18 reasons to smile

A Eddie the Eagle gets a late call up for Team GB at the Winter Olympics in South Korea and wins the ski jumping gold. B The Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom premiere is abandoned in London after police are told a dinosaur is on the loose. C Simon Cowell wins Strictly. D Prince Harry weds Meghan Markle on May 19, FA Cup Final Day, with the bride and groom wearing the colours of the teams. E A politician talks sense on Brexit. F Doctors reveal breakthrough help so people lose weight... “Eat less, move more”. G Lee Westwood wins a golfing major. H Kim Jong-un announces his country has landed a man on the moon...him! I MPs take a voluntary pay cut and give the proceeds to nurses. J Donald Trump visits Britain and offers to rebuild Hadrian’s Wall. K Dirty Den returns from the dead for a third time in EastEnders. L Network Rail says it has finished weekend engineering work. M Aussie cricketer Steve Smith switches to batting for England after finding his long-lost gran was born in Yorkshire. N Forecasters get the weather right this summer. O Posh Spice makes a top we can afford. P Piers Morgan admits he’s wrong on something.

Q Nostradamus at last gets one of his 1559 predictions correct and the world ends.

R And even less likely than that...England beat Germany 4-2 after extra time to win the World Cup with Harry Kane getting a hat-trick. TO mark 2018 here are 18 unlikely things that could happen this year.

Mind you, we predicted last year Prince Harry would get engaged to a divorcee telly star and look what happened?

So, with a list of events getting more unlikely from one to 18, we wish you a Happy New Year!