| Bookies slash the odds on a white Christmas after Arctic winds bring four-inch snowfall [15 mins][Cumbernauld] Thousands of schoolchildren have swapped lessons for sledging as the cold snap brought a blanket of snow to parts of Britain. Hundreds of schools closed as overnight falls of four inches brought much of Northern England and North East Scotland to a standstill. | A Blue Christmas at China's North Pole [18 mins][Dongguan] Dongguan produces a vast amount of the toys that will end up under Christmas trees around the world. Or it did, until all the factories there started to close, leaving thousands of workers out of luck |