46 minutes ago MARK ALMOND: Worrying echoes of Germany in the 1930s... with added deep resentment over mass migration

MARK ALMOND: As crowds chanted, 'We are the people,' at Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday, it was the sound of an enraged nation that could be on the brink of ditching democracy.

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53 minutes ago Number of bus passengers set to reach 100,000 on Christmas Day thanks to expanded services

Operators are meeting demand fuelled by a fall in the proportion of young people able to drive, said industry body the Confederation of Passenger Transport.

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66 minutes ago Only those with eagle eyes can spot all six gingerbread people in 30 seconds

Discover whether you have laser sharp vision and get into the festive spirit with this fiendish Christmas-themed brainteaser that needs to be solved in just 30 seconds or less

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96 minutes ago The symptoms of dementia families are being urged to look out for this Christmas

The health service said November figures revealed 499,068 people in England received a diagnosis - a jump of 19,416 in a year.

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99 minutes ago I nearly died in the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that wiped out 230,000 people. As the raging black water tossed me around like a doll, I realised something that changed my life for ever

EXC: I've spent the past two decades coming to terms with the fact I am alive when so many others died, turning my survivor's guilt into a determination to have a life of purpose and meaning.

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2 hours ago Strictly champ Chris McCausland to address ableism in Channel 4 Christmas speech

Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland will deliver Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message on Christmas Day and call for an end to discrimination against disabled people

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2 hours ago Alternative routes to get people home for Christmas after Holyhead port closure

Holyhead port in Anglesey, North Wales, was forced to close following damage during Storm Darragh.

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2 hours ago Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in remote village

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus

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3 hours ago German Christmas market suspect spotted visiting takeaway just hours before attack that killed 5

A snack shop owner in the Magdeburg area of Germany, where a man ploughed into people at a Christmas market and killed five people, has told of how the suspect visited his takeaway store hours earlier

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4 hours ago More than 170 snowboarders and skiers rescued after Colorado ski lift cracks

Officials investigate cause of crack after ski patrolers use rope to lower 174 people to ground at Winter Park ResortA crack in a Colorado ski lift forced the evacuation of more than 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders on Saturday, with people riding the gondolas lowered down by ropes over the course of hours.Officials are still investigating what cause the gondola lift at Winter Park Resort, about 70 miles (113km) west of Denver, to crack. The lift automatically stopped when it detected the crack in a structural piece of the lift just after noon on Saturday, resort spokesperson Jen Miller said. Continue reading...

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