30 Santas took to the waves off the Kent coast yesterday to promote the cleanliness of the water.
Joss Bay Surf School near Broadstairs organised to event, which followed a difficult summer for the beaches. Many were closed for several weeks because of a sewage spill from a pumping station.
Thirty Santa Clauses went surfing off the Kent coast yesterday to promote the cleanliness of the water.
Joss Bay Surf School near Broadstairs organised to event, which follows a difficult summer for local beaches.
Many were closed for several weeks because of a massive sewage spill from a pumping station, but the beaches have now been given a clean bill of health.
Could this be the oldest Christmas tree still in annual use? Bought by the Maley-Ward family in Herne Bay in 1962, it's made of wood, metal and plastic.
The country's senior bishops are set to tweet their Christmas Day sermons for the first time this year in a Christmas Tweet campaign.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams (@lambethpalace), the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu (@johnsentamu) and Archbishop Designate Justin Welby (@bishopofdurham) will also be joined by congregations and clergy from across the Church of England (@cofe).
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, churchgoers in the 16,000 parishes of the Church of England are being encouraged to live tweet the joy and meaning of Christmas to the 10 million UK Twitter users.
The Rev Arun Arora (@RevArun), director of communications at the Archbishops' Council, said: "This is a brilliant opportunity for parishes to take the good news of the first Christmas out of churches and into people's lives and homes."
The campaign will use the hashtag #ChristmasStartsWithChrist, which goes live on Christmas Eve.
Keys, money, phone and plans to get home are the top tips from the Swindon Community Safety Partnership this Christmas. They are aimed at those who will be out and about celebrating the festive season.
These easy steps that the partnership say that people can take to avoid their Christmas becoming one to forget. People are reminded to:
VIDEO: The Royal Mail has had to set up a massive new sorting office in Wiltshire to cope with the pressure of millions of extra presents - being bought over the internet. Robert Murphy has the story.
They may be 3,500 miles away but soldiers serving in Afghanistan will soon be receiving Christmas presents from their families.
The wives and children of troops from the south east are sending off gifts and messages to their loved ones - many of whom are risking their lives on the front-line.
Tom Savvides speaks to soldiers' wives Jen Overland, Sonita Gambang, Nadine Ashley, and Capt Edward Thompson of 69 Squadron Gurkha Search.
Now in it's 70th year, the carol concerts will see around 1200 pupils from over 30 Medway primary schools perform at the cathedral on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 and Wednesday, 5 December.
More than 1, 000 children from Kent are holding their final dress rehearsals before a carol concert at one of Medway's most iconic settings. Rochester Cathedral will come alive with carols next week.
VIDEO: ITV 1's Daybreak programme has launched a campaign to put food on the table for those in need at Christmas.
