There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th.

But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.

And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

Joy in every sip with red carp snout back at Starbucks.

Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.

The young gentleman's name would be Oliver.

Oliver Twist.

With Brian Cox as Fagan.

What have you seen?

Street by Nikola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Kaluia as Bill Sykes.

Oh look at me like a hello to my lawyer.

I love you, baby.

With original music by Dan Gillespie's cells, subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms.

In just eight minutes, Larry Phillips and Emil Moda Serrano had turned North Hollywood into a war zone.

It was just after 9.30am and both men were outside the Bank of America at 6600 Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley.

With overwhelming firepower and a seemingly endless supply of ammunition, they had destroyed two police cruisers in an intersection north of the bank and laid waste to cars in a parking lot across the street.

LAPD officers did their best to fire back, but their handguns and shotguns were well out of their effective range.

The gunmen were now on the move, continuing to unload automatic fire at any sign of the police.

Officers were reported down north and south of the bank and across the street in the Valley Plaza Mall parking lot.

Inside the bank, nearly two dozen bank employees and customers huddled in the vault, praying that the gunmen would stay outside.

The robbers hadn't killed anyone, but they had roughed up a few customers and the assistant bank manager.

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