In today's episode, thousands of Norwegians thought they had won the lottery... but hadn't!

In the grammar section, we look at how we use the past perfect tense.

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In today's episode, a man jumped off a cruise ship to save his daughter who had fallen while having her photo taken!

In the grammar section, we'll be discussing the past continuous tense and doing a short exercise to practise.

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In today's news story, aggressive birds are causing serious problems in Scotland!

In the grammar section, we'll be looking at how we use the word 'without'.

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In today's episode, a family in the Czech Republic have been charged with running a dental practice illegally! We'll also be discussing some interesting legal language.

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In today's episode, we find out how two visitors damaged a valuable piece of art in Italy.

We'll also take a look at some other examples of expensive art getting damaged by members of the public.

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In today's news story, we hear about a cancer survivor who can't stop winning the lottery!

In the grammar section, we look at the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

And we discuss whether winning the lottery is as good as it sounds...

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In today's news story, some potentially bad news for short men on dating apps!

In the grammar section we'll be looking at the 3rd conditional, and as a shorter man myself, I thought I'd share my thoughts on Tinder's new feature!

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In today's episode, we find out why elderly ladies in Spanish villages are causing controversy.

In the grammar section, we look at how we use the subjunctive in English.

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