Dolls, Lego and variations of new technology all feature in a list of predicted bestselling toys this Christmas. The annual Dream Toys chart, external, from the Toy Retailers Association ...

How do we know? Well, in a recent study, researchers showed children pictures of exciting new toys, whilst playing audio of the toy’s name. Half the children saw the toys on a white background ...

Actually, you’d better hope it can’t, because your dog-toy needs might break the bank. A border collie named Chaser has learned the names of 1,022 individual items — more than any other ...