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A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

"Christmas is saved" after a large search operation for a runaway reindeer found the animal on a beach in Merseyside, emergency services have said.

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms.

A woman brought in for cremation at a Thai temple was found alive in her coffin.