“I bought this cool little blender back in April and have been using it ever since at work. I’m really happy I did because not only is the blender easy and portable to use, I’ve been hitting my weight loss goals.”

Longer days and rising temperatures have people swapping hot breakfasts and warm drinks for refreshing smoothies, iced coffees and milkshakes. To make whipping one up both convenient and straightforward, least not for those looking to lose weight ahead of the summer months, office workers are gravitating towards the Nutribullet Go Portable Blender — a cordless blender boasting a compact design.

The gadget is so sought-after that it has completely sold out on the Nutribullet website; however, we’ve tracked it down at a reduced price at online retailer Yimbly, an e-commerce platform operated by MEN parent company Reach Plc. When shoppers enter the code SPRING10 at checkout, the device drops from £39.99 to £36.

We wouldn’t hang around in grabbing one, as the colours white, silver and red have already sold out owing to the Yimbly deal, with only black remaining. Once charged, the portable blender delivers up to 20 blending cycles without needing to be recharged, producing silky-smooth results with zero lumps.

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For complete convenience, the base comes with a blade protector so it can be popped in a bag while travelling. It also has a to-go lid, perfect for sipping wherever wanted, Cambridgeshire Live reports.

Nurtibullet’s Go Portable Blender comes with a 370ml cup, however, this wasn’t ideal for someone that wrote they ‘could do with the container being larger’. There are other portable blender options available, such as the KitchenAid Go.

It’s currently on sale at Amazon for £39 down from £179 – while it is more expensive it has a larger capacity of 473ml. For a cheaper alternative, Tefal’s Mix & Move Mini Blender is £20 off, reduced to £29.99 from £49.99.

From busy mums to office workers, the Nutribullet Go Portable Blender is being happily used by many. Since getting their hands on one, someone has used it daily, leaving a review that says: “I use my Nutribullet every day to make smoothies with spinach, banana, and mango. It blends quickly and smoothly – no lumps, just a nice creamy texture.”

They continued: “Super convenient to take to work or on trips. It’s compact, lightweight, and the battery lasts several days without needing a recharge. If you love healthy snacks and are always on the go, this is a great choice. Highly recommend!”

Another person called it a ‘brilliant little thing’, going on to add: “Takes no room up at all, easy to clean and works brilliant at making smoothies.” Those who love having smoothies and milkshakes but don’t want the hassle while in the office might be interested as it has received incredible feedback from consumers.

An office worker wrote: “I bought this cool little blender back in April and have been using it ever since to bring my meal replacement shakes to work. I’m really happy I did because not only is the blender easy and portable to use, I’ve been hitting my weight loss goals. I have no complaints about this mini blender really, it’s not very loud and it’s pretty easy to clean once you get the hang of it. All in all, a very good product and a great buy.”

A busy mum used it for iced coffee, sharing: “My kids love Milkshakes after dinner and the Nutribullet work Great! It easy to make milkshakes in each of there different flavours. It is very easy to clean up. I love for homemade ice coffees on the way to work.”

But, the Nutribullet Go has been likened to other blenders, with one person explaining: “Very handy useable small blender, best thing about it is how quick and easy it is to clean compared to my other blenders.”

Another customer used the blender to stay on track while away, describing the appliance as a ‘holiday health saver’. They said: “Perfect for my recent 10 day holiday to make my breakfast smoothly.”

Similar encampments have been set up in the same area over the years

Another encampment has been set up in Cardiff city centre less than a year after a similar one linked with litter and anti-social behaviour in the same location was forced to leave. Tents being set up between Taffs Mead Embankment and Wood Street has been a regular occurrence over the years despite Cardiff Council and South Wales Police ordering their removal.

There have also been concerns about public safety in relation to the encampments after a fire broke out in October 2024.

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By September 2025, the encampment got so out of hand that 28 people were living in tents under the bridge at the embankment. Locals reported feeling intimidated and scared to use the walkway.

