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Red Nose Day is fast approaching on March 13th and here’s your chance to be ready prepared without leaving the comfort of your PC! You can now buy your 2009 Red Noses online from the Oxfam shop!

This year there are 3 different types of Red Noses available – the style of Nose you receive will be allocated at random so you will have a nice suprise when they turn up!

Each Red Nose costs £1.00 with at least 70p going to Comic Relief. It’s worth noting that delivery charges for buying your Red Nose online are £3.50 whether you buy one nose or several! So, to make it more worthwhile, why not buy a few noses, perhaps for your friends, family, work colleagues or for people taking part in any special Red Nose Day events you’re organising?

Don’t forget that you can also buy Red Noses from Sainsbury’s too.

Buy Red Noses Online at Oxfam

Sir Elton John, Selfridges and Goldgenie have launched a very special limited edition crystal encrusted iPod Nano to raise funds for Sir Elton’s charity EJAF.

The EJAF Starburst iPOD Nano is inlaid with Swarovski crystals and was designed by Dragon’s Den winner Laban Roomes, owner of Goldgenie. Sir Elton personally oversaw the design which included having his signature lasered onto the back of each one.

These limited edition iPod Nanos are encrusted with over 250 Swarovski crystals, come in a choice of 9 colours and are available in both 8 and 16 GB. There are only 100 in each colour available, so best get your favourite colour ordered now! The price is £399.99 for the 8GB version and £449.99 for the 16GB and a share of the profits will go directly to tEJAF.

Unfortunately the EJAF Starburst iPOD Nanos are not available from the Apple Store but you can buy them at Selfridges and directly from Goldgenie. You will receive a free copy of the Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits CD with every order too!

Probably one of the most anticipated musical events of the year takes place on Sunday, 8th March with the release of the official Comic Relief single. This year, it’s a complete treat for Gavin and Stacey fans as Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon reprise their magnificent duet Islands In the Stream.

According to The Mirror, the video for Barry Islands In the Stream follows Nessa and Bryn as they travel to Las Vegas to take part in the World Karaoke Championships, where they pick up some familiar backing singers in the shape of Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb!

*Update* The single is out now to download online, so buy something funny for money and head on over to iTunes and Play.com and get your copy now!

Until the video is available online, here is the clip of Bryn and Nessa at the barn dance – get your stetsons out and learn your line dancing moves!

Hold on to your hats (and noses), Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day is back on the 13th March! Everyone’s favourite bi-annual charity event returns for 2009 bigger and better than ever.

Comic Relief was set up in 1985 by comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis in response to the famine in Ethiopia and the first Red Nose Day was shown on TV on 5 February 1988. Since then, a staggering £500 million + has been raised for charitable causes.

Comic Relief promise that every pound raised by the public goes to charity. If Red Nose Day raises £65 million, Comic Relief will spend at least £65 million on transforming the lives of people living with poverty and social injustice. Operational costs the charity incurs are paid for by corporate sponsors and donors, suppliers, investment income and interest and more.

To donate funds to Red Nose Day click here to visit their donation page.

The WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) are urging their supporters to watch celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Jamie Saves Our Bacon at 9pm on Thursday 29th January on Channel 4.

As part of The Great British Food Fight the show is an in depth investigation into the UK’s ailing pig industry. The same format as Jamie’s Fowl Dinners last year, the show aims to help us make better informed choices about the food we eat by showing exactly us how pigs live and die to put pork, ham and bacon on our plates.

Jamie will also look at the greater cost to UK farmers of meeting higher welfare standards which has left them open to competition from some mass producers from the EU, who minimise costs, but may have questionable levels of animal welfare compared to British standards.

If you want to read more about the WSPA and their commitment to global animal welfare click here to visit their website.