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Just how good will Guardiola's Barcelona become?

Madrid - Just how good will Josep Guardiola's Barcelona side become?

How many trophies will they win this season?

Will they reach the total of 100 goals in La Liga?

These are the questions being asked on Sunday - in Spanish newspapers, radio chats, blogs and bars - after Guardiola's slick side slaughtered hapless Valladolid 6-0 on Saturday.

Barca are the form team of Planet Football at the moment: solid in defence, exquisite in midfield - and devastating in attack.

Valladolid were torn to shreds despite the absence of Andres Iniesta, out for six weeks with a calf injury.

Registry office is the most popular wedding venue Down Under!

Melbourne, Nov 9 : The venue is an important part of a marriage, but now more and more couples are opting for a no-fuss wedding, choosing to tie the knot in a registry office.

This new trend has seen the Brisbane registry office become one of the most popular wedding venues in the state.

With the financial crisis going on, the registry office is fast becoming popular as a wedding venue for couples who want to save cash, seeing about 1300 couples wed at the inner-city venue during the past financial year.

In just the past four months 522 couples have pledged their marital vows there, increasing the number of marriages to 111 more than the same time last year.

Phrase "Singing from the same hymn sheet" could upset atheists!

London, Nov 9 : Staff at a Brit town hall have been banned from using the phrase "Singing from the same hymn sheet" as it could upset atheists.

Employees of the Salisbury council have been told that the religious implications of the saying, which has been in common phrasing for centuries, could offend non-believers. 

"Avoid office and council jargon wherever possible, including phrases such as ''moving forward'' and ''singing from the same hymn sheet''," the Telegraph quoted the Salisbury council as advising.

Besides the religious sounding phrase, other phrases like ''colour blind'', ''black'', ''British'', ''West Indian'' were also asked to be avoided as they could offend people.

When Barack Obama ‘came on’ to Kim Cattrall

London, Nov 9 : British/Canadian actress Kim Cattrall claims that US President-elect Barack Obama had come on to her during his campaign.

BBC changes apology to Andrew Sachs after exclusion complain

London, Nov 9 : BBC was forced to change an apology to Andrew Sachs over the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand scandal after the actor complained that it was not directly referring to his wife and daughter.

The apology, which was broadcasted on Radio 2, had to be reworded by the Corporation after 78-year-old Sachs complained saying that the two had been deeply hurt by the affair. 

Sachs telephoned the BBC after listening to the first of two planned broadcasts of the statement and asked for the second apology to be changed.

“Mr Sachs asked us to specifically include mention of his wife and family in the second broadcast apology at 9.03 pm and we were happy to do this,” the Telegraph quoted a BBC spokeswoman as saying.

Glamour model Amii Grove gets engaged to soccer ace Jermaine Pennant

London, Nov 9 : English glamour model and Page Three Girl Amii Grove is engaged to Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant.

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