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1. Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers to join picket lines

   Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

2. Pillion takes home top prize at the British Independent Film Awards

   The feature debut by writer-director Harry Lighton also won awards for best debut screenwriter, costume design, and make-up and hair design.

3. Three things we learned from Arsenal draw as Mikel Arteta handed new dilemma

   Plenty for Gunners boss to ponder as feisty derby draw with 10-man Chelsea leaves mixed emotions

4. Tom Fletcher hopes for royal visit as Paddington The Musical opens in West End

   The McFly star has penned the music and lyrics to the eagerly anticipated stage show, which has its world premiere at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday.

5. 'Power hungry' data centres making London housing crisis worse by delaying new homes

   Electrical grid capacity in west London stretched to limit as AI ‘factories’ compete with housing developments for energy

6. ‘Boxing Day bounce’ expected to boost housing market

   Online property searches often jump on Boxing Day, and some home buyers could be set to spring into action now that Budget uncertainty has cleared.

7. William to champion Wales at investment summit

   The summit is being staged in Newport – the most significant event hosted by Wales since the 2014 Nato summit.

8. Post Office urges customers to send parcels before busiest day on December 8

   Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year – up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office.

9. National Gallery tablet celebrates Welsh quarry that housed paintings during war

   The inscribed tablet, made from slate taken from north Wales, has inscription in both Welsh and English to honour Manod quarry in Eryri (Snowdonia).

10. Greggs launches Christmas cards complete with gift of sausage roll

    A £3.95 card features heat-activated ink that, when warmed, reveals a code to redeem a free sausage roll or vegan sausage roll.