48 h. 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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48 h. 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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50 h. 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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4 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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5 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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5 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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5 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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6 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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7 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.

Economics

7 d. 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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9 d. ago The busiest day for cash withdrawals in 2025 – and it wasn’t Christmas Eve

New figures from Link ATMs show that cash withdrawals are still in decline

Economics

1 week ago Pictured: Father, 33, killed in Christmas Eve crash that injured his partner and their eight

Stephen Jones, 33, from Bootle, was driving a black Ford Puma when it was involved in a crash with a grey Audi A4 in Croxteth just before 8:40pm on December 24 2025.

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1 week ago Tributes as junior football coach dies after Christmas Eve collision

'Stephen's death will leave a void for many people that won't ever be filled'

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1 week ago Dad dies after fatal Christmas Eve crash and mum in 'serious' condition

The couple's eight-year-old son sustained minor injuries and has been cared for by family since the crash

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1 week ago ‘Loving’ dad, 33, dies in Christmas Eve crash as mum suffers serious injuries

Stephen Jones, 33, was taken to hospital with significant injuries following a crash on Christmas Eve

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1 week ago Family of teen Camila Mendoza Olmos found dead in a field break their silence

Authorities confirmed that the body was that of 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, who vanished from her home in San Antonio, Texas, on the morning of Christmas Eve

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1 week ago Families of Scots found dead after long water searches hope police sonar kits will end agony

Greig Stoddart, 44, died fishing on Christmas Eve 2023, and was not found for weeks - but volunteers discovered his body in just two hours using an underwater sonar kit.

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1 week ago Family of teenager found dead after going missing on Christmas Eve breaks silence following heartbreaking discovery

The medical examiner determined the body was that of Texas student 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos and that she had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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2 w. ago Helen Flanagan reunites with her three children for New Year's Eve after spending Christmas apart amid bitter co

Helen Flanagan delightedly reunited with her three children after they spent Christmas with their father Scott Sinclair. 

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2 w. ago Inside Trump’s secret Xmas Eve strike on Maduro’s drug regime ‘using CIA Reaper drone, radar jamming & Hellfire missile’

DONALD Trump used CIA Reaper drones equipped with powerful Hellfire missiles to attack Venezuela on Christmas Eve, a former CIA officer has claimed. The US launched secret strikes on a drug port in Maracaibo which was hailed by Trump as a "very hard blow" to tyrant Nicolas Maduro's regime. Trump has remained tight-lipped over how he...

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