Christmas

Peta releases horrific footage of process in Chinese workshops of skiing live rabbits for luxury sweaters.

Department store John Lewis reports strong online sales despite consumer gloom as wages fall.

MetLife says a majority of employees would rather have a cash pay-out.

Pattinson and Stewart are looking forward to spending time in Paris.

Krampus from German folk law punishes children during the Yule season .

West Midlands Police will pay revellers who turn in friends and loved ones for drinking and driving.

Star following strict fitness routine for Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Digital commerce company Venda says there will be 28% increase in online spending in next fortnight

Pattinson will reportedly spend time with Kristen Stewart for Christmas.

Black Friday 2013 falls on 29 November.

Famous laminated catalogues, blue pens and order slips replaced by iPads as retailer takes stores into the digital age.

Sheryl Crow, Anna Kendrick, Janelle Monae and Backstreet Boys will be performing at the concert this year.

British parents prepare to spend £3bn on kid's gadget gifts this Christmas, as budget tablets prove popular.

Hundreds of thousands of state employees in the country will be awarded an extra month's pay.

Video game retailer Game confirms new Xbox One orders will arrive by Christmas, as Xbox Live issues are fixed.

A guide to the best switching off the lights ceremonies in London, Manchester and Edinburgh

Money Advice Service says this year seasonal spending is expected to reach £24bn.

Twilight star Robert Pattinson is taking new girlfriend Dylan Penn to his London home in Richmond for the festive season.

Queen hails stars of London Olympics and Paralympics, and "army of volunteers" at her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Seventeen English counties are added to the official drought zone amid fears that England could suffer its worst water shortages since 1976.

A family, who won £1 million through EuroMillions lottery, had left their winning lottery ticket under a Christmas tree for two days without realising that it won the jackpot.

According to theholidayspot.com, the market in the German city of Munich is one of the best in the world, followed by the one in the Strasbourg Cathedral in France.

Christmas is a double bonanza for UK television presenter Carol Voderman; she shares the day with her birthday.

The royal family will celebrate Christmas at Sandringham, Norfolk, the Queen's country retreat.

Britons this Christmas are not likely to celebrate a white Christmas as weather forecast says coming days are likely to be milder with no icy conditions.

Model Abbey Clancy has wowed the people with her reportedly strip shoot as part of Love magazine's Christmas Advent calendar.

A 15-year-old girl fell ill and even suffered short-term memory loss after taking a cherry brandy offered to her by the fake Santa.

Hundreds of white-bearded and red-suited Santas gathered at Trafalgar Square in honour of SantaCon - a boozy festival which happens every year.

Six years after their divorce, Brad Pitt has invited his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston to his house in Los Feliz, California, for a Christmas meeting, according to the Now magazine.

Parents of schoolchildren gathered for the play when a fight broke out between two fathers, the report said.