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21 Home Alone Facts You Probably Never Knew About The Hit Christmas Movie

Local government minister Alison McGovern and LBC's Nick Ferrari LBC’s Nick Ferrari cornered a Labour minister over the government’s attempts...

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19 Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Never Knew About The Will Ferrell Classic Elf

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during an International Men's Day reception at Downing Street in London, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Jaimi...

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Christmas Adverts: 18 Festive TV Ads From Years Gone By Guaranteed To Fill You With Nostalgia

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My Birmingham: Ozzy Osbourne On His Brummie Roots

Healthy ageing is a contested term, a 2023 paper reads – some believe it’s an absence of disease or disability, while others think it’s...

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12 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Didn’t Know About Race Across The World

The difference in a week is unbelievable. We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just...

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10 TV Shows You’d Totally Forgotten Holly Willoughby Presented Before Celebrity Bear Hunt

Kristin Davis on the set of Sex And The City spin-off And Just Like That last year Kristin Davis, who starred as Charlotte York in the TV series...

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Home Alone: 21 Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Probably Never Knew

This article was first published in December 2020. Guns, violence, gore: hardly the usual elements of a classic Christmas film.  The debate around...

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This Is Our Definitive Ranking Of The 20 Best Christmas Films Ever

Just some of the Christmas films on our countdown Revisiting our favourite Christmas films are as much of an integral part of the festive season as...

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Gavin & Stacey: 19 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Didn't Know About The 2008 Christmas Special

’Tis the season for festive feasting ― and, if you’re not careful, food poisoning.  NHS Shetland says that “Campylobacter is one of the most common...

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19 Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Never Knew About The Will Ferrell Classic Elf

The computer said she was an 88-year-old female with a chief complaint of fatigue. From experience, I knew fatigue in an older person could be...

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This Is Why The Original Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special Is Still A Festive Masterpiece

The 2008 Gavin and Stacey Christmas special While every year there are the same moans and groans about the Christmas TV schedules being packed with...

22.12.2024 4

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The Holiday: 21 Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Never Knew About The Festive Rom-Com

If you could go back and tell your younger self anything, what would it be? I know for myself, I want to go back to who I was in my twenties and...

14.12.2024 10

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18 Nostalgic Festive TV Ads That Will Take You Right Back To Christmases Past

President-elect Donald Trump  Donald Trump has already started to nominate appointees for his upcoming administration – and there are several names...

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