Al-Qaeda Threat for Coronation Street

For the historic 50th aniversary of the ITV 1 soap Coronation Street, which was aired live earlier this week, they were threatened of a terror attack.
The question is why? Around 15 million people were meant to have tuned in to watch the live show and it quotes, "Al-Qaeda are desperate to pull off a 'spectacular' in Britain. The police clearly are acting on fears that a strike on the Corrie studios is a very real possibility."

The link below shows the whole article:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3267391/Al-Qaeda-threat-for-Coronation-Street.html

Graduate moves into Egg home to save money on rent!

Well i can definatly say that this heading for this article definatly caught my attention today!

It was said that he moved into the ''egg house'' to avoid rent but however has now disappeared due to the ruling of it being illegal.

''Now rumours are rife that Haifei’s egg home is just a publicity stunt by the company, although a senior member of the company says it depends on good designs to make sales, not promotion''

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/849512-graduate-moves-into-an-egg-to-save-money-on-rent#ixzz17cEXIuN3

We test Walk-On-By Britain

After the controversy of a 77 year old slipping over and passers by refusing to help, an reporter from 'The Sun' did a test to see how long before someone helped him!

Manchester was seen as the longest with over 15 people walking by in a period of 13 minutes with no one willing to help. It was also tested in other cities such as Glasgow, London and Bristol.

I found it quite interesting, read the article at:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3259829/Ignored-by-15-people-in-2C.html

Russian squirrel anti-alcoholism advert goes viral thanks to YouTube

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/849422-russian-squirrel-anti-alcoholism-advert-goes-viral

A new russian ad for anti-alcholism has gone viral now thanks to Youtube. It consists of 'drunken' squirrel in a 55 second clip ranting and singing....

The link from YouTube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cjNp7n75o&feature=player_embedded

New 'dog only' beer hits shelves

    

When looking at the metro newspaper online i was kept interested by their 'weird' news headlines. This one made me laugh the most though...

....''Ever sat in a bar and thought ‘I wish just once my dog could join me in a casual beer?’ Us neither, but clearly it’s a problem for someone as a Dutch brewer has started producing beer for the as yet untapped pooch market.
Dog Beer is made from a special blend of beef extracts and malt, giving dogs that clean, crisp lager taste while adding some meaty goodness.
A spokesman for the brewers said: ‘It is a beer for your best friend.
‘For large dogs we would recommend one bottle a day and for things like a Chihuahua... well, they prefer shorts.’
The brew is of course, non-alcoholic.
Dog owner Wiktor Piotrowski was among one of the first to buy the product when it was released in Poland this week.
After enjoying some frosty suds with his pet he said: ‘My dog loves it. Now when we go for a walk we can both go to the pub.’''

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/848399-new-dog-only-beer-hits-shelves#ixzz16c7stAAN

 

 

Cybermen stage takeover of Tube

To celebrate the launch of the Doctor Who experience, which is a fully interactive themed adventure and exhibition opening at London's Olympia Two, one of the most fearsome enemies of Doctor Who took command of the london underground.



 

''Holidays are Coming''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9_Vz_xVjAU&feature=related

Another year gone and the christmas coca cola advert is back!
Since the 90's this advert was first going and i would say its still the most well-known christmas advertisement.
The amount of facebook statuses that was posted after what i think was the first airing of the advert was amazing. It will never grow old, there will be plenty more years of this advert.

X factor crazy!

When buying the newspaper for the past few weeks at least part of the front cover is something to do with the X-factor, sometimes even half of the newspaper is about it!
This year seems to have gone crazy on the X-factor, however it isnt about the contest's talent but more on their personal life and the judges which to me i do not see why half a newspaper needs to be filled with them stories.
Is this coverage on the x factor however a good or bad thing for the show?

Wanted: Scouse translators for Liverpool's foreign visitors

I remember a couple of weeks ago when looking for articles for my 'whats new' i came upon an article that i found quite interesting.
The article was about a firm of interpretors who were looking for translaters for the liverpudlian accent for foreign visitors, aswell as geordie accents.
I found this interesting due to the amount of people i have met here with different accents, which for myself isnt that confusing but i can imagine for foreign students who come here can find that quite confusing why there is so many different pronounciation of some words and maybe even difficult to understand.

I manage to find an article similar online:

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/10/09/wanted-scouse-translators-for-foreign-visitors-100252-27435230/

An Irn - Bru Canoe!

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3193509/Its-an-Irn-Bru-canoe.html

This week this really caught my eye just from seeing the title...''Engineer builds an Irn-Bru Canoe.''

All i can say is, what made him think of this?!

Girl chucks puppies into river!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3166804/Girl-who-chucked-dogs-in-river-is-let-off.html

As a huge animal lover when i came across this article and video i found it very disturbing.
The girls age is not stated only that it is assumed that she under 18 years old, and therefore has been let off without any charges or fines!
This has caused huge up roar with animal welfare group PETA. I also agree that it is wrong to completly let this girl off without any charges or fines because she is still of an age where she understands the difference between right and wrong, and will probably repeat the same offence as it has been taken so lightly!

However, this story is not as publicised as much as the Mary Bale story, the lady who dumped a cat into a wheelie bin, and yet from watching the two videos i would say this story is alot worse.
Both of these offenders have been ''let off'' and therefore it shows that animal cruelty needs to be taken more serious!

TVT - ABM- Kate Hammond

Hello, im Kate Hammond and im in my first year at Staffordshire University where im studying Advertising and Brand Management.

For my first blog i wanted to find something new that is going on in the media yet interesting..
So when i came across 'Beckhams New Scandal' it was shocking to know that yet another football player has had an affair!

http://itn.co.uk/78a4d509af85ba26fa31889497d489ce.html

Even though the above link is a statement from Beckham saying that the affair claims are 'untrue and ridiculous', it is getting harder to believe due to the list of well-known players that have had the same claims.

With these affairs becoming more of a trend, could it happen that football players have created a scape goat for themselves or is it just another way to get there name in the press... Because like they say, bad press is better than no press...Right?!