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BBC News Dec 23 British singer Susan Boyle has missed out on a second consecutive US Christmas number one album after her second record was knocked off the top of the Billboard chart by Taylor Swift. Swift's Speak Now returned to the top of the countdown after selling 5,000 more copies...

BBC News Dec 23 US consumer spending rose modestly in November for the fifth consecutive month, reinforcing the view of a solid if pedestrian economic recovery. Spending rose 0.4% against the previous month, the Commerce Department said, roughly in line with analysts' forecasts. Consumer...

BBC News Dec 23 Two injured in parcel blasts at embassies in Rome Italian police have been searching embassies and consular offices in Rome after parcel bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean missions. A Swiss member of staff at the Swiss embassy received serious hand injuries while...

BBC news Dec 23 North Korea is ready for a "sacred war of justice" using a nuclear deterrent, its armed forces minister has said. Kim Yong-chun accused South Korea of making preparations for war by holding live-fire exercises near the border. The drills are one of the largest in South...

Depends on mood really :p but normally one of country channels, though we do have 60's, 70's, & classics also programmed :D Tried listening to the Christmas channel the other day ......... Never again :eek: :D

Sky News Dec 22 A new artificial cornea has allowed a blind man to see for the first time in 10 years Norman Simpson badly damaged the front of his one good eye in an accident. Corneal transplants from donor eyes failed and doctors said there was nothing more they could do. But the...

BBC News Dec 22 Environmental campaigners in the US have lost a battle to have the polar bear listed as an "endangered" species. The US department of the interior has upheld a decision to classify the bear as "threatened" - a status that gives them less protection under the law. The...

BBC News 22 December 2010 Last updated at 20:09 ET A huge storm system has dumped record amounts of rain on southern California and prompted concern that the poor weather could spread across the US. Streets flooded, residents were evacuated and authorities were on alert for landslides in...

I toured Southern & Northern Ireland a couple of years ago. In Northern Ireland Gaelic is rarely spoken. Southern Ireland on the otherhand are (or were, before they broke the piggy bank) in the midst of making the Gaelic language their first language (again), with English second, and...

BBC News Dec 22 The US Senate has passed a bill to fund healthcare for workers involved in rescue and clean-up efforts after the 9/11 attacks on New York City. The bill, expected to pass in the House later on Wednesday, would also compensate survivors of the attacks. Republicans who had...

Answers are below - no cheating :D:D 1. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time? 2. What was Scrooge’s first name? 3. What carol contains the line “O tidings of comfort and joy”? 4. Name the three reindeer whose names begin with a “D”? 5. In what city did Miracle on...

Santa Claus is a woman because …. Christmas is a big, organized, warm, fuzzy, nurturing social deal. Majority of men don’t even think about selecting gifts until Christmas Eve. Once at the mall, they always seem surprised to find only Ronco products, socket wrench sets, and mood...

Or is it ..... always keep your eye on the sleepy hunter :D

On Christmas morning a woman told her husband, “I just dreamed that you gave me a beautiful diamond necklace. What do you think it means?” “You’ll know tonight,” he said. That evening just before opening presents, the husband came home with a small package and gave it to his wife...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were going camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes woke Watson up and said: “Watson, look up, and tell me what you see.” Watson replied: “I see millions and millions of stars.” Holmes...

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Christmas Compulsion: Canadian Man Sports World's Largest Santa Collection A year without a Santa Claus? Not possible here -- because Canadian Jean-Guy Laquerre has the world's largest collection of St. Nick stuff. And now, Guinness World Records has certified his collections of 25,189...

Sky News Dec 22 A zebra crossing (Pedestrian crossing)in London that became a Mecca for Beatles fans after it featured on one of their album covers has been given "listed" status. Thousands of people, including other bands, have recreated the photograph of the Fab Four walking across Abbey...

BBC News Dec 22 A spontaneous musical concert at a California shopping mall ended with the entire complex being evacuated after some 5,000 people turned up to sing. The incident happened at the Roseville Galleria shopping mall, which is reported to have started shaking due to the volume...

BBC News Dec 22 A nine-year-old boy from California has become the youngest-ever chess master in the US. Samuel Sevian, from Santa Clara, was awarded the title by the US Chess Federation following a match in San Francisco. The body gave him a rating of 2,201. A rating of 2,200 qualifies...