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Queen goes global on YouTube
The Queen is joining the YouTube generation by posting her traditional Christmas Day message on the video-sharing website.
Two women die in taxi rank fire
Two women died in a fire at a taxi rank in Lincolnshire on Monday, police said.
Shoppers snap up last-minute buys
Shoppers surged into stores during the final weekend before Christmas but analysts said it would not be enough to make up for slow sales in earlier weeks of crucial festive trading.
NHS boss says patient records are safe
Patients should have confidence in the new planned NHS database despite 168,000 records going missing, a health boss said on Monday.
Huckabee, at Texas church, angers some Catholics
Rising U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee risked his standing with Catholic voters on Sunday by courting his evangelical base at the church of a controversial preacher accused of disparaging Catholics.
Heavy security in Indonesia for Christians this Christmas
Heavy security in Indonesian capital to prevent repeat of Christmas attacks on churches seven years ago.
Salvation Army - Christmas companionship for Britain's elderly
Christmas is a time to gather with the family and loved ones. For many older people, however, the festive season, and for that matter the rest of the year, can be much lonelier.
Nine NHS Trusts lose patients' data
Nine National Health Service trusts have lost the records of hundreds of thousands of adults and children, the government said on Sunday, in the latest embarrassing loss of data by official bodies.
Fog clears, but UK airports remain affected
Dozens of flights were expected to be disrupted at Heathrow and Gatwick on Monday despite the lifting of a thick belt of fog that caused travel chaos for thousands of passengers over the weekend.
A birthplace of hope for expectant mothers in Bethlehem
Bethlehem hospital is safe haven for expectant mothers.
Millions of poor children to receive Christmas shoe boxes
More than seven million needy children overseas will soon be holding in their hands a Christmas shoe box - which for many is the only gift they will receive this holiday.
Hopegivers International transforms India orphans into soccer champions
A Hopegivers International orphanage soccer team won the Rajasthan state soccer title in India for its age bracket earlier in the month.
Muslim scholars send rare Christmas greetings
Leading Muslim scholars have addressed warm Christmas greetings to Christians around the world, a message notable both for what it said and the fact that it was sent at all.
Japan's 'Hidden Christians' face extinction
One by one, the sacred relics - a medal of the Virgin Mary, a crucifix and other revered objects - are taken from a cupboard and placed on an altar for a Christmas Eve rite passed down through centuries from Japan's earliest Christians.
A lonely Christmas for Christians in North Korea
There will be no fairy lights, no carols, no turkey for Christians in North Korea this Christmas.
Prayers said for dead tug boat crew
Churches in Greenock are praying on Sunday for the families of three men who died when their tugboat sank in the Clyde last week.