Tesco confirms huge change affecting 2,000 supermarket stores from this month
Tesco confirms huge change affecting 2,000 supermarket stores from this monthThe Entertainer will launch in 2010 in Tesco Express stores across the UK, and will be offering customers the chance to pick up products ranging from the latest crazes to its seasonal toy lines. The Entertainer announced the news today (Image: George Clerk via Getty Images )Tesco has confirmed a huge change which will affect over 2,000 supermarket stores from this month. From April, the supermarket chain will be expanding its partnership with toy retailer The Entertainer and will be introducing a selection of its "key" toy lines its its Tesco Express stores. NEWSLETTER: Or sign up to the Mirror's Money newsletter here for all the best advice and shopping deals straight to your inbox. Sign up to our Mirror Money newsletter here.
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April 23, 2025 22:48 UTC
The Times: Ukraine’s drone vets secretly train the British Army stuck in the past
Ukraine has quietly sent drone warfare instructors to Britain to train UK military personnel on the latest Russian drone tactics, The Times reports. In a reversal of traditional roles, the same Ukrainian troops who have received training from Western militaries are now imparting their battle-hardened expertise to British soldiers. While thousands of Ukrainian troops continue to undergo training from Western allies, Ukraine’s deep experience with Russian drones has become a valuable asset NATO is eager to tap into. These Ukrainian instructors are contributing to Operation Interflex, the UK-led initiative to train Ukrainian troops. According to The Times, they are also incorporating drone warfare instruction into basic training for Ukrainian soldiers.
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April 23, 2025 19:56 UTC
It’s kitten season in Maine
As I write this, we have three litters of neonatal kittens, kittens under eight weeks of age, in our care. By July, our foster homes will all be full and we will be housing neonatal kittens in the shelter. The hardest part is when we know that their loss could have been prevented if their mother cats had received appropriate veterinary care. Sometimes that means upper respiratory viruses, other times that means intestinal parasites and, most ominously of all, at times they are exposed to panleukopenia. We will go through more wet cat and kitten food than you can possibly imagine, not to mention kitten milk replacer, cat litter and kitten kibble, and every little bit helps.
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April 23, 2025 18:58 UTC
Rachel Reeves Says U.K. Will Not Alter Standards for U.S. Trade Deal
“These are discussions around tariffs and trade barriers, but we are not going to be changing our standards based on asks from foreign governments,” Ms. Reeves said. “Decisions around food standards, around digital services, around auto standards are decisions for the U.K. government to make.”Discussions with Mr. Bessent would instead be about building a partnership focused on technology. Ms. Reeves said the Trump administration was right, in some respects, to call out the need for “fair” trade practices. “I believe in free trade, but it also has to be fair trade,” she said. The British government will review the customs rule that allows goods valued at up to 135 pounds ($180) to be imported without having to pay a duty.
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April 23, 2025 18:39 UTC
UK borrowing was £14.6bn more than expected in year to March
The government borrowed £14.6 billion more than official forecasters expected last year, suggesting further tax rises or spending cuts from Rachel Reeves may be necessary to strengthen the public finances. In the financial year to March, the government borrowed £151.9 billion, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), up by £20.7 billion across the same 12-month period a year earlier. This was the third-highest borrowing in any financial year since records began in 1947, behind the pandemic in the year to 2021 and the global financial downturn in 2010. In March alone, borrowing totalled £16.4 billion, the third-highest figure for the month since records began in 1993. The annual deficit figure was much higher than the
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April 23, 2025 17:04 UTC
UK economy stutters in April after tax rises and Trump’s tariffs
Growth in the world’s largest economies stuttered in April, a string of closely watched surveys showed, providing the first warning of the damaging effects of President Trump’s tariffs. British businesses struggled to build on early-year momentum this month amid escalating global trade tensions and a £25 billion rise in companies’ national insurance contributions that took effect in April, prompting warnings of a short-lived recession. The S&P Global flash composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the UK slid to a 29-month low in April of 48.2, down from 51.5 in the previous month and well below the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction. The composite PMI measures output across the UK private sector economy. Analysts had expected a reading of 50.4 in April.
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April 23, 2025 15:21 UTC
Times letters: Reflections on the legacy of Pope Francis
Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Although your leading article on Pope Francis (“The Jesuit Pope”, Apr 22) presents a fairly even-handed summary of his strengths and weaknesses, it is striking that it omits to mention what may prove to be his most significant, radical and long- term contribution: the restoration of “synodality”. Synodality, which effectively means everyone working towards a common goal, enables all of the baptised to participate more fully in the life of the Church and offers a very different model for communication, consultation and decision-making. As Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP puts it: “Everyone should be heard. The art of holiness is to hear well, not so as to reply but so as to learn. That is what synodality is all about.”
