Archive 2021/12/24
- ‘She nailed it’: Pop star praises Kate Middleton’s piano skills at abbey carol concert
- LadBaby makes chart history with fourth Christmas number one
- Experts modelled tougher coronavirus restrictions being in place until March 28
- Footballer Daniel Sturridge ordered to pay £22,400 to man who found his lost dog
- Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve mass in packed St Peter’s Basilica
- Man arrested following theft of iPads from children’s hospital
- Santa’s journey tracked as Christmas Day dawns across the world
- Antonio Conte believes players will stay professional amid strike talk
- LadBaby: From YouTube star to record-setting charts success
- Santa Evra gets dizzy with Rudolph – Christmas Eve’s sporting social
- Phone users to get Boxing Day coronavirus text urging adults to ‘get boosted’
- Care workers to be added to shortage occupation list
- Covid hospital admissions in London nearly double in a week, data shows
- Girl shot dead as police confronted assault suspect is identified
- Latest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
- New data estimates record 1.7m people in the UK had Covid-19 last week
- Queen of the South and Dumbarton matches postponed following Covid outbreaks
- Covid casts shadow but Christmas celebrations go on across the world
- Bernie Ecclestone believes Lewis Hamilton will quit F1 after missing out on title
- Callum Davidson calls on St Johnstone players to battle for survival or leave
- Queen’s touching tributes to Prince Philip in first Christmas message since his death
- Hibernian defender Ryan Porteous charged by SFA over Christian Ramirez challenge
- Russian court fines Google £74 million for failing to remove banned content
- Kate Middleton at the piano for Westminster Abbey carol service
- Mobile phone firms to send Covid booster texts over festive period – reports
- Temperatures set to drop as forecasters predict white Christmas
- Steven Gerrard short on players as coronavirus takes its toll on Aston Villa
- Business Secretary to hold ’emergency’ meetings with energy sector executives
- Take-up of extra doses of Covid-19 vaccine slows ahead of Christmas
- James McPake hoping Dundee can get back on track by doing double over Aberdeen
- Nicholls has King George big guns primed for Minella Indo clash
- O’Brien happy Rowland Meyrick is ‘right race’ for Silver Hallmark
- Woman runs 24 half-marathons for charity that helped her when she was sectioned
- Christmas Eve footfall slows in UK city centres
- Omicron cases in Scotland more than double after results backlog, figures show
- Marc Bola injury blow for Middlesbrough
- Patrick Vieira reveals ‘a couple’ of Covid cases but hopes Palace will be okay
- Epatante ‘in a good place’ in bid to regain Christmas Hurdle crown
- James Webb telescope could reveal extra-terrestrial life forms, scientist says
- Patrick Vieira would not support players’ strike over welfare concerns
- Cristian Romero absent once again as Tottenham report no new injury concerns
- US to lift Omicron-related travel restrictions on southern African countries
- Construction, building and transport workers least likely to have booster jab
- Three arrested in Jobari Gooden murder probe
- James Penrice looking forward to Boxing Day challenge at Motherwell
- Wales international Neil Taylor in talks over extending deal at Middlesbrough
- James Sawbridge’s savoury bread pudding with cheesy sprouts recipe
- Police seek two who fled after crashing car into family home
- Jim Goodwin: I’ll ask bus driver to park alongside team on Ibrox 18-yard line
- Leopardstown forced to go behind closed doors for Christmas Festival
- German health minister: Omicron cases to rise sharply over Christmas
- Brendan Rodgers backs Leicester to bounce back from Carabao Cup disappointment
- Bravemansgame and Ahoy Senor go head to head at Kempton
- Virgil Van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones rejoin Liverpool squad after isolating
- Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel impressed by the form of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
- Queen’s poignant mementoes of Philip kept close for Christmas message
- Ferny Hollow in top form for eagerly-awaited second start over fences
- Libby, 11, becomes first child to have kidney surgery using 3D technology
- Norwich have selection worries after coronavirus outbreak
- Queen’s poignant mementoes of Philip kept close for Christmas message
- ‘Jab cabs’ should ferry unvaccinated to get Covid shots, Lib Dems say
- Ferry fire kills at least 39 and leaves 72 injured in Bangladesh
- Thousands of holidays axed over Omicron restrictions
- Covid-19 and injuries leave Norwich boss Dean Smith with selection issues
- James Webb Space Telescope set for launch on Christmas Day
- Brexit still a ‘lose, lose’ situation a year on from deal, says Barnier
