But perhaps Lego should not strive unduly to keep up with electronic fashion: the big hit this Christmas at Hamleys, London's toy mecca, was a come-back story dating back to ancient Greece: the humble yo-yo.

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The artist's previous work includes rolling on his side for four miles in central London in December 2002 to ask people to be "nice" at Christmas, and using his nose to push a peanut to Downing Street in protest at student debt.

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Christmas Eve on the rail network saw services from London Paddington towards Exeter and the West of England terminating at Tiverton, with limited road transport continuing to Newton Abbot via Exeter St Davids.

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