24 m. ago Loose Women set to air on Christmas Day for first time as ITV reveal festive schedule

ITV has announced Loose Women will air on Christmas Day for the first time ever, as part of the broadcaster's expanded festive TV schedule

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59 m. ago Hundreds of Scots lose jobs weeks before Christmas as major timber firm closes

The UK's largest timber firm entered administration and has announced six Scottish branches are being shuttered with immediate effect.

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62 m. ago 'I watched Xmas films on freezing zero degree rooftop but it was wonderfully cosy'

With Christmas cinemas popping up all over the country, The Mirror ventured out to try one that promised some of the most epic views in London - and it didn't disappoint

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70 m. ago 'I took my son on Windsor's Christmas light trail but there was a problem'

Now in its fifth year, Windsor Illuminate snakes its way through the Great Park with a spell-binding array of displays and activities, including the world's first LED snowman

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1 hour ago I counted every chocolate in Quality Street, Heroes, Celebrations and Roses and one stood out

A box of chocolates is a Christmas staple but which tub gives you the most pieces? I counted them all to find out

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1 hour ago 'Absolute' favourite Christmas film just 'magic' on BBC tonight

Musical about war veterans-turned-entertainers has maybe the most famous Christmas song of all time in it

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2 h. ago The 18 London neighbourhoods where you can now get a Christmas tree delivered to your home

The 18 London neighbourhoods where you can now get a Christmas tree delivered to your home  My London

Society

2 h. ago Christmas TV schedule 2025: What’s on the BBC, from The Traitors and Strictly to The Night Manager and Amandaland

From festive specials of much-loved shows to new dramas and family-friendly viewing, the BBC has got Christmas covered

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3 h. ago Celebrations, Roses and Heroes Christmas chocolate shoppers snap up 'massive boxes' slashed for Black Friday

All fan favourites have been slashed in price on Amazon

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3 h. ago Science says our brain has five ‘eras’, which explains why I didn’t feel like a real grown

Millennials have long been painted as the generation who won’t grow up. But as a new study suggests the human brain has five distinct eras, with adulthood only kicking in at age 32, it might turn out we’re all stuck in arrested development for longer than we thought, writes Helen Coffey

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5 h. ago Dear Coleen: Our adult kids have fallen out so we are dreading Christmas

"Now, we have to arrange Christmas like a military operation so they can avoid each other."

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5 h. ago 'Quality' £2,760 watch that 'still looks great' after years of wear slashed by 88%

For those looking to buy a gift this Christmas, a major retailer has slashed the prices of a number of luxury watches

Economics

6 h. ago I've discovered the perfect Christmas cocktail that's better than mulled wine

If you think mulled wine is vile, this warming Cuban Winter cocktail made with rum, cinnamon syrup and fruit juices could be the perfect festive alternative

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6 h. ago JD Vance told 'do better' after turkey rant and Kid Rock post following Washington DC shooting

Vice President JD Vance went on a bizarre rant about turkey, just moments after addressing the tragic shooting that took place in Washington DC this afternoon

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8 h. ago Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

Hearings will be held in private to assess ‘whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children’, says attorney generalA public inquiry will be held into the authorities’ handling of the disappearance of fugitive father Tom Phillips with his three children, who hid in New Zealand’s wilderness for nearly four years, the government has announced. Phillips disappeared into the rugged North Island wilderness with his children just before Christmas in 2021, following a dispute with their mother. He did not have legal custody of his children.In August, he was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio, in the central North Island. A police officer was shot and required surgery. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago I suspected my daughter's lunch was being stolen by another kid at school. So I came up with a sneaky way to catch her for good

Chrissy was faced with a schoolyard dilemma after her daughter started coming home with items in her lunchbox that she hadn't packed...

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8 h. ago Best Christmas sandwiches of 2025: We tested 88 festive flavours from M&S, Tesco, Aldi and more

When it begins to get dark at 4pm and the temperature drops below -1C in Britain, it can only mean one thing - the festive sandwich season is well and truly upon us.

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8 h. ago How to Visit London During the Holidays—Christmas Markets and Decked

How to Visit London During the Holidays—Christmas Markets and Decked-out Hotels Included  Travel + Leisure

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8 h. ago Stranger Things season five review – this luxurious final run will have you standing on a chair, yelling with joy

The kids growing up might have changed this show’s appeal, but they manage to go out in a flame-throwing, bullet-dodging blaze of glory – while still being more moving than ever before Time’s up for Stranger Things. The fifth and last season arrives almost three-and-a-half years after a fourth run that felt like a finale, not least because it seemed the kids had grown up. Having originally aped beloved 1980s films where stubbornly brave children avert apocalypse, the franchise now starred young adults and had adjusted plotlines and dialogue accordingly. Life lessons had been learned. Selves had been found. Adolescent anxieties – as personified by Vecna, the narky telekinetic tree-man who rules a parallel dimension adjacent to the humdrum town of Hawkins, Indiana – had been put aside.But Stranger Things now belatedly returns, with the cast all visibly in their 20s. This is a problem. The whole point is that it’s fun to watch kids outrun monsters by pedalling faster on their BMX bikes...

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9 h. ago Revealed: The UK city where hotel rooms have dropped by more than half price ahead of Christmas

As Christmas fast approaches, many hotels will be booking up quickly. But in one UK city, the price of some hotel rooms have dropped by more than 50 per cent in the run up to festivities.

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