October 2025
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If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, there’s bad news: biscuit makers have been turning to a “chocolate flavour coating” to dodge rising cocoa prices. The likes of Club and Penguin reduced the amount of cocoa in their recipes earlier this year to the point that they can no longer be described…
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Fashion retailer Mango has warned customers to look out for suspicious activity after “limited” data was stolen in a cyber attack. Hackers gained access to customers’ personal contact details, including email addresses, first names, telephone numbers and postal addresses, that were being used in company marketing campaigns. Credit cards, banking information, passports and login credentials…
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The average price of car insurance for 17-24-year-olds has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. The cost of an annual policy in the UK last month for the age group stood at £1,098, according to figures shared by insurance comparison platform Quotezone. There has been a dramatic drop in prices over the last 18…
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Interest rates will likely need to be cut more slowly due to stubborn inflation, according to Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill. If the Bank does resist rate cuts, the cost of borrowing will remain higher for longer. A member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Pill said this morning underlying price growth was…
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Leading betting firm Paddy Power will close 57 of its shops across the UK and Ireland, leaving almost 250 jobs at risk. The stores will shut within the next month after staff were informed of the decision this week, parent company Flutter said. It blamed the cuts on “increasing cost pressures and challenging market conditions”…
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Holland & Barrett, British Gas owner Centrica, and Starbucks franchisee EG Group are among the firms being named and shamed for failing to pay some of their staff the minimum wage. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has released a list of 491 employers that underpaid workers over several years. They’ve been fined £10.2m…
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Banks have been urged to do more to protect customers from romance scams after figures showed victims were conned out of more than £106m. The Financial Conduct Authority said it had uncovered some missed chances by banks to prevent scams while conducting a review of romance fraud. Romance scams involve tricking people into sending money…
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Does anyone actually enjoy spending money on a washing machine, an oven, or a vacuum cleaner? Because we don’t. Parting with your cash might be easier if you know you’re getting a deal. We found John Lewis is offering gift cards worth up to £300 to members who purchase selected electrical items. The amount you…
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing legal action from thousands of people in the UK who are accusing the global healthcare giant of knowingly selling talcum powder contaminated with asbestos. More than 3,000 people allege they or a family member developed forms of ovarian cancer or mesothelioma from using Johnson’s baby powder between 1965 and…
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Buy now, pay later firm Klarna has launched a debit card that doubles as a credit card for larger purchases. With the new card, shoppers spend their own money like a debit card but can activate a pay-later option in an app, enabling them to access interest-free credit to be paid back in three instalments.…
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Electricity prices are set to rise by 20% within the next five years, the UK’s biggest energy supplier has warned. Octopus Energy director Rachel Fletcher told MPs yesterday that changes need to be made to how energy prices are calculated within the wholesale market. “If we continue on the path we are on, in all…
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Rachel Reeves is reconsidering a cut to the tax-free cash ISA allowance ahead of the autumn budget next month, according to reports. In a bid to boost the economy, the chancellor is looking at halving the limit from £20,000 to £10,000, the Financial Times has reported. Under current rules, people can hold up to £20,000…
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A Lebanese pop star turned wanted Islamist militant has appeared in court after 12 years on the run. Fadel Shaker had been hiding in Palestinian refugee camp Ein el-Hilweh since bloody street clashes erupted between Sunni Muslim militants and the Lebanese army in June 2013 in the coastal city of Sidon. He was sentenced to 22…
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Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has shared a heartfelt story about her spiritual rebirth, revealing seven personal battles that she says the Holy Spirit helped her overcome. In an emotional post on Instagram, the mother of one opened up about her journey from emotional turmoil to inner peace, describing it as a divine process that reshaped…
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Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2025 CAF Men’s Player of the Year award, MEZIESBLOG reports. The Galatasaray striker won the prestigious award in 2023. Osimhen will battle nine others players for the individual accolade. The other nominees are Mohamed Salah, Achraf Hakimi, Serhou Guirassy, Fiston Mayele, Frank Auguissa and Dennis Bounaga. Other players…
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Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, under the platform of the Obidient Movement, in Anambra State, have clarified the recent endorsement of the flagbearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Members of the movement in Anambra State,…
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