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• How much do models really get paid?

  27-05-2016 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How easy is it to make a living as a model?
  
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• Cold health alert as parts of UK set to freeze on Christmas Day

  25-12-2025 10:07 via bbc.com
  Organisers of some Christmas Day and Boxing Day swims have cancelled events due to the weather.
  
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• We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years

  25-12-2025 08:51 via bbc.com
  An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
  
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• Locals step in at Christmas after canal collapse

  25-12-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  Linda Edwards is housing two families on boats in her fleet, until they have a solution.
  
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• Catherine and Charlotte perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert

  25-12-2025 08:04 via bbc.com
  The pre-recorded performance aired on ITV1 on Christmas Eve and saw the pair play a piece by Scottish composer Erland Cooper.
  
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• 'I thought my son would never tell me he loves me'

  25-12-2025 06:25 via bbc.com
  James says messages from his non-speaking 13-year-old son Tommy have made his year.
  
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• Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne

  25-12-2025 04:14 via theguardian.com
  Police say the vehicle was set alight in the driveway of a property in St Kilda East in the early hours of Christmas DayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA car with a “Happy Chanukah” sign has been firebombed in a Melbourne suburb in the early hours of Christmas morning.The suspected antisemitic incident comes less than two weeks after the terror attack that targeted Jews celebrating the holiday of Hanukah at Sydney’s Bondi beach and claimed 15 lives. C
  
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• 2025: The year in your pictures

  25-12-2025 03:21 via bbc.com
  As 2025 draws to a close, it's the perfect time to take a look back at some of the fantastic photographs sent in by the BBC Weather Watchers.
  
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• Tiny Pacific nation of Palau to take migrants from US in return for aid

  25-12-2025 03:08 via theguardian.com
  The island nation will take up to 75 migrants, months after lawmakers rejected a previous request from WashingtonPalau will take up to 75 migrants from the US in return for additional aid, after the tiny Pacific Island nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Washington on transfer of third-country nationals.US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau spoke to Palau president Surangel Whipps in a call on Tuesday about transferring third-country nationals to Palau, the two sides said
  
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• Meet the working dogs that don't stop for Christmas

  25-12-2025 02:57 via bbc.com
  For some of Northern Ireland's dogs with jobs, a busy Christmas lies ahead.
  
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• The time bombs in the new Archbishop of Canterbury's in-tray for 2026

  25-12-2025 01:18 via bbc.com
  Many of the big issues which troubled Justin Welby’s time in office remain unresolved.
  
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• Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman to present Strictly for last time

  25-12-2025 01:12 via bbc.com
  The pair will oversee the Strictly Christmas Special on Thursday, before bowing out from the show.
  
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• No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse

  25-12-2025 01:05 via theguardian.com
  Gaming was once compared to drugs, gambling and alcohol in South Korea. Now its gaming academies offer a chance to earn a six-figure salary – if you make the grade Son Si-woo remembers the moment his mother turned off his computer. He was midway through an interview to become a professional gamer.“She said when I played computer games, my personality got worse, that I was addicted to games,” the 27-year-old recalls. Continue reading...
  
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• What do you do if you don't celebrate Christmas?

  25-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  A Muslim, a Hindu and a Jew who live in Northern Ireland explain what Christmas means to them.
  
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• Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

  25-12-2025 00:42 via theguardian.com
  Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completedDonald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and criticism of interference by the US president.The rightwing Asfura, 67, a construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, secur
  
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• Cancer treatment ended my last pregnancy - this baby is my Christmas miracle

  25-12-2025 00:12 via bbc.com
  When Lucy Turner was diagnosed with an aggressive mouth cancer she was told she would have to terminate her pregnancy.
  
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• Afcon roundup: Algeria beat 10-man Sudan and Côte d’Ivoire start defence with win

  24-12-2025 23:43 via theguardian.com
  Algeria win 3-0 as Adel sees red | Burkina Faso 2-1 E Guinea Côte d’Ivoire 1-0 Mozambique | Cameroon 1-0 GabonRiyad Mahrez scored twice as Algeria launched their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a comfortable 3-0 Group E win against 10-man Sudan in Rabat.The Desert Warriors were ahead within two minutes when the former Leicester and Manchester City winger ran on to Hicham Boudaoui’s clever backheel and fired past the Sudan keeper Monged Abuzaid. Continue reading...
  
