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by Patrick O'Connor

 

IT maybe summer but two amusing football stories found their way into the national newspapers this week.

The Sun reported the amusing tale of England player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain playfully ticking off his father who had fallen asleep in front of the TV and missed his son scoring a wonder goal in the 2-2 draw against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

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by Patrick O'Connor

HOW'S this for a weird medical condition...

The Daily Telegraph quotes an article in the New Scientist magazine about a man who suffers from the rare Cotard's Syndrome which is also known as 'Walking Corpse Syndrome' because it makes people think they have turned into zombies.

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by Patrick O'Connor

 

STRUGGLING to get a good night's kip?

Then, according to a survey reported in the Daily Express, you should make blue the dominant colour in your bedroom.

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by Patrick O'Connor

 

ISN'T it amazing that something that would once be regarded as coming from the imagination of a sci-fi writer can become reality.

The Sun tells us that a BAE Jetstream executive aircraft has travelled 300 miles from Warton in Lancashire to Inverness in Scotland – without a pilot!

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by Patrick O'Connor

 

A troupe of dancing drummers performing outside a London theatre were stunned when they got a dressing down from – the Queen.

However, reports the Daily Telegraph, it was actually top actress Dame Helen Mirren who was dressed in full stage gear for her role as the monarch in The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre.

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