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• Dog starts house fire after turning on hairdryer

  24-12-2022 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Crews were called to Hockley, Essex, on Christmas Eve and treated the dog and owner at the scene.
  
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• NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars – Otherworldly Holiday Scene With Cube-Shaped Snow - SciTechDaily

  24-12-2022 23:25 via news.google.com
  NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars – Otherworldly Holiday Scene With Cube-Shaped Snow  SciTechDailyMars is a 'winter wonderland' in this frosty (and stunning) image from space  Space.comNASA captures images of frost on Mars  NEWS CENTER MaineNASA explores a winter wonderland on Mars  Phys.orgMartian 'winter wonderland' - Frost, snow and extreme cold on the Red Planet explained  VideoFromSpaceView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Princess of Wales hosts Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey - The Telegraph

  24-12-2022 23:04 via news.google.com
  Princess of Wales hosts Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey  The TelegraphGeorge and Charlotte sing at Westminster Abbey carol service  BBCPrincess Charlotte is the star of Royal Christmas carol service dedicated to the late Queen  Daily MailPrincess Eugenie pays tribute to the Queen in heartfelt Christmas message  HELLO!Royal Carols Together At Christmas start time and line-up as Catherine Zeta-Jones narrates  Wales OnlineView Full cove
  
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• Taliban ban Afghan women from working at NGOs - as UN says its work will be affected - Sky News

  24-12-2022 21:48 via news.google.com
  Taliban ban Afghan women from working at NGOs - as UN says its work will be affected  Sky NewsUS slams Taliban for women's NGO jobs ban in Afghanistan  The IndependentAfghanistan protests: Taliban use water cannon on women opposing university ban  BBCAfghan women need international support  Hindustan TimesFor Afghan women, world is uniting again—this time to leave them to their fate  ThePrintView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Paris shooting: Protests after deadly attack on Kurds - BBC

  24-12-2022 21:48 via news.google.com
  Paris shooting: Protests after deadly attack on Kurds  BBCParis police use teargas on protesters calling for justice over Kurdish centre shooting  Guardian NewsSuspect in deadly attack on Paris Kurds transferred to psychiatric unit  FRANCE 24 English'Odious attack': Paris gunman 'clearly targeted foreigners', French minister says  The Local FranceParis shooting: Clashes between protesters and police continue after deadly attack on Kurds  The Inde
  
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• Rail strike hits Christmas Eve getaway and last-minute city centre shopping as latest RMT walkout begins - Evening Standard

  24-12-2022 20:53 via news.google.com
  Rail strike hits Christmas Eve getaway and last-minute city centre shopping as latest RMT walkout begins  Evening StandardChristmas Eve travellers try to avoid disruption caused by rail strikes  Sky NewsLNER Transpennine and Northern Trains times out of York today | York Press  York PressStrikes: Passengers rush for last trains as services stop early on Christmas Eve  The IndependentChristmas Eve trains through the West Midlands delayed by defective sectio
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan criticise the Sun's Jeremy Clarkson apology

  24-12-2022 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A spokesperson for the royal couple says the newspaper profited off "hate, violence and misogyny".
  
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• Strikes halt ScotRail trains until after Boxing Day

  24-12-2022 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  No trains will run in Scotland until Tuesday as services are hit by strike action by Network Rail workers.
  
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• Boy, 4, dies after being pulled from swimming pool at Center Parcs - The Times

  24-12-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
  Boy, 4, dies after being pulled from swimming pool at Center Parcs  The TimesBoy, 4, dies in swimming pool incident at Center Parcs Longleat resort  BBCBoy, four, dies after 'serious medical incident' at Centre Parcs  The IndependentYoung boy dies after incident at Center Parcs in Wiltshire  The GuardianTragedy as little boy, 4, dies at Center Parcs on Christmas Eve  Manchester Evening NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Are you in business?, Rishi Sunak asks homeless man during shelter visit

  24-12-2022 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister has been criticised by some Labour MPs after his chat with homeless man goes viral online.
  
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• Medical incident involving child at Center Parcs

  24-12-2022 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say officers were called to a "serious medical incident" at the complex in Wiltshire.
  
