IT’S RODENTS again! There has been a series of food retailers withdrawing products from sale due to potential rodent contamination. The latest is Saffron Pastries. The company provides a series of cakes, rusks and biscuits – and the products they ...
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Has Trump crashed the world economy?
THE BANK of England has predicted that global stock market are about to fall. With unusual candour, it has warned that share prices are too high and do not reflect the risks that the global economy is facing. The view ...
Read More »Starmer holds on… for now
KEIR STARMER has told the House of Commons why he did not know that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting. MPs listened in an atmosphere which veered between stony indifference and incandescent outrage. At the outrage end, two MPs ...
Read More »Israel & Lebanon agree ceasefire and head for talks
IT’S A CEASEFIRE in Israel’s attack on Lebanon, starting at 10pm UK time tonight. It’s talks too, as US President Donald Trump invites both parties to the White House. It’s about time we saw a ceasefire. This ceasefire is not ...
Read More »Lidl and Iceland told to take down junk food ads
THE GOVERNMENT is tackling childhood obesity in many ways – and one of them is a ban on advertising foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS). Retailers can’t advertise junk food on television before 9pm or online at any ...
Read More »Tower of London: authentic but out of reach
THE MOST authentic castle in England nestles at the western end of Tower Hamlets, but locals trying to visit face a huge barrier: the cost. Recent research has found that the Tower from which Tower Hamlets gets half its name ...
Read More »Pirate Trump opts for Gunboat Diplomacy
IT’S ESCALATION. That is how US President Donald Trump is going to deal with the collapse of peace talks with Iran. We say “peace talks” – but as Trump gave them a single day, they were more a case of ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-5
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. It really wasn’t a ...
Read More »It’s “no deal” as USA quits peace talks
THE USA has left Islamabad after 21 hours of talks with Iran – moaning that Iran had not agreed to its “final and best offer”. Iran has stated that the USA came in with “excessive demands”. Iran has also reported ...
Read More »Plastic found in Tesco Chocolate Desert
TESCO HAS recalled its own brand Finest Summer Edition Chocolate Affogato Dessert, because the product may contained pieces of plastic. The dessert comes in a pack weighing 538g and the affected dessert has various best before dates before and including ...
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