News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
A move to work in the United States has made soccer superstar David Beckham posher!
That's according to The Sun, reporting on a study which claims that 37 year old Beckham dropped his Hs 80 per cent of the time before signing for LA Galaxy in 2007.
News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
ACCORDING to The Sun, 58 year old Richard Lane has been reunited with the wallet he lost 35 years ago – complete with all its contents except for £15 in cash.
Mr Lane thought the wallet was stolen as he played squash at a leisure centre in 1978 in his home town of St Ives, Cambridgeshire and gave up hope of ever seeing it again when he moved to Evesham in Worcestershire.
News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
HERE'S news of a gadget which could prove to be a real life-saver.
The Daily Express reports that a confused great-grandmother has been fitted with a SatNan – a tracking device – because she gets lost while out walking.
News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
INTERESTING theory put forward this week by the former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine that British people may be so wealthy that they lack the 'national will' needed to secure an economic recovery,.
Lord Heseltine told The Independent said that one theory why Britain's growth was sluggish compared with India and China was because – unlike the UK – those countries had 'real problems'.
News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
WHEN it comes to tweeting, we Brits tend to talk about the telly.
The Daily Mail reports on a TV Licensing Study which claims that 40 per cent of all daytime tweets are about television shows.
News Round Up
by Patrick O'Connor
LIZZY, a seven year old Corgi dog has been sacked from a West End play for refusing to obey the Queen!
The Daily Telegraph reports that the dog was appearing in the play The Audience in which Helen Mirren plays the Queen.