Christmas

Thames Water chief executive Chris Weston previously warned that the company only has enough cash to survive till next May but many think it will run out of money by Christmas.

A Christmas gift of a chocolate Salisbury Cathedral was also offered from Russia Today.

The Carabao Cup quarter-finals are also being played the week before Christmas - and European games continue through December as a result of the new formats.

“When you say Christmas, the first thing that typically comes to your mind isn’t strippers,” he quips.

Then spontaneously one Christmas, while his partner was away visiting family, he went out and bought a pack of bloodhounds.