21 h. ago The Traitors star Jade reveals tragic family history leaving viewers devastated

More details have emerged of tragedy as Jade’s heartbreaking confession left viewers and her fellow players in tears

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23 h. ago Traitors star Jade reveals reveals tragic family history leaving viewers devastated

More details have emerged of tragedy as Jade’s heartbreaking confession left viewers and her fellow players in tears

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45 h. ago The pub that changed me: ‘We’d walk home with kebab sauce dribbling down our chins’

I’d love to claim the Hand & Heart in Nottingham taught me something profound – but it was mostly about bankrolling free roundsWhen I was a teenager, before Tripadvisor, pubs lived as mental notes rather than star ratings. There was the one where – exactly like that scene in The Inbetweeners – we realised they’d serve us a pint at 16 if we ordered some food (one shared plate of chips). There was the one you might get lucky in on Christmas Eve; the one you’d take a girl to, to impress her with the romantic views; and the one that only served cider in halves because it was so brain cell-poppingly strong – a pub best tackled before a bank holiday Monday, known colloquially as “Super Cider Sunday”, when you still had a few brain cells to spare. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Teen girl adds poison to parents' dinners after being banned from seeing boyfriend

A 17-year-old girl from Brazil confessed to putting a toxic substance, normally used for killing rodents, into the pre-prepared meals of her mum, dad and cousin

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64 h. ago Rory McIlroy's feud with LIV Golf rival after Christmas Eve court subpoena

Rory McIlroy and this LIV Golf star share a turbulent history including a Christmas Eve subpoena and tee-throwing incident as they meet at the Dubai Invitational

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67 h. ago Freddie Mercury's alleged secret daughter dies aged 48 after rare cancer battle

The alleged secret daughter of Freddie Mercury has died at the age of 48, with her family sharing the tragic news as they revealed her hidden battle with spinal cancer

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2 d. ago Freddie Mercury's secret daughter dead at 48 as heartbroken family issue statement

Freddie Mercury's 'secret' daughter has died at the age of 48, it has been reported, her family shared the tragic news as they revealed her hidden battle with spinal cancer

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4 d. ago Man, 26, to be 'executed by Iran' after tragic family farewell in brutal crackdown on protests

Clothes shop owner Erfan Soltani is to be the first to face execution in Iran's crackdown on protests sweeping the country

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4 d. ago Clothes shop owner in Iran 'to be first executed' after tragic family farewell

Erfan Soltani, 26, was arrested at his home in Fardis, central Iran, after allegedly taking part in anti-government protests last week.

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4 d. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ infuriates the faithful

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “Slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ provokes fury on right

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Charlie Hebdo tried to humiliate me. Instead it debased the freedom of speech it symbolises | Rokhaya Diallo

The satirical title targeted in an Islamist attack 10 years ago published a racist, sexist caricature of me that speaks volumes about its valuesThe day before Christmas Eve, just as France readied itself to slip into the holiday slowdown, something abruptly shook me out of any festive torpor. The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, known globally and tragically for being the target of an Islamist attack in 2015 published a caricature – of me. And it was appallingly racist. A huge, toothy grin, an enormous mouth, the cartoon depicts me dancing on a stage before an audience of laughing white men, adorned with a banana belt on a largely exposed body. The headline: “The Rokhaya Diallo Show: Mocking secularism around the world.”Stunned by the violence of this grotesque cartoon, I shared it on social media with a brief analysis: “In keeping with slave-era and colonial imagery, Charlie Hebdo once again shows itself incapable of engaging with the ideas of a Black woman without reducing her to...

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7 d. ago Lorraine Kelly makes tragic family announcement and says 'we will miss you'

The ITV mainstay has asked for privacy following her loss

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7 d. ago High School Musical 3 star Matt Prokop charged with possession of child pornography

Former child actor Matt Prokop was reportedly taken into custody in Texas on Christmas Eve after being arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography and four misdemeanour charges

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7 d. ago Mother seriously injured in Christmas Eve shooting in Peckham

Mother seriously injured in Christmas Eve shooting in Peckham  BBC

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7 d. ago Mother left critically injured after gunmen fire shots through Peckham home on Christmas Eve

The woman, in her 20s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds after two male suspects fired seven shots into the address on Cronin Street

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8 d. ago Teen woke to find mum, 38, dead on bathroom floor on Christmas Day

Reece Barrett had been last minute Christmas shopping with his mum Louise McKenzie on Christmas Eve - the teenager woke up on Christmas Day to find her dead

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8 d. ago Aldi provides over 7,000 meals to West Lothian charities over festive period

The UK’s fourth largest supermarket teamed up with local good causes across West Lothian to donate a range of fresh and chilled foods from its stores after closing early on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

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9 d. ago Tragic reason family didn't know boy in coma wasn't their son

A horrific mix up left one family by the bedside of a crash survivor, wrongly believing he was their surviving son, while his actual relatives had been grieving for three weeks and arranging a funeral

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9 d. ago Six money tips to help people struggling with debt or repayments this month

Money Wellness recorded a 29 per cent increase in people contacting them for help with managing debts between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

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