55 minutes ago Coronation Street star Tony Maudsley admits crippling nerves struck while taking part in The Chase

Coronation Street star Tony Maudsley appears in a festive special of ITV's The Chase on Christmas Day alongside fellow celebrities Kerry Godliman, Bryony Page and Alexander Armstrong

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60 minutes ago Magdeburg Christmas market attack: authorities received warnings about suspect

German government to investigate whether more could have been done to prevent car-ramming that killed fiveThe German government has vowed to investigate whether a Christmas market car attack that killed five people and injured 200 could have been prevented after it emerged that authorities had received multiple warnings about the suspect.Amid mounting criticism of Germany’s security apparatus, the interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said on Sunday the heads of the domestic and foreign intelligence services would be questioned by two parliamentary committees next week Continue reading...

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96 minutes ago Unsolved gangland execution of a couple 35 years ago linked to third mystery murder

Gangsters suspected of the double murder of Terry Gooderham and Maxine Arnold were later bugged talking about cutting off the legs and arms of another victim, a retired cop has revealed

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3 hours ago Anger grows in Germany over missed chances to stop Magdeburg Christmas market attack

Authorities deemed previously suspect ‘no specific danger’ following a risk assessment

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4 hours ago The utter torment of being spiked: Women in their 20s reveal how attacks on nights out have left them paranoid and terrified

As the UK government plans to make spiking a specific criminal offence, Suffolk-based Chloe Ward, 24, who believes she was spiked with a needle, tells how the nightmare continues to haunt her.

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4 hours ago Usyk stakes claim as best man in boxing after making Fury eat his words | Donald McRae

Boxing is full of unsavoury people but it also produces extraordinary men. The Ukrainian champion is one of themAs Oleksandr Usyk walked towards us just after three in the morning, resplendent in his purple tracksuit while carrying Eeyore under his arm, his promoter let slip a gentle cry: “Here he comes, the best man in boxing ”Alex Krassyuk is not a traditional boxing promoter, being a much more understated man than most of his contemporaries in this riotous old business. But his pride was understandable in the immediate aftermath of Usyk’s decisive second straight defeat of Tyson Fury. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago What we know so far after three minutes of terror on German Christmas market leaves five dead

The suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi exile whose name has been reported as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, has been remanded into custody over the attack that has shaken Germany

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4 hours ago Chase shares jam jar money saving method that could help people keep on top of finances

It turns out that a jam jar is not just a jam jar but a 'door into the psychology of saving,' according to Chase bank which is advising customers on how best to manage their money

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4 hours ago Moment Ukrainian kamikaze drone sets off 'doomsday' explosion at Russian oil depot amid 'massive' attack on Putin's war machine

The Steel Horse facility supplies Vladimir Putin 's armed forces, but also links to the Druzhba pipeline which sends Russian oil to Europe.

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5 hours ago German Christmas market attack – latest: Suspect appears in court as leaders heckled over ‘security failings’

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

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