After complaints about drug use, litter, disorder, assaults, alcohol use, and human waste, South Wales Police and Cardiff Council attempted to resolve the issue.

For a while, the area was tent-free and clean. But now, a similar encampment has returned. While it is small for now, residents have taken to Facebook to share their concerns about people there throwing their rubbish over the fence and onto the banks of the River Taff.

A Cardiff Council spokesperson said: “The Council’s Outreach Team has had ongoing contact with the individual and continues to take all appropriate and reasonable steps to encourage engagement with support services, including accommodation options. Council officers are working in partnership with South Wales Police to address the issue.”

A statement from South Wales Police said: “We are aware of local concerns and we are working with the local authority and voluntary sector to resolve the matter.

“Officers continue to carry out daily visits to the site to help vulnerable people and to encourage them to engage with the many support agencies and outreach services available in the city.

“Any form of crime or anti-social behaviour won’t be tolerated and we will always take appropriate action wherever there is evidence of offending.”

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The missing woman, who uses a wheelchair, is believed to be travelling to Belfast

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Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of Sadiya Jamac.

In a statement posted on social media, officers said the missing woman is heavily pregnant and uses a wheelchair — heightening concerns for her safety.

Sadiya was last seen in the Portrush area and is believed to be travelling towards Belfast.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to contact Police on 101 quoting the reference number, 1118 of 8th of April 2026.

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The incident caused bosses of Radcliffe Central Snooker Club to be hauled in front of a panel of councillors earlier this week to defend their alcohol licence.

The Abden Street venue had been serving drinks more than three hours past its licensed hours before the altercation left a man unconscious on the floor, a town hall meeting heard. 

The video, shared with the Local Democracy Reporting Service, shows a man in a black shirt drinking at the bar at around 3am on February 1.

He speaks to someone out of view before going in for what appears to be a handshake. But after taking his hand, the assailant then takes a hold of the man’s shoulder and delivers a punch to his face that causes the victim to lose consciousness and fall to the ground.

Other punters can be seen circulating the downed man in shock. 

Shortly after the video cuts off, an ambulance and police were called to the scene. Nobody has been charged. 

The man who was punched had to take several days off work, councillors heard. He has since recovered and reportedly returned to the club five days after the assault, according to the snooker club’s owner, David Morley. 

Mr Morley, who has managed the club for nine years, told the meeting that the attack had come ‘completely out of the blue’ and staff ‘didn’t see it coming’.

The owner said the incident happened after a late staff Christmas celebration in Manchester.

They returned to the club at around 11.30pm for karaoke and mingled with regulars, friends and family, he added. Staff served alcohol beyond licensed hours after ‘losing track of time’, and had called last orders just before the incident, Mr Morley claimed. 

Radcliffe Central Snooker Club (Image: Google Maps)

“It’s a big wake-up call to me,” he said. “Clearly I’ve got to make sure this doesn’t happen again. But overall it’s a really well-run club. It’s a real hub for the community and I can’t remember the police ever being called out before.” 

PC Peter Eccleston, who referred the case to the town hall’s licensing panel, confirmed he had never known police to be called to an incident at the venue in his four years as the GMP’s licensing representative in Bury. 

PC Eccleston therefore recommended a change of licensing conditions but did not suggest withdrawing the club’s license to operate entirely. 

After a concise deliberation, councillors agreed the club can continue operating but must have a first-aid certified member of staff present during opening hours; have tighter limits on last entry; and will need to review its health and safety procedures and risk assessments.

The show, titled George Clarke’s Two Houses, One Home, is a four-part series produced by IWC that will feature two households who dream of living together under one roof.

Mr Clarke, a well-known architect, will guide participants through the emotional and practical challenges of merging homes, selling one property, and transforming the other into a shared dream space.

George Clarke, presenter and architect, said: “At its heart, any successful home allows us to be together with those who matter to us, giving the space to share our lives, from the special events to the everyday moments.

“Seeing people giving their all to move in together and make this kind of space for themselves promises to be a heartwarming experience.