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April 23, 2025 14:59 UTC
Football gossip, paper talk and transfer rumours: Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou heading for exit
The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday's newspapers...DAILY TELEGRAPHAnge Postecoglou is heading towards the Tottenham exit, whether his team win the Europa League or not. Manchester United are hoping to pay for Matheus Cunha, the Wolverhampton Wanderers forward, in instalments. Ruben Amorim has given Manchester United the green light to sell off six players to fund the major overhaul needed in the summer transfer window. Manchester City have received a £5.17m windfall thanks to a 'fantastic' scheme from UEFA. THE TIMESAston Villa are in pole position to beat Arsenal and Manchester City to the signature of the teenage midfielder Sverre Halseth Nypan.
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April 23, 2025 13:23 UTC
Charlotte Crosby hints at ‘tough times’ with fiance Jake Ankers as she says ‘relationships aren’t easy’
CHARLOTTE Crosby has shared a relationship update with her fiance Jake Ankers as she hinted at "tough times". The Geordie Shore star, who welcomed her second child with Jake in February, shared a sweet appreciation post to Jake. Alongside the post, Charlotte, 34, admitted that "relationships aren't easy. The Sun previously revealed that Charlotte will host Aussie Shore for a further TWO series after huge show success. The TV star admitted the show has allowed her to spend time with her two-year-old daughter Alba and fiance Jake.
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April 23, 2025 12:16 UTC
All Tories have left is to say what they think
From time to time I have been called up by one friend or another wrestling with a political dilemma. What should they say in a forthcoming parliamentary debate? Let’s start with what you think is true and right. Sure, sometimes what you profoundly believe will turn out to be a political dead end, but you will find that’s rarely the case. Because if you do that and the immediate politics goes wrong, you will always have the feeling that you
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April 23, 2025 12:11 UTC
Trans rights rally placards should be investigated by Met, policing minister says
Placards carried at a trans rights protest in London over the weekend should be investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the policing minister has said. Police said officers are also dealing with complaints from the public about signs and images shared on social media that were reportedly displayed at the protest on Saturday (19 April) following the UK’s Supreme Court ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex. To date the images and signs are from historic events, did not take place in London, or do not constitute a criminal offence, but officers are reviewing available footage of the protest, the Met added. Dame Diana Johnson said she was informed the images were historic, but she is happy to raise the matter again with police. “Clearly if there's incitement...that has to be looked at,” she added.
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April 23, 2025 11:24 UTC
Motorcyclist left with 'serious injuries' after Powys crash
Dyfed-Powys Police were called to an incident this weekend after a motorcyclist crashed in the south of the county. Officers attended the crash on Saturday (April 20), which took place on the A4067 between Cray and Sennybridge. RECOMMENDED READING:The crash left the road closed for hours and Dyfed-Powys Police advised drivers to avoid the area. “The rider of a motorbike was taken to hospital with what are believed to be serious injuries. “The road was closed and reopened at 3.10pm.”
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April 23, 2025 11:14 UTC
How The Bakewell Tart Shop is moving with the times
The aptly named The Bakewell Tart Shop in Derbyshire proudly proclaims to be the birthplace of the Bakewell tart – with the closely guarded original recipe still used to this day. So, what drew him to The Bakewell Tart Shop? The Bakewell Tart Shop may have the original recipe, but there are several other bakeries and Bakewell tart and pudding specialists in the town. More costs being levelled at the business in the form of rising minimum wage won’t help but The Bakewell Tart Shop is evolving its model to combat this. Notably, “about 45% of our entire business sales come from Bakewell tarts and Bakewell puddings but they account for about 5% of the range”.
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April 23, 2025 10:52 UTC
Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided on Tuesday to skip the next stage of the Ukrainian cease-fire talks, while Ukraine rebuffed one of President Trump’s key proposals for a deal that would halt the fighting with Russia. Negotiators from the United States, Europe and Ukraine will still meet in London on Wednesday to continue hammering out a cease-fire proposal. But the back-to-back developments are a double blow, raising fresh questions about how much progress is being made toward winding down the three-year war. Mr. Rubio took part in a meeting on Ukraine last week in Paris, but afterward warned that Mr. Trump was growing impatient with the peacemaking process and might move on to “other priorities.”While in Paris, two European officials said, the negotiators were briefed on the Trump administration’s framework for a cease-fire deal, which includes demands that Ukraine recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and rules out NATO membership for Ukraine.
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April 23, 2025 10:38 UTC
Jury finds New York Times did not libel Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin, a Republican former vice presidential candidate, unsuccessfully sued the New York Times (Adam Bettcher)A US jury found Tuesday that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial she claimed damaged her reputation, the paper said. The decision reaffirms an important tenet of American law: publishers are not liable for honest mistakes," a New York Times spokeswoman said in a statement. Palin, a former governor of Alaska, was the running mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain during his 2008 election defeat to Barack Obama. "We didn't prevail in federal court against The New York Times. I'll keep asking the press to quit making things up," Palin wrote on X after the jury verdict in a Manhattan federal court.
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April 23, 2025 10:31 UTC