13 minutes ago Christmas weather: Met Office forecasts ‘mild' festive period with ‘notably high temperatures’

The weather service said conditions ‘should not play a factor’ in any disruption to roads over the next few days

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19 minutes ago Champion jockey Oisin Murphy to get Christmas wish and realise horse racing dream

The four-time champion on the Flat is set to realise a long-cherished dream by competing in a hurdle race at Wincanton on Boxing Day

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28 minutes ago Manchester United's popular undroppable might need to be benched by Ruben Amorim

Man Utd suffered a heavy defeat at the weekend and changes will be made to face Wolves on Boxing Day.

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29 minutes ago Ruben Amorim given free hand by Manchester United over Marcus Rashford

England forward omitted from past three squadsCoach’s decision not a result of pressure from upstairsRuben Amorim’s exclusion of Marcus Rashford from Manchester United’s past three match-day squads is solely his decision, with the head coach under no pressure from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s football department to do so.Rashford is for sale in the January transfer window, a decision approved by Ratcliffe, but it is understood the player’s demotion from the squad was purely Amorim’s decision. Continue reading...

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30 minutes ago King Charles to break Christmas speech tradition with major move after cancer battle

Millions of people are set to watch King Charles deliver his traditional Christmas Day speech to the nation.

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32 minutes ago Prince Harry 'red with anger' at Meghan Markle's recounting of first meeting with late Queen

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed several details about their lives in the Royal Family in the Netflix docuseries Harry and Meghan: An African Journey and Prince Harry was not happy

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37 minutes ago Jack Draper determined to follow in Andy Murray’s footsteps as he sets goals for 2025

Jack Draper has climbed up the world rankings in 2024 and the British No.1 is excited to see how far he can go in 2025, starting at the Australian Open in January

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38 minutes ago Gino D'Acampo reveals three parts of Christmas dinner you can sort the day before

Italian chef and TV star Gino D'Acampo has revealed his top culinary hacks to make cooking Christmas dinner for your entire family feel like a breeze - including what specific drink you should always rely on

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41 minutes ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipes for jewelled winter salad and chocolate orange pudding | Quick and easy

A colourful and filling warm winter salad with roast squash, butter beans and pomegranate, plus a barnstorming chocolate-orange brioche pudding to finishThis wonderfully filling salad is perfect as part of a festive spread, or an easy, feed-a-crowd lunch with some crusty bread alongside; it really is worth getting hold of a jar of butter beans, too . The dessert, meanwhile, is the bread-and-butter pudding of dreams: an indulgent, chocolate pudding featuring a grown-up jaffa cake melting middle – just ask a bear to lend you a jar of marmalade from its hat. It’s best eaten minutes after coming out of the oven, but you can prep it the day before and refrigerate before cooking. Any leftovers are wonderful for breakfast. Continue reading...

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41 minutes ago Gaza war victims take legal action against BP over oil supply to Israel

Palestinians accuse UK firm of breaching human rights laws by piping oil allegedly used by Israeli armyPalestinian victims of the war in Gaza are taking legal action against BP for running a pipeline that supplies much of Israel’s crude oil.The claimants have sent the British oil company a letter before claim, alleging it is breaching its stated commitments to human rights under international law. Continue reading...

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