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• South East Water supply problems persist on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2022 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  After a widespread thaw caused burst pipes, the company says it is still fixing leaks.
  
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• Man detained after Glasgow Royal Infirmary staff member stabbed

  24-12-2022 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The 69-year-old was held by police after the incident at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Fatty liver caused by 'two' foods linked to severe neurological problems like dementia - Express

  24-12-2022 16:24 via news.google.com
  Fatty liver caused by 'two' foods linked to severe neurological problems like dementia  ExpressHow does fatty liver disease affect brain? Study reveals | Mint  MintResearch shows fatty liver disease endangers brain health  Medical XpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mark Ormrod MBE: Triple amputee makes swimming record attempt

  24-12-2022 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod lost both his legs and his right arm in an Afghanistan bomb blast.
  
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• Eight Hull takeaways open on Christmas Day - Hull Live

  24-12-2022 15:45 via news.google.com
  Eight Hull takeaways open on Christmas Day  Hull LiveIs McDonald's open on Christmas Day 2022 in the UK?  Liverpool EchoTesco Christmas opening hours for 2022  Cambridgeshire LiveWhere you can still shop on Christmas Day in Hull  Hull LiveMorrisons Christmas 2022 opening times - when will UK shops will open and close?  The MirrorView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rob Burrow's wheelchair accessible van vandalised in Castleford

  24-12-2022 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The Rugby League star's father says it happened while the family were out for a Christmas meal.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: death toll in Kherson rises after Christmas Eve attack

  24-12-2022 15:05 via theguardian.com
  Eight people confirmed dead and more than 50 injured as Russian shelling hits city of KhersonUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the shelling on Kherson that has killed five and injured 20 others is “terrorism”.Posting photographs of the aftermath of the attacks, including casualties lying on the street, he said: “The terrorist country continues bringing the Russian world in the form of shelling of the civilian population. Kherson. In the morning, on Saturday, on t
  
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• Never again: bruised by investigating Partygate, Sue Gray is enjoying time out of the spotlight

  24-12-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Her report into the affair made her a household name in Britain – but the civil servant has now returned to the more low-key tasks she prefersHer name became a kind of mantra for those hoping the UK could restore order amid the debauched chaos of Boris Johnson’s administration. “Sue Gray”, ministers and opposition leaders told the media last winter, as anger heightened over drunken No 10 parties held during lockdown, while the public was banned from comforting dying loved
  
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• Huge ‘bomb cyclone’ storm hits US with life-threatening cold as holidays begin

  24-12-2022 14:51 via theguardian.com
  More than 60% of US faces winter weather warnings, with temperatures drastically below normal in many placesA wild winter storm continued to envelop much of the US on Saturday, bringing blinding blizzards, freezing rain, flooding and intense cold close to record lows in some areas. More than a dozen deaths were attributed to the storm, if not confirmed, and holiday travel and utility services stood disrupted for millions.Forecasters said the weather system, called a “bomb cyclone” or
  
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• Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod in world record attempt

  24-12-2022 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod MBE completes a 1km open water swim for charity.
  
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• Republican senator called Giuliani ‘walking malpractice’, January 6 report says

  24-12-2022 14:04 via theguardian.com
  Mike Lee of Utah made comment in text message to Trump aide on evening after the Capitol attackA senator who received a voice message meant for another Republican on January 6 described the caller, Rudy Giuliani, as “walking malpractice”.The piquant characterisation of the former New York mayor, then Donald Trump’s attorney and a leading proponent of his election fraud lie, was made in a text message sent by Mike Lee of Utah. Continue reading...
  
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• What links Whitney Houston to Raiders of the Lost Ark – and Stanley Tucci’s recipes?

