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Ed Sheeran 'quits' social media

BBC NEWS

Singer Ed Sheeran has announced he is "taking a break" from social media as he is "seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes".

Writing on his Instagram account, the singer explained he was "taking the opportunity of not having to be anywhere... to travel the world".

He also confirmed to fans that his third album is "on its way" and "is the best thing I have made thus far".

Sheeran has 16 million Twitter and 5.5 million Instagram followers.

He has just completed a world tour of his number one album x (pronounced "multiply") in Auckland, New Zealand.

Before the final show, he also tweeted that he was "buggering off for a while".

His world tour saw him play three sold out dates at London's Wembley Stadium.

His second album x topped the chart in the UK, Australia and the US and was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys. It won the Brit award in the same category.

Sheeran recently set up his own label, Gingerbread Man Records, and signed newcomer Jamie Lawson - whose album topped the UK chart - and Northern Irish singer Foy Vance. 

The headline of this article grabbed my attention as who can 'quit' social media with his amount of fame? it makes you want to read more to find out how and why he is choosing to do so. There is some truth in what he is saying as you can find out pretty much anything o social media without even having to leave your house, also most people are too glued to their phone to see the real picture of the outside world not just one posted on instagram or facebook. The article shows Eds success and what he is planning to do for the future which should keep his fame up as if he did just 'quit' social media without a trace people may be un aware of what is going on. BBC news is quite factual and is a right wing news paper due to the events it covers in which none of them are criticised by the news paper.

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Jimmy Carter says his cancer is gone

BBC NEWS 

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that his brain cancer is gone.

 

"My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones," Mr Carter said in a statement.

The 91-year-old first announced the news during a Sunday school class in Plains, Georgia.

Mr Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981 and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, revealed his illness in August.

• Jimmy Carter: Born-again statesman

Doctors have been treating four small melanoma lesions on his brain.

Last month, Mr Carter said he was responding well to treatment and there were no signs of further cancer growth.

Jill Stuckey, a member of the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains,told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper that Mr Carter had been teaching the class of about 350 people when he made the announcement.

"He said he got a scan this week and the cancer was gone," she said.

"The church, everybody here, just erupted in applause."

Human rights advocate

Mr Carter revealed in August that cancer initially found in his liver had spread to four spots on his brain. The lesion on his liver was removed on 12 August.

After leaving the White House, Mr Carter founded the Carter Center, which focuses on human-rights efforts and political mediation.

He has remained active with the centre ever since.

Mr Carter - a Georgia Democrat - won the Nobel Peace prize for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts and his work with human rights and democracy initiatives.

This stories headline caught my eye for personal reasons, 'Jimmy Carter says his cancer is gone'  made me click on it straight away as there are millions of people suffering from cancer, my dad being one of them so i wanted to find out how it just disappeared. The story is very inspirational and positive which is a change for news stories as they are mostly negative. It also gives people a glimpse of hope that maybe the deadly illness does have a way of exiting peoples lives instead of just taking them.