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CAFFE Nero is giving away free hot drinks including tea, coffee and hot chocolate to O2 customers today. The deal is available via the O2 Priority app which users can download for free on their smartphones. It's only available today until midnight - so you'll want to move fast if you want a free caffeine jolt. But it's worth noting that it's a regular offer, so it's likely to be back soon for o2 customers. However, the deal is strictly one code per customer per device, per week. Prices for Caffe Nero drinks vary across the country, but you're looking at savings of between £1.90 and £2.70 depending on what you order. The drinks included in the deal are: Iced Latte Iced Americano Caffè Latte Cappuccino Americano Espresso Flat White Cortado Mocha Hot Chocolate Tea Extras, speciality drinks and all other products are excluded from the offer. Tea is the cheapest drink, usually costing around £1.90 so that will offer the smallest savings. … [Read more...] about How to get a free hot drink at Caffe Nero today

After weeks of snow and subzero temperatures, there is a touch of spring in the air in late February in Berlin. Thousands of people are out on the streets. In busy areas, just a handful wear masks. Although nonessential retailers remain closed and eateries are only open for takeouts, long lines snake outside every coffee shop, artisanal bakery and outdoor food market. It would be easy to forget that Germany has been in lockdown for nearly four months and strict contact limits remain in place. And the lockdown is no longer working: COVID-19 cases have begun to rise again, and experts say Germany is heading into the third wave of the pandemic. The vaccine rollout is going slower than in other countries like the US and the UK, and the spread of virus variants is on the rise, most notably the more contagious B.1.1.7 British mutation. Lockdowns less popular "All the data and surveys so far show that a large majority still follow the rules," Rolf van Dick, professor of social … [Read more...] about COVID: Germany in lockdown lethargy

Day 340 of the social distancing measures and I am ready to announce a clear winner of my award for the Most Annoying Zoom Background of Lockdown . A roll on the drums, please, for that bumptious self-promoter Grant Shapps , whose survival in ministerial office is one of the enduring mysteries of modern politics. (He’s now the Transport Secretary, if you’re wondering, entrusted with the nation’s hopes of regaining the right to a foreign holiday sometime before the crack of doom.) Heaven knows, I try to be charitable in this column. But I defy even the kindest-hearted among us to look at the elaborately staged background to Mr Shapps’s Zoom appearances from his home without thinking: ‘Goodness, what a twerp!’ Grant Shapps, pictured, appeared on Robert Peston's ITV show with the British Civil Air Ensign emblazoned with the Union Flag, draped as usual from a floor-standing flagpole Take Wednesday night, when he appeared via Zoom on Robert Peston’s ITV show. There he … [Read more...] about TOM UTLEY: My plea for the future? We see the back of hideously vain Zoom poseurs like Grant Shapps

IT was nine days ago, on a FaceTime call to my best friend Laura, that her frustration with my bewildered, preoccupied face got the better of her and she exclaimed: “For goodness sake, get on Tinder and meet people. You need the distraction, woman!” She was right. This third lockdown has hit me hard — like so many others — and while our struggles are all relative, I’ve found the lack of social interaction tough. Although I live in a nice house and have a great outside space, I’m basically at home with a 12-year-old boy, Malcolm, a 16-year-old girl, Martha, and a dog with leukaemia. The only other adult I see is my ex-husband whenever he picks up or drops off our son. Oh, and obviously I see people on my dog walks. But something has certainly been missing. I have to admit, I have been un­com­promising about the prospect of dating apps. Not only am I a technophobe — I took 12 months to transfer my old phone to my new one ­­— I’m also an old-fashioned bird. I like … [Read more...] about I joined Tinder at 53, I won’t date anyone younger than 26 especially if they send me pics of their ‘Sergeant Major’

A mother and son who split winnings from their weekly lottery tickets and scratchards have scooped £100,000-a-month for a whole year Sue Rees, 48, and her son Connor, 24, buy two Scratchcards every time they go shopping together. Until recently, their biggest win had been £150 - but their luck changed when they bought a scratchcard that landed them the epic jackpot prize. Connor, a warehouse worker, and Sue, a dinner lady who has helped prepare meals for needy children during the pandemic, said they couldn't believe their eyes when they looked at the card - before heading right back to the shop to check it with the cashier. Connor said: “Mum has always been convinced she’d win the lottery one day but I’m a bit more sceptical and never thought it would happen. "We took the Scratchcard straight back into the shop and the shopkeeper confirmed we’d won big, we just couldn’t believe it. I still can’t really!" Following their tradition, the pair will split their winnings … [Read more...] about Mum and son who split winnings on weekly lotto tickets scoop £100k-a-month for a year