91 minutes ago Coronation Street's Gail Platt unrecognisable in first wedding five decades ago

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is set to bid farewell to the cobbles for good as she embarks on a fresh start in France with her new husband

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1 hour ago Gary Neville has new prediction for who will win the Premier League title

His first pick is finally out with a new top dog in play

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The chef has shared her secret to the perfect roasties

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2 hours ago Notre Dame rose again from the ashes – so too can France’s battered democracy | Alexander Hurst

With the country in stalemate, people have lost faith in government. But citizens’ assemblies show one way forwardWhen Notre Dame burned, something in the flames seemed to speak to the combustibility of our age. Nothing is for ever, the fire said, even those edifices – stone or institutional – that we assume will always be there. In almost every democracy, there are similar forces of backlash and disaffection. The anger is diffuse and the discontents vary, but there is a general agitation that seems to boil down to the feeling that someone should do something.At the moment, France seems to have crystallised this phenomenon in a way that other democracies might draw both warnings and lessons from. Will François Bayrou last longer as prime minister than Michel Barnier? Perhaps. But the basic impediment remains: the country is politically split roughly into thirds (and the “left” is split among itself), with the end result that creating a majority for anything is almost impossible. Con...

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2 hours ago Where homeless people in Greater Manchester can get Christmas dinner in 2024

A number of places across Greater Manchester are offering Christmas dinner for free on December 25

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3 hours ago Barack Obama reveals top books, songs and movies he's enjoyed in 2024... including a VERY racy romantic film

Barack Obama revealed his highly-anticipated annual list of his favorite books, songs, and movies this year. One of his picks was a racy romantic film.

Culture

5 hours ago Council should deal with housing crisis head on and invest cash in proper facility for homeless

Council should invest cash in a proper facility, professionally run, that can deal with any overflow of homelessness, while a longer-term solution is found to the housing crisis. It is clearly needed.

Economics

7 hours ago No script. No replacement for Daniel Craig. And disastrous meetings about cashing in on the franchise. The battle royale between Amazon and powerful 007 producer that's left the next Bond film on ice

He was pushed out of a plane and still managed to grapple a parachute off his enemy in Moonraker.

Events

8 hours ago Suspect allegedly sets fire to sleeping woman on train and watches her burn to death

A suspect has been arrested after allegedly setting fire to a woman on the Subway at a station in Brooklyn and watching as she burned to death. The suspect is a migrant from Guatemala

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