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Ronaldinho's Barcelona team-mates have responded to accusations that the Brazilian midfielder is overweight and unfit. Pictures of the 26-year-old taken after the Catalan club lost 2-1 at home to Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday showed a roll of fat around his waist.

The most wonderful time of year? Tell that to the illustrators of the 19th century, who seemed to love nothing more than drawing scenes of violent frogs and creepy onion people Christmas cards are over. Whether its climate anxiety, the cost of living crisis, horrible stamps with QR codes or just the vibe being off,

A Michelin star-winning protege of the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay fell to his death from a window ledge after taking a potentially fatal amount of cocaine, an inquest heard yesterday. On the night of his death in May, David Dempsey, who had been appointed head chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, west London, was

The Vatican was thrown on to the defensive yesterday after the Virgin of Guadalupe, one of the Roman Catholic church's most powerful icons, was accused of being a con. The attack came not from secular scholars, but the very clerics who for decades watched over the Guadalupe shrine, which draws millions of pilgrims each year.

Sue Brady, who has hardly missed a Prom since 1968, has been queueing since just before 11am for a concert that will start at 7pm. Andrew Campbell, at the head of the queue for the gallery with a fat sci-fi book and a folding chair, hasn't missed a concert since 1990. Philip Trueman, proud to