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Runners set off

Sun Shines on Santa Dash

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Become a Keeper for a Day at Whipsnade and you'll be helping their vital conservation work

Whipsnade Zoo is giving you the chance to be a zookeeper for a day

Top 10 coastal destinations revealed - is your area on the list?

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an independent inquiry into reality shows

Rebecca Ferguson calls for independent inquiry into reality shows

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on all-expenses paid trip to luxury Finnish resort

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on free luxury trip - apply now

Westminster Abbey’s mediaeval Cosmati Pavement can be walked on by the public for the first time in living memory - Credit: Getty Images

Westminster Abbey’s Cosmati Pavement opened to public for coronation

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

Sophie and Pete, from Blackpool, have revealed all - Credit: Channel 4 / Gogglebox

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie reveal ages and real life jobs

Channel 4’s Gogglebox celebrates its 10-year anniversary as its stars Sophie and Pete let the world in on some personal information.

A UK vape company, Blo Bar, has launched a new scheme to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes rather than throwing them away.

Free vape pen for users who recycle under new scheme

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Mike Tindall charges £20k to go shooting in the Cotswolds with him

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

People of all ages were delighted to see the return of the Loony Dook and this plucky pensioner was determined to get a good view from the beach!

Can early retirement lead to a decline in cognitive ability?

The double McPlant burger is set to launch in McDonald’s stores on January 4 2023.

Double McPlant burger to land at McDonald’s stores - here’s when

Alcoholics will be offered ketamine to help them stay off the booze for longer in a new medical trial led by the University of Exeter.

Alcoholics to be offered ketamine in new NHS medical trial

Silentnight warns that Black Friday shoppers could lose out on sleep.

Third of people in Britain could lose sleep over Black Friday deals

The ballot results for the London Marathon 2023 have been announced

London Marathon 2023: Ballot results announced and other ways to enter

Yes We Can presentations

Leighton Linslade Rotary's Yes We Can awards as five years is celebrated

Members of the public finish during the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

London Marathon 2023: How to enter ballot to race next year

Colin in action! Images: Colin Lawrence.

Martial arts classes kick into action in Heath and Reach

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Robert Downey Jr who played the most popular screen detective of them all, Sherlock Holmes (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

It's elementary for the top named screen detective

The World's First Edible Christmas Cracker

Woman sleeping

Going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm linked to lower heart disease risk, study f...

Helping to Unlock YOU

Free course in Central Bedfordshire to help people affected by the pandemic
Unlock YOU is designed to support those affected by issues around Covid

The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag...

Around half of people diagnosed with MS have a progressive form which causes an accumulation of nerve damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

MS treatment trial could find existing drugs can prevent or even reverse symptom...

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term solution? (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term ...

New Christmas guidance has been announced - including rules on carol singing and...

New blood test which can detect 50 types of cancer to be trialled by NHS

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

Older adults respond well to the Oxford Covid vaccine - and its after effects ar...

Testing Times for nature as Big Butterfly Count reveals a new low despite huge p...

How to stay fit in lockdown, using short burst exercise plan

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the government’s ‘career assessment’ tool (Photo: National Careers Service)

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the...

Have you seen this trend on your Instagram feed? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to take part in the new 10 for 10 Challenge on Instagram

Is an 800 calorie diet safe to follow? (Photo: Channel 4)

Is it safe to follow the 800 calorie diet in Channel 4 programme Lose a Stone in...

Grassroots sports, including football, are set to return in England (Shutterstock)

Amateur cricket games are allowed to restart - but what about 5-a-side football?

A special formulation of the drug could help to prevent severe breathing problems (Photo: Shutterstock)

A ‘specific form’ of ibuprofen is being tested as treatment for coronavirus - he...

AA Driving School: here's how to join online theory sessions, even if you're not...

Photographer Brad Gommon, wife Julia, and son Joshua, two.

Photographer brings Leighton Buzzard community together during coronavirus lockd...

How is the Oxford University vaccine being trialled, and could it be ready by au...

Are you a whiz in the kitchen? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how you can earn £250 recreating and reviewing Michelin style recipes fro...

The Royal Albert Hall shows you can watch at home

Explore wonders of music with daily online lessons

Pet lovers’ event transfers online to adapt to COVID-19 restrictions

Have you seen this challenge on your Instagram feed? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how the Run For Heroes Instagram challenge works - and how to take part

Here's what you should be eating to lower your risk of having a stroke