Highs and lows of the year recorded in 140 characters on Twitter
A LOT happened in 2012 and Britain recorded it all, 140 characters at a time.
Here LEE PRICE looks back on the highs and lows of the year, and how they were covered on Twitter.
JANUARY
@TheSunNewspaper: Celeb chef Antony Worrall Thompson has been arrested for shoplifting cheese and wine at a Tesco store.
@OrkneyLibrary: Our Worrall Thompson books are free to borrow, no need to nick them. Includes The People's 'Crookbook'.
@TheSunNewspaper: Ex-banker Fred "The Shred" Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood.
@Rericswan: He's been sir- cumcised.
FEBRUARY
@TheSunNewspaper: Fabio Capello resigns as England manager.
@Paolopa: #Arryvederci.
@TheSunNewspaper: Whitney Houston is found dead at the age of 48, police confirm.
@Rihanna: No words! Just tears #DearWhitney.
@TheSunNewspaper: Here it is.. The Sun on Sunday's first front page with Amanda Holden exclusive. On sale across the country, only 50p.
@JohnnyCassidy: Murdoch has confirmed Sun on Sunday will be 50p. What a bargain!
MARCH
@TheSunNewspaper: Footballers and fans around the world pray for Prem star Fabrice Muamba.
@IAmJermainDefoe: Pray for Fab. God willing he will pull through. #PrayForMuamba.
@TheSunNewspaper: X Factor judge Tulisa is dragged into sex vid storm.
@Sdotbeatz: I don't know why there's such a fuss being made about the Tulisa sex tape. I think it's the best thing she's ever recorded.
APRIL
@TheSunNewspaper: World Exclusive: Simon Cowell had a sensational secret affair with X Factor judge Dannii Minogue.
@DmrJohnstone: OK Simon, we get it, you're definitely not gay.
@TheSunNewspaper: Roy Hodgson asks for backing of England's fans as FA have approached him to become the new national manager.
@GarethAveyard: Glad Roy Hodgson got the England job, anyone whose head looks like a haunted fairytale cottage is fine with me.
MAY
@TheSunNewspaper: A dad of 17 kids loses five of them in an arson blaze at their home.
@Chevr0n: Omg how would you begin to deal with that?
@TheSunNewspaper: George Osborne scraps his hated Pasty Tax, saying that he has "listened to Sun readers".
@Hargravegas: Victory! Osborne scraps his hated Pasty Tax. I might have a Breakfast Pasty to celebrate!
JUNE
@TheSunNewspaper: Myleene Klass has been dumped by her husband after six months of marriage.
@ClaireDobinson: Myleene Klass dumped on her birthday, poor girl, she always seems so lovely :(
@Queen_UK: Happy Diamond Jubilee to me, Happy Diamond Jubilee to me, Happy Diamond Jubilee to my majesty, Happy Diamond Jubilee to me.
@Charles_HRH: Just received one's credit card bill for Mother's Jubilee celebrations. Might have to sell France to pay it off.
@TheSunNewspaper: PM got home from Sunday lunch with family and friends and discovered he had left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub.
@AngryBritain: David Cameron's daughter in talks with Hollywood for remake of Home Alone.
@Mkearley2008: Could happen to anyone, right?
@Jalucian: If that was you or I, see how fast social services come knocking on our door.
JULY
@TheSunNewspaper: Katie Holmes divorcing Tom Cruise to save daughter from Scientology, says pal.
@HealthOneLife: A marriage that was doomed from the start.
@SeanCardo: This is going to be messy!
@TheSunNewspaper: The very Best of British will be on display tonight as the Olympics finally kick off with dazzling opening ceremony.
@JayTheWanted: Olympic opening ceremony – GENIUS!! Go on Your Majesty, you dive out of that copter!!
AUGUST
@TheSunNewspaper: Police search gran's home where missing 12-year-old Tia Sharp was last seen.
@WestbrookDanni: So angry about Tia story, poor child must have been petrified. RIP Tia Sharp.
@TheSunNewspaper: Pics of Playboy Prince Harry cavorting naked with mystery girl appear on net.
@RupertMurdoch: Only lesson for Prince Harry: avoid playmates with cameras!
@JCLayfield: Harry naked in public. Why couldn't it have been Pippa?
SEPTEMBER
@TheSunNewspaper: Pictures of Kate Middleton topless are due to be published in a French magazine today.
@AzfarRidhwan: Earlier was Harry. Now it's Kate. The Palace security will be in deep s***.
@TheSunNewspaper: Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell was threatened with arrest after calling Downing St cops "plebs".
@GabyHinsliff: If true... then sorry isn't really enough.
OCTOBER
@TheSunNewspaper: Police have confirmed that Sir Jimmy Savile was questioned over allegations of child abuse in 2007.
@NathanKing: So sad, was my hero.
@TheSunNewspaper: Football referee Mark Clattenburg to be investigated over "race" complaint.
@r_o_m: So Ramires, who hardly speaks a word of English, was the only player who thought they heard Clattenburg say "monkey"? No case to answer.
NOVEMBER
@TheSunNewspaper: Suspended Tory MP Nadine Dorries sunbathes topless ahead of going into I'm A Celebrity jungle.
@SpideyPhoto: Just when you thought she couldn't sink any lower and don't tell me she didn't know cameras were there.
@TheSunNewspaper: One Direction lothario Harry Styles has been secretly dating Taylor Swift.
@AwkHarry: That's it. I'm knitting myself a nice sweater for me to wear in my coffin at my funeral OK.
DECEMBER
@TheSunNewspaper: Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, is pregnant with her first child but suffering from acute morning sickness.
@CherylCole: I'm sooooooo excited that we're having a royal baby !!!! Congratulations to Kate and Wills !!!!!!
@StephenCrump: Was only thinking yesterday how amazing it would be if Kate was pregnant with twins... it could be true!
@TheSunBreaking: The hospital worker who took prank call from DJs for pregnant Kate Middleton has been found dead.
@ChocciChops: RIP. Hope the DJs lose their job – so pathetic.
@TheSunNewspaper: A gunman is feared to have killed 27 people including 14 children in a school rampage in Connecticut, US.
@NeyraCFC: I still can't believe something like this happened. RIP.
@GracieStokes: And apparently there's a god? Yeah right. HORRENDOUS.
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