5 h. ago Body is recovered in search for two men who got into trouble during Christmas Day swim

The body of a 47-year-old man has been recovered in the search for two swimmers who disappeared during a Christmas Day swim at Budleigh Salterton in Devon.

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7 h. ago Woman dies after falling into pothole as MP demands urgent road repairs

Labour MP Steve Yemm said Beryl Barrett died on Christmas Day

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7 h. ago Woman who fell into pothole and died is pictured as family issue tribute

Beryl Barrett died on Christmas Day, a week after the 87-year-old got her walking aid stuck in a pothole near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, before she was rushed to hospital

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7 h. ago Woman, 87, who fell into pothole and died is pictured as family issue tribute

Beryl Barrett died on Christmas Day, a week after the 87-year-old got her walking aid stuck in a pothole near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, before she was rushed to hospital

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8 h. ago Pictured: Woman, 87, who died 'after falling in pothole' and breaking her hip

Beryl Barrett died on Christmas Day aged 87 after she clipped the wheel of her walking aid and fell backwards onto the road while crossing near her home in the market town of Warsop, Notts.

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8 h. ago Body found in search for missing Christmas Day swimmers at Budleigh Salterton

Devon and Cornwall Police said the discovery was made at Sandy Bay, Exmouth, around 8.45am on Tuesday

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8 h. ago Body found in search for missing swimmers after Christmas Day tragedy

'This discovery is very sad news following the upsetting and tragic incident on Christmas Day'

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9 h. ago Body found in hunt for Christmas Day swimmers who vanished in Budleigh Salterton

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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58 h. ago Police hunting for missing woman last seen on Christmas make tragic discovery

Police believe a body discovered at Hanley's Central Forest Park is missing Stoke-on-Trent woman Lisa Nixon, last seen on Christmas Day

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61 h. ago ‘I was told I wouldn’t walk again. I proved the doctors wrong’: the bike

In 2021, Harold Price, now 82, broke a vertebra while cycling with a friend, leaving him barely able to use his legs. Then a chance recommendation changed his life• ‘It took time to love my soft, larger shape’: the body-positive writer who recovered from an eating disorderBefore the accident, Harold Price, 82, loved being on two wheels. A retired engineer from Griffithstown in Wales, he cycled about 95 miles a week on his road bike. “Not bad for 78,” he says. On other days he’d be out on one of his restored motorbikes, as he was in June 2021, with a friend. They were riding at 10 miles an hour on a narrow road when his friend pulled out in front of him. “I had nowhere to go,” Price says. He remembers his head snapping back into his helmet before he blacked out.Price spent months in hospital. He had broken the fifth vertebra in his neck, resulting in compression of his spinal cord. He was told he wouldn’t walk again. “That was a bit of a downer, obviously,” he says. He was determined...

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61 h. ago EastEnders legend Jack Ryder shares real reason he quit BBC soap as Jamie Mitchell

EastEnders star Jack Ryder has opened up about his decision to leave the soap in 2002, when his character Jamie Mitchell was killed off on Christmas Day after being run over by Martin Fowler

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3 d. ago Amazon delivery driver is shot and killed by homeowner who thought he was his daughter's boyfriend, prosecutors say

A Texas father allegedly shot and killed an Amazon delivery driver on Christmas day, mistakenly thinking he was his daughter's boyfriend.

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3 d. ago Thousands raised as heartbreaking tributes paid to man and dog killed in tragic boat fire on Christmas Day

Army veteran Gabriel and his service dog Hugo both perished in the barge fire in Wigan

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3 d. ago Steven Bartlett admits 'my heart was racing' in first engagement photos

The star shared the first look of his Christmas Day proposal

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3 d. ago Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett shares first look at romantic Moroccan proposal to girlfriend Melanie Lopes as he reveals his 'heart was racing' while he surprised her on Christmas Day

The Dragon's Den star, 33, revealed he popped the question to his long-term partner after surprising her while she was on holiday with her family in Morocco.

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3 d. ago Withernsea tragedy: Heartbreaking details on recovery of Grace Keeling's body

Grace Keeling and her mum, Sarah, died when a wave swept the teenager into the sea - now details of her body being recovered after a two week search have emerged.

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4 d. ago ‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs

After losing her father to alcohol addiction, author Sophie Calon turned to writing – and found clarity, connection and hope in other stories of relapse and recoveryOn the night of Boxing Day 2021, my dad’s body was found near a Cardiff hostel. His death, at 55, was as sudden as it was not. For years, alcoholism had been changing the shape of his heart.He died less than a mile from his old office; top law firm, equity partner. Four miles from our once tight-knit home in a leafy neighbourhood. He had lost both his family and his job in 2019. Raised in Barry, working class, he had been proud of the beautiful life he had built for us. Others thought he “had it all”. He was widely adored, but drinking made him volatile. He was homeless and often behind bars in his final two years. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago EastEnders star Nicholas Bailey says 'that's it' after Anthony Trueman murder twist

Viewers learned that Anthony's daugther Jasmine killed him on the BBC soap on Christmas Day

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6 d. ago 'Gentle' man and dog killed in Christmas Day canal boat tragedy

Gabriel died alongside his service dog Hugo in the barge blaze in Wigan

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6 d. ago Scots knife gang member jailed over violent robberies dies on Christmas Day

Martin Gemmell and two accomplices attacked and robbed two men in 2018.

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