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Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Subway rolls out big menu change adding much-loved British dish to 170 new sites
SUBWAY fans are in for a treat – the sandwich chain is keeping its jacket potato trial on the menu for longer than expected. The new Spudway meal, which launched back in February, has proved so popular it's now being extended until September 2025. Advertisement 2 The new Spudway meal launched in February, and has proved to be a fan-favourite Credit: Subway 2 The restaurants has now extended the trial until September 2025 Credit: Getty The dish – Subway's take on the British classic baked potato – has been on trial at 170 restaurants across the UK and was originally due to wrap up by mid-April. But with booming sales and more hungry customers through the doors, the chain has decided to give the fluffy fan-favourite a longer run. The Spudway lets diners build their own meal with toppings like: Cheese & Beans Tuna Mayo & Cheese Taco Beef & Cheese You can also pick from any classic Subway fillings, including Chicken Tikka, Steak & Cheese, and even Veggie Delite. Advertisement Each Spudway can be bought solo or as part of a meal deal – with a drink and cookie or crisps included. Prices start at £4.29, but this varies on location, so be sure to check out your closest branch for more accurate pricing. The move comes after Subway saw the potato range boost sales and footfall in its trial stores. Cathy Goodwin, Subway's Interim Director of Innovation & Culinary, said: 'Spudway has been a huge success – it's a fun twist on a comfort food Brits already love, and guests clearly can't get enough.' Advertisement Subway franchisees also gave the dish the thumbs up. BISH, MASH, BOSH Your mashed potato will be fluffier & richer if you try TV chef's key step Matt King, who runs multiple branches in Lincoln, said:'The response has been incredible. Our regulars are loving the extra choice – and we're seeing new faces too. It's been a win all round.' The menu shake-up followed the launch of its hot cross bun toasties which it released in March for Easter. The spiced sweet bread, which cost £1.79 was available to buy at all Subway stores across the UK, until April. Advertisement Fans can check if a Spudway is available at their local by heading to If it keeps sizzling through summer, a nationwide rollout could be on the cards before the end of the year. Full list of participating Subway stores HERE is the full list of Subway stores participating in the trial: 27 The Burges, Coventry 18 Leeming Street, Mansfield 110-112 Narborough Road, Leicester 83 New Square, Chesterfield Foreman Street, Nottingham 342 High Street, Lincoln Landmere Lane, Edwalton 71 Long Street, Leicester 31-32 Market Place, Leicester 12 High Street, Coventry 359 Derby Road, Nottingham 12 Harefield Road, Nuneaton 208 West Street, Sheffield Orchard Square Shopping Centre, Sheffield Archer Exchange, Lower Parliament Street 1 Midland Way, Nottingham 195 Uppingham Road, Leicester 36A Belgrave Gate, Leicester 37 Granby Street, Leicester 9 Quinton Parade, Coventry 74A Walsgrave Road, Coventry 37 Ashby Road, Loughborough Fletcher Mall, Leicester 7 Guildhall Street, Lincoln 14 High Street, Rotherham Eastgate Business Park, Burton Upon Trent Victoria House, Derby 13 Clifton Road, Rugby Pride Park, Derby 237 Fulwood Road, Sheffield 18 Market Place, Long Eaton 9A Castle Street, Hinckley 54 Lockhurst Lane, Coventry West Orchards Shopping Centre, Coventry 64 High Street, Grantham 76 The Parade, Oadby 23 St Nicholas Place, Leicester 413 Saffron Lane, Leicester Beechdale Road, Nottingham Victoria Centre, Nottingham 32 Carrington Street, Nottingham 712-716 Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe 22 High Street, Alfreton Jubilee