Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
Sir Keir Starmer has said he will lead Labour into the next general election, as he attempts to move on from his biggest leadership crisis yet. The prime minister told broadcasters on Tuesday: “I had a five-year mandate to deliver the change. I intend to get on with what I was elected to do.” Asked…
In his announcement unveiling U.S. attacks on Iran, President Trump assailed the Islamic Republicβs βproxiesβ in the region. βFrom Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts,β Trump declared Saturday. The United States, Trump vowed, was determined to…
The chief executive of Ofwat is to step down within months as Britainβs embattled water regulator prepares to be abolished by ministers. Sky News has learnt that David Black is preparing to leave Ofwat following discussions with its board, led by chairman Iain Coucher. The timing of Mr Black’s exit was unclear on Tuesday afternoon,…
Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump’s Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made his top priority clear: reviving the country’s oil industry. “We’re going to have our very large US oil companies – the biggest anywhere in the world – go in, spend billions…
The Dodgers are leading the majors in on-base-plus-slugging percentage as an offense this year. They are second in the National League in scoring, and third in team batting average. They have the leagueβs top players in hitting (Will Smith batting .324 and Freddie Freeman batting .306) and OPS (Shohei Ohtani at .982 and Smith at…
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Children got an inflation-busting rise in pocket money last year, according to new data. Parents are giving their children a weekly average of Β£10.73, an 8% rise on the 2024 average of Β£9.92. Data from GoHenry, a money app that helps children learn to earn, save, spend and invest, shows children earned a total of…
UK unemployment has remained at its highest rate in five years, new official figures show. The jobless rate was 5.2% in the three months to January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Before last month, such a high hadn’t been seen since the three months to January 2021. The increases in the last…
Imagine if a candidate for, say, the California Assembly appeared at a political event and delivered the following remarks: βNo to kosher meat. No to yarmulkes. No to celebrating Easter. No, no, no.β He, or she, would be roundly β and rightly β criticized for their bigotry and raw prejudice. Recently, at a candidates forum…