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Edd’s Nice News – Thursday 3rd December
Dec 3rd
Rocking Area 51
Last night Area 51, on the Harrow campus, played host to the 2nd day of the 2 day commercial music student’s freshers festival. The gigs on Tuesday and Wednesday showcased the brilliant talent the Uni has to offer. The two free gigs got a brilliant reception with crowds coming away impressed with the very talented BA commercial music student’s performances. If you are not a commercial music student and still want the chance to perform in front of a crowd, Smoke Radio are hosting an open mic night next week. Smoke Live will be happening on Thursday, 10th December 19:30-23:00 at the Undercroft bar on the harrow campus. So if you’re a budding artist wanting to be heard or just fancy some good music, come along down.
Prize Winner
Bookshop assistant, Evie Wyld who picked up a prestigious Rhys Prize for her debut novel, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice. She has not even sold 1000 copies of the book yet and funds her writing by working part time in a Peckham book shop. Ms Wyld beat award winning and established writers to win the prise. Her novel has received high critical acclaim and the prize tops off all her hard work and will hopefully lead to further success for the 29 year old writer.”
Su-Bo
Susan ‘the conqueror’ Boyle continues to take over the world. Her album I Dreamed a Dream has now smashed into the no.1 spot all over the world. In its first week of release in the U.S the album has sold over 700000 copies making her the fastest selling debut female artist in the U.S.A ever. Susan’s record breaking chart impact over here in the U.K also looks set to continue with closest album chart rivals Westlife trailing behind her in the no.2 spot on the mid-week album chart.”
OAP Football
An inspiring story from the Limpopo Province in South Africa, the host of next year’s world cup. A team of footballing Grannies have hit the headlines with their will and dedication to the sport despite their age. The ladies meet up twice a week to train for their games, which culminate in a Granny league cup held twice a year. The ladies battle through illness and old age to take part in the team, the oldest member being 83 year old and 6 time stroke survivor Nora Makhubela who says that everytime she plays football it makes her feel ‘stronger and stronger’ and ‘half her age’.
Edd’s Nice News – Thursday 26 November
Nov 26th
First up, last week I reported on conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna who were successfully separated in Melbourne Australia. I am happy to say that both the girls are now awake, smiling and laughing after leaving intensive care at The Royal Children’s Hospital. The twins who were joined at the head and pulled through 25 hours of intense surgery last week with the help of the brilliant doctors and nurses at the hospital. Moira Kelly the girl’s guardian ‘did a yelp of joy’ when Krishna, who recovered after her sister, blew a raspberry to an overjoyed Ms. Kelly after awaking from her medically induced coma.
Dame Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins. Source: xtcian.com
Dame Julie Andrews is set to perform a one off concert at the O2 next May. The Mary Poppins star has rarely sung in public for over a decade after an operation to remove nodules from her throat. This is her largest concert in years. She will sing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Dame Julie’s hits include numbers from, The Sound of Music, The King and I, and the one and only Mary Poppins. In a statement she said ‘To perform once again in my homeland on the London stage will be a wonderful moment – it is where it all began for me, and I am so excited’.
Eminem would join The X Factor judges. Source: images.askmen.com
37 year-old rap superstar Eminem has seriously stated he would like to be a judge on the X-Factor. Reports suggest he said he would like to spice up the judging panel and his experience would help ‘prepare contestants for what it is really like out there, and what sort of pressure you are going to be under.’ The X-Factor has reached new highs this series with record audiences and they are currently top of the charts with charity single, ‘You Are Not Alone’, which is in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital. This year, the winner’s single has also been rumored to be the Journey classic ‘Don’t Stop Believing’.
There’s the nice news this week, hope you enjoyed it, and more of the nicest news around next week.
Edd’s Nice News – Thursday 19 November
Nov 19th
“We are the Moomins”
First up Moomins news. Icelandic singer Bjork has written a song for next summer’s Moomins film, ‘Moomins and The Comet Chase’. Bjork’s ‘The Comet Song’ will feature in the film along with Moomin favourites, Moominmamma, Snork Maiden, and Little My. The film will be in 3D as well as being a stop-motion production. Check out the pictures on the official Moomin facebook page. However if you can’t wait for the film you could always visit Moomin World in Finland. Depending on the film’s release date, Moomin World theme park is open from June 9th- August 12th. Hopefully that is subject to change, but I’d just do both the film and the theme park to be honest.
Melbourne doctors separate conjoined twins
Next, a team of 16 doctors and nurses in Melbourne, Australia, have successfully separated conjoined Bangladeshi twin girls. The girls who were orphans from The Mother Teresa orphanage in Dhaka successfully pulled threw 25 long hours of surgery. Their now guardian United Nations worker Moira Kelly was ‘overwhelmed’ by the twins successful separation but her spokesperson said there was still ‘a long road ahead’ for the girls. Trishna has now woken up from a medically induced coma though and appears to be behaving just like normal. Our thoughts go out to the twins, Trishna and Krishna, and we hope all continues to go well.
Source: BBC
UK job market looks bright for students
A decade of gigantic sporting events in the UK could solve some job worries. Students are set to benefit from events starting with the 2012 Olympics experts have suggested. After graduating, job opportunities could arise from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and 2015’s Rugby World Cup. In addition the UK is a frontrunner to host the 2018 World Cup as well as the 2019 Cricket World Cup. All these events would create extra and unique job prospects for students after graduation in the fields of Media, I.T, Marketing, along with added technology services being required.
Happy Birthday!
Birthdays now, Ant off of Ant and Dec, Kim Wilde off the 80’s and now gardening, and Calvin Klein famous for swish undies, all celebrated their birthdays this week. So I hope you all had/have a very Happy Birthday!
Source: fashionindie.com
Lewis takes on Dion
Finally, Leona Lewis is set to top the charts on Sunday with new album Echo, but she has also recorded the theme song for Titanic director James Cameron’s new epic Avatar. The song ‘I See You’ plays in the films closing credits and will be available in December along with the film itself also hitting cinemas. The human verses alien blockbuster is being touted as a cinematic revolution by critics and is this winters must see movie. Leona has also been announced as the singer of the new Final Fantasy theme song, her track ‘My Hands’ will feature in the game and is available on her new album Echo which was released on Monday.
Good luck to Smoke Radio!
Can I quickly say good luck to Smoke for the SRA’s next week before I go? Good luck, hopefully lots of nice news from there next week.
