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100 properties have been damaged by a tornado in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, as Storm Gerrit hit Britain...

King Charles III's first full year on the throne featured family rifts, a historic coronation, and a row about his tie. From revealing memoirs to state visits, what are the stories that defined the royals in 2023?

Jacques Delors, who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 98. As President of the Commission, Delors played a key part in the founding of the single market and the euro.

Sam Ryder - "You're Christmas To Me" (2023) He finished second in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest and now he has a new Christmas single

The King's 2023 Christmas speech:

Erasure - "Happy Holidays 2023"

Wham!'s Last Christmas has been crowned this year's Christmas number one, 39 years after it was first released. The festive classic beat Sam Ryder to the top spot after one of the most open races in years. Mariah Carey was third, with Noah Kahn's Stick Season fourth. It's the first time George...

Footage shows people taking part in the winter solstice celebrations at the Stonehenge prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.

Erasure - "Gaudete" (2013) It's Christmas, the time when 2.5 billion Christians celebrate the birth of the Son of God. Congratulations to vocalist Andy Bell for singing in Latin...

Vince Clarke - "The Lamentations of Jeremiah" (2023) The former Depeche Mode and Yazoo keyboardist, now a member of Erasure, has gone solo for the first time at the age of 63. His new album was released on 17th November. His new solo work is quite dark, which may surprise many fans because...

Seona Dancing - "Bitter Heart" (1983) Ricky Gervais - Vocals Bill Macrae - Synthesisers

"This boiled my piss hard..."

The Timelords - "Doctorin' the Tardis" (1988) The last time anything related to Dr Who reached UK No1: June 1988

Doctor Who - The Goblin Song (2023) Here's the normal-sounding version of the song which is vying to become the 2023 UK Christmas No1, ahead of the annual Christmas Day Dr Who episode, in which Ncuti Gatwa makes his full-length debut as the Fifteenth Doctor. The UK Christmas No1 spot is often...

Everything But The Girl - "Run A Red Light" (2023) East Yorkshire sophisti-pop duo Everything But The Girl, famous for their massive 1994 hit "Missing", are back... "Missing" (1994)

The Princess of Wales has revealed what Christmas means to her in a new heartwarming message to promote her upcoming carol service ‘Royal Carols: Together At Christmas'. The duchess will express sincere gratitude to all those helping young children to “feel safe, valued and loved” in a...

Appearing on the podcast Table Manners, the King's niece Princess Eugenie, who is 11th in line to the Throne, revealed how she and her husband Jack Brooksbank have food delivered... to Kensington Palace. The Princess, 33, also told of her love for her life in Portugal with her husband and two...

King Charles's freezers help save food for a million meals BBC News 18th December 2023 The King visited the charity that distributes surplus food from supermarkets By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The donation of freezers by King Charles has helped a food charity double the amount of...

And so overnight you and your little group of mates turned your country into a republic? Is that what you're saying? I've not seen anything about this on the BBC News website.

Empirically, you do.