Crescent, Coventry Horeston Grange Shopping Centre, Nuneaton 37 Abbey End, Kenilworth 446 Nottingham Road, Chaddesden 58 Bath Street, Ilkeston 7 Spa Lane, Retford 9 High Street, Lutterworth 11 Cheapside, Leicester Top Valley Way, Tesco Extra Retail 23 Bridge Place, Worksop Westfield Centre, Derby 827 Osmaston Road, Derby Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottingham 134 Queens Road, Nottingham Lakeside Point, Lakeside View 38 The Arcade, Sheffield Valley Centertainment, Sheffield 63 Humberstone Gate, Leicester Braunstone Gate, Leicester Arena Shopping Park, Coventry Central Park, Rugby Flying Horse Garage, Shaw Lane 1284A Melton Road, Leicester Lady Bay Retail Park, Meadow Lane 51 Earlsdon Street, Earlsdon 53 Southgate, Sleaford 86-88 Eastgate, Louth 515A Burton Road, Littleover 80 Queens Road, Nuneaton 306 Normanton Road, Derby Crystal Peaks Shopping Mall, Sheffield 16 Farndon Road, Newark St James Service Station, Hinckley Road 359B Sheffield Road, Chesterfield Aylestone Road, Leicester 341 Glossop Road, Sheffield 96 The Moor, Sheffield Kingsway Retail Park, Derby Hepworth Retail Park, Coppice Side Junction 1 Retail Park, Leicester Road 82 Queens Road, Leicester Tesco Extra, Lockoford Lane BP Petrol Station, Greenland Road 112-118 Evington Road, Leicester Spar, Gramercy Park, Banner Lane Octagon Shopping Centre, Derby Parkway Retail Park, Cricket Inn Road St Annes Drive, Worksop Victoria Retail Park Markham Lane, M1 Commerce Park M1 Motorway Jct 30/31, Woodall Fulmar Close, Sandlands Court Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry Bermuda Park, St Davids Way 257 Newark Road, North Hykeham Woodhouse Road, Mansfield Arleston Lane, Derby Cannon Park Shopping Centre, Coventry Beaumond Cross, Newark Derby Road, Langley Mill Loughborough Road, Ruddington 4 High Street, Melton Mowbray Spar, Corringham Road, Gainsborough Bolingbroke Road, Fairfield Ind Est Spar, Bridge End Garage, Bridge End Road Suffolk Road, Sheffield Lutterworth Road, Nuneaton Parkgate Retail Park, Rotherham Broom Leys Road, Coalville A38 Mackworth Island, Derby Valley Road, Melton Mowbray NWE Road, Lincoln Lutterworth Road, Burbage, Hinckley 57 King Street, Sheffield 37 Cornmarket, Derby Apex Court, Hinckley M6 Motorway Jct 3/4, Highfield Lane Leicester Forest East, M1 Motorway Jct 21/21A Warney Road, Darley Dale BP Bramall Lane, Sheffield Darwin Plaza, Wragby Road HKS Sandringham, 270 Melton Road Marlborough Square, Coalville Welcome Break, M1 Motorway, Sheffield Green Arbour Road, Thurcroft Lincoln Street, Nottingham Thorpe on the Hill, Middle Lane Spar/BP Service Station, Birchwood Avenue Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry Hickings Lane, Nottingham The Rushes, Loughborough Station Street, Burton Upon Trent Meadowhall Interchange, Sheffield 503 Hucknall Road, Nottingham Campus Centre, De Montfort University BP Charnwood Service Station, Ashby Road Archer Road, Sheffield University of Derby, Kedleston Road Shell Belvedere Service Station, Belvedere Road Willenhall Lane, Coventry 16 Sherwood Street, Warsop BP Rugby Service Station, Lawford Road The Royal Oak, Leicester Road 1278 London Road, Derby University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Rotherham Interchange, College Walk Rutland Street, Ilkeston Swanwick Service Station, Old Swanwick Colliery Road Texaco Walsgrave Service Station, Hinckley Road Far Gosford Street, Coventry Granby Retail Park, Allendale Road Ashfield Precinct, Kirkby in Ashfield Vesuvius, Spinella Road East Service Road, Derby Beighton Park Service Station, Sheffield Ashby Road, Loughborough Low Pavement, Chesterfield Portland Building, University Park Campus Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road Park Farm Shopping Centre, Derby South Derby Services, Etwall Road Forbes Park, Field Farm