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4NewsWall shuts down

At Channel Four News, we love to innovate and in 2015 we introduced 4NewsWall, news in GIFS for the time conscious generation. The project has been running for about 8 months and in that time we’ve created an incredible 1000 GIFs. But 2016 is approaching and it’s time to move on to the next idea, so we will be hanging up our GIF making gloves as of today.

Thank you for telling us how much you enjoyed getting your news in GIFs!

The 4Newswall team.

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Beatles join music streaming services 

The Beatles have agreed to make their music available on a wide range of music services. The Fab Four will be on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal and Amazon Prime amongst others.

It’s expected the move will help their legacy endure. And probably make a fair few people even richer.

The tracks will be made available from 24 December.

#TheBeatles

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Father of drowned Syrian boy to give Channel 4 Christmas message

The father of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian boy who drowned on a Turkish beach has recorded a Christmas Day Television message with Channel 4 in which he calls for the world to “open its doors to Syrians”.

Abdullah Kurdi sadly lost his wife and two sons when their boat capsized on en route from Turkey to Greece whilst attempting to flee the war in Syria. The photograph of his son Alan’s body being recovered from the shore has become a poignant symbol of the human tragedy faced by refugees.

Abdullah's Alternative Christmas Message will be broadcast on the 25th at 3.35pm on Channel 4.

#AbdullahKurdi

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New Hermione cast in Harry Potter stage show sparks fan debate

Producers have announced the casting for the new stage show of Harry Potter. An adult Hermione Granger will be played by black actress Noma Dumezweni.

The role in the film series was portrayed by actress Emma Watson, and there has been a lot of discussion about the casting online.

However, JK Rowling herself entered the mix and tweeted: “Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione”

So that should put an end to the debate.

#HarryPotterCursedChild

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Nicolas Cage returns stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull

Nicolas Cage has had to return a stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull he bought. If you are thinking this is the sequel to Face Off, its not. The Hollywood actor purchased the skull for $276,000 from a gallery in 1997 (lovely investment piece).

Cage hasn’t done anything wrong…apart from having weird taste in art. He voluntary agreed to return the skull when he was made aware of the situation.

#MongolianDinosaur

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Star Wars smashes global box office record 

Stars Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed the living daylights out of the Box Office, grossing $529m (£355m) in its debut weekend.

The title was held by Jurassic World which grossed $525m (£352m) in June.

So if anyone creates a film about dinosaurs in space it’s going to be a money making machine!

#TheForceAwakens

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A&E Alcohol Poisoning visits ‘double in six years’

Visits to hospital due to alcohol poisoning have doubled in the last 6 years, the highest rate is among 15-19 year olds according to the report.

Emergency admissions caused by alcohol like liver disease, have also risen by more than 50% in nine years.

Most admissions happened on Friday and Saturday between midnight and 2am which doesn’t really come as a huge surprise.

#AlcoholPoisoning

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Miss Universe names wrong winner

The host of Miss Universe has made a massive error and awarded the title to the wrong person. Ariadna Gutierrez from Columbia was loving having the tiara until being told there had been a mistake. In front of a stunned audience Miss Phillipines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach then had the tiara popped on her head instead to claim what was rightfully hers. #MissUniverse2015 became Twitter's biggest trend of the night as social media users shared their disbelief.

#MissUniverse2015

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RIP Jimmy Hill

Former Match of the Day presenter Jimmy Hill passed away on Saturday aged 87.

Hill was a legend within the game – as both a player and a pundit. He played 297 games for Fulham and went on to become Manger and Chairman at Coventry. He also scrapped maximum wages for professional footballers whilst Chairman of the FA. Hill was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2008.

#JimmyHill

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Obama runs wild with Bear Grylls

Barack Obama has spent some time with everyone’s favorite action man Bear Grylls. Obama joined Bear in Alaska and roughed it for a few days to promote climate change.

Obama drew the line at drinking urine but seemed to have fun. It’s on Channel 4 on Sunday at 8pm if you fancy seeing it for yourself.

#RunningWild

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Mother Teresa to become Saint

Pope Francis has recognised a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, which means she can become a saint next year.

Apparently she healed a Brazilian man with several brain tumours in 2008 which is pretty impressive.

She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in the slums of Calcutta. She died in 1997 and was beatified in 2003 which is a stepping stone towards sainthood.

#MotherTeresa

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‘Anti-Pee’ walls will splash back on offenders 

Bad news for people who get caught short on the way home from the pub. Hackney Council has painted walls with a special wall coating, which creates maximum splash back, and soaks offenders so badly they will never pee in public ever again…or just not on walls.

Feryal Dermici, cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said: "If the prospect of a fine doesn't put them off from weeing in the street, maybe the risk of getting covered in urine will."

#Hackney

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Cilla tops 2015 UK Google search

Liverpudlian legend Cilla Black topped the UK’s top-trending search term on Google for 2015.

The singer and TV star who hosted classics like Surprise Surprise and Blind Date sadly passed away after a stroke in August aged 72.

Lady Colin Campbell was second on the list after appearing on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

Third on the list was the Rugby World Cup, which happened in September. People were probably Googling how England had become so rubbish.

The world’s top search was basketball player Lamar Odom. The former husband of Khloe Kardashian was found unconscious in a brothel in October.

#CillaBlack

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Air India worker “sucked into plane’s engine”

An Air India technician has been killed after being sucked into an aircraft engine at Mumbai airport the airline has revealed.

The accident occurred as the jet of flight AI 619 from Mumbai to Hyderabad was being pushed back for departure.

In one of the biggest understatements ever Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani described the accident as a "mishap".

An Air India official told The Hindustan Times they were "absolutely clueless on how this person was near the aircraft".

#AirIndia

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UK unemployment rate fell to lowest lowest rate in nearly ten years

The UK unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate for nearly 10 years at 5.2% in the three months to October. People out of work fell by 110,000 to 1.71 million (Aug-Oct). That means there were 31.3 million people in work which is 505,000 more than last year. There has also been an increase in EU citizens working in the UK, which is up by 324,000 to 2.02 million. The only depressing thing is that pay rises have slowed down so you might want to rein in the Christmas shopping this year.

#UKunemployment

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Star Wars The Force Awakens gets rave reviews 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has gone down a storm apparently. The first full reviews are in and have all been very positive and it appears the force is strong with JJ Abrams.

The Times critic Kate Muir wrote: "Adults will be floored by tearful nostalgia because this is a classic."

It is surely only a matter of time before it smashes the box office.

#TheForceAwakens

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Trumps wants to ‘close up’ the internet to stop the spread of terror 

Donald Trump used the fifth Republican debate on Tuesday night to reiterated his desire to ‘close up’ the internet in the hope it would prevent ISIS from recruiting online.

Trump told CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer “I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody,”

“I sure as hell don’t want to let people that want to kill us and kill our nation use our Internet.”

When pushed on the issue by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul Trump seemed to backtrack a little…

“I’m not talking about closing the Internet,” Trump said. “I’m talking about closing parts of the Internet where ISIS is.”

It’s not clear exactly how closing up the internet would be achieved but Trump has mentioned he’d like Bill Gates help.

#DonaldTrump