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HUNGRY Uber Eats users have today been left fuming after the app crashed around the world. Brits have complained the app isn't loading for them, while the problem has also been reported in Australia and the US. Some have taken to social media to complain they can't get breakfast delivered to their door. One wrote: "Uber eats is down and I wanna cry I’m so hung over I just need maccies breakfast." Another said: "UBER EATS IS DOWN. Right when I’m about to order". One man tweeted from as far as Australia about the issue, saying: "Wonderful. apparently @UberEats is completely down in Perth." Uber Eats confirmed the service wasn't working. They said: "Please be advised that there's a known issue about the app. "Our team is already aware of this and working to fix it as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience." Most read in UK News STEALTH TAX Rishi Sunak plans stealth rise in income tax to plug £43bn Covid black hole … [Read more...] about Uber Eats DOWN: Food delivery app crashes around the world sparking fury from hungry users

As any fan of Toy Story knows, MISTER Potato Head is very attached to his title. It’s what sets him apart from all the Johnny-come-latelys in Andy’s toy box and reflects his seniority. Because kids have been viciously stabbing Mr PH him with little plastic hats and pipes since 1952. And, when Mrs PH came along they got to smack her in the chops with a pair with red lips and pierce her skull with a blonde wig. But, as far as I recall, Mr and Mrs PH were both devoid of stick on genitalia. So, until you dressed them up they were actually gender neutral tubers. And kids ALWAYS chose to break gender stereotypes by giving Mrs PH a moustache and putting Mr PH in her red stilettos. But now, thanks to rampant wokery, makers Hasbro have decided these much loved characters need a mash up . Their old identities are being peeled away because male and female vegetable toys “do not reflect modern families”. Poor old Mr and Mrs PH must be rolling their eyes in horror. Because the … [Read more...] about “Bonkers decision to make gender neutral Mr Potato Head is rampant wokery”

Joan Wakefield has barely been able to walk for the best part of six months. The 72-year-old from Stockport had a knee replacement in October and has since suffered infections in the scar tissue, causing agonising pain. Then at the beginning of this month she received the first dose of AstraZeneca 's Covid-19 vaccine. 'I woke up the next morning and the leg pain and stiffness was gone,' she says. 'I couldn't believe it. I joked with my partner about whether the vaccine had anything to do with it. Previously, I couldn't even bend my leg. Now I can extend it fully, and even put my shoes and socks on. I'm optimistic I'll be able to return to work sooner, rather than later, now.' It seems ludicrous – a vaccine designed to protect against one virus can, somehow, improve other totally unrelated elements of health. But Joan Wakefield is far from alone. A man receives his Covid-19 vaccinations at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire earlier this week RELATED … [Read more...] about The coronavirus jab’s most tantalising side effects? It may help fight cancer, chronic pain… and even Alzheimer’s

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has arrived in a penal colony about 100km (60 miles) east of Moscow to begin his sentence. Russia's RIA news agency said the jailed Kremlin critic was transferred from a detention centre in Moscow, citing a public commission that defends the rights of Russian prisoners. The name or exact location of the penal colony was not revealed. Alexander Kalashnikov, of Russia's federal penitentiary service (FSIN), told reporters: "According to the court's decision, he left to where he currently should be. Everything is done within the framework of the law and the current legislation." Mr Kalashnikov added Mr Navalny will be kept in "absolutely normal conditions". Advertisement Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin critic loses sentence appeal and is fined in slander case Mr Navalny's ally Leonid Volkov said on social media that his family and lawyers had not been officially informed about his whereabouts. … [Read more...] about Alexei Navalny: Putin critic begins sentence in Russian penal colony

Police in Myanmar have fired tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades at pro-democracy protestors, killing at least 18 and leaving several wounded. Violence erupted in the major city Yangon when a woman died after police broke up a teachers' protest with stun grenades, though the cause of her death might have been a heart attack, her daughter and a colleague said. Several people were being helped away, leaving blood-smeared pavements, after police opened fire, images posted on social media showed. But protesters refused to back down. "If they push us, we'll rise. If they attack us, we'll defend. We'll never kneel down to the military boots," said Nyan Win Shein from one Yangon protest. Footage also showed protesters running away from police as officers charged at them, makeshift roadblocks being put up to slow the police advance and protesters being bundled into police trucks to be taken away. Advertisement Sounds of gunfire could be heard and what … [Read more...] about Myanmar: 18 protesters killed after police open fire during latest unrest