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London announces 2016 Olympic bid

The British Olympic Association has announced that London is to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, hoping to lift the national mood, which has been in the toilet since the Spice Girls started their closing ceremony set.

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Posted: Oct 18th, 2012
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Britain’s champion whinger on track for Olympic success

‘I’ve written at least one letter a day to Lord Coe about this diabolical event,’ he said, ‘even though the cost of a second class stamp is bloody extortionate.’

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Posted: Aug 11th, 2012
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Angel of the North vows ‘never again’

The Angel of the North has publicly criticised cheap flight specialists Flybe over their ‘cost-cutter’ flights out of Newcastle airport. ‘I was really looking forward to a weekend break away from it all.’ The steel statue told the Evening Gazette.

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Posted: Aug 8th, 2009
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