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Every week, we summarise the news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.

This week, there's a new Planet Earth TV series, the UK's oldest hotel burns down, the Great British Bake Off finds a winner, and an ancient statue's thumb is knocked off. 

As part of the Shakespeare Lives campaign, we are marking the 400th anniversary since Shakespeare's death with a scholarship competition in Spanish speaking Latin America.

Abdul needs English to study to be a mechanical engineer.

"The weather is very different to Saudi Arabia - I love if it's rain. I like the places and the transport - it's easy to go anywhere." Find out more about his experience...

Every week, we summarise the news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.

This week, experts say they can predict UK winters a year ahead, Olympic team gets a heroes welcome, 1066 battle is fought again and a sofa like a film star's lips is up for sale.

Practise your English and find out what's going on in the UK with our weekly news roundup...

This week, we find out about spaghetti and paella wars, what Oxford university asks in interviews, how you can travel like James Bond, and why Marmite is in the news.

Practise your English and find out what's going on in the UK with our weekly news roundup...

This week find out about: a new statue in London's Trafalgar Square, how the English language is changing, which country Prince George and Princess Charlotte are visiting, and a GBP20 million painting that was discovered in a house in Scotland.

Do you live in a Spanish-speaking Latin American country? You could win a three-week study trip to the UK!

Para la chance de ganar un viaje de tres semanas para estudiar inglés en el Reino Unido, la tierra de Shakespeare, invitamos a estudiantes de paises hispanohablantes de Latino América a hacer un video (de un minuto) inspirado en el famoso escritor.