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Since its release in 2003, Love Actually has become a bona fide Christmas classic. The singing schoolgirl Joanna (top left), played by Olivia Olson (below left), is now 24, and still singing and acting in LA, while her secret admirer Sam (above, second from left), played by Thomas Brodie Sangster (below, second from left), has appeared in Game of Thrones and the Maze Runner. Martine McCutcheon, who played Downing Street staffer Natalie (above, third from left), was recently announced as a Loose Women panellist (below, third from left), while shy Karl (above, third from right), played by the hunky Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro, now stars in the HBO hit Westworld (below, third from right). Hugh Grant, who starred as Prime Minister David 13 years ago (above, second from right), just picked up a Best Actor award for his performance in Florence Foster Jenkins alongside Meryl Streep (below, second from right), and Peter (above, right), picked up Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for his role in 12 Years a Slave (below, right).

Hundreds of thousands of train passengers faced nightmare journeys to work today after Southern Rail drivers walked out at midnight, kicking off three days of strike action across the network. Usually crowded stations across London and the south of England were eerily quiet this morning after customers were warned there would be no service on any Southern lines (top right, Brighton). Meanwhile London Underground stations and services by other operators became overcrowded as the 300,000 passengers who travel on Southern trains each day were forced to find alternate routes (bottom left and right).

Paintings such as The Scream (top-right) and The Laughing Cavalier (top-center) have graced art books and walls for so long now that they almost seem commonplace. But within those paintings - and many more - lie rarely known details (circled in red) that bring them to life all over again. Those details form the basis for Susie Hodge's new book Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces, CNN reported. These paintings - which also include (counter-clockwise from top left) Joseph the Carpenter, Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople, are some of the most fascinating and illuminating.

Emma Tapping, 28, from the Isle of Man, will be making sure they each get 96 gifts - even though they still haven't used many of the items they were given last festive season. She was accused of 'abusing' and spoiling her children by lavishing them with the gifts that cost £1,500. But the mother-of-three said the criticism hasn't put her off spending lavishly again this Christmas and this year she started her present-buying in July when she armed herself with a suitcase to carry everything home.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The harrowing footage was captured on camera in the aftermath of a bomb blast as Syrian troops were poised to recapture all of the country's second city. A burning woman can be heard screaming as she rolls on the floor (left) before rescuers come to her aid (centre). Men can also be seen lying in pools of their own blood among the rubble (right). The UN human rights office says it has received reports of forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad killing at least 82 civilians as they entered the last remaining strongholds of the rebels in eastern Aleppo.

The heap of old junk was piled into a unit from Ainscough Skip Hire, which is based in Wigan, Greater Manchester - and was supposed to be taken away to the tip.However, when the customer refused to pay, they decided to unload the rubbish back onto her property. Bin bags, old toys and even a mattress can be seen pouring out of the skip and into the garden, as the team watch on and grin.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN picks the biggest examples of police stupidity, incompetence and abuse of power to happen across Great Britain in 2016. They include the 62-year-old who was charged by police for 'drink-driving' on a mobility scooter (left), the assistant chief constable suspended after exposing her breasts (top centre), the deputy assistant commissioner investigated for arranging police officers to entertain children at her son's private school (bottom centre), the toy collector held over a dispute around £16 dinky cars (top right) and the nine police cars sent to tackle a man trimming his hedge (bottom right).

The incident in October was captured in a video shared this week, showing a thug kicking a young woman down a flight of stairs at the metro station in the German capital of Belin. Witnesses were initially shy in coming forward, but now that bodyguard Michael Kuehr, 54, has offered €2,000 (£1,677) to anyone stopping the attacker and his three accomplices, police are questioning a man in relation to the incident. Mr Kuehr claimed he 'almost had to vomit during breakfast' when he saw the footage.

Jodie Duncan, 16, from Scotland (left with her boyfriend Kieron), shared his hilarious attempts at apologising on Twitter - and his 'r u angry' messages and peace offering in the form of a £10 gift voucher have gone viral. Kieron, 18, was supposed to spend the evening with Jodie as she was poorly but went to a friend's birthday instead before bombarding Jodie with messages (right) on every form of social media.

Florence Jarratt (left), 98, was allegedly severely injured by private care home workers and left with dark bruises (centre) on her arms, nose, right eye and cheek. Her family were told staff at the Bupa St Christopher's Nursing Home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, insisted the markings were caused by blood thinners. But her relatives say Mrs Jarratt (right, with her great grandchildren Gracie and Danny) does not take any medication that causes such side effects. Her granddaughter Ellie Stockbridge, 22, said: 'She was in such a bad way. Her nose even looked like it was broken and the bruises on her arms were horrific.' Social worker Ms Stockbridge also claims she consulted a doctor who she said told her the bruises were matching and 'had been done by force'. The local safeguarding team have since been contacted and carried out an investigation.

Police say Detlev Guenzel killed and then partially ate Polish-born businessman Wojciech Stempniewicz in his basement in the mountains near Dresden in eastern Germany. A picture of Detlev, a police forensic specialist, shows him standing next to a skeleton and holding an axe wearing nothing but socks and sandals. Detectives say he spent five hours cutting up his victim's body in the cellar of the house which was a cheap holiday pension for hikers.

Two Christian charity workers who used their life savings to buy their first home for £100,000 say they now plan to fill it with asylum seekers. Matthew and Steph Neville, both 35, have even paid all the bills for the first year and are hoping their new tenants will move in before Christmas. The couple took out a loan and put a deposit down on a three-bedroom mid-terrace house earlier this year. But they became so concerned about negative media reports about immigrants they decided to open the property up to asylum seekers. The husband and wife then asked charity Hope Projects to find them some tenants.