“It will be a joy to accompany them on their journey.”

The show focuses on couples moving in together for the first time, blending families, or bringing elderly relatives closer, all with the shared goal of creating one home that fits their changing needs.

Gerard Costello, head of popular factual at IWC Media, said: “At IWC, we pride ourselves on our property programmes and seeing people work to make the perfect home for themselves is always a pleasure.

“This exciting new format shows that a house can never truly be home until it can accommodate all of those who want to be together under its roof.

“We’re excited to see the homes they make – and delighted George Clarke feels the same.

“There could be no better companion on their journey, as their two houses become one home.”

If you would like to take part, more information can be found here: https://www.channel4.com/4viewers/take-part/dream-home.

The restaurant will be found in a Grade II listed building that used to be a bank.

A popular Japanese food spot is opening a new branch of its award-winning restaurants in a Cambridgeshire town. Sushi and Salad already has restaurants in Ely, Stamford, and Saffron Walden, and will soon be opening in St Ives in the former Lloyds Bank.

Juliana Hunt, the founder of Sushi and Salad, said she had been looking for a new spot to open the fourth restaurant. She added: “We are from a village very close to St Ives and we go into town whenever we have the opportunity to.

“So we’ve had our eyes on that location for a while. It’s exciting to see how St Ives has been growing so we want to be a part of the community.”

The restaurant will offer a “complex menu” with both sushi options and hot meals that have been inspired by Okinawan cuisine. When asked about her favourite dishes at Sushi and Salad, Mrs Hunt said: “Of course, I’m a fan of sushi. I love Japanese food.

“At the moment, we have a new menu that just launched and there’s a dish called truffle udon. That’s served with a soy-cured egg that you can grate like parmesan and it’s so delicious. It’s one of my favourites. Every time I go, I’m just like ‘I’m going to have that’.

“Also the black cod as well on the menu is unbelievable. It’s marinated for 48 hours and then grilled. We have our signature dishes like the spicy crunch roll, which is one of the most popular options at the restaurant.”

If you are not a fan of fish, there are plenty of alternative options such as noodle dishes and katsu curries. Sushi and Salad also has a vegan menu, which Mrs Hunt describes as “very tasty”.

Many people have already expressed excitement for the opening. She said: “As soon as we applied for the planning and license, it kind of got out there and people started asking so it’s been great.

“I’ve seen some posts on Facebook and people are saying how excited they are for Sushi and Salad to be coming to St Ives. I love all the comments with people saying this is great and it’s good for St Ives. It’s been well received.”

The new Sushi and Salad will be found in the old Lloyds Bank building, which is Grade II listed. Mrs Hunt said “not much” will be done to the structure of the building. She described it as “a beauty”, with the interior design set to resemble the other sites that are “calm and inspired by Japanese tea houses”.

Sushi and Salad can be found at 1 The Pavement in St Ives and is set to open in mid-June.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key measure of inflation stayed high in February, before the war in Iran spiked gas prices, a sign that everyday costs were elevated even before the conflict began.

An inflation gauge monitored by the Federal Reserve rose 0.4% in February from January, up slightly from the previous month. Compared with a year ago, prices rose 2.8%, the same as January. Thursday’s data was delayed by a backlog of economic reports created by the six-week government shutdown last fall.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inflation also rose 0.4% in February from January, and it was 3% higher than a year earlier. The annual figure is slightly below January’s reading of 3.1%.

Still, the monthly increases are at a pace that if continued for a whole year, would easily top the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

“Consumer inflation was firming even prior to the outbreak of war in the Middle East, and it is primed to jump sharply higher in March,” Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide, wrote in a client note. “Even if a long-lasting deal to end the war is reached and the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened, it would take months for oil, gasoline, diesel and other commodity supplies to snap back to prewar levels and thus for prices to settle back to preconflict levels.”

