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Roast potatoes are a staple in two popular British meals - Christmas dinner and a Sunday roast.

Many of us dream of having a white Christmas, just like you see in the movies. Yet that’s not often the case here in Greater Manchester, where you’re probably going to get rain instead of snow.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to increase the annual £10 Christmas Bonus payment in line with inflation. The tax-free £10 payment has been paid to millions of benefit claimants since it was introduced by Ted Heath’s Conservative Government in 1972.

Millions of people on disability benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance will see their payments rise by 6.7 per cent next April after the uprating was confirmed by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt during the recent Autumn Statement.

Racist far-right extremists are creeping into Scottish politics via community councils, the Daily Record can reveal.

Thousands of Scottish addresses are too dangerous for ambulance crews to attend without police back-up shock figures reveal.

Did you know that James Blunt and Lindsay Lohan had a very brief fling many years ago?!

Manchester United have come off the back of three tough away games battered and bruised with just one win to show for their efforts.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s hard to quite think of someone who was as big a veritable child star as Brenda Lee was in the late ’50s and early ’60s a “late bloomer.” Nor can “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” really be considered an underdog song, after its accrual of quintuple-platinum sales over the decades. And yet it’s spent the last several years peaking at No. 2 each December, after spending most of its lifetime not annually charting at all.

A YouTube star is facing the consequences after he survived a plane crash — which he apparently orchestrated for views!

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! continued on Monday night as hosts Ant and Dec headed into the jungle once more to announce who would be the next to leave the reality show as Nella Rose was sent packing their bags.

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! viewers admit they have 'changed' their opinion on Fred Sirieix following Monday night's show as his 'annoying' behaviour is beginning to grate on people watching at home.

The Couple Next Door continued for its third episode on Monday night as fans took to social media following the episode which saw Outlander star Sam Heughan return to screens again in the Channel 4 drama.

How is The Golden Bachelor responding to the most upsetting part of that shocking exposé? Let’s put it this way… you know how the crazy part of how little accountability Tom Sandoval was taking was the reminder he’s 40 years old and should have better character by now? Gerry Turner is 72. And he’s showing less.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Barbie” screenwriters Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach joined together for a “60 Minutes” interview in which they were asked about the surprising “anti-man” backlash to their blockbuster comedy. Several conservative figures blasted “Barbie” after it opened in theaters over the summer for its patriarchy jokes, which they perceived as being anti-man. Bill Maher even went on record calling the film “man-hating.” “The movie is meant to be a big-hearted thing, even though it’s poking fun at everyone,” Gerwig said when such accusations were brought up in the interview.

Can there be any lingering doubt about who truly holds the Queen of Christmas crown? Brenda Lee has returned to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” 65 years after the song’s 1958 recording.

Brenda Lee is making history!

A man has been found not guilty of killing his dad following a week-long trial as his family applauded from the public gallery. Joseph McGowan, 20, was accused of the murder of his dad Darren McGowan following an incident in their home in Stockport in April this year.

Lenny Kravitz is clarifying his comments.

Saltburn, the gothic romance thriller from Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, will be available to stream worldwide on Prime Video on Dec. 22. The news comes after the Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and Carey Mulligan movie had an amazing post-Thanksgiving hold at the box office of -10% in its third weekend with $1.678M at 1,566 theaters.

When the temperature plummets and the nights creep in, sometimes a holiday is what is needed to shake off the winter blues.

Police probing the murder of a man in Lanark have been seen searching a house and scouring drains.

Caroline Brew editor Time has released its 2023 Person of Year Shortlist, which includes Taylor Swift, Hollywood strikers, Trump prosecutors and Barbie among the final contenders. The Person of the Year will be announced Wednesday morning. The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA both went on strike this year, pausing the development and filming of many shows and movies.

Darius Rucker. “You have to pinch yourself when you hear something like that — it just blows your mind. I’m just a kid from South Carolina.” Between Hootie & the Blowfish’s 1994 debut album, “Cracked Rear View” (21 times platinum), and his inescapable 2013 single, “Wagon Wheel” (11 times platinum), Rucker has provided the sound for two massive musical phenomena.

As the big day approaches, people of all ages across the UK will be preparing their homes and bellies for Christmas Day.

A scenic hotel in a stunning coastal Scottish setting is currently hiring staff, and the role comes with free live-in accommodation.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published the proposed new weekly payment rates for people claiming Child Benefit or Guardian’s Allowance, which will come into effect next April. The guidance was published on GOV.UK following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcement at the Autumn Statement that State Pensions will rise by 8.5 per cent (triple Lock earnings growth) and benefits will increase by 6.7 per cent (September inflation rate).

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were entangled in an awkward public exchange in 2018, which reports have suggested is the reason the Duchess of Sussex would 'never take to' her sister-in-law.

Investigators probing a deadly house explosion in Edinburgh are examining the internal gas installations at the destroyed property. Emergency services were called to the scene in Baberton Mains Avenue at around 10.25pm on Friday, December 1, following reports of a powerful blast.

Hundreds of families have been left without any water supply after a pipe burst on the Isle of Skye.