30 minutes ago Cadbury’s stripped of prestigious royal accolade for first time in 170 years

Cadbury's has been stripped of a prestigious title for the first time in 170 years. The chocolate giant is missing from the 400 companies awarded with the King's Royal warrant this year

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2 hours ago Tyson Fury is consoled by wife Paris as he storms out of ring following Oleksandr Usyk defeat

The Gypsy King suffered a second consecutive loss to the Ukrainian in the Riyadh rematch, as the judges scored the clash 116-112 in favour of Usyk.

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2 hours ago Inside Joe Exotic's sad Christmas behind bars as he begs Donald Trump for freedom

Tiger King's Joe Exotic is repeating his plea for freedom five years after his conviction on 17 federal charges and has opened up on the apparent conditions he'll face in jail this Christmas

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3 hours ago Body language expert reveals the red flag gesture that showed Tyson Fury was going to LOSE his fight with Oleksandr Usyk

The Gypsy King went the distance with Usyk but was beaten for a second time this year by him as all three judges scored it 116-112 to the Ukrainian - a clean sweep which left Fury indignant.

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3 hours 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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4 hours ago Tyson Fury confirms what’s next for the Gypsy King after Oleksandr Usyk ‘Christmas gift’

Fury fell to defeat in the rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday night with the judges ruling in favour of Oleksandr Usyk.

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4 hours ago Tyson Fury's first words after leaving the ring as Gypsy King hints he might retire following Oleksandr Usyk defeat

Fury suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, with the Ukrainian in dominant form to retain his heavyweight world titles.

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4 hours ago Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories | Kate Maltby

It’s a creepy time of year from The Archers to Nosferatu to Mark Gatiss’ Woman of StoneThis Christmas, find some pity for Lynda Snell MBE. Fans of the BBC radio soap The Archers know Lynda as the stalwart organiser of every Christmas panto in the fictional village of Ambridge. This year, she found herself tasked with something more arduous: voice-coaching the hard-living Mick, who had volunteered to play Father Christmas at the local pub, only for the landlords to discover that Mick had a performance voice so rasping and gravelly it was guaranteed to terrify the children.Readers who, like me, are incurable listeners of The Archers will know the solution: Lynda sparkily announced that this year, Ambridge would host a “creepy Christmas” event, allowing Mick to snarl to his heart’s content as Krampus, not Santa, and a range of other Christmas bogeymen. Hilarity, by Ambridge standards, ensued when Lynda found herself scrambling to hide Mick and his demonic horns from the vicar. Continue...

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4 hours 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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4 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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