5 h. ago Children in Need 2025 reveal epic total raised during live appeal show

It beats last year's appeal total by £6million

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5 h. ago BBC Children In Need total reaches £45.5 million after live appeal show

The show included performances from Lewis Capaldi, Ella Eyre and Sam Ryder.

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4 d. ago Sarkozy freed from prison and put under ‘judicial supervision’ pending appeal – Europe live

Former French president, who is appealing against a conviction for criminal conspiracy, is released from prison in ParisAs we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across Europe.If Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal, French court rules – Europe live

Former president will be freed today and placed under ‘judicial supervision’As we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across Europe.If Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Syrian pensioner, 87, wins appeal to live in Britain with his family because he's 'too old to be cared for in his own country'

Jabra Yazbek, 87, has been granted the chance to live in the UK with his son, who is a British citizen and has not been able to visit his father due to 'war and safety risks'.

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4 w. ago Transgender man wanting to get pregnant wins legal appeal after High Court rules it is 'not incompatible to live as a man when trying to conceive and carry a baby'

In February this year, the Gender Recognition Panel declined to issue the man, known only as W, a GRC.

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