FOUR short minutes and £7.05. That is the time it took — and what it cost — for a posh curry ready meal for two, broccoli, tomatoes and sourdough bread to be delivered to my door after I hit “buy”. That included pickers grabbing the items from shelves and the courier getting to my door . . . via some Star Trek-style transporter, presumably. […]

STEPHEN GLOVER: Sue Gray should have ignored the Met Police and delivered us from purgatory. Instead she just hoisted the white flag over partygate Tough, uncompromising, rigorous, nobody’s fool – these were some of the generous plaudits afforded the senior civil servant, Sue Gray, when she was asked by the Prime Minister to undertake an inquiry into parties in Downing […]

DEAR DEIDRE: EVERY pay day I kid myself I have enough money to gamble and I want to stop. I am 23 and struggling. I know I am wasting my money and it’s a mug’s game, especially when I am trying hard to pay off my debts. I try to be careful throughout the month and only buy essentials. I […]

DEAR DEIDRE: I NO longer love my girlfriend but I am worried about ending the relationship with her and being with someone new. We have been together for four years. I am 24, she is 22 and we have gradually grown apart. We hardly ever have sex but it doesn’t seem to bother her. I think it would be best […]

AMC Networks has renewed its multiyear distribution deal with Comcast. Under the continued agreement, AMC Networks’ linear channels — AMC, We TV, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV — and streaming service AMC Plus will remain available to Comcast Cable’s Xfinity TV, broadband and XClass customers. Additionally, the pact covers expanded availability of AMC Networks’ other targeted streaming services — Acorn […]

YOU need to know about the best earbuds, after all, listening to music or podcasts is an important part of a good daily routine. We don't know about you, but we are righteously picky when it comes to choosing what goes in our ears; only the best earbuds will do. There are a few things to keep in mind when […]

ONLY one in 15 savings accounts pay the same or more than the rate of inflation – which last month jumped from 1.2 per cent to 1.6 per cent. Savings experts say this year looks to remain a "dreadful" time for savers as inflation is expected to continue rising. Figures from comparison site Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that out of the 669 savings […]

“Scream,” the lively new meta slasher thriller, is neither a reboot nor a sequel to “Scream,” the landmark 1996 meta slasher thriller it shares a title with. The new movie is a requel, a term the film dutifully explains — it means a franchise extension that’s poised, on a kitchen knife blade, between the past and the present, between something […]

WHEN McDonald's teased customers with the McPickle burger prank, surely they wouldn't have expected anyone to actually order it. On April Fool's day, the fast food franchise had pretended to release its latest creation only to later announce it was a stunt. But one man decided to test their resolve to see if they had enough pickles in store to fill […]

SAYING “I do” doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. When thrifty mum Kayleigh Hughes tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart Dave, inset, she threw her dream wedding — worth £4,500 — for just £480. The promotionalcodes.org.uk blogger — mum to sons Joshua, five, Jaxon, three, and eight-month-old Kimi — slashed the price of their big […]