NBA has published first results of voting for the All-Star Game. Wizards' Marcin Gortat is on the 7th position in the Eastern Conference with almost 60 thousand votes so far.more
Blue Peter is a British CBBC children's television programme made a story about Polsh Christas i UK. Lindsey Russell visited Polish school in Newcastle.more
December 6 is Sinterklaas - the day Holland's Santa arrives from Spain to deliver presents. He's helped by the loyal, blacked-up throwback "Black Pete." But these days the Dutch are divided over whether the tradition is quaint or embarrassing.more
This Christmas is likely to be more red than white for spendthrift Britons as many are planning to use credit to cover the extra costs of the festive season - even though they are still clearing last year's debts, data suggests.more
British Unions and Industry are urging the Government to reduce taxes to save the North Sea oil industry, which is desperately fighting for survival following six-months of oil price decline.more
Consumers will need to stump an extra £1bn a year in 2018 to encourage power stations to stay open and keep the lights on, the government confirmed on Friday. A "capacity market" auction undertaken by National Grid has ended with a price of £19.40 per kilowatt (kW) being agreed as a subsidy.more
Mainz are hoping to find runaway leaders Bayern Munich distracted by the winter break on Friday with Pep Guardiola's side hunting more Bundesliga records in their final match of 2014.more
Buckingham Palace has been forced to deny rumours the Queen is to stand down in her Christmas Day broadcast, after a bookmaker said it was suspending bet following a flurry of "unusual" activity.more
The company car2go, the world's largest provider of short-term urban rental cars (car sharing) announces that in the summer of next year should start a business in Poland.more
Liverpool at last have some respite. A side left traumatised in the Champions League and so horribly off the pace in the top flight have conjured some conviction in the Capital One Cup, with a semi-final to follow in the new year. more
A London banker who regularly avoided buying a train ticket on his commute to the City has been banned from working in the financial services industry. BlackRock director Jonathan Paul Burrows was caught by inspectors at Cannon Street station last year and admitted to avoiding the £21.50 fare from Stonegate in East Sussex.more
More than 60 pieces of silverware were stolen from the team's Milton Keynes factory when a gang of six men used a vehicle to ram the front entrance of their headquarters on 6 December.more