4 h. ago BREAKING: Heartbroken family's Christmas Eve tribute to 'murdered' ex

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5 h. ago A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower review – Joanna Lumley does not hold back

A recurring, terrifying dream is the theme of this year’s tale from Mark Gatiss, starring Lumley and Tobias Menzies

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5 h. ago Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message

Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve massPope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Bangor double stabbing leaves one fighting for life as armed police swarm street

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6 h. ago Natasha Lyonne offers surprise insights about future of Russian Doll and Poker Face

Russian Doll ran for two seasons from 2019 to 2022, while Poker Face was recently canceled

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7 h. ago The real story behind John Travolta's stunning decline: As his latest flop struggles to make even $100, insiders tell TOM LEONARD about the seedy relationship at the heart of his downfall

An international criminal kingpin calls up retired master-thief Mason Goddard and makes him an offer he can't refuse.

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11 h. ago ‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller demands CBS remove ‘60 Minutes’ producers over Salvadoran prison story

Controversial CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled the segment and reportedly requested a new cut include a fresh interview with Miller

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12 h. ago ‘It’s the story of my life’: how a retired teacher transformed his memories into a miniature world

From postcards to 3D models of nativity scenes, Ken Bonham has spent decades crafting the vast collection of dioramas that fill his home in BirminghamA miniature world can be found hidden inside a one-bedroom flat in Birmingham. For decades, Ken Bonham, a retired teacher, has made memory boxes of places he has visited with his dressmaker wife of 54 years, Maggie, each made up of items they have collected on their travels or Bonham has made.Models of barns, castles and churches are also crammed into the property – made from cork, balsa wood, styrofoam – or 3D card elevations from Bonham’s photos. Each Christmas, Bonham delights his neighbours by crafting nativity scenes from items he has collected and crafted. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago When my father first came to the UK, people bonded and looked after him. Would that happen now? | Nell Frizzell

I’ve taken in refugees from time to time, and formed ties that have lasted to this day. Instead of demonising people, we could try sharing our lives with themThere is one Christmas story from when my father first arrived in the UK, 43 years ago, that can still make me howl with laughter. It was a cold winter and my dad had been gripped by the idea of roasting chestnuts. He had grown up in the southern hemisphere, in a former British colony, so despite the fact that his Christmases were hot – spent in shorts and flip-flops – he had been surrounded by images of snowy churches, robin redbreasts, holly, ivy and, yes, chestnuts roasting on an open fire.And so, he headed out to Clapham Common in south London to collect conkers. They were chestnuts, after all. Horse chestnuts but hey, that’s still a chestnut. Or so he thought. And so, that evening when his British friends arrived at the house where he was staying, they were greeted by the suspiciously acrid smell of about 30 conkers, bakin...

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14 h. ago 'Car bomb' kills three in Russia days after senior Putin general was killed

Two police officers were killed after approaching a man acting suspiciously near where a Russian general died in a car blast two days earlier, authorities said

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14 h. ago My big night out: I spent the evening with Ant and Dec – and it sparked an audacious new ambition

I was a chemistry student, my days spent boiling, titrating and stirring. But after that night, I formed a double act with a friend, writing jokes and making a radio show, before heading off to Australia Although I loved my time at Nottingham University, I didn’t go there with much intention of doing anything with my degree in chemistry afterwards. Not only was it full-on, I wasn’t particularly good at it. In an experiment to examine the incubation of goat’s blood, I accidentally added 10 times too much hydrogen peroxide. Blood shot out of the flask and splattered all over my face like a scene from The Sopranos. I can still hear my professor’s screams.But that’s OK, because I hadn’t really gone to university to win the Nobel prize, I’d gone to experience the culture of the mid 90s. British dance music – through acts such as Orbital, Leftfield, Underworld, Faithless and the Chemical Brothers – was exploding. Britpop was happening around me: (What’s the Story?) Morning Glory was relea...

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15 h. ago Bill Maher says Larry David is ‘not my friend’ anymore after falling out

‘Seinfeld’ creator wrote a satirical story critiquing Maher earlier this year

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15 h. ago Ukraine’s best hope may lie elsewhere as Russia inches forward on the battlefield

While it struggles to hold up land advance, Kyiv eyes economic and political fronts to turn around fortunesA depleted – but far from defeated Ukraine – looks to 2026 with few good military options, even though a critical €90bn (£79bn) loan from the EU has been agreed. The financing will help Kyiv to continue defending at its current intensity until late 2027, but it will not lead to a transformation of its battlefield prospects.On land, the pattern of the last two years should, in the first instance, continue. Russia has held the initiative since 2024, but only gaining territory incrementally, largely because it constantly throws people into the “meat grinder” of the frontline. During 2025, Russian advances amounted to 176 sq miles a month to the end of November, but at an estimated cost of 382,000 killed and wounded. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Australian suburb in lockdown as police rush to 'man seen with firearm'

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16 h. ago All Creatures Great and Small's Samuel West details 'poignant' story in Christmas special

All Creatures Great and Small is set to return to our TV screens tonight for two special festive episodes

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18 h. ago Song Sung Blue review – Neil Diamond tribute act gets sweet treat of movie thanks to Jackman and Hudson

Film that follows a Milwaukee married couple as they rise to fame with a real-life band called Lightning and Thunder is undeniably entertainingHere is a startlingly strange, undeniably entertaining true-life story from the heartland of American showbusiness; a lovable crowdpleaser whose feelgood flavour won’t prepare you for the way the plot repeatedly and savagely twists like an unsafe fairground ride. I actually had my eyes closed and mouth open at certain key points, and was grabbing the seat in front of me with both fists. It also may yet prove that, yes, Hugh Jackman really is the greatest showman (his role here is much more interesting than his bland impersonation of PT Barnum) and his co-star Kate Hudson brings just the same performance megawattage.Mike and Claire Sardina, terrifically played by Jackman and Hudson, were a Milwaukee married couple with kids from previous relationships who in the 90s formed a cheesy Neil Diamond tribute act called Lightning and Thunder; they be...

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18 h. ago Full story of Nickelodeon star's tragic fall to homelessness: Tylor Chase says 'I am doomed'... as we reveal his rap sheet... and why his mom says fans SHOULDN'T help

Tylor Chase was once the fresh-faced teen star in a hit TV show. Now, he roams the streets of Riverside, picking up cigarette butts and discarded Christmas cards.

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20 h. ago Three people are killed in Moscow bomb blast two days after senior Russian general was assassinated

The blast occurred close to the site where the army official was killed.

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20 h. ago Three killed in Moscow car explosion according to Russian authorities

The explosion came after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously close to the scene of a prior car blast in Moscow - which days ago killed a senior general as he made his way to work

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21 h. ago Three killed in Moscow car explosion, say Russian authorities

Witnesses quoted on Russian television said an explosion occurred around 1.30am on WednesdayTwo traffic police officers and a third person have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said early on Wednesday.Authorities said earlier the blast occurred near where a senior Russian general, Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, was killed this week. Continue reading...

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