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March 29,
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News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

 

BRITAIN'S favourite smell is fresh sea air blowing ashore, according to a survey by AirWick fresheners.

The Daily Express story says that cut grass, the whiff of pine trees and roast dinners have also found their way on to a list of the nation’s most-loved scents.

 

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January 25,
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News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

 

 

ACCORDING to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, a quarter of young people in the UK now live with their parents.

The BBC reports that more than 3.3 million adults between the ages of 20 and 34 were living with parents in 2013, 26 per cent of that age group.

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December 22,
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ONE man who is always very happy this time of the year is Noddy Holder, lead singer with the pop group Slade.

A Daily Mail article reveals that Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody has already earned more than £500,000 in royalties for 2013 alone.

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August 31,
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News Round Up

KIDS today!

The Independent says that a survey by the Halifax reveals that children and teenagers are receiving the most pocket money on average since 2007.

Apparently the typical weekly amount being handed out to eight-to-15-year-olds by their parents and grandparents is £6.50, a 52 pence-a-week increase on a year ago.

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