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This is awkward for Downing Street to say the least. The person chosen by the British government to be the keystone in the most important of bilateral relationships is, according to one of the incoming president's close aides, a "complete moron".

Britons have been told to expect an "exceptionally mild" Christmas day.

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

The doors of the white van are thrown open. Dozens of armed French police jump on board, their colleagues on the ground form a human chain and get to work.

The moment the suspect in a fatal attack on a German Christmas market was arrested has been captured on video by a passer-by.

A police investigation is under way after a car was "driven at speed" into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.

At least two people - including a young child - have been killed and dozens of others injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.

The US government has narrowly avoided a crippling shutdown after politicians agreed on a last-minute spending deal.

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

The co-manager for Donald Trump's presidential election campaign has called Lord Mandelson an "absolute moron" - as the peer was officially announced as the next UK ambassador to the US.

A Frenchman who is on death row in Indonesia has made a last-ditch plea to return home - as the country's new president plans to pardon 44,000 prisoners.

The US says it has killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Yusif in Syria.

For 30 years Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You has been the soundtrack to Christmas.

The King has joked "I'm still alive" when asked how he was during an official royal engagement with the Queen.

A coroner has recorded an open conclusion into the death of TV doctor Michael Mosley, who died after going for a walk on a Greek island.

The government is planning to "bring back the family doctor" by giving GPs an extra £889m to spend time with patients in a bid to end a dispute.

Fourteen Albanian nationals have been found in "unsafe conditions" hidden in a livestock wagon at a Scottish port.

A man who murdered his neighbour in an attack with a kitchen knife, broken table leg and wooden shelving has been jailed for life - and will never be considered for parole.

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have performed together for the first time in five years. 

The mother of a young man crushed to death in a work accident has said her son was "full of hopes and dreams" and his family has been "robbed" of sharing in those with him.