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Scottish Sun
16-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
B&M is selling giant tubs of nostalgic childhood sweets for just £1 down from £2.50
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SHOPPERS are rushing to B&M after the bargain retailer slashed the price of giant tubs of nostalgic childhood sweets to just £1. The tubs of Swizzels sweet shops favourites include all the classics from yesteryear. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 The tubs of childhood favourites have been slashed in price Credit: B&M Among the sweets included in the 650g tubs are Drumstick Squishies, Refreshers, Fruity Pops, Love Hearts, Fizzers and Double Lollies. And, at B&M the price of this huge tub has been reduced from £2.50 to just £1, a reduction of 60%. Online reviews of the Swizzels' tubs include: "All the classic and favourites were in there. Tub was full! Happy days!" Another shopper said: "Would definitely recommend for retro sweetie lovers." A third added: "It still has the same taste and size." The same tub of sweets is currently being sold for £5 via Ocado and at a similar price via sellers on Amazon. The £1 deal is only available in B&M stores while stocks last. Its always worth researching prices across different retailers to make sure you're getting the best value for money. Websites like PriceSpy and and even a quick scroll on Google Shopping can help you make sure you're getting the best bang for your buck. B&M is known for its deals on sweets and regularly offers items rarely seen in the UK at competitive prices. Exciting new chocolates that have been spotted on shop shelves Just this week shoppers spotted the Cadbury Dairy Milk Slices Shortcake Biscuit chocolate bar in B&M stores, despite the bar usually only being available in Australia. Other recent Aussie finds have included a raspberry smash flavour Mars Bar and a Peppermint Dairy Milk bar. A Honeycomb Sunday Swirl Twirl also hit shelves in early March, gaining tons of traction online. And a healthy Pinky Chocolate bar, also only typically available in Australia, was snatched up by UK punters in July last year. Other international treats which have hit B&M shelves include chocolate from India and Brazil. To find out which exclusive chocolates are hitting B&M, it helps to join local Facebook Groups, or snack-hunting ones like Food Finds UK. This way you can be the first to get the news when brand new items appear. You can find out where your nearest store is located by using the Store Finder tool on B&M's website. If you can't find it in your local store, bear in mind that stocks may not be the same everywhere, so ask a member of staff or call ahead. How to save money on chocolate We all love a bit of chocolate from now and then, but you don't have to break the bank buying your favourite bar. Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how to cut costs... Go own brand - if you're not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you'll save by going for the supermarket's own brand bars. Shop around - if you've spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it's cheaper elsewhere. Websites like let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you're getting the best deal. Look out for yellow stickers - supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they've been reduced. They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged. Buy bigger bars - most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar. So if you've got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger. Do you have a money problem that needs sorting? Get in touch by emailing money-sm@ Plus, you can join our Sun Money Chats and Tips Facebook group to share your tips and stories
The Guardian
19-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Off the scent: how Atherton and Katich thrived in cricket without all senses intact
On the weekend, a friend and I went walking. As we strolled along the River Goyt, a sweet smell hit us like a packet of Love Hearts, which, as it turns out, is pretty much what it was. We had inadvertently walked past the Swizzels factory – producer of Parma Violets, Rainbow Drops and more in the Sett Valley since the company moved out of blitzed London in 1940, to an old textile mill in New Mills, Derbyshire. Alongside the sugary cloud drifted a junk shop of memories, sweets handed out at jelly and ice-cream parties, shared on the curb outside the corner shop, sucked on the way home from school. Later on, we passed a man pushing a mower to and fro on his front lawn and that fresh hit set off a whole other chain of flashbacks. As a cricket lover, you probably know where this is going. In the UK, where there are four seasons, albeit more confused these days, and the winters are long and damp and quite barren of natural smells, cut grass is the first sign the cricket season is on the way – quite quickly on the way now. There are only 16 days until Surrey walk out (probably wearing beanies and carrying handwarmers) to start their County Championship title defence. Smell is the most underrated of all the senses; the least glamorous, the most neglected, often held at bay by the indignity of a runny nose. But it is also the sense most connected to memory and is linked to the part of the brain involved with emotional and behavioural response. Which is why we have such a strong reaction to mown grass: sitting next to the cricket season to come is also the cricket season past, with people and players we have loved, but who have now slipped away to rest a while on the bench in the shadows. Alongside the lawnmower and the daffodils and the hawthorn blossom and the rudely fragrant hyacinth bulbs calling out from shop fronts, the world is slowly coming to life as the days stretch towards the spring equinox, first overs and beyond. It is one of the great pleasures in life to go for a walk in March and smell possibilities all around. But this isn't the way for every cricket lover or every cricketer. There are at least two Test players who have never sniffed the linseed oil, the groundsman's cuttings, stale kit or Deep Heat or, in Mike Atherton's case, even the odour of sweet toasted corn floating out of the Kelloggs factory round the corner from his former home ground, Old Trafford. Atherton has no memory of having had a sense of smell. His mum first noticed when he was six or seven years old. 