88 minutes ago The Great Christmas Bake Off to Royal Carols: What to watch on TV this Christmas Eve

There’s something for everyone on the box ahead of the big day

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2 hours ago Supermarket Christmas 2024 opening hours in Scotland for Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Lidl, and more

This helpful guide covers major UK retailers to help you schedule your Christmas and Boxing Day grocery shops with ease.

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3 hours ago Supermarket Boxing Day 2024 opening hours for Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Asda and more

Here is a handy guide on when you can pop to your local supermarket for post-Christmas essentials on Boxing Day this year.

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3 hours ago Christmas and Boxing day supermarket opening times 2024 for Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and others

All of the UK’s major supermarket chains will be operating with different opening times during the festive period

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5 hours ago B&M and Home Bargains Christmas Eve and Boxing Day opening and closing times

Here's everything you need to know about visiting B&M and Home Bargains over Christmas

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5 hours ago IKEA, B&Q and Argos opening and closing times for Christmas Eve and Boxing Day 2024

Store hours for IKEA, B&Q and Argos on Wednesday and Friday

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6 hours ago The Christmas that went wrong: I met my new girlfriend’s family – and talk turned to my book on masturbation

My partner’s family knew I was writing about self-discovery and self-pleasure, but I wasn’t prepared for where the discussion would take usI flew from London to New York on Christmas Eve 2014 to spend Christmas Day with Cassie’s family. It’s the sort of thing you’re supposed to do when you’ve been going out with someone for 10 years, but I’d only known Cassie a few months. She came out to her father about dating me and it didn’t go down well. Then, a few weeks later, she told him over a family dinner that I was writing a book about masturbation. Her sister and mother took her aside in the kitchen afterwards. “Why didn’t you just tell him she’s writing a book on travel, or something?” her sister asked.Spending Christmas Day together was supposed to smooth things over, but no sooner had we sat down to eat than her father asked me about what I was writing. Maybe he thought I’d changed my mind, and gone for something a bit more Downton Abbey? Cassie’s sister looked at me intently, darin...

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16 hours ago 'I was put in to a coma on Christmas Eve and rang my family to say goodbye'

"When they admitted me to the ward, the first thing I saw was the Christmas tree outside my room”

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16 hours ago Christmas Day weather forecast for Manchester according to Met Office, AccuWeather and BBC

What the forecasters say for the weather on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day

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