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		<title>SUMMER HOLIDAY TRENDS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF TRAVELLING BRITS REVEALED</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With solo travel trending and capturing the imagination of millions, you might think it’s the twenty-somethings leading the charge but think again. New research from Paddy Power Games reveals it’s the over-55s who are ditching the suitcase wheels – and the company – to travel the world solo.     To mark the launch of Paddy’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>FARAGE ON THE CHARGE: AI TIPS REFORM UK TO LEAD LOCAL ELECTION SHAKE-UP</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Rowntree]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 09:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Farage for the Future?     According to the number-crunching clever clogs over at Paddy Power Games (with a little help from AI pal ChatGPT), Reform UK are about to stage a political smash and grab in this year’s local elections.     The cheeky Irish bookie plugged the latest polls, social media noise, and news chatter into the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>RUNNING ON DREAMS: BRITS BELIEVE THEY COULD SMASH MARATHON RECORD WITH NO TRAINING</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Rowntree]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BRITS BACK THEMSELVES – EVEN IF THEY CAN’T FIND THEIR TRAINERS  Ahead of the 43rd London Marathon, research from Paddy Power Bingo reveals the nation is overflowing with confidence &#8211; just not necessarily ability.     Over four million Brits (6%) believe they could beat the world marathon record &#8211; clocking 26.2 miles in under two hours. And [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A NATION OF CHEATS: OVER 8 MILLION BRITS WOULD CHEAT TO BREAK A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Rowntree]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[8.3 million Brits admit they’d cheat to win a Guinness World Record Almost a third of Brits think achieving a world record is more about luck than hard work People from Manchester are most likely to admit to cheating to get in the record books – followed closely by Belfast   A whopping 8.3 million [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shocking New Study Finds Young People Share Passwords With Online Dating Flings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ONE IN 20 GEN ZERS ADMIT TO SHARING PASSWORDS WITH PEOPLE THEY HAVE MET ON DATING APPS 5% of 18–24-year-olds confess to sharing their passwords with people they have met through dating apps One in 12 of them use their ex’s name as a password Only 39% of young people immediately change a password after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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