Why the Queen eats her Christmas dinner so slowly
Former royal household staff member Alexandra Messervy speaks to The Royal Box.
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OK! MagazineITV Royal Variety Performance hit with complaints just minutes into 2024 show
Royal Variety Performance 2024 presenters Alan Carr and Amanda Holden left ITV viewers watching at home all saying the same thing just minutes into the 2024 show
- Sky News
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al Assad issues first statement since fall of regime
Former Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has issued his first statement since the fall of his regime. In a social media post, he claimed he had planned to keep fighting rebel forces before Russia evacuated him. The comments, the first in public since his regime was toppled more than a week ago, were made on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel.
- The Independent
Gregg Wallace’s MasterChef replacement ‘revealed’ as BBC announcement imminent
Food critic is reported to be replacing Wallace after controversy surrounding his behaviour at the BBC
- The Telegraph
Convicted terrorist sues Saracen’s Head Inn pub, claiming sign is ‘deeply offensive’
A convicted terrorist is suing a pub called The Saracen’s Head Inn over its “deeply offensive” sign.
- HuffPost
I Was A Virgin At 59. I Chose A Controversial Way To Have Sex — And I Couldn't Be Happier.
"I want to touch and be touched by such a man. I think that you are my only chance at that."
- HuffPost UK
I Just Learned Why Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket, And It's Not Why I Thought
Turns out my teenaged beliefs are wrong...
- OK! Magazine
Strictly’s Dianne Buswell gets incredible surprise at home from ‘proud’ boyfriend Joe Sugg after show win
Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell got an incredible surprise at home by her ‘proud’ boyfriend Joe Sugg after she won the show for the first time with Chris McCausland, who was the show's first blind contestant
- OK! Magazine
Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood leaves judging panel during finale for huge announcement
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood was forced off the panel as Claudia Winkleman issued a huge announcement during the final of the BBC competition
- Hello!
Dianne Buswell breaks silence after tearful Strictly Come Dancing win
Dianne Buswell has broken her silence after lifting the Strictly glitterball alongside her dancer partner, Chris McCausland. Get the details here...
- Wales Online
Rugby player wiped out by charging animal in middle of match
You're not likely to see one like this again soon...
- USA TODAY
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
Moving abroad can be a lofty process, but these 5 countries offer a financial incentive to aspiring expats.
- Evening Standard
North Korean troops 'suffer heavy losses and kill eight in friendly fire blunder' in Vladimir Putin war
Ukrainian drones were also reported to have ‘swarmed a North Korean position’ in the Kursk region of Russia
- OK! Magazine
BGT's Bars And Melody star unrecognisable with rippling muscles and dreadlocks – 10 years since show
Bars and Melody have certainly grown up since first appearing on Britain's Got Talent in 2014 and now look worlds apart as they're covered with tattoos and one even has dreadlocks
- The Telegraph
Over 200,000 families to give away homes to avoid inheritance tax – but it could backfire
Parents are racing to pass on the family home to their children to avoid big inheritance tax bills, analysis shows.
- The Telegraph
Man filmed by CNN ‘being rescued’ from Assad jail was ‘regime torturer’
CNN is investigating the identity of a man the network showed being rescued from a Syrian jail as he may have given a “false identity”.
- People
Couple Moved Into a New Place and Heard Loud Music Next Door. When They Knocked, Something Beautiful Happened (Exclusive)
Derek Peart is a 98-year-old former English pilot in the British Navy
- The Independent
Woman who threw milkshake over ‘humiliated’ Nigel Farage sentenced
Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, hurled banana-flavoured drink at Reform UK leader outside Clacton pub during general election campaign in what judge calls ‘attack on our parliamentary democracy’
- The Independent
Mathew Horne addresses James Corden feud claims after being ‘silenced’ for 15 years
‘I couldn’t really do anything about it,’ actor said
- Manchester Evening News
'Embarrassed' - Man United handed Rasmus Hojlund red card verdict vs Man City amid Kyle Walker clash
Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund was involved in a coming together with Manchester City's Kyle Walker as the derby heated up
- SWNS
Plans to build Britain's biggest Muslim cemetery for 12k people slammed by locals
This is the site earmarked for Britain's biggest ever Muslim cemetery and which has sparked huge opposition from local residents. The aerial images show the huge scale of the proposed 45-acre Memorial Garden site which would contain 12,250 burial plots, funeral parlour and prayer halls. The cemetery plan has been submitted by the billionaire Issa brothers on land near Oswaldtwistle, west of Blackburn, Lancashire, which has a population of just 10,815.