Supplies of crisps including Wotsits, Quavers and ready salted Walkers are set to be disrupted for several more weeks following an IT glitch, raising the possibility of the festive favourites being in short supply this Christmas. The Leicester based manufacturer said products had been affected by the glitch, adding it was ramping up production ofContinue reading “Crisps In Crisis!”
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Prices Of Flights To The US Soar After The Ban On Vaccinated Adults Is Lifted
Families planning autumn and winter trips to America were dealt a blow as it emerged unvaccinated children will have to take three COVID tests. It means testing bills could add at least £70 per child to the cost of a transatlantic trip when the US opens to British tourists. The shift in border rules hasContinue reading “Prices Of Flights To The US Soar After The Ban On Vaccinated Adults Is Lifted”
Tax Fury Grows Over Tobacco
Smoking bodies have warned that the government’s tobacco tax will hit the most disadvantaged hardest and promote bootlegging, and they said that Rishi Sunak’s plan to increase prices by 88 pence to about £13.60 per pack will leave holes in the wallets of those worst hit by the pandemic. Smoker’s group Forest blasted the moveContinue reading “Tax Fury Grows Over Tobacco”
Don’t Swim In Britain’s Rivers
An Environment Agency boss urged Britons to not risk swimming in the country’s waterways amid lingering concern over sewage being deposited into them. John Leyland, the agency’s chief of staff, insisted rivers were not there for human bathing and were instead for the wildlife and the fish that live within them. It comes after dataContinue reading “Don’t Swim In Britain’s Rivers”
The Middle Class Is Squeezed By Rishi Sunak
Experts said that Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on Britain’s squeeze middle with a Budget that will see it bear the brunt of tax increases for a splurge of public spending. Experts warned that millions of people will be left worse off under plans unveiled by the Chancellor, with no realistic prospects of taxes fallingContinue reading “The Middle Class Is Squeezed By Rishi Sunak”
A British Woman Accuses Her American Daughter-In-Law Of Xenophobia
An American woman was accused of being xenophobic after she refused to try black pudding made by her British mother in law on a visit to the United Kingdom. The 28-year-old woman took to Reddit to ask if she’d been a jerk for turning down the black pudding, which was made from a 100-year-old familyContinue reading “A British Woman Accuses Her American Daughter-In-Law Of Xenophobia”
Bullies Post Video Of 12-Year-Old Boy On Instagram
The parents of a 12-year-old boy in Milwaukee have reacted with anger after their son was filmed by tormentors using the bathroom at school, with the video posted on Instagram. Shameia Harris and Phil Rose told Fox News 6 that their son had been genuinely hurt by the incident at Morse Middle School, and PhilContinue reading “Bullies Post Video Of 12-Year-Old Boy On Instagram”
Test And Trace, The NHS’s ‘World Beating’ £37.5 Billion Program, Was A Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money
A damaging report by MPs claims that the £37 billion NHS Test and Trace service has been an eye wateringly costly mess. It’s failed to break chains of COVID transmission, prevent lockdowns or allow people to return to a more normal way of life. The organisation, previously led by former TalkTalk boss Baroness Harding, alsoContinue reading “Test And Trace, The NHS’s ‘World Beating’ £37.5 Billion Program, Was A Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money”
Adding The Final Nail To The Coffin
The Chancellor will again delay plans to improve the business rates regime, pushing a nail in the coffin on the high street, and the Government will push back an announcement for improvement a second time. The commercial property tax has been condemned for high street woes – retail pays a quarter of rates despite makingContinue reading “Adding The Final Nail To The Coffin”
A Neighbour Brought Food To Starving Siblings, 7, 10, and 15, and Charged Their Cellphones After The Power Went Out
The three abandoned children who were discovered marooned in filthy conditions in a Houston home alongside the skeletal remains of their nine-year-old brother who’d been dead for more than a year managed to survive thanks to a helpful neighbour. The children’s mum and her boyfriend were interviewed and released by law enforcement officials, and childContinue reading “A Neighbour Brought Food To Starving Siblings, 7, 10, and 15, and Charged Their Cellphones After The Power Went Out”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 