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Pepsi has teamed up with Peeps to create a new marshmallow-flavored cola for Easter — and is celebrating the sugary launch by transforming supermodel and soda campaign star Cindy Crawford into a candy bunny. On Thursday, the beverage brand announced that it has collaborated with Peeps on an ultra-limited-run flavor, mixing its classic cola taste with a hint of sweet marshmallow.But fans of the two brands will have to show their love to score one of just 3,000 three-packs of the special soda in a #HangingWithMyPEEPS sweepstakes. A sweet treat: Pepsi Co. is releasing a marshmallow-flavored cola in collaboration with Peeps…
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said the writer Samuel Johnson.And Canadian expat Christina Ford agrees.Christina, 63, moved to London in 2016. But despite her love for her new life in the Big Smoke, there were a few things that took some getting used to.Here, the lifestyle blogger (a-broad-in-london) and author of award-winning book In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt in the Pursuit of Happily Ever After shares her thoughts on the good, the bad and the just plain strange in the UK.She reveals her thoughts on the likes of door handles, unrefrigerated…
Kingfisher expects to complete the sale in the first half of the next fiscal yearThe B&Q owner’s Romanian operations have struggled to become profitableBy HARRY WISE Updated: 10:56 EST, 18 December 2024 Kingfisher has agreed to offload its loss-making business in Romania to a local electronics retailer.Screwfix’s parent company revealed plans to sell the division, including its 31 outlets, distribution operations and head office in Bucharest, to Altex Romania in a €70million (£58million) deal.It expects to complete the sale sometime in the first six months of the next financial year, dependent on regulatory approval.Kingfisher first entered the Romanian market in…
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 16:54 EST, 13 December 2024 US fast food giant Chick-fil-A is aiming to avoid another backlash over the anti-gay views of its billionaire owners when it opens in the UK next year.Chick-fil-A scrapped its Reading pop-up site after just six months when gay rights campaigners targeted it in 2019.But the Atlanta-based restaurant chain has been in talks with LGBT group Stonewall and other charities in a bid to distance itself from accusations of homophobia.The company was founded in 1946 by devout Christian S Truett Cathy and is the third largest fast-food chain in the US by sales.It…
Inheriting a portfolio of shares or investment funds and trusts can be a boon that transforms your finances.But however welcome the bequest, there is much to investigate and decide on when taking over someone else’s invested assets – not least minimising any tax bill.Your main options will be to keep the inherited portfolio intact, cash it in, overhaul and integrate it into your own investments, and to give it away.Below, money experts explain the 10 steps to take when assuming control of a loved one’s investments.1. Review your new investments’Inheriting a portfolio of investments can be a significant financial event,’…
The inventor of the Sarco pod has revealed he is building a new device to carry out a second assisted suicide, as Swiss prosecutors continue to investigate the death of an American woman inside the nitrogen capsule.Dr Philip Nitschke has vowed to print a new machine – made using a 3D printer – in the Netherlands to use in a country other than Switzerland, where prosecutors seized the original pod after its launch on September 23.Nitschke’s associate Dr Florian Willet was arrested after cops swooped on the forest in the northern municipality of Merishausen, where a 64-year-old American woman was…
It’s the social app of choice for millions of people around the world, providing an endless stream of short yet addictive video clips. Now, as the year draws to a close, TikTok has revealed its top trends for 2024. From having a ‘brat summer’ to being ‘very demure, very mindful’, TikTok’s ‘Year on TikTok’ report shows what trends have been fueling user engagement in the past 12 months. Also taking over the app this year has been ‘chip shop diva’, a young star from Worcestershire dubbed as ‘iconic’, and an adorable hippo from Thailand. According to TikTok, which is owned by Chinese internet company…
Got a sniffle that just won’t budge? Experts say it might not be a cold.Although it’s still the season of runny noses and sore throats, these potential common cold symptoms could actually be a sign of hay fever—in winter.The allergy affects millions of people living in the UK every year and is usually experienced in the spring and summer when pollen levels rise.Winter hay fever, on the other hand, is triggered by hidden allergens inside the home, say specialists.Also known as allergic rhinitis, it’s caused by exposure to dust mites, pet dander and mould. Winter hay fever mostly causes cold-like symptoms such…
A rare ‘lavanado’ was spotted swirling over the fiery eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.The wild scene caught on video captured the moment when hot gasses and dangerous lava were spun together into the air over a freshly formed molten pool.Lava at the bottom of the vortex could be seen splashing about as the tiny twister ripped across the volcanic rock. The video by Scott Malis, who recorded the lavanado, shows a funnel that looks similar to a ‘dust devil’ – a common wind phenomenon that’s smaller and less powerful than a tornado.According to the National Weather Service, dust devils are created by strong…
By LUKE ANDREWS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 11:11 EST, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 11:35 EST, 18 December 2024 An American has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, in the first case of severe illness in the country.The patient is in Louisiana, and investigators said likely caught the disease after handling sick and dead birds in a backyard poultry flock.No further details on their symptoms have been revealed, except that they are ‘severely ill’ with the virus. And it is not thought that the patient passed on the infection to others.The CDC sent out an alert over…