Road Clay Cross Spar Phoenix Park, Nottingham Road Apollo Retail Park, Hucknall Lane What's new at Burger King Elsewhere, earlier this month, Burger King unveiled its 'biggest' menu shake-up in years. These included the all-new Kansas BBQ Chicken Fries, alongside returning favourites like the Bacon Caesar Gourmet Kings and the fiery Spicy Mayo range. Advertisement Topping the menu shake-up was the Kansas BBQ Chicken Fries — a sweet and smoky twist on the fan-favourite snack. The new Kansas BBQ King Box, includes a BBQ Chicken Stacker, four Kansas BBQ Chicken Fries, regular fries and a drink, will be hitting menus for £5.99. Changes at McDonald's Whilst, rivals McDonald's recently launched its first-ever Breakfast Saver Menu, with bites starting from as little as 79p. On May 7, in selected branches, McDonald's launched a variety of bargain breakfasts: Advertisement Saver Bacon Roll - £2.19 Sausage Sandwich - £1.99 Cheesy Bacon Flatbread - £1.99 Hash Brown - £1.59 Apple Slices - 79p Porridge - £1.69 Tropicana Apple or Orange juice - £1.89 Breakfast is served from 5am to 11am every day of the week, making it the perfect choice for those early starts. The fast food is serving up favourites like the Cheesy Bacon Flatbread (£1.99), Saver Bacon Roll (£2.19), and porridge pots (£1.69). The Breakfast Saver Menu was launched on May 7 across 332 UK restaurants in the North of the country for a short period of time. The home of the Golden Arches also saw the return of the McSpicy X Frank's RedHot on the same day. Advertisement
CBS News
2 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Auburn apartment complex evacuated after fire rips through building
Firefighters evacuated an entire apartment complex in Auburn after flames tore through a building Thursday morning. Auburn police say first responders were called to the scene along High Street a little before 11 a.m. At least one apartment building along the street was damaged by flames, but police say the entire complex had to be evacuated. Some surrounding buildings were also evacuated, police say. Everyone got out of the building, police say, but one person had their arm burned. Officers shut down High Street during the emergency response. Exactly what started the fire is now under investigation.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chic summer accessories to bag before they go
Are your summer clothes feeling a little lacklustre? Rather than a complete wardrobe overhaul (who has the time or budget for that?), there's a simple trick to transform last year's faded favourites into a 2025 knockout: chic accessories. And this year, the bags, hats, jewellery, sunglasses and shoes on offer are cooler than ever – thanks to new, limited-edition collaborations that you can find on the High Street. From bargain designer eyewear to sophisticated sandals, these must-haves will score you serious style points.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
High street optimism slumps as retailers counted the cost of Rachel Reeves' Budget raid
The High Street suffered the sharpest drop in optimism since the pandemic this month as retailers counted the cost of Rachel Reeves's Budget raid. The Chancellor's National Insurance increase and inflation-busting minimum wage hike saw shops slash hiring and investment and threaten steep price rises. A closely watched measure of retail confidence fell at the fastest pace in five years just one month after Reeves's controversial policies came into effect. In a further blow to the High Street, a gauge of how sales fared compared to a year earlier dropped 27 per cent – and are expected to decline even faster next month – the figures from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) showed. CBI lead economist Ben Jones said: 'This was a fairly downbeat survey.'
