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1. Travel experts reveal the best value skiing holidays across Europe

   Resorts such as Beitostolen, Geilo, and Pyha have been ranked among the most affordable European ski trips

2. Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees indefinite freeze on €210bn of Russian assets

   Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington insisted meeting ‘only covered national security related issues’

3. Line of Duty star hails Sir Billy Connolly for battling Parkinson’s ‘incredibly bravely’

   Martin Compston said Sir Billy is “the best at being Scottish”, which is why he is “globally loved”

4. Gateshead grooming gang jailed for rapes and sexual assaults of teenage girls

   The victims, aged 13 to 16 at the time of the offences (2014 - 2019) were sometimes plied with alcohol or cocaine before they were sexually abused

5. Tourists will now be charged more than £10 to visit famous Juliet balcony

   Shakespeare fans will have to pay to enter the courtyard for the first time

6. Eritrea withdraws from regional bloc as UN expresses concern over tensions with Ethiopia

   Eritrea has withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development

7. Geminid meteor shower: When and where to see hundreds of shooting stars in UK tonight

   Meteors set to create spectacular display as they enter Earth's atmosphere at 40 kilometres per second

8. Trump says new Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’ but claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates

   The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats has received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with two tranches posted online Friday

9. Bonnie Blue ‘to be given £10 fine and deported from Bali tonight’ after arrest over alleged porn offences

   The adult content creator was detained earlier this week along with at least 17 male tourists from the UK and Australia

10. Is this the most Christmassy town in the UK?

    Is this the most Christmassy town in the UK?