2 hours ago The peaceful Lancashire village where Paddy McGuinness stopped off for a pint on his BBC Children in Need bike ride

The village is a serene spot with a strong community spirit and a popular pub

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2 hours ago Fix tired and dull party season skin in three minutes with these LED beauty patches

If your skin needs a quick pick me up, these LED skincare patches are the perfect instant boost for tired, dull party season skin, and they're currently on sale down to £77

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2 hours ago These LED beauty patches give tired and dull party season skin an instant boost in three minutes

If you’re looking for a quick fix for tired and dull skin, these LED patches promise to target problem areas and give you the same benefits as a full LED mask in three minutes

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3 hours ago Tyson Fury calmed by wife Paris after furious reaction to Oleksandr Usyk defeat

Tyson Fury was left seething after he was handed a unanimous decision loss in his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, but it was only his wife Paris who could calm his storm as he left the ring

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3 hours 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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3 hours ago At least 17 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces attack Gaza school and hospital

Pope Francis condemns killing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty, not war’

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3 hours ago BBC star confirms 'surprise' return to TV as fans say 'it's been too long'

The BBC icon is set to join Rip Off Britain replacing popular television presenter Angela Rippon, who has led the series for 15 years

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4 hours 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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4 hours ago Amid fear of more closures, how one Scottish golf club has secured its future

Winterfield members set to take over day-to-day running of popular East Lothian club

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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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