Brannigans crisps are being sold for £3 a pack on eBay after KP announced it was axing brand 

Now they cost a packet! Brannigans crisps are being sold for £3 a pack on eBay after KP announced it was axing popular brand Brannigans crisps have been discontinued by Slough-based company KP Snacks Fans mourning the loss of the snacks are buying the last available packets online Some are selling on eBay for up to … Read more

Winter Economy Plan: Bosses’ concern UK will get ‘hooked’ on payouts

Rishi Sunak’s £9bn Job Retention Scheme won’t save jobs because there’s ‘little incentive’ to pay the wages of staff not in work, an influential think-tank has warned.  Business bosses have today stuck the boot into the Chancellor’s much-trumpeted plan to keep people in work, while the chief executive of Next suggested Britain’s economy risks ‘becoming … Read more

EU buys Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine for knock-off price but will cover costs if jab has side effects

European countries will have to cover compensation costs if Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine causes any side effects, as part of the EU’s deal to secure the experimental jab at a discounted price, it was claimed today. The European Union is said to have struck a deal with AstraZeneca – which owns the rights to the … Read more

Royal experts say Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘ruined’ Africa trip with attack on press

Royal experts say Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could have justified the sky-high cost of their tour of Africa if they had not ended it with a ‘personal’ attack on the press. Royal watchers say the 2019 tour, which it was revealed today cost the taxpayer £240,000, could have been a ‘historic success’. But on … Read more

Schoolgirl told to remove braided hair extensions as father blasts school for ‘discrimination’ 

A schoolgirl was left in tears after teachers told to remove her white braided hair extensions or face being sent to isolation. Lily Rann had chosen the style while on a holiday to Cyprus because of her Jamaican heritage.  Her great-grandfather is thought to have been the first black miner in her hometown of Midsomer Norton, … Read more

Schoolgirl told to remove braided hair extensions as father blasts school for ‘discrimination’ 

A schoolgirl was left in tears after teachers told to remove her white braided hair extensions or face being sent to isolation. Lily Rann had chosen the style while on a holiday to Cyprus because of her Jamaican heritage.  Her great-grandfather is thought to have been the first black miner in her hometown of Midsomer Norton, … Read more

Former Brookside actress Anna Norbury dies aged 26

Former Brookside actress Anna Norbury dies aged 26 as her mother pays tribute to her ‘beautiful and innocent humanity’ Anna Norbury is best known for playing Alice Farnham in Channel 4’s Brookside  The 26-year-old’s former co-stars say she ‘lit up the whole set’ at the 90s soap Her mother Maria paid tribute to her ‘warmth, … Read more

Rescuers forced to start putting down pilot whales in mass stranding

After days wading through chilly waters, surrounded by the pained cries of hundreds of stranded whales on Australia’s south coast, rescuers faced the grim task Friday of disposing of the carcasses. In ‘one hell of an effort’, a crew of around 100 conservationists and skilled volunteers saved 94 of the 470 animals stranded on Tasmania’s … Read more

How quickly is Britain’s Covid-19 outbreak REALLY growing?

Between 9,000 and 16,000 Britons are getting infected with coronavirus every day, according to researchers monitoring the UK’s outbreak. King’s College London (KCL) scientists behind the COVID Symptom Tracker mobile app estimate that there were at least 16,310 daily cases of the disease in the last week, more than double the 7,536 estimated last week. The Office … Read more