76 minutes ago Gareth Southgate reveals he decided to resign as England boss BEFORE the end of Euro 2024 and opens up on which song he had on repeat after realising it was 'time for change'

Southgate resigned just two days after the agonising 2-1 defeat by Spain and remains out of work after being linked with several clubs including Manchester United.

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83 minutes ago Why Prince Andrew nearly made it an 'unhappy' Christmas for Edward and Sophie

While the rest of the Royal Family are planning on enjoying themselves in Sandringham, Prince Andrew will be home in Royal Lodge after changing his plans to join them

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2 hours 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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2 hours ago King delivers major blow to late Queen Elizabeth's favourite chocolate

Cadbury's, one of the nation's favourite chocolatiers, has lost its royal warrant - granted as a recognition to firms who supply goods to the household- after more than 170 years

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2 hours ago BBC Casualty 'set for huge change to attract younger viewers' 38 years after debut

EXCLUSIVE: Casualty has been a Saturday night staple for almost 40 years but could the BBC medical drama be set for a major format shake-up to "secure longevity and attract younger viewers"?

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3 hours ago The life and death of an estate: Rare photos capture changing face of one Manchester suburb

From the demolition of Hulme's traditional terraced streets to the construction and eventual demise of the modernist towers that replaced them

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3 hours ago The town near Manchester that 'belongs to no one' which is set to change forever

“It’s crazy, we’re neither one or the other"

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3 hours ago Menaced by foreign foes, facing mutiny at home: how long before Iran goes nuclear? | Simon Tisdall

After Syria, Israel and the US fear Tehran will build an atomic bomb. Their threats may produce that very outcomeChoices, choices. In life, there’s always a choice, or so that complacent saying goes. It didn’t really hold true for the people of Syria, bound and gagged by tyranny for half a century. Yet finally, after infinite pain, they chose freedom. Now the Middle East spotlight shifts to other victims of state oppression. Who’s next for revolution? Step forward, Iran.A sudden collapse of the hardline theocratic regime in power since the Shah’s overthrow in 1979 is unlikely. True or false? Surprises happen, as all Syria knows. How Iran navigates the changing post-Assad landscape is fiercely debated in Tehran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior mullahs face fateful decisions about the country’s path. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago BBC Casualty's future 'revealed' after 38 years as Holby City and Doctors axed

EXCLUSIVE: Casualty is recognised as the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world but could the BBC show be about to make a major change ahead of its 40th anniversary in 2026?

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4 hours ago My husband left me last Christmas. How do I get closure? | Ask Philippa

Give yourself permission to grieve, not just for the end of your marriage, but also for the man you thought you knewThe question Last Christmas, my husband left me. He’d been on a few festive nights out with work and I noticed a change in his behaviour. When I asked what was wrong, he told me that a conversation we’d had a couple of months previously, whereby I talked about divorce, had been playing on his mind. I didn’t want a divorce, but I was just trying to get him to see that I felt he was neglecting me with his obsession over losing weight (which he didn’t need to lose) and exercising. Before the exercise obsession started he was my best friend and supporter, so this was such a shock.He never grieved for his father – a very difficult man – who died earlier in the year. The day after he left he sent an email saying he couldn’t stop thinking of me talking about divorce and he wanted to separate. I was shattered by this. Where had it come from? No amount of apology from me had an...

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