
Dismayed man buys £1,000 iPhone only to receive Cadbury chocolate bars in delayed parcel - The Mirror
Daniel Carroll paid £1,045 for the hi-tech new phone, but was horrified when the box contained just two chocolate bars and some smelly loo roll

Woman who drank two litres of Coke a day drops an astonishing 9st in just 12 months - The Mirror
Jessica Lovejoy, from New South Wales, Australia, has enjoyed this year’s Christmas with a new look, after dropping an astonishing 9st in just 12 months

Take a look inside the tiny UK pub which usually serves just 10 customers a day - The Mirror
This tiny pub in Beck Hole, Scarborough, was once a cottage and was extended to offer a refreshing pint for the village locals

Travel chaos as Covid staff shortages ground flights and wreck Christmas plans after cancellations - Daily Mail
Airlines blamed staff shortages caused by coronavirus illness and isolation requirements for the mayhem on what is usually one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.

AstraZeneca may explain Britain's lower death rate | News - The Times
Britain’s use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may be one of the reasons that the nation is not seeing as many deaths as other European countries, according to

Microsoft joins the conga line of companies leaving the CES 2022 show floor - TechRadar
No in-person attendance

Proof you can put on half a stone with a Christmas binge! - Daily Mail
In the early 1900s, Edward VII believed guests should put on 3lb over the Christmas period. Here, four UK-based writers reveal their weight gain after celebrating Christmas.

Tesco, M&S, Sainsburys and Waitrose issue urgent recall over contamination fears - North Wales Live
The supermarkets are recalling the items which may contain harmful ingredients

Ghost town shopping centre still lies abandoned 17 years after it was shut down - Birmingham Live
It was even used by the BBC to film a zombie show in 2015 and has yet to be the subject of any redevelopment plans

Rare 50p coin sells for £155 and experts say there's thousands more in circulation - Chronicle Live
The Royal Mint predict that around 210,000 identical coins were made

AstraZeneca Covid jab 'could be reason for UK's lower death rate compared to Europe' - Daily Record
Clive Dix said the durable cellular immunity response produced by the AZ jab can potentially "last for life".

Trafford Centre shoppers stuck queuing for hours for a single shop's sale - and it's not M&S or Next - Manchester Evening News
Shoppers lined the shopping centre to get their hands on one specific shop's sale items