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Xbox Game Pass price set to plummet as Friends & Family plan rollout picks up speed

Xbox Game Pass could end up as low as £4 a month if the Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family plan hits the UK

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Why the UK has only had one named storm so far this winter – an expert explains

Storm Otto, which was named by the Danish Meteorological Institute, hit Scotland and north-east England last Friday (February 17 2023) with wind gusts of over 80mph, disrupting power to 61,000 homes.

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023

What does Ukraine export to the world? Russia ends Ukraine grain deal

The deal aimed to ease the global food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023

Vietnamese trafficker gets sentence lowered over UK refugee deaths

Belgian court of appeal on Thursday lowered the prison sentence for Vietnamese trafficking gang leader Vo Van Hong over the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Retailers warn shortage of tomatoes will grow in the UK

A shortage of tomatoes affecting UK supermarkets is widening to other fruit and vegetables and is likely to last weeks, retailers have warned. A combination of bad weather and transport problems in Africa and Europe has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes, as well as dwindling stocks of…

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023

We visited Glasgow supermarkets to see if we could buy tomatoes and peppers as shortages hit stores

Shops across the UK are currently dealing with a major fruit and vegetable shortage after the south of Spain was hit with suprisingly cold weather and Morocco was struck by flooding.

Glasgow Live · Feb 23, 2023

‘Rare’ tomatoes on sale for £500 as supermarkets shelves run bare

Retailers have warned that the shortages could last for weeks

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Couple quit the rat race and take £125k pay cut to travel the UK in a canal boat

Joanna and Victor Gould run a cafe from their canal boat, which they live on with son William and travel across the country making coffees and chatting to locals

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Phoenix Community Capital case shines light on UK’s lobbying problem

Interest groups have poured about £250,000 into all-party parliamentary groups in past five years

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Ukraine war: how have Vladimir Putin’s narratives survived a year of reality checks?

The Russian state has a long history of using its information operations to try and shore up its military plans overseas. Of course all states try to win over the hearts and minds of the population either at home or where they are fighting. But Russia’s approach is a bit…

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023