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1. Amad Diallo goal seals Ivory Coast win over Mozambique in AFCON opener

   Manchester United star spares blushes for defending champions at Africa Cup of Nations after wasteful display

2. Bono joins annual Dublin city centre Christmas Eve busking session

   The U2 frontman joined more than 30 musicians for the annual charity busking session.

3. Sainsbury’s and Argos issue urgent recall of hundreds of Christmas toys over choking hazard

   Parents who bought the item told to return it immediately

4. Kate and Charlotte perform together on the piano for royal carol concert

   For the past five years the Princess of Wales has staged her celebratory Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey.

5. London's most expensive streets of 2025, where homes cost more than 100 times the national average

   This year, Grosvenor Place knocks Knightsbridge off the top spot, with the average home costing more than £28 million

6. Ivory Coast vs Mozambique LIVE: AFCON result, match stream and latest updates today

   Reigning champions begin their Africa Cup of Nations title defence in Morocco

7. Tracy-Ann Oberman returns to EastEnders as Chrissie Watts

   At the end of Wednesday’s episode, it was revealed that Oberman’s character is returning to Albert Square this Christmas.

8. Jo Whiley reveals VERY unusual Christmas dinner hack which left her husband 'horrified'

   Whiley said her husband was ‘genuinely horrified’ when he found out her gravy’s secret ingredient

9. Man, 21, who popped out for Tesco food shop vanished a week ago, police say

   Samuel is known to frequent high streets in Greenford, Sudbury Hill and Harrow

10. Ireland joins international condemnation of new West Bank settlements

    Helen McEntee and 13 counterparts co-signed a statement condemning new Israeli settlements in the West Bank.