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• Emmerdale confirms return of major icon in Christmas Day twist

  25-12-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s Christmas time! (Picture: ITV/Michael Adams)As you would expect from the most dramatic village in the Yorkshire Dales, the Christmas Day episode of Emmerdale is set to feature mystery, suspense, heartache – and a joyful reunion. Plus Christmas dinner at Wishing Well, where all is not entirely merry and bright among some of the Dingles. As Christmas Day dawns there’s horror for Marlon (Mark Charnock). On Christmas Eve his daughter April (Amelia Flanagan), reeling from
  
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• Which shops are closed on Boxing Day 2024?

  25-12-2024 21:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Major retailers have announced that they will be closed on Boxing Day (Picture: AFP)Major retail stores have confirmed that they will close on Boxing Day so that their staff can enjoy a well-earned break.Most shops close on Christmas Day, but in recent years many retailers have decided to stay closed on December 26 as well.Boxing Day is a Bank Holiday – which means opening hours are already reduced and traditionally marks the start of the post-Christmas sales in which shoppers head out to
  
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• Mystery after body found in United Airlines plane wheel well after 4,000 mile journey

  25-12-2024 21:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  The flight flew from Chicago to Maui on Christmas Eve (Picture: Flight Aware)Police are investigating after a body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii.
  The body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on United Flight 202, which arrived at Maui’s Airport from Chicago on Christmas Eve.
  It’s still unknown how the person got inside, as the wheel well of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from outside the aircraft.Poli
  
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• Mystery after body discovered in airplane wheel well after 4,000 mile journey

  25-12-2024 21:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  The flight flew from Chicago to Maui on Christmas Eve (Picture: Flight Aware)Police are investigating after a body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii.
  The body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on United Flight 202, which arrived at Maui’s Airport from Chicago on Christmas Eve.
  It’s still unknown how the person got inside, as the wheel well of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from outside the aircraft.Poli
  
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• In the WARM mid-Winter! Scots have their hottest Christmas morning EVER

  25-12-2024 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland enjoyed the mildest start to Christmas Day on record as much of the country enjoyed conditions more akin to an Indian summer.
  
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• United Airlines horror as body found in wheel well of aircraft after travelling 4,000 miles

  25-12-2024 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A statement from United Airlines confirmed the body was found in the wheel well of the main landing gears of Flight 202 - after it travelled 4,000 miles from Chicago to Maui
  
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• Wallace & Gromit fans ‘terrified’ by one nostalgic part of 10/10 new film

  25-12-2024 21:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the new feature-length film about the beloved clay characters, aired on Christmas Day and viewers were in bits.
  After it was released to rave reviews, the film hasn’t disappointed Turkey-stuffed fans as they settled down for a chuckle or two, or 10. But one aspect of the film has left a mark on viewers: the retu
  
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• JD Vance's adorable three-year-old daughter steals the show in Christmas video

  25-12-2024 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mirabel, the youngest of Vance's three children with his wife Usha, adorably stood by as the VP-elect shared his great-grandmother's recipe for biscuits.
  
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• Family’s fears grow for ‘vulnerable’ woman who disappeared days before Christmas

  25-12-2024 21:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea was last seen Saturday afternoon, police have said (Picture: SWNS)Police have issued an urgent appeal to help find a woman last seen Saturday afternoon.Chelsea Beavers, 25, was last seen at about 2.30 pm on Saturday, police said, after being spotted in the North Shields area.
  Her family are becoming more concerned for her welfare after the young woman missed Christmas celebrations.
  Candice Beavers, Chelsea’s sister, wrote on Facebook that she had gone missing shortly after sh
  
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• EastEnders confirms major and unexpected story for 40th anniversary

