6 h. ago ‘Christmas miracle’ as stunned owner reunited with cat five years after pet vanished ‘into thin air’

A MISSING cat that had not been seen for five years suddenly returned to her family just in time for Christmas. The black cat called Bindi "vanished into thin air" in August 2020 but was miraculously found last week. Her 29-year-old software project manager owner Jilly Fretwell said: “it was really odd for her to...

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21 h. ago 'Christmas miracle' as cat reunited with owners after vanishing five years ago

Jilly Fretwell was left devastated when her black cat Bindi went missing in August 2020

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24 h. ago Five things all Rangers fans want to see under the Christmas tree including a title miracle

The festive party won't be up and running at Ibrox after a nightmare season so far

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30 h. ago ‘There’s always an empty space’: The families who spend Christmas waiting for someone who never comes home

For families of missing children, Christmas can be the hardest time of all. As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign reaches £165,000, parents and siblings open up about the ‘horrific’ pain of the festive season. Tara Cobham and Harriette Boucher report

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33 h. ago A Christmas miracle! Family's missing cat is returned FIVE years after it vanished during the Covid lockdown

Jilly Fretwell,29, of Somersham, Cambridgeshire, was left 'devastated' in 2020 when Bindi, her beloved five-year-old black cat, ran off.

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36 h. ago Diddy begs for Christmas miracle and files appeal to get his conviction overturned: 'The judge acted like a juror!'

The disgraced rap mogul has been locked up in federal prison in New Jersey since he was sentenced in October, and in that time has been accused of flouting prison rules.

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45 h. ago The benefit that 910,000 Brits don’t claim but pays up to £347 a week – are you eligible?

MORE than 910,000 people are missing out on a key benefit, which is worth up to £347 a week. Up to £2.5billion of Pension Credit payments were unclaimed last year, according to recent figures from the Department for Work and Pensions. As a result, eligible families are missing out on around £2,600 a year, it...

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45 h. ago We meet the man behind Yoto: How Ben Jones got kids dreaming of a screen

If there's an unusual quiet coming from your children or grandchildren's room this Christmas, it may not be a miracle - it may be a Yoto.

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56 h. ago Don't moan about the leftovers! How a turkey curry could cure your festive hangover

That traditional Boxing Day turkey curry might do more than just use up the leftovers - it could also turn out to be something of a Christmas miracle.

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64 h. ago Voices: Kate McCann: ‘Life is divided into a before and an after when a child goes missing’

The mother of missing Madeleine McCann says SafeCall offers something families of missing children rarely have: reassurance that someone is listening, and a readiness to help before fear escalates into tragedy

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65 h. ago Bondi hero cop Scott Dyson's ordeal before Christmas miracle as he wakes from coma

New South Wales police constable Scott Dyson was one of two officers wounded when investigators allege Naveed Akram and his father Sajid opened fire on the Bondi beach crowd killing 15

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66 h. ago Miracle on 34th Street's Mara Wilson now after turning back on Hollywood

Mara Wilson who was the child star of Miracle on 34th Street looks completely different 31 years after the Christmas movie propelled her to the dizzy heights of fame

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3 d. ago ‘I feel as though I’m singing to my son’: Inside the choir helping reunite missing people with their families

What began in 2014 as a support group for people with missing loved ones has since taken the Missing People Choir to the O2 Arena, the final of Britain’s Got Talent, and even helped reunite two missing people with their families. Harriette Boucher reports

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3 d. ago Leverkusen level up as Hjulmand oversees rebuild after Ten Hag debacle

A fightback win over RB Leipzig before the Christmas break is just reward for coach who faced a thankless taskLeipzig might not be every Bundesliga fan’s idea of a weekend idyll but as the sun set on 2025, the venue for the final Saturday night Topspiel of the year might have been the scene of a minor Christmas miracle. It had already been a worthy showpiece to draw the curtains on pre-Christmas Bundesliga but the end result – achieved not without a smidgeon of controversy – left us with a satisfying tale to tell by an open fire over holiday season.For Bayer Leverkusen can enjoy their brief break with a rosy glow of satisfaction with their win against a direct competitor a clear measure of how far they have come; or, if you like, a measure of how far Kasper Hjulmand has taken them. Leverkusen sit third over the bridge to the new year which, if we were to return to the closure of the summer transfer window, looked a long way off. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Couple who started IVF last Christmas Day shares amazing update 11 years later

Helen and Stephane Delgard were told they may never have children, but they are now celebrating their own Christmas miracle baby after an 11 year battle to conceive

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3 d. ago ‘Little miracle’ premature baby who defied odds set for first Christmas at home

Fiadh Coburn weighed 1lb 12oz when she was born at 25 weeks in an emergency delivery that saved her life and the life of her mother Marie Louise.

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4 d. ago I'll be able to open Christmas presents on my own after the gift of a miracle hand transplant... and help prepare the festive feast too, says quadruple amputee

Kim Smith, 64, had her hands and her legs amputated after contracting an infection and then getting sepsis while on holiday in Alicante in Spain in 2017. Now she has a working left hand.

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5 d. ago Danny Rohl has a ruthless streak but Rangers beating Hearts to re

DANNY ROHL handed out chocolate Santas to members of the media on Friday. It was a nice touch from a very decent guy, who has settled quickly into life at Rangers. Yet anyone thinking 36-year-old Rohl is all sweetness and light when it comes to football would be mistaken. There is a hard, ruthless edge to the...

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6 d. ago ‘I was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve – 80 years later I found the brother I never knew existed living a mile away’

John Moore was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve 1944. Decades later, a Christmas present helped unravel the mystery and led him to his half-brother

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7 d. ago AI deepfakes and armchair sleuths: The families of missing people being trolled online

Around 430,000 people are affected by a child going missing each year. Already living through a nightmare, several of them will also have to face online harassment and abuse

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