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Check out our list of the best TV shows arriving in 2024.

Top 9 TV shows to look out for at the start of 2024

Shops have confirmed closure on Boxing Day 2023.

Boxing Day 2023: 6 shops that have confirmed closure

Christmas shoppers urged to be wary of ‘festive fraudsters’

The dramatic moment a Birmingham gun gang who hid bullets in Patak's curry jar are arrested by armed police

Gun gang hid bullets in curry jar

Many Brits may struggle to afford Christmas if they don't save early

Aspiring UK homeowners aren't feeling so optimistic

Everything you need to know about new series of hit BBC show The Traitors

Everything you need to know about series two of The Traitors

Damian Aspinall and gorilla Tambabi share a hug at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, Kent. Picture: Damian Aspinall/SWNS

Moment gorilla gently hugs man captured on camera

Taylor Swift has announced The Eras Tour concert film will be available to watch from home.

Taylor Swift announces The Eras Tour concert film home release

Spotify Wrapped 2023 will be available very soon.

How to access your Spotify Wrapped 2023

Grace Dent has left ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Grace Dent leaves I’m A Celebrity on medical grounds

The food critic previously spoke of wanting to go home to her fellow campmates.

Rosie Ritchie before and after her surgery Picture: Rosie Ritchie / SWNS

Woman given bag containing stomach after Turkish weight-loss surgery

The world's oldest whisky that was found hidden in a Scottish castle and was sipped by a young Queen Victoria is being auctioned - and many bottles are going for more than £10,000 Picture: Whisky Auctioneer / Spey / SWNS

World's oldest whisky is fetching £13,000 a bottle at auction

A still from a video showing the return of Israeli hostages from Hamas over the weekend of November 25 and 26

Watch the moment a freed young Israeli hostage is reunited with family

Bertie Troughton, Resident Trustee at Blair Castle discovered the bottles behind a hidden cellar door

Thousands bid on Scotch whisky thought to be oldest in the world

Tim Howell, 34, during practice jumps for his wingsuit jump off Everest Picture: Tim Howell / SWNS

Watch wingsuit flyer Tim Howell jump off a mountain

These 20 ‘time wins’ are guaranteed to bring your life a moment of joy

Woman goes into labour playing bingo - and has baby in the car park

These are the top 20 Christmas mishaps

Sussex spaniel Elton, who has recovered from paralysis, with veterinary physiotherapist Holly Finelli and master dog trainer Graeme Hall

Heartwarming video shows paralysed puppy learning to walk again

Choco-lovers to wade through random tubs for a surprise this Christmas

Charity's film highlights the severe consequences of online grooming

A workman was lifted to safety after a huge fire at a high-rise building in Reading. (Credit: Chris Lauder/X/PA Wire

Shocking footage shows black smoke billow from huge Reading fire

Kelly Feaviour and her daughters, and the burned-out tumble dryer Picture SWNS

Watch: Tumble dryer blaze ruins family's home

Kevin the Carrot superfan Chevie Wells and her Christmas tree

Watch: Mum shows off Christmas tree decked with 50 Kevin the Carrots

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Midweek meals have turned ‘boring’ and ‘repetitive’ for many adults

Watch brazen robbers smash into jewellers during daytime armed raid
Shocking footage shows masked robbers smashing through the window of a Leeds jewellers as startled shoppers watch in horror.

Conservationists at Chester Zoo are overjoyed after the birth of one of the world's rarest mammals, a critically endangered eastern black rhino. The female calf was safely delivered onto a bed of soft sand by new mum Zuri on Sunday 12 November at 2.45pm, following a 15-month pregnancy.

CCTV captures the moment an endangered rhino is born in a UK zoo

The Asda van after the collision and inset, Erich Modrowics of Hinkley, Leicestershire

Video captures the moment Asda van collides with veteran's car

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

The top 20 songs to clean to

A lorry driver suffered horror injuries when an e-cigarette exploded in his hand. Mike Calver, 38, was changing the battery on his device at home in Stoke-on-Trent, when it blew up. His hand, beard and clothes were set on fire - while the scalding e-cigarette stuck to his hand.

E-cigarette explodes and leaves man in hospital with severe burns

TikTok yob Kane Tilney, 23, regularly hurtled around Darlington on his motorbike and filmed his exploits which he posted on social media. But all police had to do to gather evidence against him was to watch his videos... Picture: Northumberland Police / SWNS

TikTok bike yob jailed after police use boastful videos as evidence

Daisy the sheepdog made her own headlines.

