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Pickleball booming in UK as more people discover ‘inner joy’ of inclusive game | UK News
The booming sport of pickleball is continuing its remarkable rise in popularity in the UK. Already the fastest growing sport in the US, pickleball’s governing [more…]
Man, 39, shot dead by armed police in Redditch on Christmas Eve
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Why did Trump float takeovers of Greenland and the Panama Canal?
President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of isolating the US from foreign conflicts like the Ukraine war, increasing tariffs on foreign trade partners, and [more…]
Welsh visitor tax plans spark anger in local tourism industry: ‘We’ll be clobbered by it’ | UK News
The rugged mountains, limestone caves and spectacular waterfalls of Bannau Brycheiniog – the Brecon Beacons – attract visitors from all over the world. Tourism is [more…]
A&E departments ‘absolutely full to bursting’ as flu surge worsens already dire situation, top medic warns
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Dozens die in Azerbaijan Airlines accident
Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with 67 people on board in Kazakhstan, local officials say. The country’s emergency ministry said [more…]
Man, 39, shot dead by armed police in Redditch | UK News
A man aged 39 with a knife has been shot dead by armed police in Redditch after “several hours” of negotiations, police have said. This [more…]
All MPs Want For Christmas Is… A Warm Office, A Spaniel, And Sleep
Downing Street Christmas Tree 4 min read18 min As Westminster prepares to wind down after another historic year in British politics, MPs from [more…]
Nigel Farage compares Starmer to Robert Mugabe as key battlegrounds demand elections get axed in momentum blow to ‘turquoise tidal wave’
Nigel Farage has compared Sir Keir Starmer to ex-Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after it emerged a key council battleground has demanded the Prime Minister delay [more…]
Best dogs of 2024: Good (and bad) boys and girls that made headlines this year | Offbeat News
Dogs were the best of us in 2024. While the humans squabbled over prime ministers and presidents, good boys and girls across the world were [more…]
Azerbaijan Airlines crashes near Kazakhstan’s Aktau airport | World News
A passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan, the country’s emergencies ministry said. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was en route from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny [more…]
Gladys celebrates 108th birthday on Christmas Day
A village community in Kent came together to celebrate a special person born on Christmas Day. Gladys Banks – dubbed the Queen of Borough Green [more…]
First drag queen competitor to be featured
BBC Studios/Guy Levy Tayce, from Newport in south Wales, is proud to be the first drag artist to take part in Strictly Come Dancing Strictly’s [more…]
£90,000-a-year Patient Safety Commissioner role remains unfilled
PA Media A recruitment drive for Scotland’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner has failed for a second time. MSPs passed a law creating the new [more…]
Palestinian Christians struggle to find hope at Christmas
Reuters A baby Jesus figure was placed on top of a pile of rubble in Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, with sermons focusing on the Gaza [more…]
Rachel Reeves challenged to ‘work one day on a farm’ as farmers head out to milk on Xmas day
A farmer and leading campaigner has challenged Rachel Reeves to ‘work one day on a farm’, to ‘have some humility’ and ‘stop hiding’ in a [more…]
Norad Santa tracker LIVE: Follow Santa Claus as he delivers Christmas gifts on global journey
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Archbishop of York to call for actions rather than words
Getty Images Stephen Cottrell has been the Archbishop of York since 2020 The Archbishop of York, who will effectively take over as leader of the [more…]
Where is Santa right now? These people know
In 1955 a young child, trying to reach Santa, dialed a misprinted phone number from a department store ad in the local newspaper. Instead of [more…]
How Indian artists envisioned Christ’s birth
From the British Library archive This 17th Century painting fuses Islamic motifs with Renaissance style artwork The birth of Jesus Christ – a seminal biblical [more…]
