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• From the 70s through to the 00s, which decade had the best Christmas music?

  22-12-2024 16:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  We’ve got plenty of Christmas classics to chose from (Picture: Getty)Everyone has their favourite Christmas songs which they listen to every single year, with the top songs hotly debated.Christmas music spans genres from classic carols to pop hits to alternative tracks you might have overlooked.This year saw a new track from Tom Grennan battle it out for the top chart spot against 40-year-old Wham!, who eventually took the number one with Last Christmas.Even Christmas icons have their fav
  
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• Ross’ cruel behaviour devastates April in Emmerdale – with terrible consequences

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageApril Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) has struck up a friendship with Ross Barton (Michael Parr) in Emmerdale.The teenage found herself caught in the middle of Ross’ trouble with Jade a few weeks ago, which resulted in her being held over the same building Donna Windsor fell from.Donna was April’s mum and also Ross’ girlfriend. After the kidnapping
  
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• Phil ‘saved’ as Sharon seeks help from very unlikely EastEnders ally

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sharon seeks help from an unlikely source (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) seeks help from an unlikely source after discovering ex-husband Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) state of despair in EastEnders this Christmas.Last week, Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) found soap stalwart Phil living in a state of squalor.As we know, this is just the beginning of a heartbreaking storyline that will see the legend suffer suicidal thoughts amid his loneli
  
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• Daisy reduced to tears as she is hit with devastating news in Coronation Street

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  She’s got a lot on her mind (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street boss Kate Brooks recently told us that the romantic complications between Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard), Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) and Daisy Midgley (Charlotte Jordan) are far from over and would be a major storyline going into 2025. ‘It’s a brilliant love triangle that keeps on giving and we will certainly carry that through December and into the new year,’ she said. ‘Daniel is in love with two wom
  
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• French lorry drivers say they will block goods coming into Britain amid an immigration row - saying checks to stop illegal migrants should be softer

  22-12-2024 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The main French transport federation has complained that Border Force checks to ensure migrants are not hiding in French lorries and heavy goods vehicles are too harsh.
  
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• Penny Lancaster reveals the one reason she was encouraged to call out Gregg Wallace

  22-12-2024 22:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Penny Lancaster has revealed why she wanted to speak up about Gregg Wallace (Picture:BBC)Penny Lancaster has revealed she was encouraged by her husband to come forward about Gregg Wallace’s ‘bullying’.It was announced last month that BBC had launched an investigation into historical allegations of misconduct against him, with Wallace stepping down from hosting MasterChef after 20 years.After this announcement Sir Rod Stewart 79, slammed
  
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• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez deny claims they will marry this week in blockbuster Aspen wedding

  22-12-2024 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire Amazon founder, 60, and his ex-TV news anchor fiancée, 55, are marrying in Aspen the weekend after Christmas, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
  
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• The festive flights rip-off: How airlines are hiking their fares by up to 700 PER CENT

  22-12-2024 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The weather outside may be frightful. But anyone looking to jet off to warmer climes for Christmas or New Year may be in for a shock - with flights over the festive period costing up to 700 per cent more.
  
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• Mother of missing law student Jack O'Sullivan, 23, reveals she is constantly getting cryptic messages about his disappearance

  22-12-2024 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack O'Sullivan's mother has been told a member of a Facebook group set up to help find him may have knowledge of what happened to Jack and his whereabouts.
  
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• My aunt is a Waspi woman and is furious at Labour's refusal to pay compensation, says Cabinet minister

  22-12-2024 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell, Leader of the Commons, said her relative is 'not happy at all' after the Prime Minister abandoned a vow to recompense millions of women hit by pension age changes.
  
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• Expert reveals what not to say during the festive season - and why you should consider 'presence' instead of 'presents' on Christmas Day

  22-12-2024 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mental health expert and one of the top global thought leaders in psychology Mitch Wallis, sat down with Daily Mail Australia to offer some ways to survive the 'season to be jolly'.
  
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• Ex-Labour leader Dugdale checks who is around before holding wife's hand as she says gay rights are still 'fragile'

  22-12-2024 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has revealed she checks who is around her 'every single time' she is out before holding her wife's hand in public.
  
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• Now SNP minister Mairi Gougeon facing ministerial probe over lavish VIP rugby trips with her French husband

  22-12-2024 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An SNP cabinet minister is facing a ministerial code probe after she and her French husband twice accepted hospitality to watch France play rugby.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'kind hearted, beautiful' woman who was killed in horror late night car crash

  22-12-2024 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for a 'kind hearted, beautiful' woman after she died in a horror car crash.
  
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• Public backlash after missing GOP congresswoman Kay Granger is found in dementia care facility

  22-12-2024 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   Public backlash has erupted online after a 'missing' Republican congresswoman Kay Granger was found in a dementia care facility.
  