Watch: Border collie tries to herd 25ft sheep at light festival

Watch 'The Disappearance of Nicola Bulley' documentary on Tuesday November 21 at 8.20pm on Shots!

Watch 'The Disappearance of Nicola Bulley' documentary

Top tips for creating a perfect coffee at home

The masked man who broke in to Island Lounge, Wednesbury, caught on CCTV. Picture: Island Lounge

Watch as masked man steals cash & stock from restaurant

Jemma Murphy from Solihull is obsessed with the noughties decade and her house reflects that!

'Take a look inside my ‘00s house - I’m obsessed with the year 2000’

£1.1m drugs gang idolised Al Pacino’s Scarface

Dumble Farm owner Fiona Wilson is no stranger to cows and is delighted with the success of her 'cuddle a cow' experience which is drawing in new visitors.

Cuddle A Cow: Former dairy herd boosts farm as 'Professional Cuddlers'

Top tips for budding entrepreneurs

Millie Ray, a five-month-old baby with abnormally thick hair, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2023. See SWNS story SWSMhair. This baby has such an impressive head of hair that people think she's wearing a wig. Millie Ray, a five-month-old, was born with thick hair, and it has now grown so thick that people assume she's wearing a wig for babies. Julia Zhou, AGE, and Alex Kwong, AGE, Millie's parents say that people are fascinated by the tot's impressive mop of hair. They often ask the young parents, from Vancouver, B.C., Canada, if she is wearing a wig and assume she's older than she is.

Baby's hair is so thick that people think it's a wig

Siobhan Miller live-streamed the birth of her fourth child to 45,000 strangers – and paid for a professional photographer to capture the moment to show labour isn't "scary" or "gross". The 37-year-old from Torbay in Devon wanted to give birth at home surrounded by her friends, children – as well as strangers watching on YouTube Picture: SWNS

Mum live-streams birth of fourth child to 45,000 people on YouTube

Thomas Leather, 29, was trying to clean the skylight in his home extension - when he started slipping down the tiles - and fell off the roof. The dad-of-one – who works as a roofer – luckily escaped without any major injuries. But wife Helen, 28, who says she’d just asked him to do ‘one job’, says he walked away with bruised pride. Pictures: SWNS

Video captures moment dad slips off a roof while cleaning windows

This video shows the hilarious moment a dad - a roofer by trade - slips off a roof (but don't worry, he wasn't hurt)

Josie Shanaham fears that her XL Bully assistance dog, Mars, will be taken from her under new rules for the dog breed coming into place next year. (Credit: SWNS)

Woman fears XL Bully assistance dog will be taken from her in new ban

The Spa at Carden Park in Cheshire

Carden Park: £10m spa offers ultimate spot to relax with friends

Lucie Maguire in hospital

Teen had leg amputated after 'bomb blast' injuries from tractor crash

Mina Alali with calf Moo Picture: Mina Alali / SWNS

Meet Moo - a calf adopted from a petting zoo who gets taken for walks

A 16-metre-long fin whale washed up on Fistral Beach, Newquay in Cornwall on November 15. (SWNS)

Fin whale washes up on popular UK beach - public warned to stay away

Parents say their children are more honest during mealtime

This calculator reveals the monetary value of your free time

A mum was trolled for spending just £100 budget on each child's Christmas presents - but says she doesn't want to "spoil" them. Samantha Mary, 35, decided to set a budget for main presents and stocking gifts for this Christmas for her one-year-old son, Jack, and nine-year-old step-daughter, Isabella. She spent £20 on stocking presents – filling them with items including scrunchies, car toys, and shower gel, and £80 on main presents. She bought her son a railway set and toys for his kitchen set and found her step-daughter an art set and Lilo and Stitch vest and pants.

Mum says she's had TikTok abuse for Christmas presents budget

Cops discovered a massive stash of cannabis hidden in a derelict building in Alnwick, Northumberland, with about 600 plants being grown in several rooms. Two Albanian men found in the three-storey property have been jailed for six months each - Klajdi Shehu, 23, left, and Klajdi Miraka, 33

Secret entrance behind fridge leads police to 600-plant cannabis farm

The top 10 business challenges CEOs face