Festive folly

Christmas lights in London's Regent Street. Photograph: Sean Smith

Christ was put back into Christmas in the London borough of Lambeth today after a touch-and-go 24 hours in which it appeared that the council had banned the word from seasonal festivities to avoid offending Muslims. The Daily Express, which – despite calling itself “the world’s greatest newspaper” - doesn’t put its stories online, said the council had renamed Christmas lights as “winter” or “celebrity” lights so as not to upset other faiths.