Watch the nine inspirational Shakespeare Lives videos whose creators have won a fully funded scholarship to study English in the UK.

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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, people are getting ready for Christmas, records outsell music downloads, Big Ben's factory to close and we find out about the woman who flew thousands of miles with birds.

Agata is currently improving her English to help her make a success of her new consultancy company and as a personal ambition. She was suprised by the size of UK cities, loves UK parks and even likes the weather!

You've heard of Angry Birds and Flappy Birds. But you probably haven't heard of Poopy Birds.

Get up-to-date with British news and culture with English UK
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, an 89-year-old man wants a job, the UK's newest bank note is causing trouble, find out who our highest-earning musicians are -  and would you eat banana and bacon pudding?