It promises to be a very merry Christmas for Manchester City fans as they toast a first half of the season that has seen them build up a record advantage over second-placed Manchester United in the Premier League. Having gone 19 matches without defeat, talk of Pep Guardiola’s side going the full season unbeaten has inevitably…

Big Picture Seasons don’t come much more festive for Australia than this 2017-18 summer. The Ashes are once again theirs. They lead the series 3-0 and can dream of a whitewash – another whitewash – against an England side that has disappointed in almost every way. For Steven Smith and his men, ’tis the season…

Netflix has an alternative to those yule log videos: Ed Kemper from Mindhunter eating an egg salad sandwich. It’s not the classic fireplace cheer or Nick Offerman sipping whiskey or the Bright-themed garbage fire (seriously), but it’s arguably just as good if not better. Actor Cameron Britton, 31, became a breakout sensation of 2017 when he…

A fire that broke out at a luxury five-star hotel on Loch Lomond and killed two people may have been caused by a Christmas tree.  Staff who first raised the alarm at Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond are understood to have told 999 operators that a 12ft-high decorated tree in the…

There’s little reason to expect oil prices to extend gains through the first quarter of 2018, energy strategists have told CNBC. The prospect of rising U.S. shale production, subdued price movements and intensifying geopolitical risks is likely to offset a rally in prices at the start of next year, the analysts said. Harry Colvin, director…

People clearly don’t know what to do with all their time off around the holidays.

A bitcoin was worth $14,090 at 9.15 a.m. GMT on…

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Many migrants, the pontiff said, were being forced to flee from leaders who « see no problem in shedding innocent blood » Pope Francis has urged Roman Catholics not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants « driven from their land », during Christmas Eve Mass. The pontiff compared them to Mary…