  24-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far awayThe untimely death of Whitney Houston in 2012, aged just 48, prompted several attempts to reconcile her supreme singing talent and 80s/90s mega-fame with her sad decline. Nick Broomfield’s well-received 2017 documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me was followed by the succinctly titled Whitney, Kevin Macdonald’s authorised documentary. Now comes the inevitable biopic, I Wanna Dance
  
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• Love puzzles as much as I do? Then you’ll adore these festive quizzes and riddles

  24-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  A lifelong fan of games, puzzles and brainteasers kicks off our bumper series of Christmas funWelcome to Saturday’s special Christmas puzzles edition. You are about to embark on hours of mind-sharpening fun – or indulge in a dangerous vice that will ruin both society and your brain. I’m a lifelong puzzle fan and while writing a book about my obsession, I was amused and disturbed to see that, for as long as there have been puzzles, there have been denouncers. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘In real life, you don’t touch the trigger until you plan on squeezing’: what actual spies think of TV thrillers

  24-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Too much sex and gunfights, far too little paperwork … espionage shows aren’t exactly a masterclass in realism. Ex-agents reveal what they get right and wrongSpies are everywhere – especially on TV. Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix and Apple TV+, these are boom times for fans of espionage thrillers. But it’s not only fans who are tuning in: viewers also include actual undercover agents whose roles range from collecting intelligence to recruiting spies for a l
  
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• From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes?

  24-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong?
  Those of you who had “Sir David Attenborough has beef with Adelaide shopping mall plaque” on your 2021 bingo cards must have done a victory dance this week. A local conservationist recognised some “honeybee propaganda”, attributed to the legendary naturalist, on a plaque accompanying a Westfield Tea Tree Plaza mural and a
  
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• A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in peace’

  24-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  The withdrawal of allied troops from Afghanistan a year ago led to desperate scenes as refugees tried to escape the Taliban. One man tells his family’s story Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Do you work in business?’ Sunak mocked for ‘excruciating’ exchange with homeless man

  24-12-2022 13:52 via theguardian.com
  PM filmed asking man if he would like to ‘get in to’ financial services during visit to London shelterRishi Sunak has been criticised over an awkward exchange with a homeless person while volunteering at a soup kitchen in front of television cameras.The prime minister visited a shelter on Friday, where after a brief exchange he asked the man whether he worked in business. The man replied that he was homeless. Sunak then discussed his background in the finance industry and asked if it
  
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• Partner of Brixton crush victim says someone must be found accountable

  24-12-2022 13:40 via theguardian.com
  Phoebie Turley pays tribute to Gaby Hutchinson, saying they ‘would have done anything for anyone’The partner of one of the people who died after the O2 Brixton Academy crush has demanded justice for the victims of the disaster, insisting someone needs to be “accountable” for what happened.Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died after fans tried to get into a show by the Nigerian artist Asake at the south London venue on 15 December. Continue reading...
  
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• UK government looks to lure early retirees back to work, reports say

  24-12-2022 13:19 via theguardian.com
  People who quit during pandemic may be offered ‘midlife MOT’ as way to address labour shortagePlans to coax middle-aged retirees back into work to boost the economy are being considered by the government, according to reports.Older people who have given up work could be offered what is being described as a “midlife MOT” to entice them back into employment, the Times has reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Polar bears vanishing from ‘polar bear capital of the world’ in Canada

  24-12-2022 13:04 via theguardian.com
  Government research shows dramatic decline in numbers in western Hudson Bay strongholdPolar bears are disappearing fast from the western part of Hudson Bay on the southern tip of the Canadian Arctic, according to a government survey.The report said there had been a dramatic decline in the of number of female bears and cubs in particular. Continue reading...
  
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• We planned epic Scalextric tournaments as we watched TFI Friday – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

  24-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  I finally got the racing car set I’d always wanted when I went to university. But it didn’t work out quite as I imaginedAs a child, I always wanted a Scalextric set for Christmas or my birthday, but I never got one. That’s not to say I wasn’t inundated with toys. Had my mum not later donated my entire Star Wars collection to the church jumble sale (thanks, Mum!), or had my dog not chewed up my original 1977 double-telescoping Darth Vader (thanks, Jasper!), I’d now b
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for aubergine and silken tofu with tahini and crispy chilli spring onions | The new vegan

  24-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Ready-made ingredients do the heavy lifting in a dish that’s bursting with flavourA large part of my ability to put dinner on the table, sometimes at the last minute, relies on the genius of good ready-made ingredients. Specifically, I am talking about silken tofu, tahini and crispy chilli, all of which feature in today’s recipe and which are excellent friends in the kitchen. Good-quality silken tofu is a textural pleasure that can barely hold itself together; it’s gentle, savo
  
