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• Man who confronted Huntingdon train attacker issues heroic statement

  03-11-2025 12:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Crean has been hailed a hero since his brave actions during the brutal mass stabbing on a train heading towards Huntingdon station - but he insists he's 'just a normal guy'
  
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• Coronation Street confirms devastating Lisa and Becky twist in ITVX release amid grim kidnapping

  24-12-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  Becky Swain finally got what she wanted from Lisa (Picture: ITV)This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.Poor Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) is in absolute turmoil on Coronation Street this festive season, as she’s torn between the two women in her life – unaware that one of them is hiding a dastardly secret…Things started to go downhill the moment Becky Swain (Amy Cudden) rocked up on
  
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• Three killed in Moscow car explosion according to Russian authorities

  24-12-2025 08:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The blast comes just days after the head of Russia's General Staff's army operational directorate, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in a nearby car explosion
  
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• Three people are killed in Moscow bomb blast two days after senior Russian general was assassinated

  24-12-2025 08:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blast occurred close to the site where the army official was killed.
  
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• ‘Heartbroken’ Strictly star nearly pulled out of 2025 Christmas special after dad’s sudden death

  24-12-2025 08:09 via metro.co.uk
  Gladiators Fury star, Jodie Ounsley’s ‘hero’ father died on a hike at the start of December (Picture: Instagram/ Jodie Ounsley)Gladiators star Jodie Ounsley has revealed she almost withdrew from the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special after her dad’s death aged 56.The BBC reality star (known as Fury on the show) was announced as part of the festive line-up in November alongside Scarlett Moffat, Brian McFadden, Nicholas Bailey, Babatunde Aléshé and Melan
  
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• Yorkshire Vet Star Matt Jackson-Smith shares the Christmas dangers for your dogs

  24-12-2025 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Vet star Matt Jackson-Smith is urging dog owners to take extra care to keep their pets safe over the festive period because there are more hazards around the home at Christmas
  
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• Where is Santa right now? Tracker shows his location for Christmas 2025

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  He’s making a list and checking it twice, as people wait for Santa to come to town all across the world (Picture: Metro.co.uk)It is getting to that time of year again when Santa Claus gathers up his reindeer to deliver presents across the globe for Christmas 2025.But delivering presents to the more than eight billion people in the world is no easy feat – even with the help of Father Christmas’s elves and reindeer.He will be visiting 390,000 homes per minute, so he will have to
  
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• The true story of the First World War Christmas Truce in December 1914

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  (Credits: History Archive/Shutterstock)On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground that had been obliterated by months of warfare.Meanwhile, as the smell of rotting flesh lurked in the air, the sound of Christmas carols carrried across the barren No Man’s Land.The story of what happened the following day is one that has been shared for over 100 years, as a tale to remind us of the true spirit of Christmas.
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• The outlandish hotel that’s a blessing and a curse for every future holiday

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  Hotels come and go, but this one will live rent-free in my dreams forever (Picture: Chris Buswell)One of the best parts of my job is hopping between fabulous hotels across the globe and reviewing them (I’m insufferable, I know).However, my latest stay in Egypt set the bar so high that it has already ruined every hotel I visit for the foreseeable future.
  From a 1km-long private beach to service so good you forget what lifting a finger feels like, I could write War and Peace about this plac
  
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• Six early warning signs of dementia that may show up at Christmas gatherings

  24-12-2025 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A dementia expert has identified six behavioural changes to watch for during festive celebrations with family as Christmas gatherings could make dementia symptoms appear more prominent
  
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• King Charles' heartbreaking wish as he spends another Christmas not seeing Archie and Lilibet

  24-12-2025 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  King Charles and his estranged son Prince Harry will spend Christmas Day thousands of miles apart, meaning that the monarch will once again not see Archie and Lilibet
  
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• 'I rewatched Love Actually and made unfortunate discovery about its true meaning'

  24-12-2025 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens shared his take on the beloved Christmas rom-com Love Actually during the Miss Me BBC Sounds podcast with Miquita Oliver
  
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• Desperate mum performs own C-section using fruit and veg knife

  24-12-2025 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In what would later be hailed as a miracle, a determined mother performed a caesarean section on herself, armed only with a kitchen knife and a bottle of rubbing alcohol
  
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• Couple reveal ‘hellish experience’ on luxury cruise for their Christmas holiday

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  Allan and Julie Hydes said their TUI holiday to the Canary Islands for Christmas ‘was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime’ but they were left very disappointed (Picture: Julie Hydes)A pensioner has described his holiday as a ‘nightmare Christmas cruise’ after his wife slipped over and was left injured while onboard.Allan Hydes, 68, and his wife Julie, 75, booked a festive cruise around the Canary Islands in a package that paired it with a hotel stay in Tenerife.The
  
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• Coronation Street star confirms two attacks as Christmas Day explodes

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageIn Soapland, one attack over Christmas is expected. But two? Someone’s been very naughty this year…Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that one unlucky Weatherfield resident will be beaten and left for dead in a ginnel on Christmas Day, another will be the victim of a horrific beating – and both victims will be linked to the Driscoll F
  
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• Christmas shopping on a budget? Oliver Bonas has a great range of gifts and stocking fillers under £5