NEW A shocking video of Hermes delivery men throwing parcels out of their truck has been published. Lauren Holton, 20, of Petersfield in Hampshire, filmed the delivery men dropping large white bags (pictured) that were full of parcels on Friday, December 9. The telesales worker, who claims she also spotted the delivery staff kicking the parcels, posted the footage on social media to shame them - and said she has since reported the incident to Hermes.

The Duke of Edinburgh's softer side was revealed in footage of intimate family moments shown on television last night as part of a documentary marking the 60th anniversary of his award scheme. The previously unseen images looked back at the 1960s and touching moments between the Royal couple and their children, with Philip even seen bowling cow pats (bottom right) for a young Prince Charles to bat away, while the young Prince of Wales was also seen larking about with friends (top right). The Duke of Edinburgh was seen messing around in his bathing suit aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, sliding along the wet deck (centre). The hour-long special featured Prince Philip being interviewed by 'daytime television royalty' Phillip Schofield (inset). The Duke's youthful good looks in his naval days even drew comparisons with James Bond due from some smitten viewers on social media (left).

Jeremy Clarkson introduced the stunt on the Amazon Prime show, which was filmed in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He joked that he was about show 'a better way for immigrants of getting into Britain'.

A woman was captured on video being dragged off an airplane by the police after she did not comply with boarding procedures, according to CBS. The woman, who remains unnamed, refused to leave the plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport before it took off for San Diego on Monday, according to a Delta spokesperson. She was arrested for violation of airport ordinances, including failure to leave the aircraft, although she has not been formally charged, the spokesperson said.

The video was filmed by Russian professional free diver and teacher Alexey Molchanov, 29, and his students at the Freediving Federation Education Agency in Moscow. Mr Molchanov can hold his breath for a seemingly impossible eight minutes and thirty-three seconds. The group appear frozen in time at the bottom of a 20-foot-deep pool without breathing equipment. The divers 'surf' on top of each other, relax at the bottom of the pool and appear frozen mid-fight. The clip also shows people closer to the surface of the pool as they cling to the side.

For these festive enthusiasts when it comes to Christmas jumpers the busier the better as they share photos of their outlandish sweaters. For many of the festive fans a good pullover needs to include plenty of elements whether that's baubles, tinsel or even fairy lights. Others have included photos of loved ones and even Barack Obama.

Bailey Jordan from Caerwent in Monmouthshire, South Wales, was a shepherd in the school's nativity show and his mother and father were looking forward to watching him perform. But ten minutes towards the end of the 40-minute show last Wednesday, the bare-footed schoolboy lifted his left leg up and started chomping on his nails (right). Earlier, he had also inadvertently shown off his underwear and been seen slapping his face (left), seemingly to keep himself awake through the nativity. His parents Sarah Bailey and Kevin Jordan (centre, together) were stunned, but his mother said she was laughing so much that she wrapped her coat around her face.

One of the last remaining World War Two gunboats - that played a crucial role in the D-Day invasion - has gone on the market as a houseboat. The 112ft vessel, called Jamaica Moon, was one of the 650 Fairmile Bs made by the Royal Navy for coastal operations. It was built by the Anglo American Nile Tourist Company in 1942 and its crew sunk a submarine and picked up secret agents in clandestine missions during the war. After the war, most were quickly disposed of, but Jamaica Moon remains one of the last four in existence. The boat, which had wartime designation ML357, once came with machine guns, depth charges and a 47mm naval gun - but is now fully kitted out for modern living.

Haleigh York, 23, a student in Ireland, originally from Spring Lake in Michigan, weighed 285lb (20st 5lb), left, but after losing weight, right, was left with excess skin, inset right, that her father, inset left, wanted to help her fix. After many failed diet attempts, she underwent surgery to remove 80 per cent of her stomach last year - but after shedding half her body weight - 140lbs (10st) - she was left with 'unsightly' excess skin on her arms, legs and stomach. As a reward her hard work, her father Thomas York spent $14,000 (£11,000) on a tummy tuck and $13,000 (£10,230) to remove excess skin, as well as a breast augmentation. In total, more than 9lbs of skin was removed and Haleigh went from having 38GG breasts to 36DDs five months ago. Now the young woman, from Spring Lake in Michigan, USA, has started modelling and found people struggle to recognise her.

A young man bought new shoes for a homeless woman after seeing her wandering around with bare feet. Rade Jovanovi, 20, was filmed putting trainers on the feet of a homeless woman, called Danijela, and then giving her a bag of food in Belgrade, Serbia. Danijela then hugged Rade and asked him to sit down and chat to her.

A soldier who was caught slumped over his gun during a training exercise insisted he was still focusing on the job. A US Army drill sergeant filmed himself sneaking up on the young private in a deserted woodland. The instructor slowly and quietly made his way over to the soldier and then removed his gun from underneath his body. The young soldier then woke up and insisted he was 'going over' his 'TC' and wasn't sleeping.

Bunny Smith, 25, has had had over $15,000 (£11,800) of cosmetic surgery and is now being hailed on social media as the spitting image of supermodel Bella Hadid (inset). After a rhinoplasty, chin implant, Botox, lip and facial fillers, Bunny from New York (pictured left before surgery, and right after the procedures) has the same stunning facial features as the supermodel. And her thousands of online followers love comparing her to the Victoria's Secret beauty. Bunny plans to have further procedures to enhance her feminine look including breast augmentation and veneers.

The man walked into the store in Istanbul's Bagcilar district carrying a bag and wearing a surgical mask, baseball cap, and sunglasses. He then slammed the satchel down on the counter and grabbed a gun from inside the waistband of his jeans. The boy, who was already in the shop, reacted at lightening speed and leapt towards the man. He grabbed the gun and punched the man in the stomach, then wrestled the robber out of the shop, slamming the door behind him.