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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.

The nationwide favourite girl’s aloud lady Cheryl Cole (formerly Tweedy) has announced she will be releasing her very own album in the upcoming few months. She has had much success with her five girl group, as well as appearing on a song with Will.I.Am called ‘Heartbreaker’.

 Though there is not much news on her album as to date, RNB heavyweight Taio Cruz has announced he has written a few songs for Cole and that one would have a club feel to it. The album is expected to be released before the next girl’s aloud album in 2010.

One of the world’s leading sports, football, was originally  created in England. It has had high success around the world as a recognised sport and its main tag-line is ”the beautiful game”.

Even with the best league in the world (Premier League), England still haven’t managed to prosper in tournaments since 1966. They are within the top 10 teams in the world and have had to take on an Italian in Fabio Capello to have a chance of gaining such silverware. Three games to go with 21 points out of 21 lets some believe we have a good chance of qualifying – and more!

The world wide famous pop singer unfortunately died recently at the modest age of 50. He was scheduled to perform at a number of concerts at the o2 arena in London, but since his death, all ticket profits have been returned to their buyers.

Jackson has a troubled childhood, which led to him surgically changing the colour of his skin from black to white. Despite this, he released a string of successful number one’s and became a world wide icon for his style and type of music. A much recognised icon of the music industry will be sorely missed.

The twenty nine year old ex Liverpool striker joined the red side of Manchester recently for European success, but more so in an attempt to regain his position as one of England’s top strikers.

Owen was recently dropped by Fabio Capello due to his injury prone career and fitness levels. But Owen believes joining the current English Premier League champions will further boost his chances. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has given Owen a target of 15 goals for the season, which Owen believes he is more than capable of achieving. He made his debut recently against Burnley at Turf Moor.

The world wide famous boxer Chris Eubank wasn’t just famous for his prolific boxing abilities, he was also famous for his lisp. It was a factor which in a way, made him famous in the public eye and though he gained recognition through this, he didn’t find it as fascinating as the general public.

He had surgery to place porcelain to his tow front teeth, an operation costing 31,000 to remove his troublesome lisp. Though the operation was a success, removing the lisp, he instead gained his own ‘whistle’ – a noise which can be heard after a word/sentence has been finished.

Nationwide, the pass rate has soured to 97.5% which in turn is the highest ever.  Over a quarter of the exams were rewarded with an A grade which is up 25% compared to last year – an astonishing figure. Secondly, more than three-quarters entries gained a C grade.

Even with this positive news, students are still finding it difficult to get into universities. Due to the recession, a surge of applications have been sent out for various courses, with their only beign 22,000 places across the country. Students with several A grades and top marks can’t expect to get into universities, but it is good to know the education in the country is improving.

The thirty five year old model has finally decided to quit modelling. The decision is based on a new career goal – which involves her becoming a ‘director of style’. She will team up with Simon Cowell, and Sir Philip Green (the man who brought about TopShop) and begin her new career path in the upcoming months.

Moss, a model for TopShop gained Sir Philip’s attention by the increased sales he gained. Her new career could see her net has much as 100million, an extravagant deal which was in fact more than her modelling career gained her (at least annually).

The famous northern soap drama is now being moved from the usual Wednesday night slot to a new Thursday night slot. For over fifty years, fans of the show are used to watching the show at 7:30pm but due to football matches being favoured during the European League instead, bosses have rescheduled the show.

It comes into a night when EastEnders holds a 8.30pm slot, however, the show will be aired at a different time so that if fans watch both shows, this will not interfere. Though this may disrupt a fifty year tradition, it allows fans to sit down with a cup of tea and enjoy their show without any cancellations.