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January 2,
News Round Up 178

 IT'S difficult to believe in this day and age but, according to the BBC, over 500 households in Scotland are still watching their TV in black and white!

Glasgow has the largest number of black and white sets at 200, followed by Edinburgh with 55.

 

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October 10,
News Round Up #166

THEY were one of best comedy double acts of all time and now the cross-Atlantic connection between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is to be celebrated, reports the Daily Mirror .

The two men grew up 4,000 miles apart, Oliver from Harlem, Georgia in the United States and Laurel in Ulverston, Cumbria in the north of England.

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September 13,
News Round Up 62

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

I don't know about other countries but in the UK, they really are a nuisance.

A story in the Daily Mail says that energy firms have pestered four out 10 of people with phone calls, texts and emails.

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