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The Chinese figurines are hot property right now - but how did they go viral on TikTok? Plus, Father Christmas swelters in 30-degree heat in the Arctic circle.

The Chinese figurines are hot property right now - but how did they go viral on TikTok? Plus, Father Christmas swelters in 30-degree heat in the Arctic circle, Good Bad Billionaire looks at New York oil baron John D Rockefeller and Outlook tells the story of Roger Butler, a gay rights pioneer and "the first man to come out".

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