Plans to convert the pair of Grade-II listed buildings have been approved

Plans to convert a pair of listed buildings in Wisbech which formerly hosted a solicitors’ office into flats have been approved. A design and access statement from Swann Edwards Architecture said the former Metcalfe, Copeman and Pettefar offices were no longer viable as commercial space and the proposal would bring the empty building back into use.

They said the three-storey mid-terraced buildings at 5-6 York Row had been unused for a “significant period” after the company moved to The Boathouse Business Centre. Mr A Koseoglu submitted the application to Fenland District Council seeking permission to change the empty offices into nine one-bedroom flats.

Along with this, a separate application was also put to the council for internal and external works to the Grade-II listed buildings. An extension would also be built on the back to allow for a kitchen and bathroom in one of the ground floor flats.

The Wisbech Society objected to the plans as, even though they felt putting the buildings back to residential use would be “an excellent choice”, it would be overdevelopment.

They felt that a building of this age wouldn’t be suitable for the plumbing and sewerage infrastructure to accommodate the number of residents and they would like to see a reduced number of flats.

But the council’s planning officer said the proposal would be an “effective re-use” of the building and “secure the long-term reuse and preservation of two vacant Grade-II listed buildings”.

They said any harm caused was outweighed by the benefits of restoring the buildings and approved the application on Thursday (August 13).

Whether you’re enjoying a day at the beach or simply out for a walk, sun cream is a must for protecting your skin.

Unfortunately, it can also leave stubborn marks on clothing, a problem recently raised by a user in the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips group who struggled to remove stains from cotton tops.

Despite soaking the tops in Napisan, washing at 40C with Vanish White Oxi Action, and drying them in the sun, the user said the stains remained and asked: “Is there anything else I can do before I have to bin them?”

Pre-treating sun cream stains on clothes is important before washing them (Image: Getty Images)

A number of clothing and cleaning experts have shared their best tips for getting sun cream stains out of clothes.

How to get sun cream stains out of clothes

Catherine Green, a sustainable cleaning expert at smol, said: “While slapping on the SPF is absolutely essential, the oils and minerals can leave behind nightmare yellow stains on our clothes that are a real pain to shift.

“Annoyingly, they often don’t show up until they’ve been through the wash because chemical UV filters (especially avobenzone) react with minerals like iron or calcium in your tap water.

“But don’t panic, getting rid of this unwanted summer staple is actually pretty straightforward.”

Ms Green advised acting quickly by taking off the garment, rinsing the stain under cold water, and gently massaging a small amount of washing up liquid into the area.

She said: “Soak the stained area in a mixture of one cup of distilled white vinegar to two litres of cold water, for 20 minutes, before putting it in the wash.

“The vinegar will naturally help break down those stubborn minerals and oils.

“I definitely wouldn’t recommend the tumble dryer, as the high heat can permanently trap any residual stains right into the clothing fibres.”

Noor de Swart, founder and CEO of Super Label Store, suggested a different approach for white cotton items.

She said: “If it’s a white cotton top and the yellow mark is still there, you can try a paste of baking soda and water.

“Leave it sitting on the area for around half an hour and then rinse it out.

“It might take another try if the stain has already been there for a while.

“I’d be a bit more careful with coloured clothes, because some of the things people use at home for stains can also take colour out.

“Lemon juice and hydrogen peroxide are good examples of that, so test it somewhere hidden first rather than finding out on the front of the shirt.”

It is recommended to avoid tumble drying sun cream stained clothes (Image: Getty Images)

Chloe Blanchfield, product marketing manager at Hisense, recommended pre-treating the stain before washing and said to use a gentle cycle.

She said: “When putting suncream-stained items in the washing machine, you should ensure you wash on a gentle cycle, using a low temperature at around 30°C and add a mild detergent to prevent aggravating the stain.

“Make sure to avoid a hot water cycle as this can set the stain, and consider adding a stain remover to the cycle for even more targeted removal.”

Rosie Webbon, swimwear buyer at Pour Moi, offered advice for stains on swimming costumes.

She said: “Keep everything cool – rinse, soak and wash in cool or lukewarm water.

“Hot water breaks down elastane over time, so your swimwear will lose its shape and stretch much faster if washed warm.

“Be gentle when treating the stain – swap the toothbrush scrub for fingers or a soft cloth.”

Discussing an approach for white clothes, Nicola Barker, Head of Buying at Suit Direct, said: “If you have some yellow staining on your whites from suncream, avoid bleach or whitening powders which can worsen the stains and cause pink and red stains to develop.”