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• Mark Robins gives Coventry City hope that dark clouds are lifting

  24-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Popular manager is plotting an unlikely playoff push after steering the Championship club through choppy watersCoventry City’s season began with them unable to play home games due to the state of the pitch, more recently they have received an eviction notice from the stadium and are in the process of being taken over. Anyone would forgive their small squad for being unable to focus considering everything going on around them but instead they are eighth in the Championship with a game in ha
  
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• Kate and Greg Mosse look back: ‘The shirt I’m wearing has since been made illegal’

  24-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Writers Kate and Greg Mosse on how a brief encounter on a train changed their livesMarried couple Kate and Greg Mosse first met in Chichester in their teens, and went on to become mutually celebrated names in the arts. Kate’s 2005 historical mystery Labyrinth skyrocketed her name as an international bestseller, the first of a multimillion-selling series of novels. She is also the founder director of the Women’s prize for fiction. Greg has enjoyed success as a lecturer, founding membe
  
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• Alex Horne on the secret to his cult show Taskmaster: ‘It must be offbeat but not wacky, off-kilter but not bonkers’

  24-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  How does the comedian and creative genius come up with the show’s endless stream of inventive challenges?Alex Horne is sweltering. Taskmaster, the British panel show in which five comedians complete tasks set by Horne across 10 episodes, is filming its 15th season. It’s an apocalyptically warm summer’s day in Chiswick, west London, at the former groundskeeper’s cottage where many of Horne’s meticulously planned tasks are filmed. Situated beside a busy golf course, u
  
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• Rishi Sunak hires journalist James Forsyth as political secretary

  24-12-2022 12:26 via theguardian.com
  Spectator political editor and Times columnist is friend of prime minister’sRishi Sunak has hired a close friend and journalist as a senior political aide as he prepares to focus on immigration, the NHS and education to arrest his party’s slump in support.The prime minister has hired James Forsyth, the political editor of the Spectator, as his political secretary. Continue reading...
  
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• Republicans calling Trump’s tax returns ‘private’ don’t understand privacy | Jan-Werner Müller

  24-12-2022 12:14 via theguardian.com
  The Trump years demonstrated that the norm of presidential candidates voluntarily releasing their returns is too weakDonald Trump’s biggest worries right now might not be about Congress having released six years of his tax returns. But it is an issue where Republicans can comfortably have it both ways: please Trump’s base, as they loudly perform indignation about Democrats’ conduct, even as they cease defending a politically weakened Trump against the charges of the January 6 c
  
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• ‘You see trees on sale’: the easing of Saudi Arabia’s Christmas taboo

  24-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Furtive transactions a thing of the past as retailers tentatively sell decorations openlyIn previous years during the run-up to Christmas, Alia Obaidi would go to the local market in Riyadh, summon an Indian merchant and whisper her order. A short time later, he’d return with a cardboard box from a back room and furtively collect money. But things have changed. When Alia, a Lebanese resident of the Saudi capital, made her annual trip to source Christmas decorations this year, she no longer
  
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• Paddington, Neighbours and Matt Hancock snogging: the TV moments of 2022

  24-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  From the Queen’s afternoon tea skit to the utter surrealness of I’m A Celebrity, here are the most incredible, touching and bizarre things that happened on our screens this yearPresenting local election coverage overnight can be quite the broadcasting feat. Unfortunately for BBC News anchor Huw Edwards, hours of professionalism were quickly overshadowed by his admission that he was still chewing on a croissant he had started eating while his colleague Reeta Chakrabarti was talking. T
  
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• Khayl's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2022 - Push Square

  24-12-2022 12:00 via news.google.com
  Khayl's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2022  Push SquareAll the new video games I played in 2022: both good and bad  Metro.co.ukPure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2022  Pure XboxGames of 2022: Roadwarden made money interesting again  Eurogamer.netWhy Elden Ring Is Secretly a Christmas Game  EarlyGameView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• In homage to Harry Styles, I tried to knit a grungy cloak of homemade smugness | Rebecca Nicholson

