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It's Plymouth's day on social media as City of Culture 2017 bid is submitted

Plymouth was buzzing on social media today amid huge local support for the city's bid for City of Culture 2017.

The hashtag #Plymouth2017 trended nationally on Twitter at lunchtime today (Tuesday 30 April) due to the number of users tweeting and re-tweeting their support for the bid which was submitted today.

This evening sees Smeaton's Tower illuminated as a beacon for...

Social media speculators double Bitcoin value

The value of online currency Bitcoin has exploded as speculators push its trading price above £600 per coin.

The value of the currency has risen sharply-doubling since last week alone- after attracting attention on social media sites such as Reddit and twitter with the worth of the currency gaining 80 times as much real value since the beginning of this year.

Bitcoin, as a...

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