Posts from November 2018
Will you Rock the Ribbon on World AIDS Day?
December 1st is World AIDS Day, a day for the entire world to get together and take part in the battle against HIV, raising awareness and raising those all important funds to further advance research to fight HIV. It’s also a time to remember the 35 million plus people who have died due to AIDS related illnesses. Science has come a long way with regards to the treatment of HIV, but still 5,000 people are diagnosed with it each year in the UK. Despite an increased awareness, there is still
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Happy Saint Andrew’s Day!
While you probably associate Saint Andrew with Scotland, he’s very popular all over the world. Of course today is Scotland’s official national day, but since 2015 it’s also a national holiday in Romania. Not only that, Saint Andrew is the patron saint of not just Scotland and Romania, but also Greece, Cyprus, Tenerife, Russia and the Ukraine, to name but a few! Who was Saint Andrew? Andrew was a fisherman in Galilee, who, along with his brother Simon Peter, became one of the 12 apostle
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Will You Be Cue-ing Up For our Snooker Championship Plates?
With the UK Snooker Championships starting today, it’s the perfect time for snooker fans to pick out one of our brilliant CUE plates! If you’ve got tickets for the tournament that takes place at the York Barbican, you’re surely going to have the coolest plate in the car park with one of these on your vehicle! Of course if you don’t have tickets, you can still watch the games on television, with plenty of coverage from 27th November through to the 9th December. The live coverage will be sh
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday – Are Those Deals Really a Good Deal?
Looking for deals and offers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be fun, especially if you haven’t made a start on your Christmas shopping yet, but are those deals really that great? So many shops will have some sort of offer on, and no doubt your inbox will be packed full of emails promising amazing discounts on products with fantastic reductions, but how do you know you’re actually getting a real deal? 60% of deals are not a true deal According to Which? 60% of Black Friday reduced
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Davis Cup Final 2018 and Major Changes to Come
23-25th November 2018 sees France compete with Croatia in the final for the Davis Cup Trophy on the clay court of the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille. Last year France won the cup for the first time in nearly twenty years with 24,000 eager fans watching the match. With this match on home ground and on France’s favourite surface, could they make it two years in a row? France has been up against up Croatia twice before, and they won the match both times. Big changes for 2019 There are
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Happy 26th Birthday to Miley Cyrus!
Miley Ray Cyrus has achieved so much in just 26 years! She’s been acting for most of her life, she’s a singer and songwriter with three number one albums under her belt, and she’s won a whole host of awards including MTV’s Artist of the Year in 2013. She’s passionate about animal rights and has been featured on the Time 100 list of the most influential people twice. Once in 2008 and again in 2014. Was it all Destiny? Her parents seemed to know she would go on to greatness when they nam
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Highlighting the Importance of Positive Male Role Models on International Men’s Day
Today is International Men’s Day and the theme for 2018 is Positive Male Role Models. Did you know that on average, fathers spend less than 10 minutes a day having one to one time with their children? While of course, a mother can give so much to their children, having a male role model in a child’s life can be hugely beneficial, especially for young boys. So that’s why this year, the focus is on bringing good male role models into children’s lives. Men that children can look up to, can adm
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Be Extra Nice on World Kindness Day!
Kindness, it seems such a simple thing, but imagine a world where everyone was just a little bit kinder? World Kindness Day is all about doing just that, being kind, making a pledge of kindness, and making the world a better place. From governments to businesses, to individuals, a little kindness can certainly go a long way and of course we all have the capacity for kindness so we can all join in with World Kindness Day! Kindness across the world World Kindness Day is pretty popular a
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Happy 44th Birthday to Leonardo DiCaprio
Born November 11th, 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio celebrates his birthday today! His acting career began early, but it didn’t get off to the best start. In 1979 he had to be removed from the set of the children’s television series Romper Room for being too disruptive! I guess he learnt how to keep himself a little calmer after that though, as he was soon featuring in adverts and educational films. He was a TV regular throughout his childhood and teens, and moved into films in 1991 with a role in
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Remembrance Day – Time to Say Thank You
100 years ago today, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, World War I was finally over. So every year on November 11th, we remember all those who have fought in wars, families that have lost loved ones, and everyone else who has ever made a contribution to the war effort. A war is more than soldiers and so we pay tribute and say Thank You to those who helped bring about an end to war. The impact of the Great War lives on 100 years ago seems like a long time to most of us, especia
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Take Time Out for a Coffee – It’s Cappuccino Day!
Never ones to miss out on a special occasion, today we’re celebrating Cappuccino Day! Well we do like our coffee in the office, so it’s the perfect excuse to enjoy a special frothy cuppa! This world-famous drink originates from Italy and is named after the Capuchin friars, as the colour of the coffee is the same as the colour of the habits they wore. However, when in Italy, never order a cappuccino after 11am, it’s really not the done thing and it’s certainly not something to order at the en
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