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I’m a food editor – seven great buys I found at Asda, including pasta and butter

The lights are unbearably bright and the noise reverberates off the walls as if I’m in a warehouse with no insulation. That said, some of the prices are impossible to ignore. Mrs Elswood Pickles were discounted to £2…

France’s affordable late-summer break where you can escape British tourists

One day your brain goes, “Is that an avocet?”, and all of a sudden, you’ve become your father. My bird clock chimes at the age of 33, in Talmont-sur-Gironde, a cliffside village in south-western France that’s a member of…

Britain does have a benefits crisis, but it’s not what you think

You can sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox, every single week, here . Good afternoon and welcome to this week’s The State We’re In . Welfare reform of Britain’s benefits system is not a classic August subject…

The UK’s longest river could soon run dry. Why this could have been avoided

The majority of England and all of Wales are currently in drought. While some rain is forecast for this week, it won’t be enough to impact reservoir and river levels significantly. Now the Environment Agency (EA) and…

Should tax relief on pensions be cut? Two experts debate

Currently, if you pay into a pension, you get relief at whatever income tax rate you pay, so higher-rate payers get bigger tax relief. Some experts say that makes the system unfair and disproportionately rewards people…

Leicester City: How not to run a football club

It quickly fills three-and-a-half sides of Meadow Lane: “Premier League, and you f****d it up.” Ordinarily this would provoke a fevered response. This is a local derby on the opening weekend of a new league season…

Girls’ Andrew Rannells: ‘My dad’s death took nine months to hit me’

“We often find humour in the strangest, darkest of moments. And in grieving – in the heightened atmosphere of those church moments – you can do some of the best laughing.” We’re on the subject of funerals as his new…

I’m a doctor who got breast cancer at 40. This is what I wish all women knew

She had found a tiny lump eighteen months ago, but the cancer had already spread to her bones by the time she was diagnosed. The 53-year-old shared on Instagram that it’s too late for chemotherapy and she’s going to make…

The more America spends on healthcare, the sicker it gets

And every time I give him the same reply: “Look, Nigel, it could be worse. What if you had to get your healthcare in the USA? ” Because there’s no question: The American healthcare system is performing worse than the…

CLAIRE COUTINHO: Miliband ditched Net Zero report knowing it would expose his fantasy promises

But now, for the first time, experts have revealed the true impact Net Zero is having on our electricity prices. This is the most detailed analysis of our electricity system that has ever been done in British politics.…