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Australia v England: fourth Ashes Test, day one – live
PreambleSo here it is … Merry Christmas! Everybody’s having fun (except perhaps Ben Duckett). Look to the future now, it’s only just begun.Does Sir Geoffrey always tell you that...
Strictly Come Dancing: Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman say farewell on Christmas special
Paul Glynn,Culture reporterandNoor Nanji,Culture correspondentBBCClaudia and Tess danced to Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is YouTess Daly and Claudia Winkleman embraced on the dancefloor as they signed...
Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro’s surgery for hernia ‘successful’
The jailed ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a successful surgery for a double hernia, his wife Michelle says. The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for...
Murder arrest after death of woman in her 80s
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 80s died in an incident at a flat.Police were called to the flat in Keepers...
Pope Leo urges ‘courage’ to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address
Pope Leo has urged Ukraine and Russia to find the "courage" to hold direct talks to end the war during his first Christmas remarks to crowds in St Peter's...
Jingle bills: Arkansas Powerball player strikes $1.8bn jackpot on Christmas Eve
A Powerball player in Arkansas won a whopping $1.817bn (£1.34bn) jackpot in a Christmas Eve drawing, making it the second-largest lottery prize ever claimed.The single winning ticket matched all...
King’s speech 2025: Christmas message urges communities to pull together in divided world
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentKing Charles: 'We can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong'The King's Christmas message has invoked the wartime spirit, calling on communities to pull...
Icons of Football: John Robertson – the ‘scruffy fat lad who won two European Cups’
Martin O’Neill, Nottingham Forest team-mate and manager at CelticHe was a beautiful footballer who could play with both feet, terrific ability.I keep getting back to this word, fulcrum. He...
John Robertson: Former Scotland, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest winger dies aged 72
Born in the Viewpark area of North Lanarkshire, Robertson played for Drumchapel Amateurs and Scotland at youth level before joining Forest in May 1970, making his debut later that...
Searches continue after Budleigh Salterton swimmers in difficulty
Rescue teams are continuing to search the water off the Devon coast after reports of swimmers in difficulty, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police were called at 10:25 GMT...