  25-12-2024 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Honey and Billy’s nuptials are confirmed for the big week (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)Wedding bells are ringing for one EastEnders couple, who are set to tie the knot on the very day the long-running BBC One soap turns 40.
  Billy and Honey Mitchell (Perry Fenwick and Emma Barton) will walk down the aisle on February 19, 2025, as confirmed during the Christmas Day episode, which is the highly-anticipated 40th anniversary.
  EastEnders always goes out when it comes to such mi
  
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• Coronation Street’s Gail Platt finally gets her happy ever after in emotional exit

  25-12-2024 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gail Platt says goodbye (Picture: ITV)It’s the end of an era – Gail Chadwick (Helen Worth) has left the cobbles of Coronation Street after 50 incredible years.You heard us – Gail Chadwick! She’s made Jesse (John Thomson) the sixth man to walk her down the aisle, and after a rocky start to their wedding day, drove off into the sunset for their new life in the south of France.Following months of speculation surrounding her exit story, we had tears in our eyes as she was wa
  
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• Terrifying moment surfer vanishes into monster wave on notoriously dangerous beach

  25-12-2024 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A daring surfer took on a monster wave in Hawaii before the heart-stopping footage showed him flipping through the water as the wave crashedover him.
  
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• Taliban says Pakistan ‘killed 50 refugees’ fleeing airstrikes in Afghanistan

  25-12-2024 20:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Armed Taliban security personnel screening civilians at a checkpoint in Afghanistan on Christmas Day (Picture: EPA)Airstrikes by the Pakistani military have killed up to 50 refugees, mostly women and children, the Taliban claims.The ‘unarmed refugees’ were killed in eastern Afghanistan after fleeing there from a Pakistani offensive in the north-west, according to officials.A spokesperson for the Afghan government put the death toll at 46, of whom 27 were women and children.The Pakis
  
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• David uncovers the truth about Shona in Coronation Street – as unexpected character spills the beans 

  25-12-2024 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shona and Kit’s affair has been exposed (Picture: ITV)David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) has uncovered his wife Shona (Julia Goulding) affair with Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) in Coronation Street.The festive edition of the long-running ITV soap was jam-packed full of drama as stalwart Gail Rodwell (Helen Worth) married Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson) and drove off into the sunset after 50 years of treading the cobbles.Although the heart of the family would soon be gone, the episode also cemented
  
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• Coronation Street confirms unexpected pregnancy story for fan-favourite on Christmas Day

  25-12-2024 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Daisy has discovered that she’s pregnant (Picture: ITV)Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) was left reeling in Coronation Street to find out that she’s pregnant, with the discovery coming minutes after she witnessed the love of her life get engaged to someone else.
  The barmaid, as viewers know, is still holding a candle for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard), despite him being in a relationship with Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon).
  Daniel has been conflicted over who he wants to be with but he
  
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• Over 10,000 pounds of pork sausage and products recalled for absurd reason

  25-12-2024 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ralph’s Packing Company has recalled its ready-to-eat pork and beef bologna products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen (Picture: US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service)More than 10,000 pounds of pork products including sausage have been recalled over simple oversights in the manufacturing process.About 7,485 pounds of raw Italian pork sausage items were recalled by Baltimore-based Impero Foods & Meats, Inc, because they ‘were produced
  
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• ‘Drunk’ British tourist arrested after ‘trying to have sex in hotel lobby’

  25-12-2024 20:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  The unnamed British woman is sitting in a Thai jail cell (Picture: Viral Press)A British woman is spending Christmas Day in a Thai prison cell after allegedly attempting to have sex on a glass hotel table before fighting with police.The woman is said to have ‘straddled’ her partner in the lobby of a hotel before it shattered in Pattaya around 3 am.
  After the incident unfolded, she allegedly ran off before encountering an armed officer near the beach. Passerbys eventually helped to d
  
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• Woman, 33, arrested on suspicion of murder after man found dead at home in Staffordshire on Christmas Day

  25-12-2024 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police rushed to a house on Norton Canes, Staffs at around 3.25am this morning to reports that a man had suffered a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Full details of Freddie Flintoff’s injuries two years after horror crash

