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April 30, 2007
We are the champions
There is an air of celebration at Gazette House today - and it's not over this week's newslist (which is not really that bad!).
It's all do with football and the fact that Hayes reporter John Hughill is on cloud nine after his beloved Sunderland were promoted back to the Premiership at the weekend.
And there is further joy for our chief reporter Chris Longhurst, who is an avid Manchester United fan and is now relishing the prospects of a Premiership title after the weekend's results.
However, I am never too sure where his true colours lie as he also claims to support Brentford and Harrow Borough, although there is not much chance of winning any trophies at the moment with those two teams. I suggest he sticks to the Red Devils.
Back to the real focus of the week and the Gazette is shaping up well with one of the more quirky stories being Hillingdon's bid to get on the Monopoly board.
Council leader Ray Puddifoot is spearheading the bid to get locals to vote for a spot on the new Monopoly Here and No UK edition, which is produced by Hasbro who are based in the borough at Stockley Park.
There already appears to be stiff opposition as a quick look at the Monopoly website reveals that Exeter currently leads the way with 4172 votes followed by Keele (3661), Stoke on Trent (3066) and Shrewsbury (2947).
You still have another 25 days to start registering your votes for Hillingdon so my advice is get voting now - it sounds a bit more exciting than this week's local council elections in certain parts of the country.
to register your vote go to: http://www.monopoly.co.uk and follow the relevant links.
Posted by aseal at April 30, 2007 3:44 PM