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Why vitamin C DOESN'T cure colds - but here are two others that WILL boost your immunity
No doubt your mother used to tell you that vitamin C-packed orange juice would help ward off colds. You might pop probiotic-packed yoghurts into your shopping trolley to 'boost' your natural defences against illness. Or perhaps you've gone for a run to try to 'sweat out' a fever. There's so much of this kind of received wisdom about how to support our immune systems. But do any of these tactics actually work? I've been immersed in questions about immunity for 25 years. I have studied up close how certain immune cells latch on to cancers and then send toxic molecules to kill them, as well as watching others engulf dangerous bacteria to destroy them. I'm also regularly asked about the best way to improve our natural immunity. Even as an expert I admit it's highly confusing, and there's also a lot of hype around improving immunity. It's all become big business – one UK High Street chain has 276 products listed under 'immune support supplements' alone. Yet not a single one of these products is required to have scientific proof for their claims. And, most importantly, none of us is the same as the next person: the fact is, your immune system is probably the single most unique thing about you. It's not a simple part of our anatomy, it's a multi-layered, dynamic lattice of interlocking genes, proteins and cells. It means we all vary in how susceptible we are to illnesses – and in the symptoms we experience with infections. Which means what might work for one person might not work for another. But from what we do know, some simple truths emerge about how we can really help our natural immunity – and what are simply myths. VITAMIN C WON'T STOP YOU CATCHING A COLD Vitamin C is important to health. A strong antioxidant, neutralising potentially dangerous substances known as 'free radicals' in our body, it also helps us absorb iron, and is involved in things such as collagen production, essential for tissue healing and more. But there's no solid proof vitamin C can cure colds. For more than 60 years, this idea has had a stranglehold on our imaginations – which is largely down to Linus Pauling, a double Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was based in the US. He first championed this theory in the 1960s, after he and his wife took a megadose of vitamin C – some 3,000mg, though our current advised daily dose is just 40mg. They reported that it gave them extra energy and prevented further colds. Pauling then scoured scientific journals, cherry-picking results to fit his idea. In 1970, his best-selling book Vitamin C And The Common Cold was published, claiming everyone's health could be improved by higher levels of the vitamin. And a huge myth was born. However, a 2013 systematic review – which collects data from previous studies – concluded that, for the general population, vitamin C does not reduce the chance of catching a cold. Yet for unknown reasons, people taking regular vitamin C supplements did experience cold symptoms for slightly less time. To be precise, daily vitamin C reduced the duration of a cold by 8 per cent in adults and 14 per cent in children. In other words, for a cold lasting a few days, someone taking regular vitamin C supplements might feel better a few hours sooner. . . . BUT HERE ARE TWO VITAMINS THAT DO HELP Happily, there are two vitamins which can improve immune health: vitamins A and D. We generate vitamin D in our skin with exposure to sunshine, and some from eating foods such as eggs and oily fish. Once in the body, it's processed by immune cells. One of its roles is to dampen the activity of specific immune cells. This might sound like something you don't want to happen, but it's extremely important for an immune response to quieten down when a threat has been removed. If the immune system stayed in a heightened state after a threat was neutralised, there's more chance of collateral damage to the body, potentially increasing the risk of developing autoimmune diseases (such as type 1 diabetes). Low levels of vitamin D are also linked with an increased susceptibility to infections. In 2021, an analysis of 43 trials involving nearly 50,000 people found vitamin D supplements helped protect against respiratory infection – most likely relating to vitamin D being important in the body's response to germs, including the process by which immune cells destroy bacteria. It's probably sensible to take it in the wintertime, as per government advice. As for vitamin A – found in carrots, meat and eggs – it's vital for the development and functioning of many immune cells, and is crucial to our defences, playing a role in the body's production of mucus, which obviously helps us eject germs from our body in respiratory infections, for example in a runny nose. As it happens, most people get the vitamin A they need from their normal diet. TRUTH ABOUT KEFIR AND YOGHURT DRINKS I've been asked many times to promote everything from health stores to a dating agency (as my first book included a section on whether the immune system affects who we find attractive – the jury's still out). Most recently, I was asked to consider promoting yoghurts containing live bacteria. I've never said yes to any such offers because I've spent nearly three decades studying immunology and still don't know the half of its complexities, so it seems unlikely I could ever get behind a simple advertising slogan. Still simple slogans are rife – and probiotic yoghurts or kefir commonly feature scientific-sounding phrases such as 'supports immunity', 'protects against colds' and so on. One reason for this being they contain 'good bacteria' that are apparently beneficial for our gut health. But do probiotic yoghurts really turbocharge immunity? There are two ways live