London Christmas shopping

The amount of retail space under construction in London will increase by almost 8 million square feet.

That's the equivalent of London's flagship retail streets of Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street combined, over the next five years

Bluewater shopping centre in Kent has said today had become its busiest day of the year. Tomorrow on London Tonight we'll be reporting on the Christmas 'man dash', as male shoppers flock to the West End to make last minute festive purchases.