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TRENDING I’M A CELEBRITY
For the second year in a row Covid means the stars will be in a chilly Welsh castle not an Aussie rainforest. We can’t wait to see what gems Richard Madeley comes out with, but singer-turned-Loose Woman Frankie Bridge, right, is currently the bookies’ favourite to be crowned queen.
DUBONNET
The Queen’s favourite tipple Dubonnet sold out in stores after Her Majesty awarded it a Royal Warrant. Waitrose has run out of £9.50 bottles and Amazon supplies are limited. The supermarket chain said last week sales rocketed by almost 100% year-on-year – just as it was given the royal seal of approval.
PERSEVERANCE
The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed perseverance as its word of the year for 2021. But not because we persevered through a pandemic. Instead, interest in NASA’s mission to Mars is believed to be behind the spike in searches for the word after the Perseverance Rover made its final descent to the red planet on February 18.
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR
The Murder on the Dancefloor singer this week completed a 24-hour dance marathon raising more than a million pounds for BBC Children in Need.
BAKE OFF’S JURGEN
Viewers were left shocked after the German baker – nicknamed the Jürgenator because he was so consistently good – crashed out of the contest this week. Next week’s final will be fought between Chigs Parmar, Giuseppe Dell’Anno and Crystelle Pereira.
VISA
Amazon has said it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK from January 19, citing high credit card transaction fees as the reason. Visa debit cards will still be accepted. Visa said it was “very disappointed that Amazon is threatening to restrict consumer choice in the future”.
TURKEY PANIC
There will definitely be enough turkeys to go around this Christmas, poultry bosses have said. The British Poultry Council revealed that the release of 5,500 visas for overseas workers has eased production issues.
VEGAN SAUSAGE ROLLS
Greggs is warning of a shortage of the savoury favourites due to supply chain problems. The baker said shortages would apply to several of its stores but that it is “working hard to minimise any impact on the availability of our products.”.