Here is the final part of the biggest headlines of the year. These headlines have created a variety of emotions for different people. News which makes you smile, news which makes you angry, and news which inspires.
Lib Dems join Conservatives in Coalition Government
It has been the most historical general elections of our time. We had the first live television debates, inspired by the US elections. High expectations for all the parties involved. In these debates, the Liberal Democrats shined as Nick Clegg tried his hardest to gain the votes they needed to get into power. Clegg believed that he had the drive to lead this country and be the first Democrat leader since before World War II.
After all the hype, Lib Dems did worse than they expected getting just 58 seats. In 2005, they had 61 seats. Something along the lines went wrong in their convincing campaign. And the result itself was shocking. No party had the overall majority. Conservatives had the most seats of them all but Labour were not that far behind.
That left Nick Clegg and his party to pick between the left and right wing parties to coalite and make a Government. It came to a complete surprise that Clegg picked Conservatives over Labour three days after the election day. The result of this meant that Gordon Brown was no longer Prime Minister and in came Tory leader David Cameron to make all the biggest decisions.
And didn't he make them. None of the Liberal Democrats views came to them and it seems like all of Labour's policies have gone away. The cuts which the Conservatives have introduced are all into effect leading with even more unemployed and a lot feared of being even more poor than they are already.
These cuts, of course haven't been given the public approval. Education cuts have led to protests and riots by both students and lecturers, UNISON are planning more strikes.
Yes, there haven't been any lorry strikes yet but it will be interesting to see how these cuts will really come to effect by December 2011.
Haiti's disastrous 2010
Unfortunately, it has not been a great year for Haiti. In January, they had an earthquake which shattered their capital city Port-Au-Prince and other cities surrounding it. Its magnitude reached as high as 7.0 and still today, the recovery continues to be a struggle.
Simon Cowell gathered the nation's favourite singers and made a charity single. All money went to those in Haiti. It helped to raise £2million. Major countries such as USA, France, UK and many others contributed to the rescue work and hoped for the best. As it stands, a lot of the damage is gone but a lot still has to be done.
And as if that disaster was bad enough. In October, Haiti had a huge outbreak of cholera. It could have been the after effects of the earthquake but it was a devastating blow to the country's recovery.
As it stands 3,000 have been diagnosed and died of the tragic illness and countless amounts are still unwell because of it.
Shootings in North England casts shadow on crime in UK
It's been a half decent year as far as crime is concerned. In 2009 saw record of knife crimes and this year has seen a sharp reduction to the rates. There were two crimes which was absolutely awful and horrific but at the same time, sad.
The first one occured in June where taxi driver Derrick Bird drove to large parts of Cumbria and shot twelve dead with 25 injured. He was the thirteenth victim as he took his own life.
The story doesn't end there. A lot of these deaths had connections. One of the victims was his twin brother which it was rumoured that Derrick was "jealous" of him. Another victim was a couple of his friends from the local pub he attended and from the taxi firm he was working in. Other victims, including those who were injured were eye witnesses to the shootings of other people. It was a sorry case as the local community would never be the same again.
The second gun crime occured in the beginning of July. Bouncer Raoul Moat was serving a sentence of 18 weeks for assault until he was released. Straight after his release he went on a shooting spree. At first he shot his former partner and her partner. Then he shot a police officer, all of the shootings are allegedly linked.
The drama doesn't stop there. Moat doesn't take his own life like Derrick Bird. Instead he ran for it which led to dozens of police officers running after him. It was like watching a drama on television.
It was something completely out of the ordinary. It took days for the search. Police were giving out rewards for those who found him, until they found him themselves. He was in a field in North East England, in Rothbury. He had a gun, the police officers has a gun, both of which had different intentions. Moat wanted to take his own life whilst the officers wanted to defend themselves.
Raoul Moat did eventually die but there was an inquest afterwards. Did he kill himself or did one of the police officers? Northumbria Police denies that no fires were shot by the officer so we have to presume that it's the case.
Get the confetti out! There are Royal Weddings to look forward to
Don't we love a royal wedding? In fact, there are two to look forward to in 2010 and the announcements of these engagements could not have come at a better time.
