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This week's UK news: 22 February 2016
22 February 2016
Studying abroad gets you a better degrees, strange things happening to UK food, and what the word Brexit means.
Every week, we summarise the UK news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.
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Play your Shakespeare: promoting the UK in China. Which English UK member will give the best performance?
17 February 2016
Shakespeare Lives is an unprecedented programme of events and activities running throughout 2016 to celebrate William Shakespeare's work. Under this Shakespeare Lives initiative, we are working with the British Council China to run 'Play your Shakespeare', a digital mass participation project.
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This week's UK news: 16 February 2016
16 February 2016
How learning a language protects your brain, Google's boss can't say how much he's paid, Liverpool fans stop ticket price rise and British scientists designing new storage for radioactive materials.
Every week, we summarise the UK news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.
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English is GREAT winner Henrique Monteiro on why he 'really, really' wanted to come to the UK.
13 February 2016
In our Brazilian English is GREAT: Speak to the World competition, the entrants were asked to create a one-minute video blog (vlog) explaining, what English means to them. One of the final winner Henrique Monteiro sang and performed in his video, adapting the Spice Girls song Wannabe to explain why he "really really" wanted to come to the UK.
Henrique is being hosted by English UK North and will spend two weeks in February studying English at Melton College, in the historic city of York.
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This week's UK news: 9 February 2016
9 February 2016
Friends star joins Top Gear, film crew blow up London bus, a 40-year-old murder makes news headlines and could Leicester City win the Premier League?
Every week, we summarise the UK news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.
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