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Aldi, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons issue urgent recalls on pizza, yoghurt, chocolate, kebabs and samosas Shoppers are being urged to check their products before consuming as supermarkets issue recalls for a various reasonsAldi, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons customers have been told not eat certain products because the Food Standards Agency (FSA) says they're not safe.Recall alerts have been issued on chocolates, yoghurts, pizzas, kebabs, samosas and piccalilli.The FSA said some of these products have been contaminated with salmonella, which can cause fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.Others include ingredients not mentioned on the label.
Skyrocketing energy bills to hit £1,900 from AprilMinisters urged to cut VAT to ease the cost of living crisis already squeezing households, as extent of price cap rise is revealedIndustry analysts predicted the price cap would rocket to £1,897 for average users, up from its current level of £1,277 - an increase of 48 per cent.
Update now! Apple pushes out security patches for iPhone and Mac zero-day vulnerabilitiesFlaws may have been actively exploited in the wild.Apple has released urgent security updates for its customers, following the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities that can be used to hack into iPhones, iPads, and Macs.If you own a Mac or Macbook you are are advised to update your computer to macOS Monterey 12.2 to protect against a kernel code execution vulnerability.
A 78 y-o man on Corfu was arrested yesterday for killing his cat and hanging the body outside his home. The public prosecutor ordered he pay the statutory 30,000€ fine.
Bird lovers told to ditch feeders as they could make their feathered friends sickThe RSPB said feeders can spread disease including bird flu if they aren’t cleaned regularlyBird feeders should be cleaned once a week or they risk spreading disease including bird flu, the RSPB has said.
Man dumps seven dogs on road before driving awayShocking footage captures the moment a man abandons seven dogs - believed to have been bred on a puppy farm - by unloading his van and dumping them in the middle of a road.The RSPCA have launched a hunt for the driver, who was seen callously discarding the animals on a street in Coventry last month.He pulls onto the pavement and opens the back door of his vehicle, grabbing the puppies and pushing them onto the road before slamming the doors shut and driving off.All seven dogs are being cared for by the RSPCA.
Boris Johnson discusses his ‘brilliant strategy for confusing media’ in resurfaced clipA clip has resurfaced of Boris Johnson discussing his “brilliant strategy” for dealing with the media during an appearance on BBC’s Booktalk in 2006.The prime minister is facing calls to resign after a number of scandals but suggested 16 years ago that making “so many gaffes” was part of his master plan.“I’ve got a brilliant new strategy which is to make so many gaffes, that no one knows what to concentrate on,” Mr Johnson said.“You pepper the media with so many gaffes that they are confused.”
Met officer would be "horrified" by force party probe handlingFran Hall, the bereaved wife of a Metropolitan Police officer who died of Covid-19, said he would be “horrified” at how the force seems to be “complicit in covering up” the behaviour of politicians involved in the No 10 party probe.Ms Hall is the spokeswoman for the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group. She added that the scandal was “reopening the wounds we are trying to live with”.A censored version of Sue Gray’s report into alleged lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 is to be presented to Boris Johnson “shortly”.
Woman killed by falling tree blown over by Storm Malik winds
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Superyacht sales surge prompts fresh calls for curbs on their emissionsCampaigners say a superyacht can produce 1,500 times more carbon than a typical family car, and the polluters should payThe rising fortunes of the world’s billionaires during the pandemic helped fuel a record £5.3bn in superyacht sales last year, prompting calls for new curbs on their emissions.New figures reveal that 887 superyachts were sold in 2021, an increase of more than 75% compared with the previous year. Yachting brokers say some of the demand has been from wealthy clients seeking a secure refuge from the pandemic.A superyacht is typically defined as a privately owned vessel 78 feet (24 metres) or more in length. According to industry data, there are more than 9,300 on the seas worth a total in excess of £50bn.
Fresh revelations about Jennifer Arcuri affair threaten to damage Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson is facing damaging new revelations about his relationship with the US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri after hundreds of page of notes and documents were handed to officials at the Greater London Authority (GLA) overseeing two separate investigations into their affair.Last month the GLA oversight committee summonsed and received a significant number of documents – including emails to and from Arcuri – from a London tourism and promotional agency as part of an inquiry into whether Johnson abused his position as London mayor to “benefit and reward” the American businesswoman.Arcuri was given access to foreign trade missions led by the future prime minister and sponsorship for her events business, raising questions about conflicts of interest.Arcuri is also said to be cooperating fully with a separate investigation by the GLA’s ethics watchdog that raises the prospect of Johnson facing an investigation for a potential criminal offence of misconduct in public office.The investigation is focused on “the payment of sponsorship monies and the access afforded to those who participated in mayoral trade missions”.Arcuri received £126,000 of public money in the form of grants for her technology business and event sponsorship and received access to three foreign trade missions led by Johnson.
Jennifer ArcuriWhen Johnson was mayor of London, he arranged £126,000 of taxpayer money in grants for the American tech entrepreneur, Jennifer Arcuri. He also arranged for her to accompany him on overseas trips. But Arcuri has since released a diary claiming the pair had a four-year affair. She alleges that he offered at the time: “How can I be the thrust – the throttle – your mere footstep as you make your career? Tell me: how I can help you? [sic]” Johnson has never declared their relationship in any register of interests, as would be required. Nor has he explicitly denied the affair took place, although he has repeatedly said he did nothing wrong.