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Disney has added another film to their most successful franchise, The Lion King - this time following Mufasa's journey from a cub to becoming the king of Pride Rock.

Roxy Horner has confirmed her engagement to comedian Jack Whitehall, sharing footage and pictures of her ring.

When a chatty little girl visited Father Christmas, the last thing Paul Haslam expected to be on her wish list was a boob job.

It would be easy to dismiss tabletop gaming as a "geeky" hobby played by young boys in the basements of their homes.

Wham! have made chart history, with Last Christmas becoming the first song to be crowned Christmas number one two years in a row.

Thousands of people greeted the sun with cheers and applause as it rose over Stonehenge at the winter solstice.

Germany is in mourning after a Saudi doctor drove a BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

Lord Peter Mandelson has said it is a “great honour to serve the country” as the Prime Minister confirmed he had appointed him the next British ambassador to the US.

Sue Gray, the partygate investigator who went on to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been named among 30 new Labour peers.

The King joked that he was “still alive” during a visit with the Queen to Walthamstow after August’s peaceful anti-racist protest in the area.

Lord Peter Mandelson is a “really good fit” to become the next UK ambassador to the US, a Cabinet minister has said as the Labour grandee is expected to be named to the post.

Sir Keir Starmer has urged councils to “get on with the job” of fixing pothole-plagued roads.

But no police officers will face charges over their role in the incident, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation.

Teachers should be given powers to compel parents of disruptive children to engage with them – tackling the “burgeoning crisis of behaviour” in schools, a report has said.

The Scottish Government has been urged to reduce the cost of rail travel after a price comparison found it was cheaper to fly from Edinburgh to London than commute from the Scottish capital to Glasgow by train.

The King will speak about his commitment to heritage crafts as part of a BBC Christmas special of Countryfile.

Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson is expected to be the next UK ambassador to the US.

A new once-a-day tablet that treats advanced breast cancer is to be rolled out on the NHS, with about 1,100 patients in England set to benefit.

Household water bills in England and Wales will increase by an average £31 a year over the next five years, regulator Ofwat has announced.

Disadvantaged pupils in England find it “increasingly difficult” to catch up as they progress into secondary school, a report has suggested.

There has been a “catastrophic” rise in deaths caused by drinking, leading public health experts have said.

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate change are among the species spotted around the country’s coasts in 2024, The Wildlife Trusts said.

Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of the teenager accused of killing three children at a dance class in Southport after he failed to speak in court.

A teenager has been jailed for killing three of his friends after inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel and speeding at more than 100mph.