Michelle Obama Helps Kids Track Santa By Phone

Michelle Obama has taken calls from children eagerly checking the progress of Santa's sleigh as he delivers presents around the world. The First Lady volunteered for the traditional North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) Tracks Santa programme and...

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Queen's Message: Monarch Reflects On 2013

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent The Queen has reflected on key events of the past 12 months in her traditional Christmas broadcast, including the birth of her great-grandson Prince George and the 60th anniversary of her coronation. In her...

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Taxi Driver Finds - And Hands In - $300,000 Cash

A Las Vegas taxi driver has proved to be the Good Samaritan of the season after returning a bag full of cash found on his back seat. Gerardo Gamboa thought someone had left a paper bag full of chocolates in his cab, but it turned out to be $300,000...

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Stafford: Motorist Arrested After Road Death

A 22-year-old motorist has been arrested after the body of an elderly man was found in the road in the early hours of Christmas Day. The discovery was made at the junction of Shakespeare Road and Wordsworth Avenue on Stafford's Highfields estate at...

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Christmas Benefit Payments: Thousands Miss Out

Tens of thousands of people have not received benefit payments in time for Christmas. The money for jobseekers, low earners and pensioners had been due to arrive in their accounts on Tuesday, but will now not arrive until Friday. Up to 32,000 people...

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Iraq: Christmas Bombers Target Christians

At least 22 people have been killed in Christmas Day bomb attacks targeting Christians in Iraq. A car bomb went off near a church during Christmas Mass in Baghdad's southern Dora district, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30, a police...

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Severe Weather: Families Forced From Homes

Almost 50,000 people are without power on Christmas Day and dozens have been evacuated from their flooded homes following severe weather. Many of those affected by the storms that battered the UK in the run-up to Christmas will not have power restored...

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Archbishop Highlights Plight Of Britain's Poor

The Archbishop of Canterbury has highlighted the "injustices" facing Britain's poor and victims of conflicts around the world in his first Christmas Day sermon. The Most Rev Justin Welby called on Christians to challenge the causes of poverty in front...

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Pope Asks Non-Catholics To Unite For Peace

The Pope has called on atheists to unite with believers of all religions and work for "a homemade peace" that can spread across the world. Speaking to about 70,000 people from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis also made another...

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Antarctic Ice Traps Cruise Ship Tourists

A Russian cruise ship with 74 people on board has got stuck in the ice near Antarctica. The ship, MV Akademik Shokalskiy, is stranded some 1,500 nautical miles south of Tasmania and 100 nautical miles east of the French base Dumont D'Urville. The Australian...

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Killer Who Strangled Partner And Son Jailed

By David Crabtree, Midlands Correspondent A killer who strangled his ex-partner and her baby son in their beds has been sentenced to life in prison. Wesley Williams, 29, pleaded guilty last week to the "shocking and senseless" murders of university...

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YouTube Most Viewed: The Fox Tops 2013 List

YouTube Most Viewed: The Full List Updated: 1:27pm UK, Wednesday 11 December 2013 YouTube has revealed the videos that have made the biggest impact worldwide and across the UK in 2013. Top 10 Trending Videos (Global) 1. Ylvis - The Fox (What Does...

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Dog Attack: Arrest After Leeds Mother Dies

Police have arrested a 33-year-old man after his two American pit bulls mauled a mother-of-four to death. Emma Bennett died on Tuesday evening after suffering serious bite injuries in an incident at a house in Dawlish Avenue in the Osmondthorpe...

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US Off-Piste Skier Survives Avalanche Fall

An off-piste skier who was caught on video being dragged into a ravine in Utah and buried in snow has miraculously survived the ordeal. The unnamed woman lived because she deployed a special air bag in her backpack and other skiers were able to dig...

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Pope Francis Named Time Person Of The Year

Time magazine has named Pope Francis as its Person of the Year. The US magazine chose the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church as the most influential figure of the year in its annual review. The 76-year-old Argentinian was picked from a varied...

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Lloyds Fined £28m For Sales Incentive Scheme

Lloyds Banking Group has been fined £28m for "serious failings" which rewarded sales staff with 'grand in your hand' bonuses, even when products they sold consumers were deemed unsuitable. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the penalty was the...

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World Leaders Pay Final Respects To Mandela

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, has viewed his body as it lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Hundreds of other dignitaries including his widow Graca Machel, Jacob Zuma, Robert Mugabe and...

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Mandela Memorial: Deaf Signer Was 'Fake'

South Africa's deaf federation has claimed that an interpreter using sign language during the Mandela memorial was a "fake". Concerns over the male interpreter had been raised by deaf people watching the service at Johannesburg's FNB Stadium on Tuesday....

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Cameron: 11% MPs' Pay Rise Is Unacceptable

David Cameron has said an 11% pay rise for MPs is unacceptable and even hinted he might scrap the parliamentary watchdog if it did not reconsider the proposal. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, Mr Cameron warned that if...

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Dale Cregan: Police Call-Handler's 'Help'

A police call-handler fed secret information to her boyfriend during the manhunt for his friend Dale Cregan, a court hears. Kathryn Smith, 25, allegedly accessed files outlining the movement of firearms officers and confidential calls from the public...

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Movie Buffs Mourn The Loss Of Silent Films

Most of America's feature-length silent films have been lost because of decay and neglect over the past 100 years, according to a study. James Hall, Clara Bow and Jack Oakie in The Fleet's In Of the nearly 11,000 silent films made between 1912 and...

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Man Arrested After Police Officer Shot In Leeds

Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting of a female police officer in Leeds. A major police manhunt for James Leslie was launched following the attack which took place shortly after 4am in Cardigan Road in the city's Hyde Park...

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Schizophrenic Jailed For Beheading Flatmate

A paranoid schizophrenic who killed his flatmate and cut off his head after suffering from delusions he was being persecuted has been jailed for life. Karl Addo, found by several doctors to be borderline insane, will serve a minimum of six and half...

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