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Monthly Archives: November 2016

Sports Personality of the Year 2016 – who are the nominees?

The Sports Personality of the Year awards for 2016 are almost upon us, and there is plenty of debate to be had on who should win the top gong.

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Arrival: A new kind of sci-fi has arrived

The concept of aliens arriving on Planet Earth is one that has been done time and time again in Hollywood.

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Bean and gone: the Heinz advert axed for promoting ‘unsafe’ #CanSong

Renowned tinned-produce brand Heinz has announced the axing of its most recent television advert, due to audience health and safety complaints.

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Are you ready for Black Friday?

Black Friday is just a week away and people have differing opinions on this relatively new phenomenon.

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Child mental health is extremely important

A shocking statistic has emerged this week – with not enough cash reaching children’s mental health services, up to a quarter of youngsters in need of help are being turned away.

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Super crazy for the supermoon

Was there anybody else out there lucky enough to see the supermoon this week?  Unfortunately, where I live, Monday night chose to be completely overcast, meaning the rare night sky treat was totally blocked from my sight.  I had my telescope ready just in case but the typical English weather meant I will have to wait until 2034 for another chance to see this stunning view. Mind you, according to reports, the view was no better in sunny Australia!

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Here are the 2016 Christmas adverts!

Here we go again, the Christmas adverts are appearing on our television screens.

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Why Andy Murray deserves to be world number one

Andy Murray has been crowned as the number one tennis player in the world, and he is surely in the reckoning now to be known as one of the greatest sports stars Great Britain has ever produced.

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Why do we use the poppy to mark Remembrance Sunday?

Remembrance Sunday isn’t far away now, so you will probably be seeing people out and about wearing poppies.

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