46 minutes ago Loud Dogs: Here are the 10 noisiest breeds of adorable dog likely to bark and howl

If you are looking for a new puppy but are worried about complaints from the neighbours about noise, these are the dog breeds that you should probably steer clear of.

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47 minutes ago James Bond fans beg for reboot and ask for franchise to go 'back to beginning'

Reddit users have proposed plans for the next instalment of the James Bond franchise and want it to go "back to the beginning"

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48 minutes ago Swimming Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that love the water

These dog companions are never happier than when they are splashing around in the sea or a river.

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50 minutes ago 'Jewel in the crown' Welsh attraction, Llancaiach Fawr in Caerphilly, shuts in council cuts

Llancaiach Fawr in Caerphilly, which received a £500,000 annual council subsidy, has shut with 20 paid and 18 voluntary staff let go, despite a campaign to save it

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59 minutes ago Sue Radford forced to defend her family as Centre Parcs has to make change for them

Sue and Noel Radford - who are parents to 22 children - are currently enjoying a festive break at Center Parcs, with the resort having to make a special arrangement for the huge family

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64 minutes ago The kindness of strangers: on a stressful day, I reversed into another mum’s car – and she told me not to worry

Perhaps she could hear a child’s shrieks over the blasting Baby Shark, but in that moment she chose mercyThis is the first in a series of stories on the kindness of strangersLast year, on a hot afternoon just before Christmas, I was picking my daughter up from childcare. That in itself is usually a pretty stressful situation. But on this day my seasonal anxiety was compounded by a toddler’s sleep regression and a family fight that, after decades of simmering tension, was at last boiling over.Out of respect for involved parties – and fear of setting off round two – I’ll skip the details. But for the sake of this story all you need to know is that I was trying to back out of a very busy car park while a child screamed and I wondered if the people I loved most in the world would ever speak to each other again. Somewhere in that fugue of emotional and auditory anguish I backed right into another mum’s car. Continue reading...

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67 minutes ago Nordstrom to be acquired by Nordstrom family and a Mexican retail group for $6.25 billion

Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group for $6.25 billion, the company said Monday

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71 minutes ago Ronan Keating splashes out £13k on flying new dog home for Christmas on private jet

Boyzone star, Ronan Keating, has splashed out a whopping £13,000 on a private jet to fly his new dog, Saint, to Australia for Christmas

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71 minutes ago Jacqueline Jossa 'ruins' family Christmas after nightmare home accident

Jacqujson Jossa, who is best known for playing Lauren Branning on BBC soap EastEnders, has stated that she ruined her family's Christmas after an incident at home

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1 hour ago West Dunbartonshire councillor admits 'systematic failure' in council after festive bin collections chaos

Labour's David McBride says the council "can no longer rely on voluntary overtime for service provision" after refuse staff refused overtime shifts between Christmas and new year following a union ballot.

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