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In January, a billboard appeared in a number of locations in Northern Ireland.

The anti-abortion sentiment of the billboard prompted numerous complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority.

'100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?' reads the ad, ran by pro-life lobby group Both Lives Matter.

However, today the British Advertising Standards Authority has rejected the complaints after ruling that the advertisement was not misleading and not in breach of its code.

14 complaints were filed against the billboards. 

The complaints claimed that the billboards sentiment was misleading. 

'On balance, we concluded that the evidence indicated that there was a reasonable probability that around 100,000 people were alive in Northern Ireland today who would have otherwise been aborted had it been legal to do so,' reads an ASA statement, according to the Irish Examiner.

'Because we considered that readers would understand the figure to represent an estimate, we concluded that the claim was unlikely to materially mislead readers.'

The estimated calculation was made by the anti-abortion group. 

Feature image: Both Lives Matter

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Drake was the big winner at the 2017 Billboard Music awards in Las Vegas last night.

The Canadian star took home an incredible 13 trophies, setting a new record for the most awards claimed by one artist. The record was previously held by Adele who went home with 12 prizes in 2012.

The rapper walked away with a host of coveted titles including, Best Artist, Best Male Artist and Best Rapper.

The top artist award was presented to the One Dance singer by Prince Michael Jackson, the son of the late singer.

Upon accepting the award, Drake tipped his hat to Adele saying, "I just want to say hold tight Adele because when a new thing drops you will crawl your way back to get the record back."

Other highlights of the night included a live performance from Cher who took to the stage in a diamond clad ensemble for an energetic rendition of hit singles Believe and If I Could Turn Back Time.  

Another throwback moment saw Celine Dion give a powerful performance of her classic hit My Heart Will Go On which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. (Yes, that also means it’s been 20 years since Jack and Rose broke our hearts, and we’re still not over it.)

There’s was a moment of silence for Audioslave and Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 52.

Miley Cyrus, John Legend, The Chainsmokers and Lorde also performed on the night. 

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Three Ireland has come under serious fire today after one of its billboards has been widely criticised.

The billboard reads, “Sorry Vodafone customers It turned out he was a she after you’d used all your data.”

Three Ireland have since apologised for the billboard, stating that they never meant to cause offence. The network explained that the ad is "part of a wider campaign that gives examples of when you can often miss the best bits of TV/films when you're streaming because you've used all your data."

Three highlighted other examples in of their campaign, such as "Sorry Vodafone customers, Ireland scored the winning try after you'd used all your data." 

Twitter has exploded in response with many people viewing the slogan as offensive and insensitive while other people have defended it saying that it is simply implying that by using all your data can miss the crucial ending of movies. 

Meanwhile, other people stressed that the billboard did not intend to cause offence. 

The controversy comes the same day that the Gender Recognition Bill passed through the Oireachtas. Ireland is now the fourth country in the world to specifically introduce legislation allowing trans people to legally change their gender. 

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Paddy Power has showcased its rather hysterical (sorry, Scotland) billboard taunting Scottish fans just in time for their Euro qualifier, which takes place in Dublin tomorrow.

The billboard reads: “You may take our points, but at least we have our freedom,” over a ferocious picture of William Wallace’s painted face.

The betting company decided to play on last year’s referendum, where Scotland voted against independence and instead voted to stay within the United Kingdom.

The billboard is the second stunt this week: its Upper Baggot Street (beside the Aviva) was also engulfed in bubble wrap ahead of the England Vs Ireland soccer match to make it “yob proof”. 

 

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Katy Perry has FINALLY addressed her feud with Taylor Swift and those hoping for her to say there isn’t one are in for disappointment!

It would appear that Katy and Taylor are far from friends as the Fireworks singer addressed the issue in an interview with Billboard recently.

The interview spoke about THAT time Taylor alluded to a female singer as her ‘straight-up enemy’ before Katy later tweeted about ‘the Regina George in sheep’s clothing’. All Katy has to say about the situation now is: “If somebody is trying to defame my character, you’re going to hear about it.”

Ooh, very saucy Katy! We guess this means that things are very far from okay between the pair! All we want to know is…where did it all go so wrong? 

Perhaps Taylor was less than impressed when Katy began to date her ex-boyfriend, John Mayer back in 2012 and things only went from bad to worse after that! Katy's rumoured ex, Diplo also slammed Taylor on Twitter, telling her she had no bum, leading her BFF Lorde to lay down the law. 

Either way, it looks like these former friends are very far from that now! How sad – she may be the only high-profile celebrity who ISN'T Taylor Swift's BFF…!

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Congratulations are in order today for Taylor Swift.

It has been announced that the singer is in the running for ‘Record of the Year’ in this year’s Grammy Awards for Shake It Off.

The 24-year-old will battle it out against Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX (Fancy), Sia (Chandelier), Sam Smith (Stay With Me) and Meghan Trainor (All About That Bass) for the coveted prize.

Taylor is also up for ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’ with the popular hit.

As if her award nominations were not enough, Taylor celebrated a double-win today as she was officially unveiled as Billboard’s 2014 Woman of the Year.

 

Thanks Billboard. Also thanks, YOU. (Does dorky celebratory dance then trips over a cat toy)

Una foto pubblicata da Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) in data:

Given that Taylor has sold more albums than any other artist over the course of the past year, we’re thinking she was always going to be the runaway winner.

Taking to Instagram to acknowledge the wonderful news, Taylor wrote: “Thanks Billboard. Also, thanks YOU. (Does dorky celebratory dance then trips over a cat toy).”

Oh Taylor, how we love you.

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So Taylor Swift has just received some amazing news.

The Shake It Off singer has been named as Billboard’s ‘Woman of the Year’ 2014!

This is the second time that Taylor has walked away with the coveted title – talk about world domination!

Taylor is set to be officially honoured with the title at the 9th annual Women in Music Awards event this coming December.

Explaining the reasoning behind their choice of artist – although they’re preaching to the converted, here – Billboard praised Taylor’s incredible talent.

A statement released announcing the news read: “As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts. Over the course of her career, she’s charted 60 entries on the Hot 100 – the most of any female artist since her debut in 2006.”

Wow, that is some amazing achievement.

Taylor is currently in London, where she is gearing up to perform live on this weekend’s X Factor, alongside the wonderful Pharrell Williams. No doubt Taylor will be chatting about her latest achievement tonight, with the singer due to pay a visit to Graham Norton’s chat show.

Congratulations to the lovely Taylor – the title is well and truly deserved!

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Hmm, it looks as if Shakira’s husband, Gerard Piqué, is a little insecure about her raunchy music videos!

Talking to Billboard, Shakira explained that she is no longer able to create music videos with men.

Known for her risqué videos and dancing it seems as if that may all be a thing of the past for the singer, unless of course another woman is involved.

Here is what she said about her husband’s stance on music videos:

“He’s very territorial, and since he no longer lets me do them with men, well, I have to do them with women … it’s more than implied in our relationship that I can’t do videos like I used to. It’s out of the question – which I like by the way, I like that he protects his turf and values me, in a way that the only person that the would ever let graze my thigh would be Rihanna.”

If Gerard is upset by his wife dancing with male dancers in a music video then he is lucky she isn’t an actress who may have to star in a steamy sex scene!

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