research from barclaycard claims men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than women.stin is on oxford street in central london for us this morning. good morning. good morning. it has started to get busier on oxford street. it was quiet area as people woke up after christmas day. now i can see the street are getting pretty busy. oxford street is full of lots of high—street shops and well—known department stores whose customers have changed their buying habits especially with the advent of online. boxing day sales remain a huge moneyspinner. last year, twice as much was spent on boxing day compared to black friday, despite the hype around that. today customers are expected to spend nearly £5 billion through both online and in—store sales, with 18 million people expected to go out onto the street to grab a bargain. here on oxford street some shops started to open as early as six o'clock this morning, with queues forming hours before that. people starting to get here early. two o'clock in the morning in some cases. we have asked some shoppers why they have come out in per

research from barclaycard claims men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than women.d, and must, do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who faced discrimination or violence last year.

according to barclaycard, an average people will spend £188 each today.an women. thank you. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at the way britain could help persecuted christians around the world. the review, led by the bishop of truro, will look at government efforts to help some of the 215 million christians who faced discrimination and violence last year there are people in very poor countries, themselves very poor, who can suffer terribly for no other reason than their faith, and when that faith is christianity, that is not a reason to do nothing. we need to do something, just as we would if they were muslim or buddhist and being persecuted for the same reason. the french authorities say there's been another migrant boat rescue operation overnight. it comes after authorities on both sides of the channel picked up a0 migrants yesterday, who were trying to cross to britain. four boats were intercepted and a number of people were discovered by british officials in folkstone. aid organisations in indonesia are urging people i

research from barclaycard claims men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than women.rrespondent katy austin is on oxford street in central london for us this morning. it is getting busier every time we join you. it is busier and busier on oxford street with lots of traditional high street shops and well—known department stores. customers have changed their habits over the years but black friday was big and boxing day is still bigger with twice the spend on boxing day per head than black friday. today we are expecting nearly £5 billion to be spent by customers in stores and online and we are expecting 18 million people to be heading out onto the streets to grab a bargain in person. on oxford street some of the shop started opening as early as 6am and there are still some barriers left over from the crowd control they had to introduce because hundreds of people were queuing as early as 2am. later in the morning we spoke to some shoppers it had been out and about and asked them how they have got on. i can see what i am buying for the children. online it takes ages for yo

research from barclaycard claims men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than women.he foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at the way britain could help persecuted christians around the world. mr hunt said the uk could, and must, do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who faced discrimination or violence last year. there are people in very poor countries, themselves very poor, who can suffer terribly for no other reason than their faith, and when that faith is christianity, that is not a reason to do nothing. we need to do something, just as we would if they were muslim or buddhist and being persecuted for the same reason. israel has attacked a weapons site near the syrian capital, damascus. three soldiers were injured in the incident. israel also confirmed that it later activated its air defence systems to bring down a syrian missile. japan has confirmed that it is to resume commercial whale hunting next year and is to withdraw from the international whaling commission. a government spokesman said that the practice will begin ag

research from barclaycard claims men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than women.spondent alison freeman is at the metro centre in gateshead. how is trading? so far so good, much busier than you might see on a normal saturday afternoon. the people who run the centre have told me they had people queuing outside from about 3am. most of these people we re from about 3am. most of these people were waiting to get into the next sale which started around 6am. also a few of the other popular shops the saudibee a few of the other popular shops the saudi bee would open earlier having seen the number of people that had arrived here. we have been chatting with a few of the people out shopping and it seems people still wa nt to shopping and it seems people still want to engage with the shops. they wa nt to want to engage with the shops. they want to see for themselves what they are going to get. they told us perhaps they were getting the things they did not get for christmas. it has not been all good nose. house of fraser is going to close within the next month. the troubled ch

research from barclaycard claims that men will be the biggest spenders, shelling out 50% more than womene foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has ordered a review looking at the way britain could help persecuted christians around the world. mr hunt said that the uk could, and must, do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who faced discrimination or violence last year. israel has attacked a weapons site near the syrian capital, damascus. three soldiers were injured in the incident. israel also confirmed that it later activated its air defence systems to bring down a syrian missile. japan has confirmed that it is to resume commercial whale hunting next year and that it is withdrawing from the international whaling commission. a government spokesman said the practice would begin again injuly, but would be restricted to the country's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. the withdrawal means japan willjoin iceland and norway in openly defying the international ban on commercial whale hunting. a man has died after being hit by a police car in liverpool on christmas night. the

some interesting research from ba rclayca rd says that some interesting research from barclaycard saysre money than women in these cells. they spend about £188 on average, women. the shops didn't have a good run—up to christmas. there are some signs there was a last—minute surge just on christmas eve. the stores are just on christmas eve. the stores a re really just on christmas eve. the stores are really hoping that they will have a good boxing day sales period to give them some sort of cheer to end the year. certainly plenty of people up and about bright and airy. thank you. andy moore in oxford street. —— early. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at the way britain could help persecuted christians around the world. mr hunt said the uk could, and must, do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who faced discrimination or violence last year. there are people in very poor countries, themselves very poor, who can suffer terribly for no other reason than their faith, and when that faith is christianity, that is not a reason to do nothing. we need