42 h. ago Scots schoolboy gets out of hospital just in time to play angel in school nativity

Rory Grant, five, was given the chance to play an angel in his P1 Nativity after needing surgery due to complications with a head wound.

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52 h. ago Inside Helen Flanagan's very racy Christmas after taking aim at ex Scott Sinclair

Helen Flanagan has stunned fans with a slew of Christmas-themed lingerie shots for Anne Summers - following her angry swipe at ex Scott Sinclair for missing their son's nativity play

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3 d. ago Mum 'itching' to call out school over daughter's 'disgusting' role in nativity play

A mum has been left feeling angry and 'itching' to speak to the school after her young daughter was given her role in the Christmas play – but people say she should be 'lucky'

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3 d. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss is living a 'stable' life... by helping out at the local Nativity play

TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss, 51, was 'instrumental' in organising the Nativity play in her Cotswolds village this Christmas, according to reports.

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4 d. ago The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tacticsThe ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at Kharkiv’s puppet theatre, was a reminder that conflict has seeped into the fabric of almost everything in Ukrainian life over the past four years. “We can’t just put on comedies and escape from reality,” said Oksana Dmitrieva, the nativity play’s 48-year-old director. “The stage is a mirror, and we have to live through our emotions again, but this time from outside ourselves, together with others,” she said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Christian students' fury as university allows nativity play A Gay In A Manger to go ahead

In the production, put on by York St John University's LGBTQ network, baby Jesus and his parents Mary and 'Jo' are depicted as homosexual and the three wise men as drag queens.

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6 d. ago Helen Flanagan cuts final tie with ex Scott Sinclair after lashing out at footballer for missing son’s nativity

HELEN Flanagan seems to have cut the last connection to her footballer ex Scott Sinclair after their row over missing a major milestone. The former Coronation Street actress lashed out this week at the Bristol Rovers footballer who was living it up in Abu Dhabi, rather than at their son's nativity play. That may have been the final...

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1 week ago Revealed: What your character in the Nativity play says about you

How you were cast in your Christmas performance might reveal a surprising amount about your personality. So, what does your Nativity play role say about you?

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2 w. ago NADINE DORRIES: Angels ARE real and I came face to face with one just days ago. It all started when I saved a shivering, lonely schoolboy

My four-year-old granddaughter is an angel in her school nativity play today and I'll be there, with all the other grandmas, clutching my tissues as I watch and weep a little with pride.

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