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Happy New Year! London rings in 2017 with spectacular fireworks display as people around the world enjoy fantastic celebrations

Billboard: Tekno Listed Among 10 Hip- Hop & R&B Acts To Watch In 2017

New Year's Eve terror threat puts Western cities on lockdown with heavily-armed police and soldiers on patrol

Queen may miss New Year's Day church service at Sandringham as she continues to battle ill health

Halle Berry and Oliver Martinez’s Divorce Finalized

2017 is here! (Well, in Tonga, anyway) Pacific Islanders become the first to welcome the New Year, while Sydney gears up for its annual fireworks spectacular

Bye, bye Barack! White House photographer shares his favorite images of Obama in 2016 as his presidency draws to a close

Trump praises 'very smart' Putin for not expelling U.S. diplomats in wake of Obama's sanctions for election-year 'hacking'

Trey Songz Released from Jail after being Charged with Assaulting a Police Officer

Transgender couple bombarded with death threats after male partner gives birth

Putin says will not expel anyone in response to U.S. sanctions

Jacqueline Jossa shows off her phenomenal figure as she packs on the PDA with fiancé Dan Osborne in Mexico... after lashing out at cruel body shamers who called her 'fat'

Richard Mofe-Damijo pens Sweet Note to Jumobi on their Anniversary

Wizkid, Tekno, Yemi Alade, Sauti Sol, Olamide & More Win at the Sound city MVP2016

Family consider joint funeral for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher after mother and daughter die within a day of each other

President Obama kick's out 35 Russian 'spies' and accuses Putin of ordering hacking of Clinton's secrets in run-up to presidential election - as Kremlin promises revenge and mocks 'lame duck' leader

Love all: Serena Williams engaged to Alexis Ohanian after Reddit co-founder pops the question during surprise getaway to Rome

Actress Debbie Reynolds rushed to hospital day after daughter dies: media

Two people die in separate crashes on icy roads as freezing fog claims its first victims after overnight temperatures plunged to -7C

Jennifer Lopez, 47, and Drake, 30, appear to confirm their relationship as they BOTH share smitten picture... after ex Rihanna unfollows love rival

Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher dies aged 60 four days after being rushed to the hospital when she suffered a massive heart attack on a flight from London to LA and never regained consciousness

Russia finds main black box from Black Sea crash jet

Tyga And Kylie Are SUING Blac Chyna . . . To Get FULL CUSTODY Of Her Son CAIRO!!! (They’re Trying To TAKE Her Son) Video

Versace staff use a code word to alert each other when black shoppers enter, claims African-American sales assistant who was fired

'Our hearts are broken': Amir Khan's in-laws admit they fear he will DIVORCE their daughter because of her ongoing feud with his parents

George Michael's £100m fortune 'will go to his Godchildren': Offspring of his celebrity friends could inherit tens of millions EACH after star died without heirs

£180,000-a-week Man City ace Raheem Sterling forced to take his £1.2million mansion - complete with Michael Jackson tribute room - off the market after failing to find a buyer for over a year

First pictures emerge of the pilot Putin's Kremlin is blaming for the Russian air disaster that killed 92 people... but experts still believe it could be a terror attack

Britain basks in its second warmest Christmas ever but now Storm Conor batters the North with winds up to 95mph

Boxing Day Brexit bonanza! Bargain hunters queue from 1AM and brave the freezing cold as shoppers arrive in UK from around the world to take advantage of 'weak pound'

George Michael dies 'of heart failure' at his Oxfordshire home aged just 53 as heartbroken Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley pays tribute to 'my beloved friend Yog' and fans mourn legend's death

The Wests on a Nutcracking Christmas

Queen will NOT attend Christmas church service at Sandringham due to 'heavy cold' for first time in 30 years

Barack & Michelle Obama Celebrate their Achievements in Final Christmas Address | WATCH

Fire Razes Nigerian Breweries in Lagos

The Queen praises 'ordinary people doing extraordinary things' and 'inspirational' Team GB athletes in her Christmas Day address

Largest evacuation in Germany since the end of WWII triggered by the discovery of the biggest bomb ever dropped by the RAF - the BLOCKBUSTER - with 54,000 told to leave their homes on Christmas Day

Boy plays dangerously near 12ft waves as Storm Barbara continues to cause havoc in Britain with 117mph winds... and now Storm Conor is on its way

TheHeadies2016: First Photos of Bolanle Olukanni, Funke Akindele-Bello, Osas Ajibade & More on the Red Carpet

Full list of the winner of TheHeadies2016: Wizkid, Olamide, Flavour, Falz, Kiss Daniel, Clarence Peters & More

BREAKING NEWS: Milan police shoot dead the Berlin massacre suspect after he pulls out gun and shouts: 'Allahu Akbar'

Huge brawl erupts at wedding reception after 'the bride's ex-boyfriend put pictures of her performing a sex act on the tables'

Tornado squad called in as 60 rioting inmates take control of wing at Category B HMP Swaleside on Isle of Sheppey

Screaming Brooklyn lawyer chases down Ivanka Trump and yells at her as she sits with her kids on flight - and his Hillary supporter husband BOASTS about the verbal attack before they're kicked off

Former 16 And Pregnant star Valerie Fairman found dead aged just 23

Five people killed die when a Boeing cargo plane overshoots a runway on takeoff in Colombia then crashes field

Revealed: Off-duty officer, 22, who assassinated the Russian ambassador 22, came from a secular family and was accused of taking part in the failed coup against President Erdogan (photos)

'ISIS terrorist' who killed 12 after hijacking HGV, murdering driver and ploughing into Berlin Christmas market is 'a Pakistani asylum seeker, 23, who has only been in Germany for few months'