John Hammond (weather forecaster)

John Michael Hammond (born 9 April 1966) is an English weather forecaster for the BBC. He can be seen presenting weather forecasts on the BBC News channel, BBC Red Button and BBC World News. He is the main weather presenter on BBC News at One and also forecasts on the BBC News at Ten, Countryfile and BBC News at Six, At the weekend he also appears on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is cousin of Richard Hammond.

Early life and education

Hammond was born in Bosham, West Sussex, the son of a farmer. After taking an interest in the weather from the age of four, he studied geography at the University of Salford, followed by meteorology at the University of Birmingham.

Career

After a brief spell at the Met Office headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire, Hammond started forecasting in February 1991, working at regional weather centres in Nottingham, Bristol and Plymouth. This involved a variety of forecasting work for aviation, local industry, and some local radio too. He spent around seven years presenting the weather at ITV until joining the BBC Weather Centre in the spring of 2003.

John Hammond (Canadian football)

John Hammond (born 1923, date of death unknown) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive guard. A native of Winnipeg, Hammond first played senior football with the Regina All Services team in 1943, and later attended University of Washington. In 1946 he joined his hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers, playing in their Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts. He then went east to study engineering at McGill University and played with the Montreal Alouettes in 1947. He was one of the "unsung heroes" of the Larks first Grey Cup championship in 1949. He played 40 games for the Als over 5 seasons.

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John Hammond (died 1589)

John Hammond (1542 – 1589) was an English civil lawyer and politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Rye in 1584 and West Looe in 1586.

Life

His mother was a sister of Alexander Nowell. He was baptised at Whalley, Lancashire, in 1542, and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he became fellow, and in 1561 proceeded LL.B.

Hammond addressed Queen Elizabeth in a short Latin speech when she visited his college on 9 August 1564. In 1569 he was created LL.D. and admitted a member of the College of Civilians. On 6 February 1570 he became commissary of the deaneries of the Arches, Shoreham, and Croydon; in 1573 commissary to the dean and chapter of St Paul's Cathedral; a master of chancery in 1574; and chancellor of the diocese of London in 1575.

Hammond acted on two commissions in 1577, one with reference to the restitution of goods belonging to Portuguese merchants, and the other concerning complaints of piracy preferred by Scots. In 1578 he attended the diet of Schmalkalden as a delegate from the English government, and in August 1580 went to Guernsey to investigate charges brought by the inhabitants against Sir Thomas Leighton, the governor.

In Your Arms

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In Your Arms (Envy song)

"In Your Arms" is a song by Norwegian hip hop duo Envy, their third charting single after their debut 2011 hit "One Song" and the follow-up 2013 single "Am I Wrong". It was released as a digital download in Norway on 21 October 2013. The song has peaked at number 4 in Norway and number 12 in Denmark. It has also made the top 60 of the Swedish singles chart.

The song was initially credited to Envy and later changed to Nico & Vinz, as the name change to Nico & Vinz came when the single was still charting in the various Scandinavian charts. The cover was also redesigned to match with the new name of the duo.

Later releases of the single outside Scandinavian countries are known as a proper Nico & Vinz song.

Change of name and credits

In the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart, the song was credited to Envy.

Upon the song's entry in the Danish Tracklisten singles chart, the single was credited to Envy. With the change in name of the duo from Envy to Nico and Vinz however, later showings of "In Your Arms" on the Danish charts were credited to Nico & Vinz and the single , 17 and 24 January 2014). Starting with chart 5/2014 (dated 31 January), the Swedish charts began crediting it to Nico & Vinz.

In Your Arms (Love song from Neighbours)

"In Your Arms (Love song from Neighbours)", is a single released by Lynne Hamilton, famous for performing the theme song to Prisoner, written by then-Executive producer Don Battye and Executive in Charge of Production Peter Pinne (who had also composed several Australian television themes).

The song was used as a love theme on the Australian soap opera Neighbours and used in several episodes in 1989 particularly the wedding of Joe Mangel (Mark Little) and Kerry Bishop (Linda Hartley) and during the departure of Henry Ramsay (Craig McLachlan).

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