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You’d have to be living in the middle of the jungle if you’ve not heard of the forthcoming Royal Wedding. Even though the news was only made public two weeks ago the story has never been out of the headlines. There has been speculation on everything from what the dress will be to where they will go on their honeymoon. At least both the date and the venue have been declared but that won’t stop the media stories in the run up to the event.

Even now, the first book on the royal couple has been published and is on sale. I wish the best of luck to the bride and groom to be but don’t look forward to the news stories that we will have to endure over the next 6 months until the wedding date.

Supermarket promotions are everywhere at the moment, especially in the run up to Christmas, but be careful what offers you take them up on. Trading standards have reported that some of these promotions have pricing errors which are confusing customers. For example some offers advertise that it costs £1 for one item, or 2 for £3.

It is obvious to many of us that that we would be better off just buying the one item, but for others such as the elderly it can be confusing; and more than that, what if I do want to buy two items. I would be better off buying one today, than coming back later to buy the second item.

With the economy the way it is everyone’s looking for a good deal, but it doesn’t seem like the supermarkets are wanting to offer them to us., so next time you do your weekly shopping, make sure to the check the promotions carefully.

Good news for Sex and the City fans, as tomorrow sees the release of the second film on DVD and Blu-ray. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch. It sees the girls getting out of New York and taking a vacation to remember. Some of the funniest scenes are those that show the girls having flashbacks to the time they first met, with some very interesting fashion statements.

Sex and the City is such as huge brand, with everyone from clothing to perfume brands wanting to associate themselves with it. As there’s such large amount of money to be made it seems only likely that a third movie could be on the cards. Here’s hoping!!

If like me, you watch Strictly Come Dancing you’ll be aware of the controversy surrounding one contestant in particular….Ann Widdecombe. The ex-politician has survived in the competition week after week, even though her dancing skills are some what lacking.

Anne Widdecombe herself has said that she is having the time of her life on the show, but many question whether she should still be there, when other more talented contestants find themselves being voted off.

I myself admire Ann for what she is doing. She does not claim to be a fantastic, talented dancer, she is simply doing her best and in doing so is providing good entertainment for viewers. After all, entertainment is what Saturday evening TV is all about. Good Luck Ann!!!

The UK is currently experiencing its earliest winter snowfall in 17 years. It’s a real winter wonderland out there in many places, but even though the snow makes for beautiful scenery it is treacherous out there on the roads. Whitby has experienced 10 inches of snowfall over the past few days which has brought down trees. There were also reported tailbacks of 26 miles on the M4 in south Wales on Friday evening due to the snow.

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for heavy snow in Scotland and north east England, with the cold weather set to last for at least another week, so wrap up and try to stay warm.

Various Human Rights groups have reported that many of the games on the market permit unlawful acts and violate the Geneva convention.

The groups looked for violations of the Geneva Conventions and protocols which cover how war should be conducted.

Army of Two, Call of Duty 5, Far Cry 2, Call of Duty 6: MW2 and Metal Gear Solid were amongst games to be reviewed.

The Groups are worried that gamers can not distinguish between the real world and the virtual world where they commit these “crimes”.

Also reported was that, “the games were so complex that it was difficult to be confident that its testers had seen all possible violations or, in games in which they found none, that no violations were possible.”

Evidence enough that a lot of time and money has been wasted in this study.

Andy Green the current land speed record holder at 763mph is set to return to try and break his own record aiming for a 1000mph target.

The team requires 10 million pounds in funding to allow them to attach a 400kg rocket to a 1000kb eurofighter (typhoon) engine in hope to break the record.

The engine will be lent to the team from one of the eurofighters currently in development.

The project has been ongoing since last october 2008 with Lockheed Martin designing the specially made aluminium wheels and Intel allowing the use of their super computers for advanced modelling / simulations.

From rumours of Schumacher coming back to formula 1 racing after Massa from ferrari had a close encounter with a spring that came off an opposing car, to new rumours that he will actually join the Mercedes team permantly in the 2010 season.

Schumacher to return to Ferrari was heavily denied when Massa had his accident, however reports came in of him testing one of the ferrari cars and later had to pull out due to neck injuries.

Could Schumacher really be considering a proper return? It’s not something people are denying, however the rumours are quickly said to be unlikely talking to racing boss Brawn.

There is an ancient belief that in the year 2012, the world will suffer devastation in an attempt to ‘cleanse’ human beings for their wrongdoings. This could also be known as Armageddon. Scientists have written off this catastrophe as general beliefs rather than gathered evidence.

Many individual’s prophesies the world’s end, but here we are. A film has been made with the same name and concept. It involves meteor storms, vast floods, earthquakes and tornado’s . Though it is an interesting how this belief has continued since the Aztec all the way through to modern civilisation, though what remains to be asked is ‘why 2012′?

Recently a Manchester United fan bought his team’s strip with the number 96 (referring to the amount of Liverpool fans who died) with the initials YBS (meaning ‘You Scouse B*sterds), along with the words ‘not enough.

The individual seemed to take pride in his buy, by posting his shirt on facebook. This would have no doubt caused distress for the families of those who died at Hillsborough  and a spokesman for the t shirt company involved insisted the employee whom made the shirt had no idea of the implications printed on the shirt and future attempts will be rejected.