bacteria in probiotics could feasibly support immune health: by acting directly on our immune system, or by affecting the gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the gut that play a role in immunity. There are signs both can happen. In a 2012 study published in the journal Gut, when volunteers were fed a particular strain of bacteria called Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 (a billion of them once per day for eight weeks), it increased levels of 'Tregs' in their blood. Tregs are regulatory T cells: immune cells that specialise in turning off other immune cells. They ensure an immune response doesn't happen against something which doesn't warrant it or that an ongoing immune reaction doesn't run out of control. In other words, they help keep our immune system balanced. It's also clear that ingesting bacteria affects the gut microbiome. In one study, probiotic yoghurt consumed by patients who had inflammatory bowel disease changed the make-up of their microbiome. In another study, the negative effect of antibiotics on the diversity of a person's gut microbiome could be avoided if they took probiotics at the same time. However, it's notable that your environment – where you live – may be more important than your diet in terms of gut health. Interestingly, when a hospital in Calgary, Canada, used a probiotic for infants, bacteria from it were often detected in the faeces of nearby babies who had not yet been given it themselves. In other words, cross-contamination can happen in a shared environment. Indeed, some people living in the same place share features of their microbiome. BEING OVERWEIGHT AND THE RISK OF INFECTION Carrying a few extra pounds can affect the immune system because fat cells do much more than just store fat. Perhaps surprisingly, there is a vast array of immune cells that live within body fat. If we have an excess of fat, the immune cells residing within it can become more active. These immune cells can then trigger unwanted inflammation, which in turn increases our risk of disease such as cardiovascular problems or rheumatoid arthritis. As well as this, fat cells produce various molecules, including those called cytokines, which also trigger a background inflammation in the body, which in turn reduces your immunity's sensitivity to a real threat such as an actual viral infection. To make matters worse, people living with obesity produce other kinds of cytokines in an attempt to counteract this unwanted background inflammation caused by excess fat, by dialling down the immune system. Yet the very presence of these other cytokines then works against us if an immune response is needed to fight an actual infection. However, being underweight can be just as perilous for our immune systems for a very simple reason: not getting enough food makes us deficient in all sorts of important nutrients, such as minerals, vitamins, amino acids, cholesterol and fatty acids. HOW FASTING CAN IMPACT IMMUNE CELLS Restricting food entirely for a period to lose weight is hugely popular – but can impact your immune cells. During a period of fasting, we know the human body limits its energy use, which has knock-on consequences for immune health. Indeed, fasting for just one day reduces the numbers of a type of immune cell called a monocyte in the blood. Experiments on mice show these cells moving into bone marrow, where they effectively hibernate to conserve energy. Eating again sees these immune cells immediately mobilise back into the blood. We don't yet know what effect this has on immune health or the symptoms of immune-related diseases, but it's clear the immune system is very much affected by fasting. ALWAYS AIM TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP Sleep affects the symptoms of illnesses, and most often this comes down to fluctuating levels of hormones or cytokines. This may explain why problems from asthma, for example, are more common at night, and deaths due to asthma are more likely around 4am. Indeed, unwanted immune responses tend generally to worsen at night, at least in part because cortisol – the stress hormone – is kept low while we sleep, which means immune responses are not suppressed by it. This is important for rheumatoid arthritis, where the immune system attacks the tissue lining of joints, causing unwanted inflammation and pain. Again, because cortisol is kept low, inflammation can build up while we sleep, leading to stiff joints in the morning. There's a paradox here, though. If sleep makes symptoms from unwanted immune responses worse, having less sleep should help. But it doesn't. Disrupted sleep is especially problematic and can lead to worse symptoms from autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. AVOID HEAVY EXERCISE WHEN YOU'RE FEELING UNWELL The evidence that hitting the gym helps the immune system is strong, including a year-long study of almost 19,000 people living in Denmark, which established that any level of physical activity correlated with a person being less likely to need antibiotics. And a UK study of nearly 100,000 people correlated exercise with halving the risk of dying from an infection over a nine-year period. Crucially, however, there is a flip side: stress hormones such as cortisol can be produced during exercise, which tend to dampen immune responses. Immune cells also need lots of energy to secrete toxins to attack diseased cells, and multiply in number by dividing. During exercise, energy is used for muscle activity, which limits that available to immune cells. Most doctors, then, advise not to exercise heavily during a bout of flu or in the grip of fever. Adapted from Self Defence by Daniel M. Davis (Bodley Head, £22), published on June 5. © Daniel M Davis 2025. To order a copy for £19.80 (offer valid to 10/06/25; UK P&P free on orders over £25) go to or call 020 3176 2937.
