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Happy New Year to Canadian Content members. Here in the UK we are behind most of Europe and most of the continent has already seen in 2024 but there's less than an hour to go. London is going to put on Europe's biggest New Year fireworks display, with 12,000 fireworks.

Denmark's Queen has unexpectedly announced her abdication in her traditional New Year's Eve speech. Margrethe II will formally step down from the throne on 14th January. That will be exactly 52 years to the day of her ascension to the throne in 1972. The 83-year-old monarch will be succeeded...

People across the UK have reported seeing a meteor flying through the night sky. Residents living in London, Birmingham, Reading, Norfolk and Shrewsbury reported seeing what many believed to be a shooting star, at around 2am on Saturday (30 December). Many people took to X, formerly Twitter...

Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio Sunday 31st December 2023 BBC News By Noor Nanji, Culture reporter They are the UK's most famous chimes, and one of the most recognisable sounds around the world. Exactly a century ago, Big Ben's bongs were broadcast live to the...

It's impossible to do a billion pounds' worth of improvements or damages in Stalybridge.

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)