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England and Scotland fans have found out where their World Cup group games will be played when the tournament kicks off in June.

Health leaders are warning that up to 8,000 people could be taken to hospital before a flu wave currently gripping the country reaches its peak. 

The King and Queen have released their Christmas card for this year, featuring a portrait of the royal couple arm in arm as they celebrated their 20th anniversary.

Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business.

Netflix has agreed a $72bn (£54bn) deal to secure Warner Bros Discovery's film and TV studios and supercharge its library through rights to top franchises including Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children have attended the Together at Christmas carol service where they were joined by Hollywood stars.

Jamie Oliver is relaunching his high street chain, Jamie's Italian, six years after the business collapsed, causing hundreds of job losses.

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

England and Scotland fans have found out where their World Cup group games will be played when the tournament kicks off in June.

Health leaders are warning that up to 8,000 people could be taken to hospital before a flu wave currently gripping the country reaches its peak. 

The King and Queen have released their Christmas card for this year, featuring a portrait of the royal couple arm in arm as they celebrated their 20th anniversary.

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel", a former schoolfriend has claimed.

Scotland and England now know who they will face in the group stage of the next summer's world cup.

A Charlton Athletic fan died after a medical emergency at their ground, the football club have said.

Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, after US and Ukrainian officials said they would meet for a third day of talks aimed at bringing the war to an end.

At least 23 people have been killed after a fire in Goa, India.

Negotiations on a lasting ceasefire deal for Gaza are at a "critical moment", the prime minister of Qatar, which has played a key role in brokering the deal, has said.

At least 50 people, including 33 children, have been killed in southern Sudan after a drone attack by paramilitary forces hit a nursery in South Kordofan state.

The 3D picture we're shown of Maryam's skull shows a gaping hole.

Germany's parliament has voted to reintroduce voluntary military service, but getting Gen Z recruits could prove tricky.

Millionaire Tory donor Malcolm Offord has defected to Reform UK, saying he would be campaigning "tirelessly" to "remove this rotten SNP government".

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel", a former schoolfriend has claimed.

Allegations about Nigel Farage's schooldays have hit the headlines since the early days of the Brexit campaign in 2013.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has suggested it could be beneficial for the UK to consider re-entering a customs union with the EU.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment has been launched in the UK, with the hope of reducing the side effects.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users vulnerable to scams and manipulation.

Several websites, including Linkedin, Zoom and Canva, went down after new issues with internet provider Cloudflare.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

Iran's capital is counting down to "day zero" - the day the water runs out and the taps run dry.

England and Scotland fans have found out where their World Cup group games will be played when the tournament kicks off in June.

Netflix has agreed a $72bn (£54bn) deal to secure Warner Bros Discovery's film and TV studios and supercharge its library through rights to top franchises including Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones.

Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business.

The 3D picture we're shown of Maryam's skull shows a gaping hole.