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We are now at the end of another year and what a year it has been, 2008 saw Britain spend most of the year struggling it's way through the ongoing credit crunch, this meant for many people redundancy, loss of earnings and in general financially hard times..

We are now at the end of another year and what a year it has been, 2008 saw Britain spend most of the year struggling it's way through the ongoing credit crunch, this meant for many people redundancy, loss of earnings and in general financially hard times.

2008 also marked the end of much loved high street store Woolworths and saw the rest of the high street struggling to keep profits up, let's look forward to 2009 with optimism, happiness and a positive attitude that things can only get better and better.

We have had a good year of films at the cinema and some great music has been produced from our home grown artists with more to come and look forward to in the next year so 2009 here we come......

Have a very very happy new year Happy new year to all Didim Today readers and all the best also you will have an extra second to celebrate tonight. 2009 will arrive a second late therefore you will need to retune your clocks accordingly. Due to circumstances beyond everyone's control, the start of the New Year will be delayed by a second because a ‘Leap Second' will be added to 2008. this will be done to let the earth catch up to super-accurate clocks. Altinkum Didim Akbuk

The last minute of 2008 will be a second longer whether we like it or not, according to UK's official timekeepers at the National Physical Laboratory. That's because a leap second, the first for three years, is being added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the standard clock used around the world, right on the cusp of 2009. Peter Whibberley, Senior Research Scientist in the National Physical Laboratory's Time Group, says: "Atomic clocks like those at NPL are now more than a million times more stable than the Earth's rotation.

As a result, the two methods of measuring time slowly drift apart and we occasionally have to add or subtract a leap second to the atomic clocks to make sure astronomical and atomic time remain synchronised.

"The difference between atomic time and Earth time has now built up to the point where it needs to be corrected, so this New Year's Eve we will experience a rare 61 second minute at the very end of 2008.

 As a result, New Year's revelers will have a bit longer to reflect on the delights of 2008, or alternatively, be able to delay the entrance of a hard to-look-forward-to 2009.

Happy New Year