McDonald's to close early and open late to give staff more time off this Christmas

PHILLIP Schofield revealed wife Stephanie is still director of his multi-million pound firm despite split after he came out as gay. The hugely-popular host, 58, rakes in around £2 million a year from his presenting and lucrative ads for firms like We Buy Any Car.

LAUREN Goodger and her boyfriend Charles Drury got into the Christmas spirit yesterday, decorating their freshly-bought tree in their Essex home. But not everyone appreciated their festivities, as 23-year-old Charles was forced to defend their fir on Instagram after cruel trolls dubbed the set-up "s***".

Waking up to a white Christmas is becoming increasingly likely as bookies reveal current odds on the UK's festive snowfall.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorConcord announced today that two-time Grammy-winner Shooter Jennings will be joining its label group as a staff producer.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Sienna Miller hopes her revelation in September that the late Chadwick Boseman gave her some of his salary to make sure she was paid fairly for “21 Bridges” will create change in Hollywood. “It should get people thinking,” Miller, who stars in writer-director Tara Miele’s new drama “Wander Darkly” with Diego Luna, tells me.

Tesco clubcard customers can even get it for just £15! Duppy is the north Caribbean patois' word for spirits, which are said to cause mischief and mayhem throughout the islands. You won't have any problems if you spot this one on the shelves and throw it into your trolley.

Covid-19 cases.People across the UK are looking forward to having coronavirus restrictions relaxed for five days over the festive season, but scientific advisers to the Welsh Government have warned against different households mixing.Anyone going to see someone they do not live with should isolate for 10 days beforehand or risk infecting them, experts added.Families can form 'Christmas bubbles' with up to three households from December 23 to 27 before the three-tier lockdown system returns.Scientists from the Welsh Government's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) delivered a grim warning to residents saying a family Christmas is "likely to lead to higher deaths and hospitalisations" after the festive period.They said: "If people can avoid seeing

While the holiday season will look markedly different among the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are getting festive in creative ways to keep the spirit of the season alive.  We're hanging Christmas decorations early this year and buying plenty of lights and trees, as many families spend more time at home. Fox News' America Together wants you to share how you're spreading the joy -- whether it's through wacky decorations or socially distanced family celebrations -- and what you're thankful for during this tough time.

John Tucker Must Die tried to teach the most popular guy in school after finding out he was dating three of them at the same time.In the movie, which hit theaters in July 2006, followed Heather (Ashanti), Beth (Sophia Bush) and Carrie (Arielle Kebbel) as they attempted to bring down John (Jesse Metcalfe). To do so, they convinced new girl Kate (Brittany Snow) to get him to fall in love with her, then break his heart.

direct to your inboxPeople in Wales could see further restrictions before Christmas, the country's chief medical officer has said. With just weeks before festive celebrations would usually begin, Dr Frank Atherton has expressed that he is "really worried" about rising coronavirus cases in Wales.

London will need to go into Tier 3 in order to stop coronavirus deaths from surging over Christmas, an expert says.Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the capital, which was placed into Alert Level Tier 2 when England came out of lockdown last week. Between November 26 and December 2, 15,200 Londoners tested positive for the virus according to data from Public Health England, Mirror Online reports.That's a rate of 170 cases per 100,000 population – an alarming rise from 156 cases per 100,000 the week prior.

lockdown following weeks of strict measures. Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced that 11 council areas would drop from level 4 to level 3 after facing the toughest rules in Scotland's five-tier system.

Take a sneak peak around the incredible home of Made in Chelsea star Oliver Proudlock that he shares with his fiancée Emma Louise Connolly.The beautiful couple who say "date night is every night" share an equally gorgeous terrace house in West London. Oliver and Emma spent a year renovating the townhouse exactly to their tastes, and the results are stunning.

police officer narrowly escaped serious injury after a knife-wielding man attempted to stab him with a blade. Cops were sent to a property on Abbey Park Avenue in St Andrews, Fife, at around 1.50pm on Tuesday, December 8.

Primark in Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre is set to stay open for a 36-hour period in the run up to Christmas to help festive shoppers.The high street giant was forced to close for three weeks in areas under Scotland's level 4 due to lockdown restrictions on non-essential stores.Primark is gearing up re-open all stores in Scotland on Friday, December 11 with extended opening hours in a bid to ease high customer demand during the Christmas shopping season.Primark Braehead will be the only store to trade overnight for a 36-hour period - and will open at 9am on December 11 and stay open right through until 9pm on 12 December.All other stores across Scotland will trade until at least 8pm on weekdays until December 23.Safety continues to be

coronavirus continues to have an impact on every household across Scotland, there’s no doubt Christmas will look a little different this year. New data from ClearScore shows that many are feeling the financial fallout from the pandemic and plan on cutting back on the festive celebrations with some 64 per cent indicating they will be spending less over the Christmas period.

Stacey Solomon is the crafting queen, but as well as dressing her home with items she made this Christmas, she has also bought some fabulous decorations. The Loose Women panellist has cherry-picked a selection of very unique and personal festive delights to transform the Essex home she shares with her boyfriend Joe Swash, their baby Rex, and her sons Zachary, 12 and eight-year-old Leighton.

the force told Birmingham Live.A force spokesperson said they received three calls reporting a number of visitors entering the garden and a large number of cars parked in the area.Supporters furious at the police's stance set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for the charity instead.My Payne had been proudly displaying his lights for years to raise money for worthy causes.Families were left heartbroken when the local dad was ordered pull the plug.Now, Trevor has found light at the end of the tunnel as a compromise was hammered out between himself, the police and the local council.Mr Payne took to social media to share the good news.

direct to your inboxRepairs to a school are to take place to stop water leaking into classrooms and slates falling off the roof that ‘narrowly’ miss hitting people.Tameside council has approved an application for partial re-roofing works to take place at the Grade Two listed Fairfield High School for Girls in Droylsden.The board of trustees at the academy, on Fairfield Avenue had applied for listed building consent to fix a series of issues with the roof and windows in the historic school, which are putting it in breach of health and safety rules.The school, which was rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2013, was founded in 1796.However the planning documents by Lancaster Maloney submitted with the application reveal the effect the dilapidated

Gigi Hadid has shared glimpses inside her daughter's nursery before and shots here and there of herself during the later stages of her pregnancy, but for the first time last night, Hadid posted an intimate selfie from the the night before she went into labor. The model also gave a full nursery tour on her Instagram, showing the room in full and all its toys, books, artsy touches, and decorations."The night before I went into labor," Hadid captioned her first photo, the selfie of herself during her pregnancy: Instagram In her second, she shared a shot of herself from "about a week before" she gave birth.

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have jetted off to Dubai in a bid to celebrate the last month of 2020.