7 d. ago Jade Thirlwall vows to 'disorientate people' and 'weird' them out with new project

The Little Mix star has admitted she enjoys "weirding people out" with her music, as she starts work on her next album, which she hopes to release in the next year

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9 d. ago Desperate families of youths missing after NYE bar blaze release pics of loved ones & beg for info as at least 40 killed

DESPERATE families of youngsters still missing after a deadly inferno engulfed a Swiss bar have begged for information on their loved ones. Teenagers as young as 14 have not been seen or heard from since the disastrous New Year's Eve celebration. Their panicked families have released heartbreaking appeals in the hope of finding their whereabouts...

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2 w. ago Soap’s panto rich list – from EastEnders star paid six figures to Corrie villain cashing in on fame

A star-studded cast list of some of the biggest names in soap land will be laughing all the way to the bank this Christmas with monster panto pay cheques ... oh, yes, they will. For many of the big-name actors, their soap careers might be behind them, but theatre bosses clamour for them to star...

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2 w. ago Jurgen Klopp showed his true colours with message ahead of Liverpool's Christmas party

Jurgen Klopp became an legend at Liverpool with his festive message speaking volumes to what the German was really like

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2 w. ago Kym Marsh welcomes new baby to the family as daughter gives birth on Christmas Day

The former Corrie star celebrated the birth of her fourth grandchild on the festive holiday and shared a special three word message

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2 w. ago Cristiano Ronaldo shares Christmas celebrations with family as Erling Haaland dresses up as Father Christmas

Cristiano Ronaldo spread some Christmas cheer with his family as he sent a festive message to his fans on social media.

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2 w. ago John Swinney sends hope for ‘warmth, kindness and connection’ in Christmas message

Scotland's political leaders have shared messages for people across the country this festive season.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer encourages Britons to ‘reach out’ to others this Christmas

Prime minister calls on people to show kindness to friends or family as leaders broadcast their festive messagesKeir Starmer has called on Britons to show kindness to struggling friends or family this Christmas, saying being in touch with those in need can make a big difference.Starmer, whose brother died last Boxing Day, said people should channel the spirit of the many volunteers and public sector workers who are on duty this Christmas by resolving to get back in touch with those who might find the time of year difficult. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill | Editorial

The fracturing multilateral order has led to a new age of insecurity. But acts of courage and solidarity can point the way to a better futureIn one of his last sermons, the great Christian theologian and philosopher Paul Tillich asked: “Do we have a right to hope?” As an army chaplain to German forces during the first world war and a refugee from Nazi Germany, Tillich had witnessed first-hand some of the horrors of the 20th century. But his answer to the question he posed in 1965 was yes. Nobody could live without hope, Tillich told his Harvard audience, even if it led “through the narrows of a painful and courageous ‘in-spite-of’”.Sixty years on, a similar spirit of defiant optimism is needed to navigate our own era of conflict and anxiety. The fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching, and dark political forces menace the social fabric of western liberal democracies. More widely, a fracturing multilateral order is delivering a more unstabl...

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2 w. ago Father's fifth Christmas without children murdered by 'monster' at sleepover

Jason Bennett marks his fifth Christmas without children Lacey, 11, and John-Paul, 13, who were murdered by Damien Bendall in Killamarsh on September 18, 2021, along with Terri Harris and Lacey's friend Connie Gent, 11

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3 w. ago From mince pies to monster cats: the unexpected Christmas traditions around the world

Christmas might mean turkey and sprouts in England, but around the world families are marking the festive season with fried chicken queues, candlelit graveyards and folklore beasts.

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3 w. ago UK snow forecast for Christmas as latest BBC and Met Office predictions revealed

The latest Met Office and BBC Weather forecasts for the Christmas period have been released as people around the UK hold out hope for some flakes on December 25

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3 w. ago Meghan posts family photo with Harry, Archie and Lilibet for festive message

The Sussexes also said their charity foundation will be rebranded as Archewell Philanthropies.

Culture

3 w. ago Festive message from Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, Lady Susan Haughey CBE

She looks back on a busy year and gives thanks to several local individuals, groups and organisations.

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3 w. ago Love is all around: Wet Wet Wet star and Kirk Moderator create Christmas song

Festive message in video and song is there’s always ‘room at the table’ - ‘and sometimes, we just have to make it’

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3 w. ago ‘Beatlemania wasn’t like Taylor Swift — it came out of nowhere, like a meteorite’

Sean Ono Lennon has a timely festive message in his Oscar-winning film inspired by his parents’ song, Happy Xmas (War is Over) — and a thumbs-up to the actor who’s about to play his dad

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3 w. ago Tom Fletcher to release Children In Need song with son Buzz on Christmas Eve

Thread Of Hope will be released as a single on December 24.

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3 w. ago Josef Fritzl 'hopes for release by next Christmas' as monster's festive message shared

Monster Fritzl, 90, was jailed in 2009 for keeping the children, born after he raped daughter Elisabeth, in an underground lair and is seeking early release on grounds of old age and dementia

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