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
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  We know Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re totes down with the receiving of gifts. But the giving can be a little more stressful, especially if you’ve found yourself roped into more Secret Santas tha
  
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• ‘Britain’s worst cowboy builder tore my roof down during a storm – I won’t trust anyone ever again’

  24-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  Britain’s worst cowboy builder Mark Killick claimed he had ‘Covid in his foot’ and couldn’t finish job
  (Picture: SWNS)A single mother planning to get her loft converted so she could foster children was left broken by Britain’s worst cowboy builder.Mark Killick, 56, who was known to his customers as Marc Cole or Mark Jennings, took payments from customers and then spent them on himself, funding extravagant world travels and a crippling gambling habit.He li
  
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• I left Chelsea to join Liverpool – but I never wanted to go

  24-12-2025 07:55 via metro.co.uk
  One former Chelsea player deeply regrets leaving the club to join Liverpool (Picture: Getty)Joe Cole enjoyed a hugely successful seven-year spell at Chelsea – but the former England winger still harbours regret about the manner of his departure and his subsequent move to Liverpool.Having come through the academy at West Ham alongside the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard, Cole was parachuted into the first team at just 17 years of age in 1999.A versatile midfielder, known for his t
  
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• Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney reveals the ‘biggest regret’ of his career

  24-12-2025 07:50 via metro.co.uk
  Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney (Picture: Getty)Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has opened up about the ‘biggest regret’ of his illustrious career.Rooney established himself as one of United and England’s greatest ever players during his hugely impressive 19-year professional career.Having burst onto the scene at Everton, Rooney moved to Old Trafford in 2004 and went on to become the club’s all-time record goalscor
  
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• Pope Leo 'very disappointed' in Illinois Governor JB Pritzker over new law

  24-12-2025 07:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pope Leo XIV said he was 'very disappointed' after Illinois approved a law allowing medically assisted suicide, saying he personally urged Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign it.
  
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• Desperate search for Marine vet and dad-of-three who went missing as crucial new clue comes to light

  24-12-2025 07:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On September 18, Joel 'Deano' Valdez was heading back to his hometown of Coyote, New Mexico. He disappeared while stopping for gas in Santa Fe and was never heard from again.
  
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• What 2026 could hold for you and your finances - from interest rates to household bills

  24-12-2025 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's hard enough predicting the future but what might the next year bring for your finances?
  
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• Porn and presents with the kids: Life as an OnlyFans star on Christmas day

  24-12-2025 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  Two OnlyFans models reveal what Christmas is like as a sex worker (Picture: supplied/Getty)This Christmas Emily Mai will huddle round a twinkling tree with her two children tearing open their presents, while sexting anywhere from 40 to 200 men.The kids will be blissfully unaware of course, preoccupied with the excitement of Santa’s deliveries and half eaten cookies by the fireplace, as the OnlyFans creator stirs her tea and sends John from Brisbane a pre-made porn video on her laptop.Emil
  
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• It’s been 13 years since the most cursed BBC finale ruined Christmas

  24-12-2025 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  Remember that time the BBC crushed the souls of millions of children before Christmas? (Picture: BBC/Shine/Nick Briggs)Picture the scene: It’s Christmas Eve, millions are tuning in to watch the series finale of beloved family fantasy show Merlin. Then, the dashing King Arthur is violently stabbed to death.Billed as a coming-of-age retelling of the Arthurian tales, the humble BBC adaptation (2008 to 2012) reimagined sorcerer Merlin (Colin Morgan) as a young man hiding his magic and the her
  
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• Inside the factory that produces all of British Airways’ meals in Heathrow Terminal 5

  24-12-2025 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  An industrial estate in Heathrow: where dreams are made (Picture: Alexander O’Loughlin)Walking into a factory on the outskirts of Heathrow isn’t exactly the opening scene of a festive Hallmark tale.Yet there I was, hairnet perched ever so stylishly on my head, surrounded by industrial ovens, trolleys of bread, pots of gravy big enough to swim in and the alluring aroma of roasting turkey.This is Do & Co, the Austrian catering company that prepares every single British Airways mea
  
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• Phone used by the alleged Bondi gunmen pinged TWICE near 'ISIS island' - as new details about the Akrams' trip to the Philippines emerge

  24-12-2025 06:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mobile phone used by the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen is believed to have pinged twice near a region in the Philippines used to train Islamic State terrorists.
  
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• Trump-friendly Supreme Court turns on president in savage blow to his National Guard operation

  24-12-2025 06:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump-nominated Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he agreed with the decision to keep the Chicago deployment blocked in a surprise decision.
  
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• Horrifying moment body of Melodee Buzzard was found by couple who stopped to take photos in Utah desert

  24-12-2025 06:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A couple who stopped to take scenic photos in the Utah desert made a terrifying discovery when they stumbled across the body of nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard earlier this month.
  
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• Read Australian Islamic school principal's disturbing comments about 'destroying' Israeli 'regime' - and now his school faces getting SHUT DOWN'

  24-12-2025 06:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Islamic school principal is under investigation following social media comments about Israel.
  
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• Martin Lewis urges state pension check as it 'can be very lucrative'

  24-12-2025 06:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He urged people to check carefully as not everyone would benefit from doing this
  
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