All news for 2023-12-19

A British businessman and former honorary consul who has been kidnapped in Ecuador owns an estate in the Yorkshire Dales and the Forbidden Corner visitor attraction

Mikel Arteta has Arsenal challenging for the Premier League title this term and ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has now weighed in on the Gunners' chances following his previous statement on his former rival

There is around £1.7billion sitting in savings accounts, pensions and investments that has been ­forgotten about - and some of it could be yours

There are also sunshine breaks to Portugal, Spain and Malta for as little as £249

Newsnight veteran presenter Kirsty Wark has furiously hit out at the BBC over cuts made to the programme after it was announced she would be stepping down as host

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Having only just launched, the make up brand's new Beam Bright Highlighter has amassed over 41.2k views on TikTok thanks to its likeness to a highlighter by Rihanna's beauty brand that's over £20 more expensive

For the second successive season, seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton went without a win while his Mercedes team did not taste victory at all despite their best efforts

Hollywood star Bruce Willis looked in good spirits as he was spotted on a rare public stroll in Santa Monica as he continues to deal with his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis

Cheltenham Borough Council granted permission for a sexual entertainment venue in the centre of the town, which will host the Cheltenham Festival in March

The gritty and action-packed series will drop in the new year as part of the MCU’s Phase Five

I managed to cut the bake time down by more than half and with no sunken fruit, using an air fryer has changed my baking forever

We've considered all budgets this Christmas so you can be sure to show that gamer in your life how much you appreciate them.

David Raya has established himself as Arsenal's No.1 since arriving in the summer which leaves Aaron Ramsdale's future in doubt and he's been urged to seek a new club in the January transfer window

While Alex Batty's mother, Melanie Batty, has seemingly 'vanished', she left her belongings in an isolated French holiday site, two of which include musical instruments

A woman was left baffled by her neighbour's strange behaviour that saw him act kindly toward her one day and cold the next - until she discovered the reason why

Richard and Anne Spencer - the elderly parents of Channel 4's Location Location Location star Phil Spencer - were killed in August after their car plunged into a river

Shannon Coggins and Theo Simon, along with their daughter Rosa, made it from Castle Cary in Somerset to Sydney, Australia after embarking on an enormous no-fly adventure

A woman said her husband tried to force her to be a 'traditional' housewife after becoming obsessed with a TikToker and is now a world away from the 'sweet' man she married

Dementia symptoms can vary from person to person, but memory loss and confusion are two well-known signs - however, there's another early sign of the condition that could be spotted when taking a shower

Manchester United are set for a quiet New Year in the transfer market after spending big in the summer with offloading certain players their focus throughout January

Maks Majewski spent around £220 on festive paper and covered the home in in Kingston upon Thames, even wrapping the hob and plastering the living room walls and floor

Rosemary oil has been said to help reduce stress levels and you can now shop it for less at luxury home brand The White Company

Jade O'Brien has been jailed for four months after an XL Bully she was looking after attacked two other dog owners and killed a pet in separate attacks that took place a fortnight apart

A new stop-motion miniseries set in the world of Pokémon will debut later this month