Prince William, son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana is set to get married to an middle-upper class lady Kate Middleton who worked in a shop in West London when she was first employed. William gave Kate his mother's diamond and sapphire ring. It's almost like a celebrity wedding really. The public seemed to be connected to this couple who in 2007 broke up briefly. Heat Magazine is going to thrive on this. The Government were said to be excited, the Royal's said they were looking forward to it. The public will look forward to another bank holiday, bring on 29th April 2011.
Another wedding to possibly look forward to in 2011 is Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne. She is set to marry rugby union star Mike Tindall after the couple announced their engagement just before Christmas. The former BBC Sport Personality of the Year winner Miss. Phillips is said to be excited for the wedding, so is the royal family. No doubt however that the other wedding will be bigger.
WikiLeaks reveals a lot about the politicians worldwide
It's a bitter blow to the politicians across the world. WikiLeaks has just discovered that countries don't like each other. Shock, horror. Something we did not expect.
On a serious note, it's huge news as it's uncovered the truth the public always wanted to know. Launched in 2006, WikiLeaks has been brought back to our attention. The man behind this is Julian Assange, a 39-year old journalist from Australia. He has sacrificed everything to get to where he is now. He's hacked into a lot of private information. The White House has described what he has done by saying it is "reckless and dangerous". That's what investigative journalists do. If you want to know what he has said and what the governments all around the world have done, go onto the official website (www.wikileaks.ch).
And Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden, of all places for sexual assault and is given a house arrest at a mansion in England.
Chile Miners hero's of 2010?
Between August and October, the country of Chile came to a complete standstill. 33 miners had been trapped in three miles worth of rub underground. Rescuers tried everything to get them out in one piece. Items from food, family photos and cigarettes were given to them for support and life. Being stuck for 69 days was not an easy thing to do.
On the 13th October, after millions of dollars spent to complete the rescue operation, all the miners, one by one went out of the mine. It took a whole day to get everyone out and celebrations were happening across the world. One billion in total watched this momentus occasion and every miner treated like a hero.
Well, as I've said before, it's been one heck of a year and to be honest, a great one as well. I'm sure next year will have more headlines as big as the eleven shown to you.
Happy new year!
Lib Dems join Conservatives in Coalition Government
It has been the most historical general elections of our time. We had the first live television debates, inspired by the US elections. High expectations for all the parties involved. In these debates, the Liberal Democrats shined as Nick Clegg tried his hardest to gain the votes they needed to get into power. Clegg believed that he had the drive to lead this country and be the first Democrat leader since before World War II.
After all the hype, Lib Dems did worse than they expected getting just 58 seats. In 2005, they had 61 seats. Something along the lines went wrong in their convincing campaign. And the result itself was shocking. No party had the overall majority. Conservatives had the most seats of them all but Labour were not that far behind.
That left Nick Clegg and his party to pick between the left and right wing parties to coalite and make a Government. It came to a complete surprise that Clegg picked Conservatives over Labour three days after the election day. The result of this meant that Gordon Brown was no longer Prime Minister and in came Tory leader David Cameron to make all the biggest decisions.
And didn't he make them. None of the Liberal Democrats views came to them and it seems like all of Labour's policies have gone away. The cuts which the Conservatives have introduced are all into effect leading with even more unemployed and a lot feared of being even more poor than they are already.
These cuts, of course haven't been given the public approval. Education cuts have led to protests and riots by both students and lecturers, UNISON are planning more strikes.
Yes, there haven't been any lorry strikes yet but it will be interesting to see how these cuts will really come to effect by December 2011.
Haiti's disastrous 2010
Unfortunately, it has not been a great year for Haiti. In January, they had an earthquake which shattered their capital city Port-Au-Prince and other cities surrounding it. Its magnitude reached as high as 7.0 and still today, the recovery continues to be a struggle.
Simon Cowell gathered the nation's favourite singers and made a charity single. All money went to those in Haiti. It helped to raise £2million. Major countries such as USA, France, UK and many others contributed to the rescue work and hoped for the best. As it stands, a lot of the damage is gone but a lot still has to be done.
And as if that disaster was bad enough. In October, Haiti had a huge outbreak of cholera. It could have been the after effects of the earthquake but it was a devastating blow to the country's recovery.
