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Rebel Wilson marries Ramona Agruma in Sydney ceremony

Australian actor and comedian Rebel Wilson has legally married Ramona Agruma in Sydney, the star has announced on social media. The couple had a...

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Monica Rimmer Bbc News

Meet 2024's weirdest new species

Thousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest. From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to...

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Frankie Adkins

On the trail of Scotland's mysterious big cats

It’s almost 45 years since a big cat native to the Americas was captured in the Scottish Highlands. The female puma - later nicknamed Felicity -...

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Steven Mckenzie Highlands And Islands Reporter

Kiefer Sutherland grew up unaware of dad Donald's success

Growing up, actor Kiefer Sutherland "wasn't aware" of his father Donald's success. And it was only when he moved to Hollywood to pursue his own...

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Judith Burns And Bernadette Kitterick Bbc News

Growth of women in power grinds to near-halt in a mega-election year

Nearly half the world's population - 3.6 billion people - had major elections in 2024, but it was also a year that saw the slowest rate of growth...

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Vibeke Venema

How feminism, not Bollywood, drew global audiences to Indian cinema in 2024

In 2024, as Bollywood struggled to find its footing, smaller films by Indian women that told nuanced stories made headlines in the country and...

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Yasser Usman Film Writer

Notable deaths in 2024

The producer of the world's bestselling LP, an Oscar-winning British actress who conquered screen and stage, a fearless Russian opposition...

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Ben Milne & James Percy Bbc News

'Home swap holidays with strangers have shown us a different world'

Inviting a stranger to stay in your home might seem like the opposite of a relaxing holiday, but for some travellers house exchanges are worth...

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Victoria Scheer Bbc News

The powerful music biopic - with a CGI chimp hero

A new film about the tumultuous career of UK boy-band sensation turned solo star Robbie Williams depicts him as an ape. Directed by the maker of...

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Arwa Haider

Squid Game season 2: 'A highly welcome return' ★★★★☆

The brutal Korean satire became a worldwide phenomenon when it first aired in 2021. Its return is no less savage – and looks likely to be as big a...

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Laura Martin

10 words from 2024 that will expand your mind

Here are some of our favourite words and phrases that the BBC encountered during our reporting this year that helped to unravel the changes taking...

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Bbc Features Team

A cure for loneliness found in the wild

There is an ever-growing list of the benefits of natural prescriptions – now researchers say nature could offer a cure for loneliness too. Kye...

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Julia Hotz

The show renewing interest in a 1970s dance style from US gay clubs

A woman dances in the spotlight, the glittering tassels on her dress shivering and swaying in tandem with her moves. But it's her arms that catch...

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Cherylann Mollan Bbc News

The search for our Sun's missing twin

Many stars in our galaxy exist in pairs, but our Sun is a notable exception. Now scientists are finding clues that it may once have had a companion...

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Jonathan Ocallaghan

The 24 best books of 2024

From an intense tale of two brothers to a stunning Booker winner – the very best fiction of the year. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Launched late in...

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Rebecca Laurence And Lindsay Baker

The Nigerian watch-lover lost in time

Ticking is the predominant sound inside Bala Muhammad's tiny watch-repair shop, tucked away on a bustling street in the northern Nigerian city of...

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Mansur Abubakar Bbc News

After the tsunami: Banda Aceh 20 years on

On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault...

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Simon Urwin

Isfeng: A crispy Jewish doughnut

Fried foods are the norm when celebrating Hanukkah, and the Sephardic "isfenğ" is no exception, packed with as much history as crunch. Hanukkah,...

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Joe Baur Features Correspondent

How Dickens made Christmas white

In the UK, Christmas is usually snowless. So why do we still picture the ‘ideal’ Christmas as a white one? It was 25 December, and little...

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Diego Arguedas Ortiz Features Correspondent

How the turkey conquered Christmas

For centuries, pickled boar's head was considered to be the most festive meat. How did this gruesome dish become sidelined in favour of an exotic...

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Zaria Gorvett Features Correspondent•

The 1940 film that should be a festive staple

Laced with darkness but ultimately life-affirming, The Shop Around the Corner taps into our love-hate relationship with Christmas – and should be...

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Gregory Wakeman Features Correspondent

The British pudding people love to hate

Loved and hated in equal measure, Christmas pudding's cultural and political clout have extended far beyond the dining table. It has been called a...

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Gary Jones Features Correspondent

The Christmas Truce that paused WW1

During the bleak winter of 1914, amid the mud, blood and chaos of World War One, an extraordinary series of ceasefires spontaneously occurred along...

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Myles Burke Features Correspondent

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