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February 8,
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THE anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has had a piece of work acquired by the British Museum, reports The Guardian. It is a fake £10 banknote depicting Diana, Princess of Wales, and will join the museum's collection of coins, medals and other currency. Entitled Di-faced Tenner, the work was one of thousands of copies produced by […]

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February 1,
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A Daily Mirror story has provided some figures about how much distance the average parent covers pushing a pram. It quotes a study covering 1,000 mums and dads by ChannelMum.com which revealed that they clock up almost 750 ‘buggy miles’ a year – further than travelling from London to Barcelona. Apparently the typical tot will […]

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January 26,
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WELL it looked like he real thing! According to the Daily Mirror, a stone circle thought to date back thousands of years has turned out to be a replica built in the 1990s. The article explains that when the circle was discovered at Leochel-Cushnie in Aberdeenshire, archaeologists were excited as recumbent stone circles often date […]

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January 19,
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KEY moments in British history will be featured in a set of coins celebrating 50 years of the seven-sided 50 pence piece, reports the BBC. The Royal Mint has unveiled the commemorative coins mark and the events include Sir Roger Bannister running the first sub four-minute mile, the 250th anniversary of the founding of Kew […]

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January 11,
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ART lovers are in for a real treat in April, according to The Guardian. The British Museum will feature a rare lithograph of Edvard Munch’s The Scream as part of Edvard Munch: Love and Angst, the biggest UK exhibition of the Norwegian artist’s prints in 45 years. The version being displayed at the British Museum […]

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January 5,
News Round Up 330

THE owners of a cat which had been missing for FIVE years have been reunited with their pet, reports the BBC. Seven year old Rozy escaped during a visit to the vets in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire in 2013. Despite scouring the surrounding streets searching for her and putting up posters, owner Vicky Stokes could not […]

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