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PhotoBox documents a year in the life of Santa, according to the nation's kids. With just 15 days to go until Santa's busiest day of the year, have you ever wondered ...

At this time of year, we expect young adults to be spending their time enjoying festive social activities, but in reality the majority are suffering from 'Advent Anxiety', as a ...

The festive season is all about popping the cork on a bottle of bubbly with friends and family, whether it's Prosecco or sparkling Shloer Celebration for all the non-drinkers out ...

A petition calling for Donald Trump to be barred from entering the UK has attracted more than 250,000 signatures. The petition was created on Parliament's e-petition website on Tuesday, following ...

Angela Merkel has been named "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine, recognising her role in dealing with the European migration crisis and Greek debt. Mrs Merkel came in at ...

Ronda Rousey has played down talk of an imminent rematch against Holly Holm, after she suffered a shock defeat in Melbourne last month. The UFC world was stunned when Rousey, ...

A petition calling for the removal of Tyson Fury from the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year shortlist has reached 80,000 signatures. Fury, 27, dethroned reigning world champion Wladimir Klitschko ...

David Beckham has admitted that he prefers attending rugby matches to watching live football. Beckham, one of the most famous footballers of all time, said that he enjoys watching live ...

Forget judging a man by his shoes, we are now a nation of coffee critics recent research has revealed. The craft coffee revolution currently gripping the nation has given rise ...

The study found that 88% of Brits walk up to five miles during a typical Christmas shopping trip, whilst 90% of consumers spend up to five hours searching for the ...

Whether you or someone you are spending the festive period with are a Christmas Party Animal, Anti-Christmas Warrior, Christmas Rapper or Father Hipmas, Ticketbis has identified the top gifts and ...

Here we take a closer look at the five most popular crazes that have hit the UK this year: 1. The Nutribullet One of the must-have gadgets to emerge recently, the NutriBullet ...

The UK's first air strikes against Islamic State (also known as ISIL, ISIS and Daesh) were launched on Thursday, just hours after Parliament approved military action in Syria. After a ...

Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars series, disguised himself as a Stormtrooper as part of the promotion of upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The 64-year-old ...

Prince Harry's recent trip to South Africa was probably a little more eventful than he would have liked. While he was participating in a charity polo match, he had a ...

A photograph of Pope Francis in a classic rap artist pose has gone viral, as Twitter users write imaginary rap lyrics to complement the photo. The photograph was captured during ...

The Prince of Wales told delegates at the United Nations climate conference in Paris that climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity. Negotiators from 195 countries have gathered in ...

A parliamentary committee tasked with developing measures to tackle obesity in children has supported a proposed tax on sugary drinks, There is growing concern about sugar's damaging impact on health, ...

German residents have been warned that "the walls pee back", as the Deutsche Bahn railway company coats walls in a special kind of paint to deter "wildpinklers", or "freepee-ers", from ...

Mathieu Valbuena has spoken out for the first time about his teammate Karim Benzema's involvement in an alleged sex tape blackmail plot. Real Madrid's Benzema was indicted by French authorities ...

New statistics released by Vodafone have found that 9.7 million Brits prefer digital contact to meeting their friends in person, despite almost one in three (30%) believing that connected devices ...

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has been found innocent of blood doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and UK Anti-Doping agency (UKAD). Radcliffe was implicated in ...

While apps like Instagram are resulting in a revolution in the quality of the nation's photos, they are killing traditional photo editing skills, according to new research. The survey of 1,000 ...

The northern white rhinoceros is one step closer to extinction, after a 41-year-old female at a zoo in the United States was put down on Sunday. Nola was one of ...