Thursday’s report is largely a warm-up for the more important inflation data to be released Friday, when the government will publish the higher-profile consumer price index for March. The Friday report will be the first to reflect the impact of the gas price spike from the Iran war. Economists forecast it will show a big increase of 0.9% just in March from February, and a 3.4% gain from a year earlier. The annual figure would be a big increase from 2.4% in February.

The large jump in inflation in March will heighten concerns at the Fed that prices are moving further away from their inflation target and make it much less likely the central bank will cut rates anytime soon. At their most recent meeting last month, some Fed officials supported opening the door to the potential for rate hikes if inflation didn’t show signs of improving.

Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department also showed that Americans’ incomes slipped 0.1% in February, the first decline since October, while spending after adjusting for inflation barely increased.

Higher inflation is sapping Americans’ purchasing power. Spending rose a solid 0.5% in February from the previous month before adjusting for higher prices. Bostjancic expects consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, will rise a modest 1.2% at an annual rate in the first three months of this year, below the 1.9% reached in last year’s fourth quarter.

The economy may still grow a decent 2% in the first quarter, Bostjancic said, driven by investments in artificial intelligence and a bounceback in government spending after last year’s shutdown. The government said Thursday growth was just 0.5% at the end of last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced Thursday to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died.

The ex-officer, Erik Duran, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of Eric Duprey. The former sergeant said he was trying to protect other officers from the approaching scooter.

“I took this job to save lives. I felt terrible once I saw Eric Duprey crash,” Duran told the court Thursday, saying he “did everything he could” to attend to the man’s injuries.

“I never wanted this to happen,” he added, addressing Duprey’s family directly in Spanish that a court interpreter translated.

Duprey’s mother, Gretchen Soto, wept as the ex-officer spoke . She had told the court a half-hour earlier: “There are no words to express what I feel.”

Judge Guy Mitchell said he did not accept the ex-sergeant’s defense that his actions were justified.

“It is the court’s belief that the defendant, Sgt. Duran, was upset that Mr. Duprey was getting away” and reacted by hurling the cooler, Mitchell said.

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Duran was immediately taken into custody after sentencing. His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said he will ask an appeals court for bail pending appeal, which would allow Duran to be freed while he challenges his conviction.

“Nobody’s above the law” a woman in the hallway outside court shouted after the sentence was announced.

The case has animated police on one hand and accountability activists on the other. Duran’s union, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, says thousands of officers have signed an online petition calling for him to be spared prison.

Officers in New York Police Department jackets streamed down a Bronx courthouse hallway ahead of the sentencing Thursday, while a couple of dozen protesters demonstrated outside to demand justice for Duprey.

Prosecutors with state Attorney General Letitia James’ office sought a three-to-nine-year prison sentence for Duran, saying he recklessly caused Duprey’s death.

“He did that while on duty,” then attempted to cover up his actions, prosecutor Joseph Bianco told the court.

Duran and his lawyers had not yet had their chance to speak.

Duran was part of a narcotics policing group that conducted a “buy-and-bust” operation in the Bronx on Aug. 23, 2023. Police said Duprey sold drugs to an undercover officer, then tried to flee on a scooter.

Surveillance video showed Duprey driving the motorized scooter on a sidewalk toward a group of people. As he approached, the then-sergeant — who wasn’t in uniform — picked up a bystander’s cooler and threw it.

The container full of ice, water and sodas struck Duprey. He lost control of the scooter, slammed into a tree and crashed onto the pavement. Duprey, 30, wasn’t wearing a helmet. He sustained fatal head injuries and died almost instantly, according to prosecutors.

They argued Duran had enough time to warn others to move but instead hurled the cooler because he was angry.

Duran, however, testified at his trial that he made a split-second decision to keep other officers safe from the scooter speeding toward them.

“He was gonna crash into us,” Duran said then, adding “all I had time for was to try again to stop or to try to get him to change directions.”

Duran opted to have Mitchell, not a jury, decide the case.

Sergeants Benevolent Association President Vincent Vallelong has said the conviction sent “a terrible message to hard-working cops” about the costs of defending themselves and fellow officers.

