'Mummy, I can't see daddy' - a special Christmas for family of bodyboarder rescued at sea from powerful rip tide

coronavirus, lockdowns, protests and stockpiling to celebrity deaths and staying at home, there's been non-stop headlines. Hogmanay and New Years Day for most has been spent at home this year as families take turn to virtual trivia fun to keep entertained.To help with bring in the New Year with a bang, we have put together a whopping 100 questions all about 2020.We'll be bringing you the best quiz ideas over the festive period - so crack out wine and cast your mind back over the events of the past year.There are different rounds to choose from including film and TV, music, sport and news and current affairs in Scotland and around the world.There are 100 questions with the answers immediately below - so no cheating.

A £10,000 nativity scene was destroyed in a Christmas Eve firebomb attack.

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterEmergency teams rushed to save a man who fell down the banks of the River Croal in Bolton.Residents reported seeing several ambulances, a police car and vehicles from Bolton's Mountain Rescue Team close to Moses Gate Country Park, off Hall Lane, at around 3pm.The man is thought to have had a medical episode and was unconscious in a difficult to reach location on a steep banking.The rescuers managed to traverse the slope and bring the injured man out for treatment.Steven Fletcher, team leader for the Mountain Rescue Team, explained that it had been a busy day, with calls to two locations at the same time.He said: "We had two incidents in quick

George Michael has finally scored himself a number one with his band's iconic track Last Christmas landing in the coveted top spot.

direct to your inboxFriends of a centenarian are asking people to send her 100 birthday cards so she can celebrate in style.Dorothy Wright will turn 100 on Tuesday (January 5), but won’t be able to have the big party she had hoped for due to the current coronavirus restrictions.The great grandmother, from Stockport, hasn’t left the house since the pandemic began back in March and hasn’t been able to see her friends and family.Her pals Neil and Vicki - who run the Stockport town centre cocktail bar Cherry Jam - visit Dorothy every day.But they want to do something really special for her 100th birthday.So they’re asking people to send 100 cards to Dorothy so she can celebrate properly.“She would be blown away to receive so many birthday

direct to your inboxA family's Christmas was saved when a generous stranger dropped a £100 shopping voucher in their trolley and disappeared before they had chance to say thank you.Emily Clarke and Carl Pearson were facing a scaled-back Christmas after they both lost their jobs due to the impact of the pandemic.

Wham's Last Christmas has finally made it to the No1 after 36 years out in the cold.By hitting the top in the first chart of 2021, announced today the song also breaks a new Official Chart record in the process setting a new record for the longest time taken for a single to reach No1 overtaking Tony Christie’s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, which took 33 years and 4 months to claim the top spot in March 2005).Martin Talbot, chief executive, Official Charts Company said: “This is a fantastic record for Last Christmas."Just a few weeks after Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas is You reached No1 after a 26 year wait, for the Wham! tune to make its own impact after so long really shows how much the British public love their Christmas

Doctor Who: The Revolution of the Daleks?It's on New Year's Day, Friday, January 1 at 6. 45pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

Wham’s Last Christmas finally claims Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release and breaks a new Official Chart record in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

George Michael has secured the first-ever UK number one of 2021 with the iconic Wham! hit Last Christmas.

Neil Lennon is an open book and one particular image captured the Irishman looking to the sky for answers as he trudged out of the Lennoxtown changing rooms. That was the day before the win over Lille and Celtic haven't looked back since having racked up six consecutive victories in all competitions.

Wham!‘s ‘Last Christmas’ has reached Number One in the UK for the very first time, 36 years after it was first released.Climbing from Three to One, the Christmas favourite racked up 9.2 million streams over the past week, reaching the top of the chart on the fourth anniversary of George Michael’s death.‘Last Christmas’ spent five weeks at Number Two when it was first released in 1984 – kept off the Number One spot by Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’.Since 2007, shortly after downloads were introduced to the UK singles chart, ‘Last Christmas’ has re-entered the Top 40 on a further 13 occasions, reaching Number Two again in 2018.It’s followed in this week’s chart by two other vintage Christmas classics, with Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I

Coronavirus only days after Christmas. Paul Hilditch was only 55 years old when he succumbed to the killer virus, which has racked up a grim death toll of of 73,500 in the UK.

Michael Bublé’s Christmas album climbs to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart, returning to the summit for the first time in nine years.

Chloe Bennet is opening up about her COVID-19 diagnosis. The 28-year-old star took to her Instagram Stories on New Year's Eve to share the news that she and several of her family members have contracted the coronavirus.«On Christmas morning I woke up with a high fever, and unable to breathe,» she wrote.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo admits he needs new signings to help rescue his season. Santo's men have slumped to 12th in the Premier League table following one win in the last six outings heading into today's trip to Brighton.

, Breaking Bad, Better Caul Saul, , —yet with two hours left, this is the finest moment of television in 2020,” Judge Reinhold tweeted about the spectacle. The rest of Twitter seemed to agree. “I think we all know what we deserve to end 2020,” one user added.

Christmas tip of £1,500. Sarrah, 21, from the United States, was shocked when she spotted that the $693.36 (£508) bill was topped up with a huge $2,020 (£1,481) tip on top.She shared a snap of the surprising gift on Twitter.Sarrah wrote: “I’m literally shaking.”Since then, the post has racked up more than 260,000 likes – and others were blown away by the generous tip too.One person said: “Where do I need work for this?”While another added: “AS you DESERVE queen.”However, some people questioned if the receipt was real after all.One person said: “Nah you got a 20 dollar tip and wrote the rest in.

the Queen's funeral been planned since the 1960s, but royal staff and officials run dress rehearsals every year to ensure they're ready for the sad day. Plans must also be in place for the funerals of other senior royals, such as the Queen's husband Prince Philip, and her son Prince Charles (who is next in line to the throne).

direct to your inboxStacey Solomon has shared the romantic, and very teary, moment Joe Swash proposed.And she also revealed the very special meaning behind her engagement ring. The Loose Women star announced that she and her TV presenter boyfriend Joe had agreed to tie the knot on Christmas Eve with a Instagram selfie.

direct to your inboxA mum-of-three has told how burglars ransacked every room in her house during a break-in while the family were away for Christmas.The thieves stole sentimental jewellery - including Marie Mullans's wedding and engagement rings and her daughter's rosary beads and the children's laptop, which was a Christmas present from their grandfather.The break-in took place at the family's home in Moss Nook, Wythenshawe, sometime between noon on Christmas Day and mid-afternoon on December 27.Marie, 44, and her children, all aged under 11, were staying in Yorkshire with her partner, who's in their support bubble, at the time.After smashing the patio doors, the thieves also made off with the children's passports and a spare set of car