15 minutes ago Rare £2 coin with very specific detail could be worth incredible £1,000

While many of us think of spare change as just that, certain rare coins are highly sought after by collectors, and some can fetch eye-watering sums at auction

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23 minutes ago Premier League star opens own shop and gives away free food in incredible Christmas gesture

Alex Iwobi spent part of his childhood in one of the more deprived areas of London, and the Fulham and Nigeria star has been spreading goodwill during the festive period

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44 minutes ago The house(s) The Independent built: The Brick by Brick campaign tackling domestic abuse in numbers

From the number of bricks used to the amount of tiles and donors, Maya Oppenheim digs into the key figures behind the Brick by Brick campaign

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44 minutes ago I grew up Muslim in a Catholic community – and Mary represented common ground | Zeyneb Sayılgan

Despite some theological differences, both denominations look to her as an inspiration for cultivating compassion and hopeI had just finished teaching a class on “the Muslim Mary”. Many non-Muslims who attended were puzzled to find out that Muslims had a connection with Mary at all, and had no knowledge of how important she is to our belief and practice. This came as no surprise. Half of Americans report they know “not much” or “nothing at all” about Islam.As a Muslim girl growing up in the overwhelmingly Catholic state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Mary was a constant presence in my life. Her images and statues, dotted across my city, smiled at me as I walked to school. At Christmas time, I joined with my classmates to sing songs such as Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht.Zeyneb Sayılgan is the Muslim Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore Continue reading...

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56 minutes ago Fury as one of the world's weirdest and most remote tourist sites is vandalised

To this day, the remains of humpbacks lie beneath the surface of the beach on Deception Island, a few bones poking up through the sand where penguins waddle and seals bask

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87 minutes ago Teenager is washed away to her death while posing for a photo on rocks in Indonesia

This is the tragic moment a teenager was washed away to her death while posing for a photo on a rocky beach, as locals desperately tried to save her life. 

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97 minutes ago Coronation Street spoiler as legend returns with crew going to 'incredible lengths' to keep secret

Richard Hillman will make a terrifying return to the cobbles in tonight's Coronation Street, with huge measures taken by the soap to keep the villain's comeback a secret

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1 hour ago It’s time for a new approach to dealing with Trumpy relatives during the holidays | Jill Filipovic

We can share a Christmas ham with people who cast different ballots, even if their decisions frustrate or pain usAs Donald Trump prepares to enter his second term as president, one thing is conspicuously absent (other than Ivanka): the proliferation of articles about how to handle Trump-voting family members at the holidays.During Trump’s first term, holiday time was a bonanza for pieces about how liberals could rid their lives of Maga members. Now those pieces are still published, but they seem fewer and farther between, and take a different tone. Instead of focusing on why it’s OK to cut off your Trump-voting family members (although a few do still take that tack), they largely emphasize how to get along, find common values and enjoy the holidays without politics. The narrative eight years ago – that Trump voters are irredeemable and should be marginalized – has given way to pleas for understanding and finding common ground.Jill Filipovic is the author of the The H-Spot: The Femin...

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2 hours ago Popular Paisley figure retires after three decades of serving the community

The much-loved Des Barr announced his retirement to his customers in a letter to them thanking everyone for their support and love over the years

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2 hours ago ‘I don’t want a fight’: the Brazilian samba composer suing Adele for plagiarism

Toninho Geraes has alleged in a lawsuit the British pop star plagiarised his track Mulheres in her Million Years Ago songThe British pop superstar Adele is not on tour in Brazil at the moment, but her absence was deeply regretted last week in Rio de Janeiro – not at a major festival like Rock in Rio or a mega-concert like Madonna’s at Copacabana Beach, but rather on a computer screen in a courtroom.The 16-time Grammy award winner had been expected to participate via video call in a conciliation hearing for a case in which she – along with her frequent co-songwriter and producer Greg Kurstin, and the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal Music – is accused of plagiarising a classic Brazilian samba. Continue reading...

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