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A radio station playing Christmas tunes 24/7 has just launched in the UK

Halloween may not have happened yet, but it seems like the countdown to Christmas is officially on.

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 20th October 2021

We know, we know, Halloween hasn’t even happened yet – but some folks just can’t wait to get stuck into Christmas this year.

Fair enough, considering what a flop Christmas 2020 was, if people want to get into the full spirit extra early this year, who are we to blame them?

We fully expect to see Christmas trees popping up in windows well before the start of December, as Brits seek to make up for that Christmas that wasn’t last year – and for those looking to get into the spirit early, there’s a radio channel to hand that’ll do all your festive soundtracking for you.

If you’re the type that’s got Mariah blasting in September, then you should be absolutely made up to hear that a festive radio station playing non-stop Christmas music has launched in the UK this week.

Yes, that’s right – a radio station dedicated entirely to Christmas songs.

The Heart Xmas radio channel has now gone live for 2021 / Credit: Mariah Carey / Vevo

Launched by Heart, the radio giant’s annual Heart Xmas radio channel has now gone live for 2021, and it’ll be playing festive feel-good tracks 24/7 from now until 27 December.

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Soundtracking your Christmas right up until after Santa’s visit, listeners can expect to hear heaps of Mariah and Wham!, The Pogues, and more from the festive radio station throughout the next couple of months.

For a seasonal pick me up, tune in, and be reassured that there’s nothing better than a bit of crooning Bing Crosby of Frank Sinatra to lift your spirits. Trust us, their dulcet tones will certainly get you in the mood for some mulled wine and pigs in blankets.

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To get involved, all you need to do is tune into the Heart Xmas radio channel via DAB radio, Global Player, or via the Heart website.

It’s the best time of year, so we might as well get stuck in early – it’ll do you some good.

Feature Image – Wham / Vevo

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Kirstie Allsopp threw a banana skin at a driver in Stockport in littering row

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TV personality Kirstie Allsopp has admitted that she threw a banana skin at a driver in Stockport after she caught them littering.

In a furious rant on Twitter, the Location, Location, Location star said that she ‘leapt out of the car’ in order to pick up the fruity peel that was thrown out of another car window.

She then lobbed it straight back into the car, at the littering offender.

Saying that she’s been ‘horrified’ by the state of litter across the UK, Kirstie detailed the incident from her visit to Stockport.

Kirstie said: “In the last few weeks, travelling around the UK, I’ve been horrified by how bad roadside litter has become. Why is litter so much worse, who thinks chucking an empty red bull, for example, out of a moving car is acceptable?

“Last week in Stockport a banana skin flew out of the window of the car in front, we were at [traffic lights] and I was a passenger so I leapt out of the car, picked it up and threw it back into the car, the driver just threw it back out again.

“But that’s not how to solve the problem. What is the solution…… £££ fines? In some places police take litter very seriously, I don’t feel that in the UK though. Closing roads to clear the litter? This would inconvenience us all, but would be a reminder of the cost of litter. Asking roadside landowners to clear their patch? What do you think?”

She later added: “I have a pet theory on this, I think a lot of litter is guilty eating, people consuming things they know they shouldn’t, and not wanting to dispose of the evidence at home.”

One fan replied to her: “Ohh you have been to my neck of the woods i have wrote to Stockport Council several times about cleaning all this litter up and there answer was ‘yes we are rotared to do a clear up in May’, i said ‘how about every month’, they replied ‘we do a clear up once a year only’. I just laughed.”

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Another person wrote: “The level of drama, I’m here for it.”

Someone else said: “That’s pretty brave to do that….potential banana skin situation.”

One user replied: “Would love to have seen that. You go girl! Be careful mind there are some crazies.”

Featured image: Instagram, Kirstie Allsopp

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Snoop Dogg says he’s a massive Coronation Street fan and is ‘determined’ to get a role on the show

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Snoop Dogg says he’s a massive Coronation Street fan.

Yes, it’s true – in what is news that admittedly sounds fake, but somehow actually isn’t, one of the best rappers of all time has revealed himself to be an avid watcher of Britain’s longest-running soap, and is such a fan of it, in fact, that he said he’s “determined” to make an appearance on it sometime in the future.

The iconic ITV soap – which is set in the fictional Manchester suburb of Weatherfield, and celebrated an impressive 60 years of entertaining the masses back in 2020 – currently averages around six million viewers per episode, and has developed a well-deserved legion of loyal fans over the last six decades.

And it turns out, one of those loyal fans is chart-topping rap superstar Snoop Dogg.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun this week, the 51-year-old first spoke about how he’s “down to perform” at King Charles III‘s Coronation in a couple of months time, before he launching into how much he loves another type of coronation.

“Coronation Street, I love it,” the 17-time Grammy Award nominee admitted.

Snoop Dogg says he’s a massive Coronation Street fan / Credit: ITV / The Manc Group

“If they call me I’ll do it. I’ll play whenever they need. I love the cinematography, acting, the storylines and just the reality.

“I’d like to be a part of it because they’ve been a part of my culture.”

As bizarre as it all sounds, this surprisingly isn’t the first time the rapper – whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr – has publicly revealed he’s a fan of the soap, and even famously admitted all the way back in 2010 that he had his agent get in touch with ITV to see if there was any chance he could make an appearance.

“I had my agent reach out to them to see if they could try to get me on and they said they were interested so hopefully it might happen,” Snoop told the BBC.

“It would be perfect for me to be on the show.”

The chart-topping rapper says he’s ‘determined’ to get a role on it / Credit: ITV

The Drop It Like It’s Hot and The Next Episode rapper isn’t the only famous name who’s revealed himself to be a fan of Coronation Street in recent months.

One of the greatest and most well-respected singer songwriters of all time, Bob Dylan, also admitted in an interview with WSJ back in December 2022 that he loves binge-watching the soap.

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Dylan explained that that he’s “no fan of packaged programs or news shows”, and that the ITV soap makes him “feel at home” despite being “old-fashioned”.

Featured Image – ITV / The Manc Group

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