Other folks' New Year's resolutions that drive me mad - and the ones I wish they WOULD make: CLAUDIA CONNELL
With the New Year just around the corner, it's a given that people will be making resolutions. here's a guide to the ones to avoid, plus the ones that I wish people would make...
Inside Liverpool's terror palace. The air bristles with horror. There's something absolutely hostile here... and it's close: Read HORATIO CLARE's account of the paranormal before you judge... his evidence is convincing
On a shuddering December night, the Old Lady of Lime Street looms up towards the low clouds over Liverpool like an ocean liner, a stranded ship of white stone and dark windows.
Could you plunge a live lobster into boiling water? By a writer who did just that - to the horror of family members: DOMINIC MIDGELEY
The last time I invited people round for a lobster lunch, writes DOMINIC MIDGELEY, a more squeamish party member took one look at the two beauties and christened them Nippy and Pinchy.
We farmers take falling prices, sick animals and bad weather in our stride. What we cannot cope with are politicians who loathe our very existence: JAMIE BLACKETT
I love this time of the year. But it is bitter sweet for farmers, writes JAMIE BLACKETT.
Cocaine users are everywhere at this time of year. I was an addict for a decade and my behaviour still haunts me. Here's the signs YOU'RE spending today with a secret user... by someone who really knows
There are so many women like me - including fellow mothers - spiralling further into addiction, aided and abetted by the season of excess.
Louis is the love of my life. We're in our 50s, share a son, live together and have just had the most blissful Christmas. But we have a secret you'll never guess...
Fergus, his father and I spent Christmas day yesterday together. This wouldn't be remotely unusual, except that Fergus's father, Louis, and I have a surprising secret...
ROBERT HARDMAN: The hidden message on royal's tawdry scandal I spotted in the King's speech. It's the great 'unmentionable'... but I was with Charles when he was moved to tears. He hasn't forgotten
His overarching theme was the joy of pilgrimage, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. This is, after all, a King who, in past years, would go off for a restorative retreat at a remote Greek monastery.
What really happens in THAT secret WhatsApp group for posh mums. It's known as 'AA', everyone's whispering about it and getting in is impossible. Now our mole breaks her silence...
Whisper it, but I'm a member of a secret WhatsApp group called AA. No, not that AA - this one stands for Absolutely Anything.
When I saw this 17st Xmas photo I knew I had to change. Now I'm a perfect size 8... and shed 7 stone in just 9 months WITHOUT fat jabs. Anyone can follow my method... it'll change your life too
I gasped at the roundness of my face, my double chin, and the way the fabric clung to my body.
Did I really look that big?
Liking other women's social media posts grounds for divorce, court rules - as 'micro-cheating' sparks festive rows
The behaviour violated legal obligation of loyalty within marriage, lawyers argued, demanding financial compensation.
Iceland has lost its magic - a meal for two shouldn't cost £120
Has Iceland, once our favourite geological weekender, lost its appeal in recent years? One writer makes for Reykjavik to find out.
LIZ JONES: I can't stop myself texting David 1.0. With one little word, his answer leaves me with so much to unpack...
I'm a bad feminist. I texted David 1.0. 'Do you want to come for Christmas? Or are you still cross?'
Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming posts emotional essay on complications holidays bring amid Die Hard star's dementia battle
Heming, 47, delved into detail about what she faces as she cares for her ailing spouse in an essay she posted to her website titled The Holidays Look Different Now.
Stony-faced Taylor Swift watches on as fiance Travis Kelce and the Chiefs lose festive fixture
Taylor Swift was spotted looking downcast as her NFL fiance Travis Kelce and his teammates failed to deliver the ultimate Christmas gift: A Kansas City Chiefs victory.
Melanie Blatt 'takes major step towards replacing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on Strictly' after impressing bosses on Christmas special
The All Saints singer, 50, was one of six celebrities who competed in this year's Christmas Day special, which was filmed earlier this month.
UK's busiest station closed all week - causing travel chaos for millions
Engineering work to refurbish the roof of the station means the station will be severely disrupted until after New Year's Day. Trains running from the station will be rerouted.
Jamie Laing praises wife Sophie Habboo for creating a 'magical Christmas' despite giving birth to their first baby just three weeks ago
And on Friday, Jamie shared a sweet clip which he penned: 'POV: your wife is 3 weeks postpartum and still creates a magical Christmas.'
UK teacher is accused of posing risk to children and referred to counter-terror programme for showing Trump videos to his US politics class
The Oxfordshire teacher in his 50s said he was 'likened to a terrorist' after he showed the videos, one including Mr Trump's inauguration, to A-level students.
Helena Christensen, 57, wows in a colourful swimsuit as she braves cold water swimming while pregnant Dianne Buswell, 36, displays her growing bump as she hits the beach for Christmas in Australia
Helena Christensen braved a spot of cold water swimming while pregnant Dianne Buswell displayed her growing bump as she hit the beach for Christmas in Australia.
Racy teen drama branded 'every parent's worst nightmare' and 'mind-blowingly inappropriate' is finally made free to stream - and it's just days away from hitting screens
The show, which is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name, premiered on American channel The CW in 2007.
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