- Burnley-Everton latest Premier League game on Boxing Day to fall due to Covid-19
- It’s the way it is: Giovanni van Bronckhorst relaxed about fixture rescheduling
- Millions embark on last-minute Christmas getaway
- Derby say Chris Kirchner bid did not meet rival offers as businessman withdraws
- Fairyhouse still fresh in the memory for McLoughlin – now for Aintree
- Dean Smith against strike but warns of ‘dangerous situation’ over player welfare
- Rising star Boughey ready to take another step forward
- Elliott ‘sweet’ on Farouk D’alene in Limerick feature
- Shishkin all set for reappearance at Kempton on Monday
- Southampton set to extend Willy Caballero’s contract to give them keeper cover
- Antonio Conte says Harry Kane is happy at Spurs and praises striker’s attitude
- Vunipola brothers sign new Saracens deal
- Married doctors to spend Christmas Day rowing across Atlantic for charity
- Hong Kong universities remove more Tiananmen Square memorials
- Data suggesting Omicron is milder offers ‘glimmer of Christmas hope’
- Nurses in ‘despair’ and working 14-hour days amid ‘depleted workforce’
- Hearts to sign Melbourne City wing-back Nathaniel Atkinson in January
- Antonio Conte: Premier League meeting was a waste of time
- Jack Grealish and Phil Foden could start for Manchester City against Leicester
- Ross Callachan eyeing Hearts scalp as Ross County look to continue improved form
- Selfridges sold to Thai and Austrian billionaires in £4bn deal
- Shaun Maloney delighted with attitude of Hibs players since his appointment
- Starmer sets out how he plans to beat ‘dishonest’ Johnson
- Ralf Rangnick suggests scrapping Carabao Cup to help ease fixture congestion
- Maxwel Cornet in frame to return for Burnley against Everton
- Steven Gerrard insists his Villa players deserve the credit for transformation
- Burnley to make ‘judgement call’ on Maxwel Cornet condition before Everton clash
- David Moyes hoping for Michail Antonio return from Covid in Boxing Day clash
- Liam Donnelly savouring Motherwell minutes ahead of extended winter break
- Joe Lewis wants Aberdeen to show Hibernian defeat was ‘just a blip’
- NHS looks at drug that may halve risk of prostate cancer death for some patients
- Pep Guardiola suggests strike may be way to highlight player welfare concerns
- Beware Hibs’ new-boss bounce, Ryan Edwards warns Dundee United
- Aaron McEneff calls on Hearts to keep up the hard work as season progresses
- In Pictures: Festive lights spread welcome cheer as UK steps into Christmas
- Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in biblical Bethlehem
- Ange Postecoglou warns rock-bottom St Johnstone will be ‘challenge’ for Celtic
- Joe Root: England are working together and captaincy is no ‘dictatorship’
- Danny Welbeck could return for Brighton against Brentford after three months out
- Celebrities share their favourite holiday traditions
- Pep Guardiola remains wary of Leicester despite this season’s drop in form
- Mikel Arteta happy with Arsenal progress but admits there is plenty to improve
- Graham Potter tells Brighton players to be ‘aware of their responsibilities’
- Eddie Howe believes Newcastle have enough to avoid Premier League relegation
- Thomas Frank feels Brentford are in good shape despite the recent lack of games
- Pele returns home for Christmas as treatment for tumour continues
- MSP to return to Holyrood after successful cancer treatment
- What options are there for borrowing in later life?
- Tributes paid to ‘hero’ killed in dog attack
- 5 ways New Year’s Eve is actually better when you’ve got kids – honestly!
- US businessman Chris Kirchner withdraws bid to buy Derby
- Wines of the year: Our 10 top drops from 2021
- Reckitt to sell E45 skincare brand for £200m
- Camels compete in UAE desert for beauty contest crown
- Water customers urged not to pour turkey fat down the sink
- Want a long-lasting party season pout? Why you should try the lip stain trend
- Randy Bullock kicks late field goal as Tennessee Titans beat San Francisco 49ers
- Football rumours: Barcelona’s Sergino Dest attracts interest at Stamford Bridge
- Police fatally shoot 14-year-old girl in Los Angeles store dressing room
- Cameron Green in no rush to be compared to ‘best in the world’ Ben Stokes
- Chief scientific adviser: Not Sage’s job to ‘spread gloom or give optimism’
- Ireland draw Twenty20 series with victory over USA
- South Korea to pardon imprisoned ex-leader Park Geun-hye
- What the papers say – December 24
- Johnson urges booster jab take-up as new data suggests Omicron is milder
- Booster rollout to carry on over Christmas with ‘jingle jab’ campaign
- Ed Sheeran guitar raises £52,000 in charity raffle for school in his hometown
- Duchess of Cornwall to read Dickens’ Christmas classic on social media
- Boris Johnson’s Christmas message: Get ‘wonderful’ gift of a Covid booster