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Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder to answer your travel questions on autumn breaks, New Year trips and winter sun

The Independent’s travel expert will be on hand to answer all your holiday queries

The Independent UK

Mum who bagged £2,000 dress for just £3.50 explains how she saved £5,000 in one year

The fashion lover has become an expert in thrifting after sticking to her New Year's resolution to buy pre-loved only, and is now sharing her tips for bargains on social media

Daily Mirror

Songs of Praise is filming a Christmas special with Katherine Jenkins in Cardiff and you can be in the audience for free

Filming will take place at Llandaff Cathedral, with recordings for both the Christmas Day and New Years Day being filmed at the cathedral in September

Wales Online

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Accused says fatal stabbing self-defence

The fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old in central western NSW after a New Year's party was not murder but was an excessive act of self-defence, a jury has heard.

AAP

England’s heroic Lionesses must be given New Years’ Honours as calls grow for gongs

The Lionesses ended England's 56-year wait for a major trophy against Germany on Sunday evening and have now been backed to receive personal accolades to toast their Wembley success

Daily Mirror

Islamic New Year and the different calendars around the world

The arrival of the new crescent moon marks the start of the year 1444 on the Islamic lunar calendar.

Al Jazeera

Muharram 2022: What is Ashura and when is the Islamic New Year?

The sacred month is commemorated across the world as a time for serious remembrance.

Evening Standard

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Act now to defuse a New Year fares bomb for capital

Commuters could be hit with double digit rises if usual price formula stays in place

Evening Standard

Mum's warning as sickening images show injuries inflicted by vicious boyfriend

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Faye Matthews suffered a broken eye socket as her jealous boyfriend Benjamin Rumfitt strangled, hit and gouged her eyes during the early hours of New Year’s Day this year

Daily Mirror

Mum joins daughter on OnlyFans making a combined £100k in just a few months

Evie Leana, 37, made the it her New Year's resolution to join Tiahnee, 19, on the adult subscription service after going through a break-up.

Daily Record

Dame Deborah James ‘blown away’ as her Bowelbabe cancer fund passes £5million

The dame title would normally be announced as part of the New Year honours or to mark the Queen’s birthday but can be given at other times in exceptional circumstances

Evening Standard

British martial arts champion fighting for his life after motorbike crash in Thailand

Christian Richardson was lucky to survive when his motorbike was crushed by a pick up truck as he left a coffee shop at the start of the country's New Year festival

Daily Mirror

Thousands of Sri Lankans celebrate New Year at anti-government protest site

At an auspicious time early on Thursday, Dilani Jayaratne lit a small wood fire to boil a small pot of milk to mark the start of Sri Lanka's New Year.

Reuters

This Tamil New Year, we look at the evolution of the kolam

Celebrate Tamil New year with a kolam, a tradition that has endured and evolved over centuries of culture, across mediums like gold, pearl, rice and now, puzzle blocks

The Hindu

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Reuters

Myanmar New Year celebrations dampened by protests, boycotts

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have urged residents to boycott the country's traditional New Year celebrations, as activists and Buddhist monks defied security forces by staging small protests against last year's coup in some areas.

The Times of India

When is Baisakhi 2022: Date, History, Story, Significance and all you need to know about Vaisakhi

Baisakhi, also called Vaisakhi or Vaisakh Sankranti, is an annual festival which is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour by Sikhs and Hindus. It is a spring harvest festival and so it generally falls in mid-April every year. Many Hindus also believe that Baisakhi marks the beginning of the New…

Bangkok Post

Songkran risk remains

The start of Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year, also marks a celebration of family as most people take advantage of the long holiday to return home.

Bangkok Post

Safe, healthy travel a priority

The hearts of all Thais are blessed and looking forward to Wednesday when the five-day Songkran holiday begins. It will be the first time in three years for us to celebrate the traditional New Year known for joyous water splashing at the hottest time of the year.

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The Times of India

Many Indias usher in New Year with food & prayers

KOLKATA: After two years of struggle with Covid, Telugus celebrated Ugadi, Marathis Gudi Padwa, Sindhis Chetti Chand and Marwaris and Gujaratis Navratri in a grand manner on Saturday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, too, wished the communities on the occasion of the New Year festivities.

The Times of India

10 South actresses who nailed the desi look like a boss on Ugadi

Today marks the arrival of the traditional New Year for Telugus – Ugadi. On the auspicious occasion, several Tollywood celebrities took to their respective social media handles to share their desi avatar. Have a glimpse:

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: At True/False, Russian filmmakers speak out for art and against their country's attack on Ukraine

"I'm sorry I seem so … sad," said the young man on the stage. Dressed in a voluminous dark hoodie, he both did and did not look like a filmmaker introducing his award-winning documentary on the first night of the True/False Film Fest in Columbia, Missouri. The film, "Where Are…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

A delicious chill

Work to dry Pacific cod in cold outdoor weather is fully underway in Wakkanai, Hokkaido. A local specialty called bodara is made by drying cod both indoors and outdoors, exposing it to cold winds and sunlight from autumn to spring until there is no moisture left inside. The fish shrinks…

Evening Standard

Norwich vs Man City live stream: How can I watch Premier League game on TV in UK today?

Norwich are out to maintain their strong start to the New Year by earning a shock result against Manchester City tonight.

The Independent UK

A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble

Glasgow Live

Glasgow restaurant The Real Wan serving up free meals to diners born in Year of the Tiger

Love Seafood has teamed up with highly rated southside food spot The Real Wan to offer a discounted or even a free seafood meal to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

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