As it stands 3,000 have been diagnosed and died of the tragic illness and countless amounts are still unwell because of it.
Shootings in North England casts shadow on crime in UK
It's been a half decent year as far as crime is concerned. In 2009 saw record of knife crimes and this year has seen a sharp reduction to the rates. There were two crimes which was absolutely awful and horrific but at the same time, sad.
The first one occured in June where taxi driver Derrick Bird drove to large parts of Cumbria and shot twelve dead with 25 injured. He was the thirteenth victim as he took his own life.
The story doesn't end there. A lot of these deaths had connections. One of the victims was his twin brother which it was rumoured that Derrick was "jealous" of him. Another victim was a couple of his friends from the local pub he attended and from the taxi firm he was working in. Other victims, including those who were injured were eye witnesses to the shootings of other people. It was a sorry case as the local community would never be the same again.
The second gun crime occured in the beginning of July. Bouncer Raoul Moat was serving a sentence of 18 weeks for assault until he was released. Straight after his release he went on a shooting spree. At first he shot his former partner and her partner. Then he shot a police officer, all of the shootings are allegedly linked.
The drama doesn't stop there. Moat doesn't take his own life like Derrick Bird. Instead he ran for it which led to dozens of police officers running after him. It was like watching a drama on television.
It was something completely out of the ordinary. It took days for the search. Police were giving out rewards for those who found him, until they found him themselves. He was in a field in North East England, in Rothbury. He had a gun, the police officers has a gun, both of which had different intentions. Moat wanted to take his own life whilst the officers wanted to defend themselves.
Raoul Moat did eventually die but there was an inquest afterwards. Did he kill himself or did one of the police officers? Northumbria Police denies that no fires were shot by the officer so we have to presume that it's the case.
Get the confetti out! There are Royal Weddings to look forward to
Don't we love a royal wedding? In fact, there are two to look forward to in 2010 and the announcements of these engagements could not have come at a better time.
Prince William, son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana is set to get married to an middle-upper class lady Kate Middleton who worked in a shop in West London when she was first employed. William gave Kate his mother's diamond and sapphire ring. It's almost like a celebrity wedding really. The public seemed to be connected to this couple who in 2007 broke up briefly. Heat Magazine is going to thrive on this. The Government were said to be excited, the Royal's said they were looking forward to it. The public will look forward to another bank holiday, bring on 29th April 2011.
Another wedding to possibly look forward to in 2011 is Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne. She is set to marry rugby union star Mike Tindall after the couple announced their engagement just before Christmas. The former BBC Sport Personality of the Year winner Miss. Phillips is said to be excited for the wedding, so is the royal family. No doubt however that the other wedding will be bigger.
WikiLeaks reveals a lot about the politicians worldwide
It's a bitter blow to the politicians across the world. WikiLeaks has just discovered that countries don't like each other. Shock, horror. Something we did not expect.
On a serious note, it's huge news as it's uncovered the truth the public always wanted to know. Launched in 2006, WikiLeaks has been brought back to our attention. The man behind this is Julian Assange, a 39-year old journalist from Australia. He has sacrificed everything to get to where he is now. He's hacked into a lot of private information. The White House has described what he has done by saying it is "reckless and dangerous". That's what investigative journalists do. If you want to know what he has said and what the governments all around the world have done, go onto the official website (www.wikileaks.ch).
And Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden, of all places for sexual assault and is given a house arrest at a mansion in England.
Chile Miners hero's of 2010?
Between August and October, the country of Chile came to a complete standstill. 33 miners had been trapped in three miles worth of rub underground. Rescuers tried everything to get them out in one piece. Items from food, family photos and cigarettes were given to them for support and life. Being stuck for 69 days was not an easy thing to do.
On the 13th October, after millions of dollars spent to complete the rescue operation, all the miners, one by one went out of the mine. It took a whole day to get everyone out and celebrations were happening across the world. One billion in total watched this momentus occasion and every miner treated like a hero.
Well, as I've said before, it's been one heck of a year and to be honest, a great one as well. I'm sure next year will have more headlines as big as the eleven shown to you.
Happy new year!
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