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Prince William and Princess Kate are being joined by their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Sandringham this morning as the family attends the traditional Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene.The appearance of the Waleses is the most high-profile public glimpse of the children over the festive period and comes during a month in which the family’s focus has been on Christmas-themed events centred on community and service. Kate, 43, wore her long, tailored tartan coat by Blazé Milano and a hat by Juliette Botterill.Earlier this month, Princess Kate hosted her fifth Together at Christmas…

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Chloe HughesandMark Elliott and Adam Green, Radio ShropshireAndy Kelvin/PA MediaThe “embankment failure” happened in the early hours of Monday morningJust three days before Christmas, the unthinkable happened to several families living on narrowboats in Shropshire.In the early hours of Monday morning, a section of the Llangollen Canal collapsed, leaving a giant hole and gallons of water running into a nearby field.As the earth gave way, it took two boats down with it and left one hanging over the hole’s edge. Nobody was on board the vessels at the time.However, at a time when people were left with little more than…

Kay Crewdson North West TonightMichael Lilley, pictured centre with his father John, is one of the extraordinary people Kay has met as part of the seriesIt began, as many good things do, with a simple suggestion.”You need to shout about this,” one viewer noted in an email. And so, armed with curiosity and an open heart, I spent the past year travelling across the North West of England, meeting extraordinary people in places that deserve far more than a passing glance on the forecast.The 25 in 25 series was never really about ticking locations off a list. It became about…

In that dizzying summer of 2022, the Bazball vibes breathed life into an England Test team that could not win on the field and were weary of Covid restrictions off it.Now the accusation is that England have become too chill. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.England have unravelled despite, and because, of the approach of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.New Zealander McCullum, a fan of the All Blacks’ famous ‘no dickheads’ policy, signed off on the trip to Noosa and all the risks it entailed.The policy was designed by mental skills…

The Government has spent more than £500,000 on social media influencers in the past two years, new data has shown.Since the beginning of 2024, expenditure on social media influencers has exceeded half a million pounds with Whitehall departments hiring more than 200 content creators to promote their initiatives.A total of 215 influencers were engaged across the period, with numbers rising from 89 in 2024 to 126 this year.Education officials accounted for the lion’s share of spending at £350,000 since 2024.The department deployed 53 content creators in 2025, up from 26 the previous year.The figures, obtained through Freedom of Information requests…

Businesses could face tighter scrutiny from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in 2026 under Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s reforms to tackle tax avoidance in Britain.The Government body is adopting a significantly more aggressive approach to collecting unpaid taxes, with Buzzacott’s Tax Disputes and Investigations team observing a dramatic surge in winding-up petitions throughout 2025.The tax authority has also created a dedicated small business evasion Team within its fraud investigation service, expected to employ approximately 350 specialists focused exclusively on fraud committed by smaller enterprises.Barbara Bento, a partner at Buzzacott, notes that striking an appropriate balance will prove challenging for HMRC, warning…

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Nadezna / Weather WatchersPeople gather to watch the Christmas Day sunrise in PenarthA cold health alert and weather warnings have been issued for parts of the UK on Christmas Day, as forecasters dashed hopes of a white Christmas.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued the yellow alert for south-west England from 18:00 on 25 December to midday on 27 December.Gusts of up to 65mph (105 km/h) form part of a Met Office warning for the South West. Organisers of some Christmas and Boxing Day swims in Devon and Cornwall have had to cancel events.The Met Office warning also affects Somerset…

A lot has changed about the game since my first Christmas as a footballer, 50 years ago.As a young apprentice at Bristol Rovers in the 1970s, it was a time of giving – to me, if I was lucky!Each apprentice had the job of looking after the boots of at least three senior professionals throughout the season and these duties could not be taken lightly.Cleaning dressing rooms and even treading in divots to repair a worn-out pitch was also in my remit, but the match boots were crucial and would have to be in spit spot condition for every game.Over…