Why are they trending? EdBalls, LincolnshireDay, #thebreakfastclub

1 October 2012 - what's trending and why?

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The Breakfast Club (1985) "A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse. They only met once, but it changed their lives forever." A fine year for 80s teen flicks. Even though only two of them were actually teenagers when it was made.

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Ed Balls, The Shadow chancellor wants to build 100,000 new homes by using £2.5bn gained from selling the 4G mobile phone spectrum.

Mr Balls will tell the Labour conference in Manchester today: "In difficult times, we urgently need to put something back into the economy. So with this one-off windfall from the sale of the 4G spectrum, let's cut through the dither and rhetoric and actually do something. Not more talk, but action right now."

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The cult film is getting a resurge of interest on Twitter this morning. We're not entirely sure why. It could be because "The Breakfast Club returns to the big screen The_Printworks ODEONCinemas Manchester tonight. Tickets are only £4 & the show starts at 8pm!" according to @FlashBackFans

or because Caggie Dunlop, of Made in Chelsea fame, recently tweeted: "At the breakfast club soho with my favourite little pig oliverproudlock food looks ridic!"

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