Boxing Day shoppers are staying away from the High Street and shopping centres compared with last year, early footfall data suggests.

Amy Langston started the guide as she wanted to help struggling businesses in the West Midlands.

In the UK more than 100 million bags of rubbish get sent to landfill each Christmas.

Police warn that organised criminal gangs are running large-scale operations to sell on stolen goods.

Footage shows a busy day at a Binns store in Hull in December 1978, as shoppers rush to buy gifts.

The former Wilko unit had been empty for more than a year.

Business owners reflect on customers' changing spending behaviour in the run up to Christmas.

The initiative is aiming to support local retailers during the busy Christmas shopping period.