  24-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  I wanted to learn a skill that would come in handy after society collapsed – perhaps I should have taken up unarmed combatThe cardigan was conceived in anxiety, so no wonder it came out looking like that. I started knitting in lockdown, because keeping my hands occupied made it harder to refresh news apps.At some point over the last year, as Covid worries began to retreat, knitting hitched itself to climate-based worries instead. I’m not saying it’s rational, but hear me out: m
  
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• ‘Dig deep and think as hard as possible’ – the secrets of success in Scrabble, Sudoku, Jenga and more

  24-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  From a 9-year old Scrabble prodigy to the UK jigsaw champion, we asked master gamers and puzzlers to reveal their secretsThe first time I speak to George Scholey this October, he is on the train to the UK Rubik’s Cube championships in Coventry. The 20-year-old English student at Queen Mary University in London won the title in 2019, and, as subsequent competitions were postponed due to the pandemic, has been reigning champion for three years. “It’s really nice, but undeserved,&
  
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• ‘A living museum’: what it’s like using Netflix’s DVD-by-mail in 2022

  24-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The bright red envelopes feel like a nostalgic artifact from a different era and require an alarming degree of commitmentI opened my mailbox and it felt like 2006 all over again: there it was, a DVD in a bright red envelope.While Netflix has become synonymous with streaming, its DVD-by-mail service remains alive – and 2022 marks its 25th anniversary. It could also mark the last full year before its brutal death: Reed Hastings, the company’s co-CEO, has suggested 2023 could be the yea
  
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• Google's Pixel phone plans for 2023 and beyond have leaked - TechRadar

  24-12-2022 11:30 via news.google.com
  Google's Pixel phone plans for 2023 and beyond have leaked  TechRadarGoogle's roadmap reveals Pixel 7a's pricing and an unexciting Pixel 8  NextPit InternationalForget Galaxy S23 — Google Pixel 7a could be the best Android phone in 2023  Tom's GuideGoogle to bring the heat to Samsung with its future phones  SamMobile - Samsung newsGoogle's leaked product roadmap looks strikingly familiar  ZDNetView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• White Christmas forecast for parts of Scotland

  24-12-2022 11:19 via theguardian.com
  Met Office warning for snow and ice in place for most of Scottish Highlands and some lowland areasThe Scottish Highlands could be in for a white Christmas, forecasters have said.A Met Office yellow warning is in place for most of the mountainous region and some lowland areas from 9pm on Christmas Day to 6pm on Boxing Day. Continue reading...
  
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• Charlie Mackesy: Artist's delight as book becomes BBC film

  24-12-2022 11:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The story of the Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse began life on Charlie Mackesy's Instagram account.
  
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• Transcripts reveal Cassidy Hutchinson was pressured to protect Trump: ‘I was scared’

  24-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  According to transcripts, Cassidy was conflicted ahead of the hearing: ‘I felt like Trump was looking over my shoulder’“I’m about to be fucking nuked,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson reportedly told a January 6 committee staff member after meeting with investigators before her bombshell testimony to the committee in June. Her prediction turned out to be accurate.Within hours of Hutchinson’s surprise appearance, where she testified about a furious p
  
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• ‘Nick jumped in the water and this shot happened’: Pasha Francuz’s best phone picture

  24-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  How the Ukraine-born photographer, on a hot day by a pool in San Francisco, came to snap Santa socksPasha Francuz was born in Chernivtsi, in western Ukraine, but left eight years ago, living in Poland and Italy before settling near San Francisco with his wife and teenage daughter.“A friend in Kyiv, Oleg, is a fashion designer, and sent me a few pairs of his socks to take some marketing shots of. It was one of the hottest days of the year, so I was down by our apartment complex’s pool
  
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• Gakpo to Gvardiol: how the January window is looking for transfer targets

  24-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Premier League clubs are gearing up for the new year sales but the winter World Cup could hike individual price tagsPSV’s plan was to let the Netherlands international move in the summer but after his exceptional World Cup he has a chance to leave in January. Erik ten Hag is a big fan and Manchester United remain interested, making contact with the 23-year-old’s agents. Negotiations between the clubs have not started, though, and it depends on how much United are willing to invest in
  
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