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For those who don’t celebrate Christmas can be just another winte day with everything closed - but we have gathered some ideas for fun ways to spend the December 25

Ever since the first festive address of this kind was delivered in 1932, the annual tradition has become a key event. Families across the country gather together to remind themselves of what has come and what to look forward to in the next year

Like many origin stories, NORAD's mission to track Santa every Christmas Eve began by complete accident back in 1955 - find out how the festive tradition really got started

With a new Covid variant JN.1 sweeping the US, many states or big cities are reporting high or very high levels of respiratory illness with more people reporting anxiety as a symptom

One Brit could become a multi-millionaire just days before Christmas - as the National Lottery offers the chance to make a lucky ticket holder's dreams come true

Four weeks after she was freed by the Hamas militants holding hostages in Gaza, Emily Hand's father Thomas says his daughter is already making a remarkable recovery

According to CIA veteran Jack Devine, Russian President Vladimir Putin may not live to see out the war in Ukraine and has already survived alleged assassination attempts

There are seven illnesses to keep an eye out for, which you might be especially at risk of over the festive season, when socialising with friends and family

Pro-Palestine demonstrators swarmed Oxford Street and urged onlookers to boycott allegedly 'Israeli-linked' brands on one of the busiest Christmas shopping days of the year

The strike on a building in Gaza City was among the deadliest of the Israel-Hamas war, which is now in its 12th week, and among the dead include children, officials said

Love Actually is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with fans of the festive film still fuming over Alan Rickman's character dabbling in an affair with his secretary

Highway authorities in China have reportedly installed anti-tiredness laser lights in a bid to prevent drowsy drivers from falling into dangerous slumber at the wheel

The Doomsday Clock, set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to self-destruction by warning how many metaphorical "minutes to midnight" humanity has left

Stephen Fry will demand antisemitism is called out in a Christmas Day speech on Channel 4 as he says goodbye to a very difficult year that saw doctors issue him with a stark warning

Baba Vanga, also known as the ' Nostradamus of the Balkans', is believed to have have strong visions and is said to have gained her powers after she lost her sight during a deadly storm

The city is in the West Bank, where Palestinians are recoiling in horror at the war in Gaza just 50 miles away

Luna, an innocent ten-month-old dog, was dragged along by her cruel owner Lucas Slim-Fitzpatrick, who has now been jailed for abuse and neglect after seriously injuring the canine

Men have been found to be 44% less aggressive when they smell women's tears in a new study where they took part in a game that was designed so as to provoke a reaction

It's not always easy to distinguish between a hangover, scoffing too much chocolate and the symptoms of type 2 diabetes, but it's worth having a check if you suffer any of the symptoms which will be outlined in this article

Gadi Haggai was a resident in Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the hardest hit communities during Hamas’s October 7 attack into southern Israel

Safiyya Rose partied with her The Only Way Is Essex star pals Harry Derbidge, Elma Pazar and Courtney Green on a night she gushed 'really put a smile on my face'

The woman who claimed to have had an affair with Kitchen Nightmares star Gordon Ramsay said the festive period is the most lonely time of the year. Ramsay has always vehemently denied he had an affair with her

Alex Batty told his mother, Melanie, not to worry as he was capable of looking after himself, before he left the commune in the French Pyrenees with the hope to study at university

Former glamour model Katie Price explained the questionable parenting choice with nine-year-old daughter Bunny shared with ex-husband Kieran Hayler

David Kozak was named by local media this evening as the gunman who killed 14 people and injured 25 with 10 of those suffering from serious injuries