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News imageMonday, December 28, 1998 Published at 09:42 GMT
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News imageNews imageQueen: Ties that bind the generations
The Queen makes one of her most personal broadcasts to the nation and the Commonwealth, reflecting on what different generations can learn from one another.
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News imageNews imageQueen's speech: Full text
The full text of the Queen's 1998 Christmas Broadcast.
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News imageNews imageChristmas dinner: the healthy option?
Christmas is synonymous with eating and drinking and making merry. But is all that excess good for you? News Online presents a health analysis of Christmas meals from around the world.
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News imageNews imageWhite Christmas washout
White Christmas? Forget it, say forecasters who predict just a sprinkling of snow in Scotland followed by gale-force winds on Boxing Day.
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News imageNews imageStars cash in at Christmas
It's Christmas bonus time, not just for overpaid city types, but for the artists whose Christmas records, like leftover turkey, turn up every year.
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News imageNews imageSanta's sack of software
We look at an unprecedented year of growth for the computer games industry - and why gaming goodies will be under a Christmas tree near you.
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News imageNews imageFurbies in wilderness at Christmas
Furbies - widely touted as the toy of 1998 - come 66th in a survey of children's desirable Christmas presents.
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News imageNews imageDing dong merrily online
'Tis not the season to be stuck in front of a computer, but you can count the days to Christmas and get a direct line to Santa among the festive attractions on the Net.
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News imageNews imageMovie magic in '98
It was a year in which Hollywood's blockbusters failed to live up to the runaway success of Titanic - Annette Mackenzie looks back at some of the film's that have hit the headlines.
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News imageNews imageAnimal crackers in 1998
There seems to have been more than the usual crop of wacky animal stories this year. Here is a roundup of some of the reports about our furry, feathered, slimy and scaly friends.
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News imageThe low down on a Christmas dinner favourite

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News imageThe stars who cash in at Christmas

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News imageFind out the origins of some Christmas traditions

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