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A SUPER mum has revealed how she makes a month worth of sandwiches in one go for just £11. The Aussie mum showed how she uses just three ingredients to make weeks of lunches in one batch. Taking to the Facebook group Markdown Addicts Australia she shared a photo of her sandwiches mid-production. To make the affordable snacks, she bought three roast chickens for $15 (£10) from her “local chip shop” and two loaves of bread for $6 (£4). She then shredded the chicken and set to working making her 18 sandwiches with butter and some stuffing. The woman wrote: “The result was 18 sandwiches with butter and chicken (some with stuffing) for just over $20. “I’m all set for lunch every day at work for a month, for a grand total of $21. “Yummy in my tummy.” She then froze the sandwiches in zip lock bags to keep them fresh. Her post has racked up hundreds of likes, and people praised her batch-prepping. One said: "This is so amazing, I wish I had a big freezer to do … [Read more...] about Super mum makes a month’s worth of sandwiches for her lunches in one go for just £11

STATE pension payments will be something you receive if you've reached a certain age in later life. The state pension is different to your workplace or a private pension , and when you can start receiving the pay-out depends on when you were born. In May 2014, the government changed how the state pension system works , with the goal of making it simpler. In order to get a state pension you need to pay National Insurance contributions (NICs), and have built up a minimum number of years' worth. How much is the state pension? Men born on or after April 6, 1951, or women born on or after April 6, 1953, will be able to claim the new state pension. For those who reached the state pension age before April 6, 2016, you’ll be getting the old state pension, known as the basic state pension. The full new state pension is £175.60 per week, but the actual money you get will depend on your National Insurance record. If you've accrued NICs under both the old and new … [Read more...] about How can I check my state pension and what age can I claim it?

Tui will offer coronavirus tests for a fraction of standard prices to 'make travel a possibility' once restrictions are lifted on May 17. The UK's largest holiday company said its cheapest package - made up of a lateral flow test and PCR test - will be available for just £20. The tests will be requirements for people returning to or visiting England from green list destinations under the Government's traffic light system for international travel from May 17. Passengers from green list countries - expected to include Malta, Jamaica and Portugal - must get a lateral flow or PCR test no more than 72 hours before flying into the UK. They must also get a PCR test once they have landed. The Government is set to provide free rapid Covid test kits to those travelling abroad so they can avoid the hassle of finding one before they returned, Whitehall sources claimed. But arrivals would still have to pay at least £50 each for the gold-standard PCR test on landing. The package from … [Read more...] about Tui will offer £20 Covid tests for holidaymakers travelling to green list destinations this summer

Dozens of armed groups have operated for years in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu and Ituri provinces, and civilians have been subjected to horrifying massacres. Armed militias and inter-communal violence have killed more than 300 people so far in 2021. Presidential spokesman Tharsice Kasongo Mwema said on Tuesday that the two provinces would be declared under siege for 30 days starting on Thursday May 6. "To respond to the situation during the state of siege, the provincial governments of Ituri and North Kivu ... will be replaced by offices of the armed forces of the DRC or the national police," he said. Security and judicial vacuum It was the first time since the Democratic Republic of Congo's independence that a president used the exceptional "state of siege" or state of emergency. President Felix Tshisekedi said he wanted to eliminate insecurity in the two provinces, where the Congolese government has failed to enforce the rule of law. "There is a … [Read more...] about DRC: Is President Tshisekedi’s ‘state of siege’ a cover-up?

CHELSEA’S rush for cup glory has been inspired by a boozy Hell’s Angels advert. The Blues are chasing Champions League and FA Cup trophies this month. The on-pitch evolution has been taking place throughout a season which threatened to implode, as Frank Lampard was sacked and replaced with Thomas Tuchel . But the German, 47, has also been working to change the mentality of his stars - not least by using a two-minute advert featuring a pack of tattooed bikers to convince them not to be scared of anyone. The players were left bemused several weeks ago when they were called together at the club’s Cobham training ground to watch what they thought was a tactical film. Instead they were greeted by a video of a cinema packed full of Hell’s Angels in an ad made ten years ago by Carlsberg. Chelsea stars exchanged quizzical looks as they watched a series of couples enter the cinema to be confronted by the unsettling audience, with only two seats available right in the … [Read more...] about Chelsea’s Champions League push fuelled by boozy Hell’s Angels advert Thomas Tuchel used as inspiration