From today you can opt to swap the fries or fruit bags in a kids happy meal for cucumber sticks. Only for the summer initially but great choice and helps the kids to get their 5 a day. Carr…

Just seen that Freddie Starr has died aged 76 at his home in Spain on the Costa Del Sol :( From the Liverpool Echo - Freddie rose to fame in the 1970's after appearing on the Opportunity…

Just seen this on the news and thought it was a really brilliant idea. Lego have just announced that Lego Foundation and Lego Group are teaming up to make Braille customised Lego bricks to …

Just seen this in my local paper. Notemachine who own / run over 10,500 cash machines (1/5th of the countries ATM’s in total) are soon going to start charging 95p per cash withdrawal from a…

I do love shopping at Aldi but the thing I hate is the checkouts when they wizz it all through and you're trying to stack it Jenga style back into your trolley without breaking your £3.95 wi…

Marmite are just about to launch Marmite peanut butter in the UK - you'll either love it or hate it. Only available in crunchy (no smooth) and will be £2.50 when it goes on sale on 25th Mar…

Ok thought I'd create this little corner of hotukdeals so we can discuss fish, ponds and fish tanks, share tips, offer advice and show each other pictures of our tanks. Please don't be nas…

McDonalds has launched Vegan nuggets imaginatively called McVegan nuggets in Noway today as a trial to see how they go and if they go well they could come over here like the Happy Meal kids …

I thought that this would be bigger news that it has been but thought I'd mention it here in case some of you have missed it too. Asda announced yesterday that by the end of April, they are…

The ruby cocoa bean which is pink and tastes completely different to normal cocoa beans has finally been developed into chocolate and Morrisons and Aldi are doing an egg each with the new ru…

I absolutely LOVED these as a child along with cheese and tomato pot noodles if anyone remembers them? Use to put a hole in the top with a fork, pick the filling out then open the pancake an…

The government are considering raising the minimum legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21 in a bid to stop younger people trying it and taking it up. They are also considering putting a l…

Updated 27/2 - Just confirmed it's going ahead in a 50/50 joint venture and deliveries will start by September of 2020 at the latest - hopefully sooner! Quote from Daily Mirror - "The new…

I've not heard anything about this until now so thought would do a post to let people know. The cost of birth, marriage and death certificates are increasing in price from 16th February to a…

After they were told last week that they couldn't raise their energy tariffs, Economy Energy have now ceased trading affecting 235,000 domestic energy customers. They are the 9th energy prov…

Just seen these advertised but can't find them online anywhere to buy as yet. Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo Treasures. Billed as a rival to Kinder Surprise you get a treasure chest which opens u…

Just noticed this at Tesco. My son wanted some for Christmas to be like Harry Potter but they are £14.89 for 4 on Amazon so Father Christmas "forgot" them. Tesco are now selling them for £1…

Good news for vegans and those who are lactose / dairy intolerant - Asda has announced that they will now have vegan cheese on all of their instore pizza counters as an option for those that…

Geoffrey Hayes from Rainbow has died today in hospital aged 76 after a short illness :( Source - Evening Standard Here

Mothercare have issued a voluntary recall on 2 colours of their swinging cribs as the metal pins have not been engaging fully on some of the products. They are the white and natural version…

I have often wondered why they sell water in bottles and not cans but now Tesco are the first supermarket to launch spring water in bottles called CanO water. It is now part of their £3 lun…

The hose pipe ban that was due to come in on 5th August by United Utilities has been cancelled at the last minute - phew! They said cooler temperatures lately and few bits of rain recently …

Durex have recalled specific batches of their Real Feel and Durex Latex free condoms over fears that they may split or explode when nearing the end of their expiry date. No other batches aff…

Just had an email from Sainsbury’s to say that Schweppes have recalled their “posh” 600ml bottles of 1783 crisp tonic water with an expiry date of upto and including 31st March 2019 - no oth…

Edit 15.45 - ALL queues have now closed due to safety advice. People are being told NOT to go to the Build A Bear pay your age for a teddy day as at least three stores have been forced to…

Aptamil - made by Danone, have recently changed their infant first milk formula and changed the weight of the box from 900g to 800g whilst leaving the price the same as discussed by @kaney1…

Following on from last week when I posted about Sainsburys exclusively stocking the plant based mince and burger patties, they have now extended the range and are now offering vegan butter a…

Just looking at @frogman 's list he did back in 2013 of vegetarian Unilever / Walls ice creams and thought it could do with a bit of an update 5 years on as everyone is indulging in ice cr…

Just seen a post shared on Facebook by a Mum who bought Asda protect kids spf 50 sun lotion spray and put it on her kids throughout the day and they still got horrific sunburn on the first d…

Sainsburys have just launched a new range of Vegan and Vegetarian products including realistic looking meatless mince and burger patties. They look just like the real thing but are coloured …