UK bakery Greggs apologises after using sausage roll instead of Jesus in advent calendar

The firm's decision to use a publicity image of the Three Wise Men around the crib with the baby Jesus replaced by a sausage roll has caused controversy.

Greggs the bakers has apologised for placing a sausage roll in the Nativity scene to advertise its Advent calendar.

The chain faced a call for a boycott from the chief executive of the Freedom Association who claimed the product was "sick" and the Newcastle-based firm had insulted Christianity in a way it would "never dare" other religions.