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DUA LIPA
The English/Albanian anian pop star, right, made e Time magazine’s 100 list of the most influential people of 2024, topping its s list of ‘artists’. Kylie Minogue inogue was listed in the ‘icons’ ns’ section, while the magazine zine billed Barbie actress America Ferrera as a ‘pioneer’. oneer’.
GREEK ISLANDS S
When it comes to affordable package kage holidays this summer mmer they are your best est bet, according to Which? hich? The consumer magazine azine analysed more than 4,500 package deals available for the e first week of August in 70 regions of Europe pe and Kalymnos came e out on top, with a week’s k’s stay costing £847 per er person on average age – followed by Thassos assos at (£862) and Lefkada kada (£935).
THE ROVERS RETURN ETURN
The Coronation n Street pub has been named d Britain’s most beloved TV boozer. ozer. Second was EastEnders’ Queen een Vic, while Del Boy’s local The Nag’s Head, from Only Fools s and Horses, took third in a poll by y insurance firm Simply Business. s.
STRAWBERRIES
The first British strawberries of the year are already eady heading to supermarkets. High temperatures and sunshine last ast week boosted the growth of more than 150 tons of fruit, enough to fill about 375,000 boxes.
GRIMES
The singer issued iss an apology to fans after her DJ set at Coachella in California C last weekend was marred with technical difficulties. diffic Writing on X she said she had “outsourced essential things” but promised she would “personally organise” everything for her second sec show at the festival festiv this weekend.
SMOKING SM
Britain B came one step closer to a smoke-free future f after MPs this week voted in favour of a lifetime ban on cigarette sales sa to today’s youngsters. Anyone An born after 2009 would never nev be able to buy cigarettes legally le if the law comes in.
HOSEPIPE BANS
Full reservoirs after afte record rainfall means we should avoid a a ban this summer, say water companies. In the 18 months to March, M 1,695.9mm, nearly 67in, of rain fell in England, the most since records rec started in 1836, according to the Met Office.
INFLATION
It dropped to a fresh fres two-and-ahalf year low in March Ma on the back of a further easing in food prices, the Office for National Natio Statistics (ONS) said. Consum Consumer Prices Index inflation stood at 3. 3.2% in March, down from 3.4% in February, the lowest level since September S 2021.