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Hundreds of grocery prices have soared by more than 20% in two years, according to an investigation by consumer group Which?. The consumer champion analysed the prices of more than 21,000 groceries across two years. Which? compared their average prices at eight major supermarkets between the start of December 2021 and the end of February 2022 with the same period two years previously. The consumer champion found that the price of 265 groceries shot up by more than a fifth over the last two years. This list of items included Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes Cereal 500g which increased by 21.4% in price at Tesco. Asda’s Own Label Closed Cup Mushrooms 250g was 21.4% more expensive, and Cathedral City Extra Mature Cheddar 350g rose by 21.1% at Ocado. Across the 20 categories of groceries Which? looked at, fizzy drinks had the biggest average price rises, at 5.9%. This was followed by butters and spreads (4.9%), energy drinks (4.8%) and milk (4.6%). … [Read more...] about Foods which have soared in price by 20% in two years at supermarkets like Tesco and Asda

HIT dramas like Trigger Point have raked in millions of viewers for ITV - helping it thrash the likes of Netlfix and Amazon in the UK ratings war. Three out of four of 2022's most popular new dramas have come from the British broadcaster. And many of those doubled their audience in the month after they first aired on the channel, thanks to viewers watching them on demand. It comes after the majority of series were made available to watch immediately in full after the first episode. Trigger Point, about a police bomb disposal squad, has been ITV’s biggest drama so far this year. The first episode of the ITV drama aired in January, with Lana 's bomb disposal colleague Joel Nutkins, played by Adrian Lester , being blown up by a van rigged with explosives. Read more on ITV DOUBLE BILL The Bill set for huge return to ITV - with TWO reboots in the pipeline MINI STARS EastEnders and Corrie stars look unrecognisable in … [Read more...] about ITV scores record ratings haul as hit dramas like Trigger Point rake in millions of viewers and beat rivals

In a sign that many people are heeding officials' request to stay home for Thanksgiving, airplane travel in the days leading up to Thanksgiving is down about 60 percent from the same time last year. Cases of a new coronavirus in the United States have now surpassed 12 million. With spikes in cases occurring across the country, deaths on Tuesday were higher than they've been in six months. Officials urged people to stay home and imposed quarantine requirements for out-of-state visitors. While more people are traveling than health experts would like, there's been a significant decrease from the usual holiday influx via plane travel. Historically, more people travel around Thanksgiving than any other time of the year, and the Wednesday before the turkey-centric holiday is the busiest travel day of the year. However, as has been the case since the pandemic started, the outbreak stunted travel around the holiday. About 1.52 million fewer people traveled on Tuesday than on the Tuesday … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving air travel down 60 percent from last year, as officials tell people to stay home

The last time I spent an afternoon with Mina Naguib, both he and his revolutionary ideals were about to take an unexpected battering. It was the height of Egypt's Arab Spring revolution and, in Cairo's Tahrir Square where he and thousands of others were demanding the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak, we had just survived what became known as the "Battle of the Camels". A mob of Mubarak supporters, some of them on camelback, pictured below, had attacked the crowd, hoping to disperse them with a humpbacked cavalry charge. Yet, the demonstrators had stood firm, pelting the attackers with stones and dragging them off their mounts. The revolution, it seemed, had weathered a stern test. Then, as Mina left for the day, he got a reminder that outside Tahrir Square, the old, reactionary Egypt was still very much there. "I was trying to get a cab when some more Mubarak supporters saw me," he recalls. "One said to me: 'Our houses are getting looted because of you stupid kids causing … [Read more...] about Ten years on from Egypt’s Arab Spring – what has become of the Tahrir Square revolutionaries?

TOM Cruise surprised fans yesterday by debuting the trailer for the long-awaited Top Gun sequel at an appearance at at San Diego Comic Con. The star roars back into action as cocky pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the teaser for the film, which is set to be released 34 years after the original. The actor was met with cheers when he revealed the exhilarating trailer, and reminisced about filming the original Top Gun in 1986, which catapulted him to global superstardom. Cruise, 57, said: "I was always asked 'When are you going to do another one?' “Well, you've been very patient with me. I felt like it was my responsibility to really deliver for you." In the new film, Maverick is a flight instructor at the Top Gun school and guides the son of Goose - from the original - to be the pilot his father was. The trailer sees Ed Harris's character, a high-ranking military official, telling Cruise's pilot he is a "dinosaur" in the modern world of aviation. It opens with a … [Read more...] about Top Gun 2 trailer sees Tom Cruise return as Maverick in long-awaited sequel 34 years after the original