Duran was an NYPD officer for 13 years before he was suspended after the crash. He was dismissed from the force after his conviction this past February.

Duprey worked as a delivery driver and had three young children. His mother, Gretchen Soto, who said she was on a video call with him right before he died, has disputed the police claims that he sold drugs and fled from officers.

She told the judge Thursday her son “is not just a name, not just one more case.”

“It is an unjust incident,” Soto said through a Spanish interpreter. “As a mother, I have to miss him now every day.”

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Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz contributed to this report.

Tommy’s return to the ring supposedly coincided with Molly-Mae’s due date as they prepare to welcomed their second child

Molly-Mae Hague has addressed Tommy Fury’s upcoming return to the ring, supposedly coinciding with her due date, as they prepare to welcome their second child into the world.

Fans are aware that the couple, who met and fell in love on Love Island back in 2019, announced in February that they are expecting their second child together, just nine months after reconciling following a brief split.

Molly-Mae and Tommy, both 26, are said to have worked on their relationship before Molly-Mae confirmed they were back together in her Amazon Prime series, Behind It All, last May, saying her boxer beau had not drunk alcohol for four months, which was said to be a factor in their split. and that “things are looking so much better”.

Molly-Mae was then seen moving in with Tommy again, before announcing they’ll be welcoming baby number two, three years after they welcomed their first child, daughter Bambi, into the world.

Since then, Tommy has confirmed his first fight in almost a year, as he will take on former world’s strongest man, Eddie Hall. The fight is set to take place at the AO Arena on June 13 as part of the latest Misfits card, broadcast live on DAZN.

But with Molly-Mae confirming she was already six months into her pregnancy at the time of their baby announcement, fans have worked out that she is due in the summer, potentially clashing with Tommy’s return to the ring.

During an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday (April 7) alongside Eddie to discuss their upcoming face-off, Tommy was asked by host Charlotte Hawkins about how Molly-Mae took news of his plan to fight so close to the expected arrival of their second baby.

But he shut down the question, describing it as a “family matter”. He said: “Well I just want to say thank you to the Lord and our saviour Jesus Christ for blessing me with another child on the way. And obviously that is a family matter, we’re dealing with that fantastically, and everything will be perfect.” He added: “We’ll deal that as a family. Thank you.”

Molly-Mae has also addressed the issue, saying in her YouTube vlog where she answered fans’ burning questions: “A lot of questions about how do you feel about Tommy’s fight and obviously the date of it. Obviously I knew that you guys were going to like be concerned about that and have questions about that, but fear not.

“Fear not, fair maiden, because we’re actually feeling really, really good about it and have a really good plan in place. There’s actually like a good amount of time between my birth, my supposed birth because basically I’m having the baby in London again. So I gave birth with Bambi at The Portland. I’m not worried and I’m actually really, really happy that he’s got a fight because it’s been over a year since his last fight.”

She went on to speak about how “difficult” it is to get a fight date secured, adding: “So just having a date for something and and having a focus and us having like I don’t know something to look forward to in the fight like it’s just I think it’s actually a really, really, really positive thing and he will be here when I get home. He will be able to support me.”

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Oh M&S, you just keep outdoing yourself. Every time we think the retailer has come up with its best collection yet, we’re proven wrong. And we’re not mad about it!

Summer is coming up, and if you’re anything like us, you’ll spend an almost embarrassing amount of time rifling through underwear to find a pair that won’t show underneath our summer dresses.

Yes, OK, a certain reality star launched a popular solution to this a few years ago. But, let’s be real, we’re not made of money.

So when we found out that M&S had launched a high street (and far more budget-friendly) equivalent, we were raring at the bit.

Made up of knickers, bras, bodysuits, vests, and slips, the BODY collection is designed to be invisible, cooling, and comes in a range of colours and skin tones.

If you know that the key to any good outfit is a solid base, here’s our pick of the best underwear from the collection, which is available to shop online and in stores now.