'We lived in a village called Woodhouses [in Greater Manchester] where there are more pig farms per square mile than anywhere else in the country,' he says. 'At tea time, they would feed the pigs and there was apparently an almighty stink and she began to realise I was not registering any of this stuff.' However, it wasn't something that he had ever thought about until the Covid pandemic. 'Then, when everyone else was talking about losing their sense of smell, and what a loss it was, I thought, for the first time, what am I missing?' Practically, it means he needs someone to tell him if his food smells bad and he has begun to think his taste buds might be different to everyone else's – he sometimes struggles to tell the difference between tea and coffee and tends to like spicy food rather than anything more subtle. It also means he may have made a few olfactory faux pas in his time: 'My teammates could probably tell you about some stinky shirts I might have worn out of ignorance.' But he is typically no-nonsense about the whole thing, signing off with: 'What goes in my nose is air, it doesn't mean anything. If you're going to lose one sense, then that is the one to lose.' Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion Another Test cricketer without a sense of smell is Simon Katich, who lost the ability to sniff an old baggy green after an attack of glandular fever. That also knocked him down the waiting list for a Test place after the rookie Ricky Ponting muscled into the vacant spot in the Australian middle order while Katich languished in bed. Not being able to sniff the difference between parsley and sage did not hold him back when he got to the semi-finals of Australia's Celebrity MasterChef in 2009, impressing the judges with his crispy salmon with wilted spinach and mashed potato, and then a 10-layer crepe cake. Can we take anything away from these two fine cricketers being unable to smell? Could it be that their inability to register the stinking pheromones of an angry fast bowler – thinking here in particular of a furious Allan Donald pawing at the ground at Trent Bridge in 1998 – helped keep them calm? Might a lack of flamboyance at the crease be related to their inability get a sensory hit from a morning espresso or never having to endure the whiff of a post-match nightclub? Fun as it might be to ponder, no amount of ruminating can stop the passing days. There is something in the air: the season is coming. This is an extract from the Guardian's weekly cricket email, The Spin. To subscribe, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
The Independent
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
9 ways to channel rosy décor for a romantic vibe
Aside from feel-good colour combinations, pimping up your pad with some TLC and a few quirky decos pulls at the heart strings… and adds an element of romance. Especially with little details such as coquettish crockery and playful floral prints, interior schemes can be brought to life with a sense of joie de vivre. Here's how to style up your space with some dreamy accents and pretty prints… 1. Smeg Pink Espresso Coffee Machine, £299.95 (was £399.95), Smeg UK Cute as candy, budding baristas will fall head over heels for this bubblegum pink espresso machine. Suitable for espresso, cappuccino, latte or latte macchiato, with the option for single or double shots… we're in. 2. Rockett St George Pink & Red First Bite Side Plates, Set of 4, £30, Next If you're serving up sweet treats, these skittish slogans will arouse an appetite. 3. Emma Bridgewater Love Hearts ½ Pint Mug, £25, Love Hearts Small Old Bowl, £21, Emma Bridgewater These little messages of affection make a loving statement – and sure to please every time you pour a cuppa. 4. OHS Marble Printed Rug, Blush (120 x 170cm), £12 (was £27), Online Home Shop One to sweep you off your feet, there's a sense of frivolity to this eye-catching rug. Fusing flair with function, it features an anti-slip backing and look of luxe marble design. 5. Young Hearts Ruffle Cushion in Groove Inn, £55, Weirdstock We've a crush on this striking scatter cushion with its flouncy fringe and retro-inspired print… groovy. 6. Multicoloured Cocktail Glasses, Set of 4, £48, Audenza Think happy hour and a cheeky cocktail is just the ticket. Fashioned in amethyst, zircon, opal and mandarin, these are tailor-made for a cosmo or raspberry gimlet. Cheers! 7. Mixed Bee Dark Blue Wallpaper By Lola Design, £139 per roll, Lola Design Pure nectar… imagine a beautiful feature wall to mirror a private rose garden, with showy petals and blooms so fragrant you'll sense bumble bees galore. Style with a contrasting colour for a funky update to your favourite room. 8. White & Pink Stripe Bud Vase, £16.80 (was £21), Rose & Grey Candy stripes and a shapely contour signals pink lilies, with their intoxicating fragrance and symbol of love and admiration. 9. Laura Ashley Baron Chenille Old Rose Pink Hanby Accent Chair, £449, Next Pretty as a picture, this buttoned back occasional chair is as attractive as it is comfy with plush padding, scroll arms and ornamental bobbin legs… think me-time with a romance novel, or time out with a much-loved podcast.
