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The Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Full list of restaurants offering FREE and discounted food and drink for A-Level and GCSE students on results day
STUDENTS can offset the stress of results day with a generous selection of free food and drink offers. Today marks A-level results day, as students across the country find out if they've made the grades for their chosen universities. 3 3 A level results day College students receiving their results today were in year 8 when the pandemic started. They then became the first post-pandemic cohort to have their GCSE grading returned to normal. Jo Saxton, chief executive of UCAS said that record numbers of students had secured a place at university this year. Around 82 per cent of applications made it into their first choice. The number of students obtaining the highest grades has also risen, with 28.3 per cent obtaining an A or A* grade. These high grades were more concentrated in London, at 32.1 per cent compared to just 22.9 per cent in the North East, as regional inequalities get worse. GCSE results day follows on August 21, with unique offers available across both days. Freebies It includes a wide range of freebies at well-loved restaurants. So, whether you're after a free matcha, or a free dessert, there's plenty to choose from. Nando's has brought back their popular Results Day offer, entitling students to a free starter or quarter chicken when showing their results slip at the till today, or August 21. I get paid to eat at 5-star restaurants - I'm not a food reviewer but I get amazing free meals and make a profit Wagamama is offering a 25 per cent discount across their entire food and drink menu. Available from August 14-20 for A level students, and August 21-27 for GCSEs, all you have to do is sign up to their loyalty programme and show your results at any of their participating restaurants. For those with more of a sweet tooth, Las Iguanas is offering free churros when you show your exam certificate. Popular pizza restaurant Doughnation is also giving away free desserts if you buy a pizza. Similarly Wildwood in Covent Garden or Shaftesbury Avenue is offering a free dessert or starter, as well as a free Coke Zero if you dine in. If you're looking to celebrate with your friends, Bella Italia might be a good option. With a free starter and dessert for every main meal ordered, Bella Italia's offer is valid for up to six people per table. American diner Frankie and Benny's is giving away free margherita pizzas for students that purchase a soft drink on results day. While Poppies Fish and Chips are giving A-level students free fish bites or fish cakes and chips. Cote Brasserie's offer of free steak frites or a vegan burger is open to those studying French, while students of other subjects can enjoy a free dessert. For those just looking for something to drink, Bird and Blend are offering their sought-after matcha for free, rather than its usual £4.50. What to do if you didn't get the right results? Prospective undergraduates who don't get into their first choice of university can use clearing to get onto other courses. Clearing matches applicants to university places that are yet to be filled and is available to students who do not meet the conditions of their offer on A-level results day. Students who did not receive any offers can also use clearing to find a place at university. Any students who may have changed their minds about what to study and those who applied outside the normal application window can use clearing as well. 3
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Woke Daily Show host shares patronizing 'wisdom' after meeting young MAGA men
Progressive The Daily Show host Jordan Klepper has shared his patronizing thoughts on young male Donald Trump supporters after meeting some for a new show. He said he was left surprised by the lack of 'cruelty' from the college-aged sample-set, after meeting with many for an upcoming Comedy Central documentary. Called 'MAGA: The Next Generation,' the production is set to air next week, and will be fueled by Kelpper's now trademark man-on-the-street interviews. Often presented as hit pieces on The Daily Show, the run-ins offered Klepper this time around a fresh perspective on the sizable subculture, he told Variety. 'This MAGA movement is inherently empty,' he said, speaking to a reporter backstage after Wednesday's show. 'There's no ideology behind it. There's attention and fame.' 'I had such a cynical perspective of the youth walking into this thing... I expected to be confronted by a bunch of d*cks - 22-year-olds who want to rail on trans people in sports and kick out all the immigrants,' he continued. 'But the cruelty wasn't there.' His old inclinations, at the same time, were presented as popular opinion. Klepper billed this rude awakening as some profound realization. He blamed the more 'dicey' experiences brought by his interviews with random conservatives during Trump's first term for his biased connotations. He recalled being charged at a school board filled with conservative parents, despite handpicking the venues where his interviews took place. He cryptically added how he and his Daily Show crew fled the Capitol on Jan. 6 after being 'tripped up' by a nameless 'camouflage-wearing hooligan,' causing Comedy Central to hire security this time around. His subjects, meanwhile, were all 'pretty kind,' he admitted. His security detail, however, continues to grow. 'Part of that is I'm not a strong man,' Klepper joked with the publication. 'I'm not good with push-ups, so if I paid attention to some of the "manosphere" fitness tips, I might be all right by myself.' The term 'manosphere' was uttered multiple times during the interview, as Klepper continued to talk up his shift in perspective. Often presented as hit pieces on The Daily Show, the run-ins this time around offered Klepper this time a fresh perspective on Trump's young male supporters, he said 'MAGA was suddenly framed by pundits in the "manosphere" as punk rock, as counterculture,' he said of the reputation created during Trump's first four years in office. 'The algorithms on these social media sites lean toward the aggressive and the hyperbolic, and it's shaping the conversation.' Klepper, meanwhile, is currently in the midst of his second stint on the Daily Show, after serving as a correspondent from 2014 to 2017. He left to start his own satirical program, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, which was canceled in 2018. His new special, meanwhile, comes as CBS and its parent company Paramount continue to face scrutiny from the federal government. Both are locked in a bitter $20billion-dollar lawsuit with the president, after the latter accused CBS News and its crown jewel 60 Minutes of election interference. The network has vehemently denied those allegations. The Daily Show airs four times a week Monday through Thursday. Kemper is one of several correspondents who share hosting duties on Tuesday through Thursday to help longtime leader Jon Stewart.
