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By Amanda Bechara For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:23 EDT, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 02:14 EDT, 1 October 2024 A $5.20 pack of chocolate chip cookies from Coles has just beaten out 21 brands to be named the very best in Australia. Consumer group CHOICE blind taste tested each brand before awarding Coles Bakery’s ‘Dreams Crumb True’ New York Choc Chip biscuits first place.CHOICE director Mark Serrels said the popular treats, which come in a pack of four, beat out the competition thanks to their intense chocolate flavour and balanced texture. ‘Our experts praised these cookies for their dark chocolate chunks and said…
Dozing beneath a palm tree, the sound of a ceremonial drumbeat breaks the silence as a speedboat carrying a pair of new guests pulls up to the shore.It doesn’t take long for them to disembark and, soon after, calm is restored once again. I take a sip of my fresh coconut water and exhale.It’s hard to believe I’m on Koh Phangan, the Thai party island notorious for its raucous backpackers’ rite of passage: full moon parties.Once a month, the island welcomes as many as 30,000 tourists, who arrive ready to party from dusk until dawn on the golden sands of…
Four people have been found alive more than a day after Egyptian tourist boat capsized, according to reports, raising hopes for two British nationals who are believed to be among the nine people still missing.Rescue teams have found two Belgian tourists, a Swiss citizen and an Egyptian national alive, bringing the total number of survivors to 32, according to the governor of the Red Sea.Meanwhile four bodies have been recovered from the boat, according to the authorities, with rescue teams still searching for nine missing people.The boat named Sea Story sank near Shaab Satayah, a coral reef popular for diving trips,…
By ERIC BLUM Published: 23:26 EST, 25 December 2024 | Updated: 23:40 EST, 25 December 2024 Netflix’s big NFL day put a spotlight on every facet of the presentation of the gridiron product from the streaming giant, with football fans slamming a key part of the doubleheader on Christmas Day.The score bug, which shows the downs and yardage, the quarter and time remaining in the frame, as well as many other factors was hated by the diehard NFL fans who tuned in on the holiday. Netflix paid the NFL $150million for the pair of games between the four playoff-bound AFC teams. …
By PERKIN AMALARAJ Published: 09:48 EST, 14 May 2024 | Updated: 12:09 EST, 14 May 2024 Advertisement Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the US to provide more Patriot air defence systems, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv today. Zelensky said the ‘crucial’ $60bn military aid package from the US, passed after Republicans spent months stalling, would be best used to support his nation’s air defence. The Ukrainian leader said that he needs at least two Patriot air defence batteries for the northeastern city of Kharkiv, which is being pummeled by Russian air strikes. ‘The people are…
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 06:00 EST, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 06:00 EST, 22 May 2024 Advertisement Nancy Pelosi has once again faced heckling from anti-Israel protesters at an event where she was presented with a ‘Distinguished Citizen of the Year’ award in her hometown of San Francisco. Pelosi, the former speaker of the house and still a powerful Congressional Democrat, was being given the award by the Harvard Club of San Francisco for its 150th anniversary. The club credited the representative – who still serves San Francisco in the House – for her ’37-year career of…
By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 14:35, 6 February 2025 Products featured in this article are independently selected by This is Money’s specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to affect our editorial independence. Octopus Energy has launched a new investment platform to give customers the opportunity to own a share of its renewable projects.The energy company is targeting a fundraise of £1million for two wind turbines in Yorkshire and Wales, and will allow retail investors to invest as little as £25 to own…
Saunas are set to become a major trend in the UK, with more and more opening all the time.This week, the first British Sauna Society summit was held, taking place in east London’s Hackney. And now, according to the Times, more Brits are keen to ‘experience the joy of sweat’.Katie Bracher is co-founder of the British Sauna Society, as well as the founder of sauna brand Beach Box.She set up her first outlet in a converted horsebox six years ago. There are now 104 public saunas in Britain which follow the Finnish style, with wooden walls, hot stones and cold plunge pools. There…
A hilarious photo of a squirrel stuck in a tree has claimed the top prize at Nikon’s Comedy Wildlife Awards 2024. The contest, which has been dubbed he ‘funniest and most popular photography competition in the world’, reached its conclusion last night. Over 9,000 images were entered this year, with judges whittling these down to a shortlist of just 45 snaps. However, it was Milko Marchetti who was announced as the overall winner of this year’s competition for his photo, entitled ‘Stuck Squirrel’. The hilarous photo shows a red squirrrel entering a tree, with its legs at right angles to the trunk. ‘I have taken…
By JAKE FENNER Published: 18:12 EST, 15 November 2024 | Updated: 21:18 EST, 15 November 2024 Like father, like son. Kiyan Anthony, the son of NBA legend Carmelo Anthony, has announced that he will be playing basketball at Syracuse University.Kiyan, a consensus top-40 prospect and the top prospect in the state of New York, had also been considering USC in his recruiting process.The commitment, revealed on Carmelo’s ‘7pm in Brooklyn’ podcast, comes over 21 years after his father won the school’s only NCAA title as a freshman back in the spring 2003.’I chose Syracuse because the coaches recruited me from…