused Justin Baldoni of inappropriate sexual behaviour on the set of their film It Ends with Us

Society

62 minutes ago Blake Lively claims Justin Baldoni let his 'friends' watch her film sex scene

Blake Lively is suing her It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment, with the actress claiming she was subject to inappropriate behaviour while filming

Culture

62 minutes ago What time is EastEnders on Christmas Day? Festive schedule and spoilers revealed

EastEnders fans have an almighty set of episodes ahead of them this Christmas and New Year, with scandals galore - but when can we watch them on TV this year?

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63 minutes ago Ferries cancelled across Scotland as 'perfect storm' of 70mph high winds disrupts Christmas travellers

Ferries have been either cancelled or disrupted on 29 out of CalMac’s 30 routes

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64 minutes ago Dundee United vs Celtic LIVE score and goal updates from the Scottish Premiership clash at Tannadice

The champions are back in league action after their Premier Sports Cup win at Hampden and face a tricky trip to Tannadice

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85 minutes ago Sir Alex Ferguson tears up in interview as he shares memories of late wife Lady Cathy

Sir Alex Ferguson had a touching interview with BBC Breakfast's Nina Warhurst on Sunday as he opened up on life without his wife, Lady Cathy, who passed away in 2023

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92 minutes ago Knowing the Christmas school fair is on? Not for all the reminders in the world | Seamas O'Reilly

Some parents are good at noting the important events, others at making up for it in the sweets raffleThe Christmas fair in my son’s school was, like all such things, unexpected. This is no one’s fault, but my own. I have a tendency to be – nay, an addiction to being – the last person to know about anything going on in his school. It is entirely my fault, you understand. There are leaflets and emails and reminders, it’s just that they never seem to sink in and leave me filling out zoo paperwork at 6am on the morning of ‘Adopt a Giraffe’ Day, or scrambling to cobble together a costume on Sunday night, before ‘Dress Like One of Those Chilean Miners That Got Trapped In 2010’ Week begins in earnest for another year.It’s tempting to say that I was blindsided by this Christmas fair, but sadly, such a claim does not stand up to scrutiny. For one thing, I have been reminded of it several times by people in our school WhatsApp group and my son has also mentioned it several times more than onc...

Science

1 hour 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...

Events

1 hour ago Man 'lucky to be alive' in 'Christmas miracle' as falling stonework misses him by inches

"I think I would be dead if I was stood not even half a metre to the left."

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