94 m. ago John Lewis Christmas advert has people ‘bawling their eyes out’ at breakfast

John Lewis’ Christmas advert has caused ‘tears at breakfast’ 😭🎅🎄📺

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2 h. ago Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance

The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta GerwigThe first time David Lean’s 1945 romantic masterpiece was shown to the public, the audience were in stitches. It not being a comedy, this was far from ideal. The director was so embarrassed, he returned to his hotel planning to break into the film lab and burn the negative at the earliest opportunity.Eighty years on, the legacy of Brief Encounter has proved anything but. First, its train station setting and ubiquity on British TV led to parodies by everyone from Victoria Wood to Birds Eye ready meals. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Watch the John Lewis Christmas advert in full: Tearjerker set to 90s dance anthem

John Lewis' iconic Christmas advert for 2025 pulls at the heart strings with the story of a father and son struggling to say how much they mean to each other

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2 h. ago Ore Oduba reveals he's being treated for porn addiction that started aged nine

Former Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore admitted he is 'terrified' to speak out but believes it is the right thing to do as he addresses his pornography addiction

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2 h. ago John Lewis Christmas advert LIVE: Tearjerking father and son reunion featuring 90s club classic

John Lewis has kickstarted the countdown to Christmas with the unveiling of their highly-anticipated 2025 advert

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2 h. ago America's most notorious mass murder who killed 13 including his own kids dies aged 83

George Banks, 83, died of kidney cancer on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania the state Department of Corrections said

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2 h. ago John Lewis Christmas advert 2025 is a father and son tearjerker

It is the first time the department store has focused on a father and son relationship for its Christmas ad

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3 h. ago Guillermo del Toro and his cast on his very intimate new Frankenstein: ‘This is autobiographical for me’

The Oscar-winning filmmaker behind ‘The Shape of Water’ spent decades attempting to bring Mary Shelley’s masterpiece to the screen. As it arrives on Netflix, he, as well as his stars Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, speak to Clarisse Loughrey about its long gestation, its surprise easter eggs, and its very Freudian subtext

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3 h. ago Emmerdale's Ryan Hawley teases massive 'twist' in Robert Sugden prison story

The actor admitted he had no idea what Robert's prison story was until he read the script

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4 h. ago Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game | Joseph Pearson

The Berlin airlift was a cold war victory that relied on a persuasive story about starving civilians. But was it true?We in the west used to play dirty – and during the cold war, we were good at it. Nowadays, we leave grey-zone tactics and hybrid warfare to Russia, which is winning the disinformation war. Europe’s pride in playing by the rules might just be democracy’s achilles heel.The Berlin airlift is a good example of what we once did well – and have since forgotten. The cold war arguably began and ended in Berlin, bookended by the 1948-9 airlift and the fall of the wall in 1989. The former was the largest air relief operation in history. It supplied Berlin when Stalin tried to force out the western allies. In parallel, the west used radio (RIAS, or Radio in the American Sector, a precursor to the CIA-funded Radio Free Europe (RFE) and Radio Liberty), and strengthened soft power with cultural missions such as the British-staged Shakespeare in the rubble, and education through Am...

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4 h. ago Scotland's Cinderella Man holds history in hands as Steve Clarke sets up Hollywood ending to 'fantastic' story

Craig Gordon is set to be handed the gloves for World Cup qualifying climax with Finals at 43 firmly in his thoughts

Culture

5 h. ago Kim Kardashian hints she MIGHT have damaged Marilyn Monroe's dress during lie

The 1962 Jean Louis gown - last auctioned for $5M - had a sizeable tear in the right strap, several crystals missing as well as stretching around the back seam after Kim wore it

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5 h. ago London mayor, city council clash at meeting over agenda items, legal fees

London mayor, city council clash at meeting over agenda items, legal fees  WKYT

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7 h. ago In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam

Police are often not equipped to deal with mental health callouts. Alternative first responders are better placed to de-escalate tension and reduce harmWhen police tasered and killed Clare Nowland – a 95-year-old aged care resident with dementia – after her nursing home called triple zero for help managing her behaviour, her family were devastated and the public was shocked.How could a frail and elderly woman on a walking frame, albeit grasping a steak knife, die in such a violent way? Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Warning over instant coffee and blindness: A new study is terrifying... now experts reveal what you need to know

A study has found a link between drinking instant coffee and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the UK and which gradually erodes a person's central vision.

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8 h. ago One for the Dads... John Lewis Xmas ad harks back to the 90s

This year's ad breaks away from its tear-jerker tradition. Instead it taps into parental nostalgia, with a trip down memory lane for those who enjoyed the glory days of Britain's nightclubs.

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8 h. ago Shein bans sex dolls after French authorities launch investigation into some that resemble children

France opened investigations against the e-commerce giant for selling the items, just days before it was due to open a physical store in ParisE-commerce company Shein has announced it will ban sex dolls from sale on its sites, after French authorities condemned the company for featuring some that resembled children.In a statement on Monday, the company said that it was imposing a “total ban on sex-doll-type products” and had deleted all listings and images linked to them. A spokesperson told the AFP news agency the ban applied globally. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Aspiration to own a ‘forever’ home is ‘losing relevance for younger generations’

Nearly a quarter of homeowners aged 34 and under view homes as financial assets to be leveraged at the right time, according to a survey for Zoopla.

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10 h. ago Trial starts for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Washington DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent faces trial for assault

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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