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Gems from the Crown Jewels were stored in a biscuit tin in Windsor Castle during the Second World War, according to a BBC documentary due to be screened at 8pm on Sunday. The stones were taken to the Berkshire property by officials fearful of a Nazi invasion.more

IT was a dream start to the New Year for shop manager Piotr Kotwa who scooped 250,000 euro on the National Lottery's Millionaire Raffle on New Year's Eve - after buying the lucky ticket in his own store. Cavan-based Piotr Kotwa is originally from Gdansk in Poland but living in Ireland for almost 12 years.more

Andrew Wilkins, 25, says the rodent stashed its hoard of nuts throughout his Volkswagen Golf. His vehicle was turned into a winter supply store by the squirrel who hid the acorns in the gearbox, the glove compartment and inside the bonnet.more

Charlotte is Telegraph Readers' most popular baby girl's name, as new parents follow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's lead.more

The fastest man in the world Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis or Italian football player Franceso Totti connected all the time with one club - AS Roma are one of the world's greatest athletes who finished their careers in 2017.more

Samoa and some Pacific islands are first to see in 2018 as clock strikes midnight. New Zealand celebrates with huge firework display in Auckland.more

However, there's a small caveat, the holiday hack only works if your job doesn't require you to work at weekends and you also get all your bank holidays off.more

The turkey's corpse is not even cold yet, but the Easter bunny is already dancing on its grave.more

A council that tried to have a controversial shark sculpture removed is to be asked to recognise its importance. The fibreglass artwork was installed at 2 New High Street, Oxford, in 1986 by the property's owner Bill Heine. He successfully fought to keep the shark after Oxford City Council tried to remove it during the late 1980s.more

Authentic festive decorations, lighting, music and greenery transform the museum's period living rooms, giving an evocative glimpse into how Christmas has been celebrated in English homes over the past 400 years. more

On Christmas Eve this year, soon after sunset, two stars should be visible in the sky: Vega and Capella- explains astronomer Tomasz Banys from the Planetarium EC1 in Lodz.more

Christmas is the busiest time of year for Royal Mail with the company employing an extra 20,000 people to deal with the extra deliveries made up to the final posting dates.more

A 28-year-old man who lost his job two months ago is set for an unforgettable Christmas after he won €100,000 on a scratch card. The Romanian national came to Ireland to find work six years ago but lost his job in October and is now unemployed.more

Many shoppers buying presents online are having their packages delivered in obscure places - that is, if they get them at all.more

A UK council has plans to allow bodies to be disposed of through "water cremation" turning all but the bones into liquid that gets poured down the drain.more

But as hundreds of people gear up for work Christmas parties and night outs, ambulance crews are preparing to be on standby to manage the expected surge in demand.more

Part of the monster "fatberg" discovered in sewers beneath London is to go on display in a museum. A section of the 130-tonne congealed mass of fat, oil, wet-wipes and other sanitary products, which was lodged in a sewer four metres underground, will make a "fascinating and disgusting" exhibit at the Museum of London, in early 2018.more

According to the royal family's official website, the queen pays for 1,500 Christmas puddings to be distributed to her staff in the palaces, including the Court Post Office and the palace police force. Each one comes with a note signed by her and Prince Phillip.more

Wealthy Londoners are increasingly spending thousands of pounds on professionally-installed Christmas decorations, it is claimed.more

Meghan Markle will join the Queen and other senior members of the Royal family for Christmas at Sandringham, Kensington Palace has confirmed.more

White Christmas romantics should consider making tracks for Stirling in a few weeks as this Scottish city promises the highest probability of snow in Britain come December 25.more

Over 100,000 cremations are made in Poland annually - 300 times more than a quarter of a century ago. It's a good business - informs "Puls Biznesu".more

If there's something we love more than a penguin, it's a penguin that has a job visiting elderly people in care homes. Lucky for us then that there are two penguins who do exactly that.more

Londoners avoid talking to their neighbours because of a fear of rejection, researchers have claimed. People living in the capital would like to get to know their neighbours better but fear their feelings will not be reciprocated because "it's not what Londoners do", a study found.more

Polish Masterchef winner, Vlogger, vet, chef and author Damian Kordas made a call out on social media to cook with Jamie and he had to make it happen.more