22 h. ago Inside £10.9million 'super luxe' villa fit for a footballer in Cheshire's Golden Triangle

Our Property of the Week boasts a 4G sports pitch, swimming pool, cinema and 'showroom-worthy' garage with a bar

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64 h. ago Convicted rogue roofer builds holiday park in his back garden without permission featuring Airbnb pods, swimming pool and gym

Residents of a picturesque Cornish village were left fuming after Ross Cheal built four holiday pods in his back yard, that he has since been rented out to tourists.

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65 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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3 d. 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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5 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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5 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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5 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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6 d. ago World's largest iceberg turning into 'giant swimming pool' as it melts at record pace

A massive iceberg the size of various major metropolitan cities is melting at an unprecedented rate as it transforms into a massive paddling pool in warmer temperatures

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6 d. ago Man finds £1.4m mansion abandoned in the woods and is gobsmacked when he enters

Urban explorer Sean Piper discovered an abandoned £1.4million mansion complete with swimming pool, games room and extensive gardens – but there's one unanswered question

Economics

7 d. ago Mark Selby’s net worth and stunning home with swimming pool he bought with snooker winnings

Four-time world snooker champion Mark Selby is set to compete in the Masters at Alexandra Palace

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7 d. ago Inside Mark Selby's stunning home with swimming pool he bought with huge snooker winnings

Snooker icon is set to compete in the Masters at Alexandra Palace

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8 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

Culture

8 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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8 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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9 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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1 week 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.

Economics

1 week ago Mother and son, 11, electrocuted to death in guesthouse pool while on family holiday

A mother and her 11-year-old son tragically died after being electrocuted in a swimming pool while on a luxury family holiday. Luciana Klein Helfstein, 39, and her son Arthur Klein Helfstein Alves were electrocuted to death in the pool at a guesthouse in Maragogi, a popular resort on Brazil's Caribbean coast. They had travelled to...

Society

1 week ago Historic Scots swimming pool to be transformed into modern £7.5million leisure complex

A HISTORIC swimming pool is set to be transformed into a multi-million-pound leisure centre. The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a contractor to to refurbish Portobello Swim Centre - at a cost of £7.5m. The iconic facility first opened in 1898 and contains Edinburgh’s only publicly available Victorian Turkish bath. According to Public Contracts...

Economics

1 week ago Tour guides at Europe’s most active volcano strike as anger erupts over new rules

The latest restrictions were adopted after Mount Etna started a round of eruptions on Christmas Eve

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