Cheese-rolling, and other quirky feel-good stories of 2024 with sinister subtexts

THE time of year when the media fills space with round-up of whimsical news stories of the year has come around. But are they actually deeply disturbing conspiracies? 

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Catching a Replacement Bus Service Home for Christmas: Festive songs if they were realistic

CHRISTMAS songs, all snowfall and merriment, are as realistic as a snowy village where children carol and adults carry armfuls of gaily-wrapped boxes. This is what it’s really like: 

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