95 minutes ago Boxing Day 2024: Full list of shops staying closed including Next, Aldi and Iceland

Boxing Day has become renowned for being one of the year's biggest shopping days - but some businesses have confirmed they'll remain shut on both December 25 and 26 this year

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2 hours ago The M&S Boxing Day sale is fast approaching – these are the best deals to expect

Be prepared to bag the best bargains in the M&S Boxing Day sale

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2 hours ago ‘If we die, we die together’: 20 years after the Boxing Day tsunami, are we better prepared?

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Aceh in 2004. Now warning systems are in place, but some feel more could be doneIt was just before 8am on Sunday 26 December 2004 when the earthquake struck. Abdul Rahem, 47, a fisher, was strolling along the beach, enjoying the morning breeze near to his home in Lam Awe, a sleepy fishing village on the coast of Aceh in Indonesia. He retreated to paddy fields when the violent shaking and swinging stopped. But it wasn’t until he heard the cries of neighbours that he realised something was seriously wrong. People were shouting: “The water is coming.”Rahem raced home to get his elderly father, and supported him as they tried to flee along the broken road, which had been twisted and torn by the quake. His father urged him to go ahead and leave him, but Rahem refused. “I said, ‘No, no, no, if we die, we die together.’” Continue reading...

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3 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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5 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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6 hours ago 'Christmas crime wave' feared with 38% surge in unsolved shoplifting cases

An average of 672 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the year to March 2024, according to analysis from the House of Commons Library.

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6 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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12 hours ago Shop staff ‘facing Christmas crime wave’ with more shoplifting cases unsolved

An average of 672 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the year to March 2024, according to analysis from the House of Commons Library.

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18 hours ago Joe Cullen storms out of press conference at PDC worlds over lack of respect

‘I’ve been shown no respect I’m going to go home’Ian White jokingly calls Luke Littler ‘Runcorn’s No 2’Joe Cullen stormed out of his post-match press conference after accusing the media of a lack of respect following a 3-0 second-round win over Wessel Nijman at the PDC World Championship.The 2022 Masters champion, who will face 2021 winner Gerwyn Price next, gave short answers during a tetchy on-stage interview at Alexandra Palace. Bradford-born Cullen then vented his frustration at reporters backstage before departing prematurely. Continue reading...

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