Oil prices steadied yesterday, pausing for breath after coming under pressure over the past month from rising production in the US, Libya and Nigeria, which has taken the edge off an Opec-led initiative to support the market by cutting production.

Firefighters have been unable to continue searching for more victims of the Canadian oil train disaster because the wreckage of the town where it caught fire and exploded is still too dangerous.

Paul O’Brien talks to Lawrence Moore about what 100 Santas really get up to in July.