Today am I going to do a blog about a piece of news that takes my fancy. But before I do that, I need to peruse the paper and pick a piece of news worthy of my blog.
Well, I have searched the paper and I have decided to blog about the city of St. Asaph. But I've never heard of the city of St. Asaph? That's what I imagine you cried just then, and in answer to your (probably imagined) cries I shall tell you that until yesterday there was no city of St. Asaph. For you see, St. Asaph is, or should I say was, a small town in North Wales with a population of only 3,400 and yesterday, it was granted city status to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. But why was St. Asaph chose? Well, it already had the unofficial status of "ecclesiastical city" due to it being the home of the UK's smallest cathedral, so it seemed sensible enough to upgrade it to official city status. However, despite its tiny population (my college has roughly the same number of students as the whole of the city), it isn't the smallest city in the UK. That honour belongs with the West Wales city of St. Davids, population 1,700.
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