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• Tequila tycoon who is friends with Hollywood star George Clooney gives Scottish castle £100 million makeover

  22-12-2024 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US tequila tycoon Michael Meldman has finished one of Britain's most expensive restoration restorations, pouring £100 million into Taymouth Castle.
  
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• Pictured: Asda delivery driver, 50, who died in crash before shift he was never meant to be doing but picked up because 'he didn't want to let anyone down'

  22-12-2024 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marc Thomas, 50, died following a collision in Bishop Auckland on September 9. He was was travelling to work on the B6286 at Toronto shortly before 8am when his Ford Fiesta left the road
  
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• Liam Payne’s girlfriend reveals sweet tattoo tribute two months on from star’s death

  22-12-2024 22:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kate Cassidy has added an inking to her body to honour Liam Payne (Picture: Instagram)Liam Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, appears to have dedicated a tattoo tribute to him following the One Direction star’s death.Tragedy struck on October 16 when the Strip That Down hitmaker died at the tender age of 31.Payne, who rose to fame as 1/5 of 1D in 2010, fell three floors from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died instantly from ‘internal and external haemor
  
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• Family faces Christmas without a miracle as 3-year-old battles for life-saving transplant

  22-12-2024 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zachary Bradford, 3, is in a race against time for a life-saving transplant as his parents face the heartbreak of not knowing if he'll survive until Christmas
  
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• Medals of soldier who took part in Christmas Truce sell for £2,100 at auction

  22-12-2024 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Major Marmaduke Walkington’s medals, from his participation in the 1914 Christmas Truce, sold for £2,100 at auction, three times their estimated value, honoring wartime goodwill
  
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• Hard to swallow! Fury as festive diners are left unable to redeem 'Gourmet Guide' scheme vouchers because restaurants haven't heard of it

  22-12-2024 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gourmet Guide claims to have more than 2,000 of the best restaurants on its books - but some listed say they have never heard of the scheme. The company is still selling vouchers up to £500.
  
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• Plane crash in tourist city kills family of 10

  22-12-2024 22:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Minutes after takeoff an entire family of 10 were killed in the crash in the popular tourist hub (Pictures: Reuters)A family of ten were killed after the plane they were travelling in crashed into a tourist town in Brazil.
  At least 17 other people were injured on the ground after the aircraft crashed into buildings in the centre of Gramado, southern Brazil, just minutes after takeoff, according to Brazil’s civil defence agency.The agency said in a post on X that a small jet slammed into a
  
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• Plane crash in residential area kills family of 10

  22-12-2024 22:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Minutes after takeoff an entire family of 10 were killed in the crash in the popular tourist hub (Picture: MAURICIO TONETTO/RIO GRANDE DO SUL COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT/AFP via Getty Images)A family of ten were killed after the plane they were travelling in crashed into a tourist town in Brazil.
  At least 17 other people were injured on the ground after the aircraft crashed into buildings in the centre of Gramado, southern Brazil, just minutes after takeoff, according to Brazil’s civil defen
  
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• Gary Neville names Liverpool’s biggest rival for Premier League title

  22-12-2024 22:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville (Picture: Getty)Gary Neville says Liverpool are now the ‘clear favourites’ to win the Premier League and views Arsenal as their biggest competition.Liverpool will sit four points clear at the top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day after Arne Slot’s side thumped Tottenham 6-3 on Sunday.The Reds’ title rivals Arsenal thrashed Crystal Palace 5-1 earlier in the weekend but second-placed Chelsea slipped up,
  
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• Right to vote for 16 and 17-year-olds will be included in elections bill next year, Commons leader suggests

  22-12-2024 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell said the Government would likely bring forward legislation in the next parliamentary session which will include Labour's manifesto pledge to lower the voting age.
  
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• Urgent search is launched for missing girl Anamah Bazzi after she vanished from a Burwood shopping centre

  22-12-2024 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An urgent search has been launched for a young girl after she disappeared from a shopping centre.
  
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• Street in the shadow of luxury hotel and golf course is most expensive in Scotland with average £2.9million cost

  22-12-2024 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is home to one of Scotland's most prestigious and expensive hotels where prime ministers and presidents have gathered to discuss world events in luxury.
  
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• 'Tis the season to be wary of scams: Britons are warned to watch out for fraudsters after bank says nearly £2million was lost last festive period

  22-12-2024 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Santander UK said £1,999,444 was reported as lost to authorised push payment (APP) cons between December 25, 2023 and January 1 this year.
  
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• Trump launches foul-mouthed attack on 'woke' in America as he vows to 'figure out' shocking rise in autism

  22-12-2024 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump vowed to 'figure out' why so many more children are being diagnosed with autism compared to years prior.
  
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• NHS spends record £12.3BILLION outsourcing patients to private hospitals in bid to clear waiting lists, figures reveal

  22-12-2024 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS has spent a record £12.3billion outsourcing patients to private hospitals to try to clear waiting lists, figures show.
  
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