  25-12-2024 20:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  He said that he ‘should not be here’ after the accident (Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire)It’s been two years since Freddie Flintoff was involved in a horrific crash while filming Top Gear, which has now been taken off air by the BBC.The 47-year-old has since returned to the world of TV for other programmes. On Sunday night he was at the helm of 1980s classic Bullseye’s Christmas special, which combined darts and quizzing.
  Flintoff hosted the one night only comeback&nb
  
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• Manhunt launched after cyclist, 49, was left fighting for his life when he was dragged from his bike and attacked during horror on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 49-year-old sustained serious head and face injuries after he was struck while cycling down a residential street in Manchester at around 6.30pm last night.
  
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• Was Azerbaijan Airlines plane shot down? New footage shows 'bullet holes' in crashed plane

  25-12-2024 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New footage posted from the crash site of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190AR show the pock-marked wreckage of the plane after it crash landed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day
  
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• Emmerdale legend left to die in Christmas tragedy – as Kim Tate watches on

  25-12-2024 19:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kim watched as Will fell to the floor (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale’s Kim Tate (Claire King) embraced her true nature on Christmas Day as, after discovering Will Taylor’s (Dean Andrews) betrayal, she watched on as he keeled over and clutched his chest in agony.Will, as fans know, was hellbent on taking Kim down a peg or two after she terrorised him over his infidelity with his ex.
  In a bid to see his plan through, he got in touch with Peter, her former financial advisor, hoping he could h
  
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• How sinner Sinatra, the Sultan of Swoon, laid down the soundtrack to a century

  25-12-2024 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Though penned by Edward Sears way back in 1849, there is something eerily contemporary about It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
  
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• Trump forms the world's richest Cabinet: Staggering net worth of his hand-selected top advisers revealed

  25-12-2024 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump, whose own wealth has been estimated to top $5 billion, is bringing on a series of billionaires to join his administration. The most prominent is Elon Musk, who is taking an outside role.
  
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• An uppercrust uppercut! Lady Lola boxes clever

  25-12-2024 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She's long been considered a knock-out with the grace and good looks that have been key to her modelling career.
  
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• As Annie Lennox turns 70, the Mail raises a glass to her extraordinary life

  25-12-2024 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of her birthday Annie Lennox got her first tattoo; two small black birds hovering around a pulsating crimson heart.
  
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• Urgent manhunt for 'desperate and dangerous' killer who escaped prison on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mississippi police are on an urgent manhunt for a convicted 'very very dangerous' killer and arsonist who escaped from prison on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Wife sacked by chef husband after she caught his affair on CCTV wins huge £10,000 payout

  25-12-2024 19:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jacqueline Herling succesfully sued her husband after catching him having an affair on CCTV with the sous-chef of a pub the pair worked at - and was awarded almost £10,000
  
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• British mum stuck in Kenya with organ failure after simple mistake on insurance form

  25-12-2024 19:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lee and Jack Flint have been travelling to Kenya for charity and holidays for 30 years (Picture: Kennedy News & Media)A British woman with liver failure is stranded in Kenya because her insurance won’t cover the £80,000 bills.Lee Flint, 77, flew to the east African country in September to celebrate her husband Jack being cancer-free. But she was keeping a secret.Unbeknownst to Jack, Lee was getting sick and had had blood tests run back home.That was until he found her unresponsi
  
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• UK’s biggest nightclub faces closure after ‘drug deaths and stabbing’

  25-12-2024 19:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Drumsheds faces an emergency review to decide its fate (Picture: Khali Ackford)A 15,000-capacity superclub in London could have its licence stripped in the New Year following a spate of safety incidents.Two deaths and a ‘non-fatal stabbing’ at Drumsheds, in Tottenham, in recent weeks are currently under police investigation.
  Detectives believe the death of a 29-year-old woman who was taken to hospital from an event on December 27 is linked to drug use at the venue.The death of a 27-
  
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