getty images Christmas can be a difficult time for many people, including those facing financial pressures Gone are the days when kids circled their favorite toys in catalogs in hopes of getting what they wanted from Santa. Instead, social media feat of taking There are now well-known catalogs – where influencers display the items they…
getty images The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, was Bishop of Essex when David Tudor was twice appointed to the senior post. A Church of England priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal was twice reassigned to a senior role as Bishop of Chelmsford while Archbishop of York, the BBC can reveal. A…
BBC Ian says he hopes the Christmas boat brings happiness Ian Rankin has always enjoyed building small model boats, but after being diagnosed with cancer, the 82-year-old set himself a new challenge. The great-grandfather has spent the past 12 months hand-crafting the 30ft yacht in his Bearsden back garden, with the hope it will “bring…
pa media The Princess of Wales enlisted the help of recently widowed Lady Gabriella Windsor in planning her Westminster Abbey carol service this year. Lady Gabriella, whose husband Thomas Kingston took his own life in February, helped choose which musical acts would appear at the annual Together at Christmas event. The BBC understands that King…
BBC Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor (centre) and his companions, Jamie (Fraser Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) The last black and white Doctor Who adventure to be broadcast on TV has been remastered in colour. The War Games, a 1969 10-episode epic, was the swansong for Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. The show has been…
epa Elon Musk has interfered a lot in UK affairs recently In 2012, Elon Musk completed a business trip to London and Oxford. “Just returned…met a lot of interesting people,” he wrote on Twitter. “I really like Britain!” Fast forward to 2024, Musk’s views on Britain are slightly different. “Civil war is inevitable”… “Britain is…
In a rematch billed as Usyk vs Fury ‘Reigns’, two of the sport’s most technically gifted heavyweights displayed another classic and elite level of boxing. The Gypsy Kings were in a playful mood with an unconventional ring entrance to Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’. Dressed as Father Christmas, Fury still sported…
The attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany is featured in Sunday’s newspapers. A nine-year-old child and four adults were killed and more than 200 people were injured when a car plowed into a crowd on Friday evening. The Sun on Sunday headlined “Free to kill”. The newspaper says German authorities were warned three…
getty images Mark Burnett, pictured with Trump in 2010, produced him on The Apprentice for seven years US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed British TV executive Mark Burnett, who produced him on The Apprentice, as his special envoy to the UK. Trump said it was a “great honor” for him to choose his former aide…
getty images Boy band The Wanted member Max George has revealed he has been fitted with a pacemaker, days after saying he would need surgery for a heart condition. He posted a photo of his scar on Instagram, showing the position of the small battery-powered device that keeps the heart beating regularly. George said the…
