Blacksmith Paul Dennis has come a long way from that cowpat-filled shed and - at the same time - not gone very far at all.

Flagship store M&S was 62,000 sq ft when it opened in the 1980s and now covers more than 100,000 sq ft - not far off ...

TfL will boost Saturday Elizabeth line services to 20 trains an hour between Whitechapel and Paddington, as festive crowds flock to the West End and Oxford Street.