5 hours ago Cheryl's efforts to ensure 'Liam isn't forgotten' ahead of son Bear's first Christmas without dad

Cheryl is reportedly pulling out all the stops to ensure her and Liam Payne's son Bear has a special Christmas, as he faces his first December 25th without his father.

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10 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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16 hours ago Inside Cheryl and Bear's first Christmas without Liam: Friends reveal how his family are rallying round, the 'great lengths' Cheryl is going to... and what's happened to ex

KATIE HIND: How Cheryl is doing her utmost to fill the void in the life of her seven-year-old son Bear this Christmas after the tragic death of his pop star father Liam Payne

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30 hours ago Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie hatch plans for alternative royal Christmas amid 'spy' scandal

EXCLUSIVE: With their father not spending Christmas at the Sandringham Estate, a top royal expert explains why Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not be too impacted

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30 hours ago Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie plot alternative royal Christmas amid 'confusion' over Prince Andrew 'spy' scandal

EXCLUSIVE: With their father, Prince Andrew, not spending Christmas at Sandringham, a top royal expert explains what Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie may plan instead

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