3 hours ago Revisited: Creating The Spark: the kids behind 2024’s surprise summer hit – podcast

Rory Carroll and Helen Pidd meet the Kabin Crew and the Lisdoonvarna Crew – creators of a song that has notched up more than a billion plays on TikTok – as they perform at the Electric Picnic music festivalThis week we are revisiting some of our favourite episodes from 2024. This episode was first broadcast on 13 September.“Think you can stop what we do? I doubt it. We got the energy, we’ll tell you all about it. I searched for my spark and I found it. Everybody in the crowd, start bouncing.” Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Woman 'nearly sick' after discovering real recommended serving of cheese

Bupa UK shared a post comparing a plate of cheese that looked 'normal' to most people, and then the actual recommended daily amount of the dairy product

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3 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops yet to make major impact on fighting, says Ukraine military intelligence

Missile strike targets residential building in Kryvyi Rih; Christmas celebrations across Ukraine shrouded in grief. What we know on day 1,036See all our Ukraine war coverageA ballistic missile struck an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 15, four of them seriously, officials said. Ukrainian officials denounced the Christmas Eve attack on the city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town. “While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are continuing to suffer from endless Russian attacks,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, wrote on Telegram.Nearly three years into the Russian invasion, Christmas celebrations across Ukraine are shrouded in grief. “Not all of us are home, unfortunately. Sadly, not everyone has a home. And tragically, not everyone is still with us,” Zelenskyy said in an address. This will be the first Christmas that Lyubov spends without her son Taras On...

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4 hours ago Ecuadorian police probe if bodies found are of missing children allegedly taken by soldiers

Ecuadorian police have found an undisclosed number of bodies in an area close to a military base

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4 hours ago Outrage over 'coward' NYPD officers who did NOTHING as illegal migrant burned woman alive on subway

The New York City police department is facing outrage after officers were caught on camera walking past a woman on fire.

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4 hours ago Tributes pouring in for pedestrian, 15, who died day after crash: Woman arrested for 'drug driving'

The 'heartbroken' family of Ryan Marshall, 15, from Andover, Hampshire, has paid tribute to the 'lovely' teenager who died in a fatal collision, as a 29-year-old woman has been arrested on drug driving.

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5 hours ago Woman's 'revolutionary' Christmas dinner hack means you'll never overcook it again

An influencer has shared little known cooking tool that's easy to use.

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5 hours ago A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone Review: "A satisfying twist in the tale"

This half hour horror was a spooky Christmas Eve treat.

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6 hours ago My brother went missing in the 2004 tsunami after being swept away by a moving landfill... we spent 5 days searching for him

EXCLUSIVE: Just 24 hours after celebrating the festive season on the beach, Luke and Piers Simon found themselves running for their lives.

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6 hours ago My brother's 'killer' is innocent... the REAL murderer is still free: Family of man stabbed to death call for release of millionaire gambler after key evidence revealed

EXCLUSIVE: The cold-blooded murder outside the Valentine pub in Gants Hill, east London in August 2005 shattered the lives of two families.

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