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24 December 2021

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Red-nosed dynasty: Keeping tabs on 150 reindeer 🦌

In the Scottish Highlands you’ll find a large herd of reindeer roaming the Cairngorms National Park.

News imageNelson Mandela revisits the cell at Robben Island prison in 1994

Halt auction of Mandela's prison cell key, says SA

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, spent 18 years in a tiny cell on Robben Island.

News imageImage of solitary Eurasian wolf

French zoo closed after pack of nine wolves escape

No people were injured during the incident, but the wolf pack was killed due to safety concerns.

News imageTRAINSPOTTING - 1996 Polygram film with Robert Carlyle as Begbie

Robert Carlyle: Begbie has followed me my whole life

He is one of Scotland's most successful and versatile actors yet one role has defined his career.

News imageA man dressed in a Santa Claus suit scales the Duke of Wellington statue as Covid rules are tightened on December 21, 2021

Enjoy Christmas but be careful says health chief

Scots can celebrate Christmas but should be cautious, National Clinical Director Jason Leitch says.

News imageThe cold weather began in December ‘81

When Wales woke up to a very white Christmas

On 7 January, 1982, snow fell non-stop for 36 hours creating 6m high snow drifts.

News imageSnow in Swansea in 1981

Remembering 1981's white Christmas

The BBC's Neil Prior was three at the time and the snow is one of his formative memories.

News imageMandy Connors, pictured second from left with daughters Paige and Cara, sister Julie and mother Gina

The people alone on Christmas Day due to Covid

Isolating alone, and five turkey dinner deliveries - this is Covid Christmas 2021.

News imageDuchess of Cambridge playing the piano at a community carol service at Westminster Abbey on 24 December 2021

Kate surprises audience with piano performance

The duchess appears with musician Tom Walker at the event for people who helped in the pandemic.

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