22 h. ago Barcelona star accuses Disneyland Paris of racism after 'disgraceful' mascots ignore son

Barcelona star Raphinha has accused Disneyland Paris of racism after claiming his son was snubbed by staff at the theme park when he asked for a hug from a mascot, while 'all white children get hugs'

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23 h. ago Barcelona star Raphinha hits out at Disneyland Paris after mascots ‘ignored son’ for hug

The footage showed several kids being embraced by a cuddly squirrel mascot. Dressed in a red tracksuit, Gael gestures for a hug but the staff member stands up and the embrace doesn't happen

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40 h. ago I've been to Disneyland Paris 20 times, here's everything you need to know as the new World of Frozen land opens

The highly anticipated World of Frozen will open in spring 2026

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3 d. ago Disabled schoolboy, 14, is now housebound after EasyJet forced him to remove wheelchair battery on flight home from Disneyland Paris

Anthony Higgins, 14, from Liverpool, was returning from a trip funded by Make A Wish Foundation when a pilot refused to allow his £1,000 battery on board - despite him flying out with it.

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6 d. ago Disneyland Paris confirms opening date for new World of Frozen land

Disneyland Paris has confirmed next year's opening date for its highly-anticipated new Frozen themed land complete with a Frozen ride, as its Walt Disney Studios Park undergoes a huge transformation

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7 d. ago Strictly's Anton Du Beke says Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? is 'cancelled' after huge error

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke suffered a humiliating moment on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? when he got a question wrong

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2 w. ago Gran cries after family turned away from Disneyland Paris despite paying £3,000

Sue Batters paid more than £3,000 to treat her two daughters and five grandsons to a three-day break in Disneyland Paris but it was all ruined after an admin error

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: Christ College Brecon sets the pace with standout A Level results and opens its doors this October

Christ College Brecon records 72% A*–B and 98% pass rate; families invited to the October 4 open morning

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2 w. ago Gran’s £3k Disneyland Paris dream trip ends in tears after tickets cancelled in admin blunder

Sue Batters was enjoing the final day of her holiday with her family when they were denied into the theme park.

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2 w. ago Family turned away from Disneyland Paris after spending £3,000 on tickets

Sue was told there had been an admin error and she would have to buy new passes to get in

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2 w. ago Disneyland Paris trip ruined as family's passes cancelled due to 'error'

The £3,000 break ended up with children standing outside the park asking why they weren't allowed in

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3 w. ago ‘I’ve been stupid and I miss you’: the family members who buried the hatchet after years of silence

Brothers Bruce and Scott hadn’t spoken for 15 years when finally one made the call that would reunite them. How do people recover from decades-long rifts?“What happened?” Scott, 82, asked Bruce, 78, when his younger brother picked up the phone and called him after a 15-year estrangement. “I grew up,” Bruce said. “I’ve been stupid and I really miss you.” The brothers had missed a decade and a half of each other’s birthdays, milestones and memories made, but here they were, talking again as though no time had passed.A quarter of the adult population describe themselves as estranged from a relative; 10% from a parent and 8% from a sibling, according to research by Karl Pillemer, professor of human development at Cornell University and author of Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them. But when decades pass and rifts remain unhealed, what drives family members such as Scott and Bruce – or, rather more famously, the Gallagher brothers – to repair their ruptured relationships...

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last month Kidnap, blackmail and Suranne Jones as PM: inside Hostage, Netflix’s breakneck new political thriller

The British prime minister and French president get sucked into a shady conspiracy in the streaming giant’s latest twisty, emotional drama. Jones and Julie Delpy tell allHostage is a political thriller, and observes the conventions in many ways. The pace is absolutely flawless, it’s twisty, it has emotional heft. The British prime minister, Abigail Dalton, played by Suranne Jones, faces her husband, Alex Anderson (Ashley Thomas), being kidnapped. Their marriage is well drawn – “it’s happy, it’s assured, they’re supportive of each other,” Jones says. As we chat in Netflix’s central London offices, she’s always saying five things at once, only one of them out loud. Here, the subtext (I’ve decided) is: it’s actually pretty skilled work, creating a not-schmaltzy, passionate but familiar love match in which all the audience’s hopes and prayers are with the abducted spouse. That’s why normally when fictional politicians are the victims of a family kidnapping, it’s one of their kids.Meanwh...

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