VLADIMIR Putin had cancer in the past but "licked it" his pal film director Oliver Stone has claimed. The Oscar-winning filmmaker's claim comes amid rumours the Russian President has been ill for the past five years and is constantly surrounded by a team of doctors. Stone was granted unprecedented access to the Kremlin leader over a two year period, for two in-depth interviews between 2015 and 2017. Speaking in a new podcast Stone said that the Russian President had suffered from cancer and that he believed he had overcome it. “Remember this, Mr Putin has had this cancer and I think he’s licked it,” he told podcast interviewer Lex Fridman. “But he’s also been isolated because of Covid.” READ MORE ON PUTIN 'PARANOID PUTIN' Inside the 'madness and paranoia' of Vladimir Putin's 'isolated bunker' SICKLY VLAD Putin has been ill for FIVE years & ex-MI6 spy says he's losing grip on power Concerns about Putin's … [Read more...] about Putin HAS had cancer but ‘licked it’, film director pal Oliver Stone reveals amid claims tyrant has been ill for 5 years

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are today celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary. The California couple have now been married for four years, tying the knot in a beautiful ceremony at Windsor Castle. They follow a sweet tradition for the anniversary each year, a reminder of the importance of their marriage as the two have gone through rocky and turbulent times together . The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ditched royal duties and Harry was stripped of his military titles by the Queen, while he has also gone through a rift with his brother Prince William and father Prince Charles . Meghan's time with the royals was particularly difficult, later alleging that press coverage and the lack of sympathy from other senior royals had left her feeling like she "didn't want to be alive anymore". Despite the difficult patches, Harry and Meghan have happily brought two children, Archie and Lilibet, into the world after they got married. So how will they be celebrating their … [Read more...] about Meghan and Harry’s sweet anniversary tradition as Sussexes celebrate 4 years of marriage

US: Expert on early encounters with 'prehistoric mammals' Sign up HERE for science breakthroughs in health, business and more that matter SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Various estimates of when people first arrived in the Americas have been published in recent years, varying from 20,000 to more than 30,000 years ago. In the second half of the 20th century, many North American archaeologists agreed on the idea that the Clovis people had been the first to reach the Americas. Their ancestors were thought to have crossed a land bridge linking Siberia to Alaska during the last ice age, but this land bridge — known as Beringia — later disappeared underwater as the ice slowly melted. Related articles Archaeology: … [Read more...] about Archaeologists stunned by ‘terrifying predators’ humans in North America would have faced

From his seafront offices in the port city of Odesa, shipping logistics boss Viktor Berestenko looks out on Ukraine’s biggest and busiest shipping port. Or at least he used to. “Take a look out that window there,” he says, pointing at a terminal where shipping containers are piled like Lego bricks across an area the size of several football pitches. “Do you see any ships coming from there? No. That is the biggest terminal in Ukraine - and it is the same situation with every other terminal in the country.” The emptiness of the sea around the port is matched by the emptiness of the office Mr Berestenko stands in. Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine three months ago, when Russian warships blockaded Odesa and other Black Sea ports, the 112 employees of his firm, Inter Trans Logistics, have been unable to work. Nor have any of the hundreds of other freight forwarding workers in town. Such firms are used to working in challenging conditions, their trade being forever at … [Read more...] about Mountains of grain left to rot as Vladimir Putin ‘blackmails the world’

Netflix shares are sinking sharply after the streaming service suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. The company's customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, the company disclosed Tuesday in releasing its latest earnings report. Netflix's stock price plunged more than 37% to $219.50 in early trading on Wednesday as investors fretted about the company's slowing growth and mounting competition. UBS analysts downgraded their rating on Netflix's stock from "buy" to "neutral," citing fierce competition in streaming, economic headwinds and market saturation. The decline in subscribers is the first since Netflix became available throughout most of the world outside of China six years ago. The drop this year stemmed in part from Netflix's decision to withdraw from Russia to protest the war against Ukraine , resulting in a loss of 700,000 subscribers. Even so, Netflix acknowledged its problems are deep-rooted by projecting a … [Read more...] about Netflix shares slide after it loses 200,000 subscribers