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• Two Doors Down Christmas Special review – festive larks with TV’s most hilarious monsters

  24-12-2025 23:35 via theguardian.com
  The Glasgow-set sitcom is back after two years … and the highlight is Cathy losing any semblance of civility, flirting aggressively then calling Eric a ‘big stupid donkey’. Happy holidays! Sitcoms aren’t meant to go anywhere: the default setting is one location full of characters who keep resetting to zero. Few have followed that rule as faithfully as Two Doors Down, a low-key comedy set on a middle-class close on the outskirts of Glasgow and focusing on retirement-age c
  
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• The Room in the Tower: A Ghost Story for Christmas review – Tobias Menzies is perfect in Mark Gatiss’s spooky tale

  24-12-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  The understated lead in this year’s creepy festive drama is ideal for the whispered dread it drips with. Be warned, though: it verges on horror – young kids may well be terrifiedIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a family gathered around a roaring yuletide screen must be in want of a ghost story. Since 1968, therefore (or a couple of years earlier, depending on whether you count the precursor Whistle and I’ll Come to You, directed by Jonathan Miller – and who am
  
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• Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message

  24-12-2025 23:29 via theguardian.com
  Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve massPope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
  
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• Two injured in County Down stabbing

  24-12-2025 23:26 via bbc.com
  One person is in a critical condition after being attacked in the seaside town on Christmas Eve.
  
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• UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements

  24-12-2025 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada and Germany, have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they violate international law and risk fuelling instability.Israel approved a proposal last Sunday for the new Jewish settlements, which brings the recent total to 69, accor
  
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• Woman dies in Christmas Eve crash on M2

  24-12-2025 23:00 via bbc.com
  Police are appealing for information after a crash on the M2 in which a woman in her 20s died.
  
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• Attempted murder arrest after boy, 14, stabbed

  24-12-2025 22:30 via bbc.com
  Police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
  
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• Finding Father Christmas review – Lenny Rush and James Buckley’s chemistry is just wonderful

  24-12-2025 22:00 via theguardian.com
  The father-and-dad pair are a total delight in this tale of a 16-year-old trying to prove Santa’s existence. They deserve a whole new episode togetherIn an era in which it is now an annual tradition for the US streaming giants to put out bland paint-by-algorithm holiday movies, there is something rather satisfying about the oddball British Christmas stand-alone special. The ingredients tend to be as follows: appearances by the year’s favourite comic actors; niche cultural references,
  
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• Southern California braces as powerful winter storms threaten up to 8in of rain

  24-12-2025 21:38 via theguardian.com
  Governor declared emergency in several counties, with near white-out snow conditions in parts of the Sierra NevadaA powerful winter storm swept across California on Wednesday, with heavy rain and gusty winds leading to evacuation warnings for mudslides in parts of the southern part of the state, bringing near white-out snow conditions in the mountains and hazardous travel for millions of holiday drivers.California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency in several counties,
  
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• Cillian Murphy meets Barry Keoghan in first look at Peaky Blinders film

  24-12-2025 21:32 via theguardian.com
  Two stars of Irish acting unite in eagerly anticipated film about Birmingham gangster Tommy ShelbyTwo stars of Irish acting are united as Cillian Murphy meets Barry Keoghan in the first look at the eagerly anticipated Peaky Blinders film.Murphy questions his identity as “famous gypsy gangster” Tommy Shelby in the 70-second teaser released by Netflix on Christmas Eve. Continue reading...
  
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• US justice department says it may need ‘a few more weeks’ to process 1m more Epstein documents for release

  24-12-2025 20:32 via theguardian.com
  DoJ says more documents have been uncovered amid criticisms for missing 19 December deadline for full releaseThe US justice department said on Wednesday that it has been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more than a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and processing these for release could take “a few more weeks”.In a post on X, the justice department said it had received the documents from the US attorney for the sou
  
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• From Lily Allen to six-seven: it’s the 2025 bumper pop culture quiz of the year

  24-12-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Did you watch KPop Demon Hunters? Have you listened to Rosalía? And do you know who ‘fedora guy’ is? If you answered yes to all these, this is the quiz for you Continue reading...
  
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• S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs as Santa rally reaches Wall Street – as it happened

  24-12-2025 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as stocks rise in New York’s shortened Christmas Eve sessionIs the Christmas shopping period more of a whimper than a bang for Britain’s retailers this year?Shopper traffic yesterday remained “stubbornly muted”, according to the latest footfall data from Sensormatic Solutions, which shows that visits were 13.1% lower than a year ago.“After an unsettled start to the festive period - defined by shaky consumer
  
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