A Department for Transport spokesman said: "It is extremely disappointing that Network Rail's engineering works have overrun and will affect travellers during this festive season, passengers will be rightly annoyed.
Ebert was conflicted – it offended him to preface his article with such a warning, not least because the NSFW label was, as he put it, an "unsightly typographical offence", but mostly because it "would contradict the point I was making", namely that he was opposed to American puritanism, preferring Europe's supposed festive nudearama.
Doctor Who, which topped the festive iPlayer charts for the last two years, slipped to ninth spot with 1m requests during a nine-day period over Christmas, according to figures published by the BBC on Wednesday.
Top Gear took two of the top three spots in a festive iPlayer top 10 which also featured the first part of the Miranda finale, The Apprentice final, David Walliams' adaptation The Boy in the Dress and four episodes of EastEnders, including the Christmas Day edition.
On the fringes of the festive crowd gathered in Guildhall Square were a handful of republican dissidents who oppose Sinn Féin's peace strategy, some wholly through politics and others through the continuation of "armed struggle".
So while this year hasn't managed to live up to the last's festive treats – we've had a free-to-download Christmas EP from Olly Murs, a Mariah-lite warble from Ariana Grande and even the mooted Saturdays Christmas album has been reduced to just one track – we do now have a new, jingle bell-assisted composition from Bonnie McKee.
Over at Stubby's House of Christmas (stubbyschristmas.com) the focus is more modern, with the North Carolina-based blogger sifting through this year's crop of festive releases.
When you think about it, monochrome is just as festive a dress code as red and green.
The viewer is also treated to Blackadder Christmases past, including a burst of Miranda Richardson as Queenie, sentencing courtiers to death on a festive whim, and Hugh Laurie's fat-headed Prince George losing all his Christmas presents to a sweet old lady collecting for charity.
It seems so completely unlikely that this ridiculously wholesome woman would prove essential to my festive cheer and yet, whether it was Mary Poppins or Maria, my sisters and I spent our childhood Christmases watching her gather up various naughty children, and boss and cajole them into behaving properly.
"Then recuperate in the Café du Théâtre next to the Courvoisier chateau – watch the world go by for just €1.10 (the best value in south-west France)." Home: Christmas walking in the Dales Avoid turning into a Christmas pudding this December by booking one of HF Holidays' festive breaks which combine guided walks with sociable evenings at a choice of country houses.
