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1. Tom Fletcher hopes for royal visit as Paddington The Musical opens in West End

   The McFly star has penned the music and lyrics to the eagerly anticipated stage show, which has its world premiere at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday.

2. 'Power hungry' data centres making London housing crisis worse by delaying new homes

   Electrical grid capacity in west London stretched to limit as AI ‘factories’ compete with housing developments for energy

3. ‘Boxing Day bounce’ expected to boost housing market

   Online property searches often jump on Boxing Day, and some home buyers could be set to spring into action now that Budget uncertainty has cleared.

4. William to champion Wales at investment summit

   The summit is being staged in Newport – the most significant event hosted by Wales since the 2014 Nato summit.

5. Post Office urges customers to send parcels before busiest day on December 8

   Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year – up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office.

6. National Gallery tablet celebrates Welsh quarry that housed paintings during war

   The inscribed tablet, made from slate taken from north Wales, has inscription in both Welsh and English to honour Manod quarry in Eryri (Snowdonia).

7. Greggs launches Christmas cards complete with gift of sausage roll

   A £3.95 card features heat-activated ink that, when warmed, reveals a code to redeem a free sausage roll or vegan sausage roll.

8. Urgent stem cell plea to save life of 13-year-old with rare blood disorder

   Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affects around two people in every million in the UK.

9. Shoppers urged to show ‘patience, kindness and consideration’ to retail staff

   The Scottish Retail Consortium and Usdaw have launched the ’tis the season to ShopKind’ campaign to tackle abuse of shop staff.

10. Students lured to current accounts with cash and takeaways, says Nationwide

    The building society said students have downloaded 125,000 takeaway vouchers through its FlexStudent current account.