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She continued: “After using these pre-treatments, pop your whites in a cool or warm cycle using your regular detergent, avoiding whitening powders.

“Instead of tumble drying, air dry your clothes in an area with good sunlight exposure – the UV rays will act as a natural bleaching agent and help fade any remaining yellow marks.”

Gail Downie, head of garment technology at M&S, advised air drying after washing and warned against using heat until you’re sure the stain is gone.

She said: “Whilst this technique can help lift suncream stains, I would be cautious with delicate fabrics.

“Be warned, some substances can lighten or damage some fabrics.”

“Make sure to test on a discreet small area first or alternatively, use more conventional laundry products which are tested on a breadth of materials.”

Have you faced issues getting sun cream stains out of clothes? Let us know in the comments.

A standard TV licence costs £180 for colour televisions and £60.50 for black and white sets, but not everyone is required to pay the fee.

Those who do not meet these criteria can submit a “No Licence Needed” declaration through the TV Licensing website.

The form uses a series of yes or no questions to determine eligibility.

If you have not previously notified TV Licensing, additional questions will follow.

TV Licensing warns that, if you declare you do not need a licence, you may be subject to a home visit.

It says: “If you tell us you don’t need a licence, we may visit you to check.

“If we then find that you have been watching, recording or streaming programmes illegally, you risk prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000 (£2,000 in Guernsey) plus any legal costs and compensation you may be ordered to pay.”

What six questions do you need to answer to not need a TV licence?

Before completing the declaration, TV Licensing asks a series of questions to confirm eligibility:

1. Do you or does anyone in your household ever watch TV on any channel? For example, on ITV, Channel 5, Channel 4, BBC or Dave?
2. Do you or does anyone in your household ever watch TV on any TV service? For example, on Sky, BT, Virgin Media or Freeview?
3. Do you or does anyone in your household ever watch TV live on any streaming service? For example, on ITVX, Sky Go, Prime Video, YouTube.
4. Do you or does anyone in your household ever watch foreign channels on TV or live online, for example, on ZeeTV or Al Jazeera?
5. Can you confirm that you and your household never watch BBC iPlayer? Watching S4C on demand doesn’t require a licence.
6. Can you confirm that you and your household never record TV, for example, on Sky, BT, Virgin Media or Freeview?

Not paying for a TV licence could lead to a £1,000 fine if someone is found to be watching, recording or downloading live TV (Image: Getty Images)

If you answer “no” to the first four questions and “yes” to the last two, the website will display a message stating: “Based on your answers, it looks like you don’t need a TV Licence.”

However, it is important to note that live content on platforms like YouTube or Prime Video may still require a licence.

TV Licensing’s guidance reads: “If you are watching a TV programme live on YouTube, you need to be covered by a TV Licence.

“A licence is not required to view user generated content, clips and videos on YouTube.

“This includes live streamed content that is not part of a television broadcast. Or being broadcast at the same time by other means.”

A licence is required to watch live content on Amazon Prime or Netflix, but not for on-demand viewing.

For Disney Plus, the guidance states: “You don’t need a TV Licence to watch on-demand programmes on Disney Plus.”

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What is the fine for not paying for a TV licence?

TV Licensing states that not paying for a TV licence could lead to a £1,000 fine.

This would be a possibility if someone has been watching, recording or downloading programmes illegally.

It adds: “We could visit your address to confirm if you need a TV Licence.

“If we find that you have been watching, recording or streaming programmes illegally, you risk prosecution and a fine for not having a TV Licence of up to £1,000 plus any legal costs and/or compensation you may be ordered to pay.”

Do you think it is worth paying for a TV licence, or has it become too expensive? Let us know in the comments.

Spurs have added Jan Paul van Hecke, Andy Robertson, Sandro Tonali, Marcos Senesi, Martin Dubravka and Mateus Fernandes to their first-team crop, but De Zerbi wants more before the transfer deadline passes, eying further additions in his frontline. Savinho and Cody Gakpo of Manchester City and Liverpool respectively have been linked. Keep up to date with all the latest from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with our live blog below.

Hundreds of troops have been deployed to Spanish enclave Ceuta’s border with Morocco, amid fears of another surge of people attempting to cross as early as today. 

Spain has beefed up police and military presence in the North African enclave while Morocco also deployed troops amid social media messages encouraging migrants to attempt another mass border breach on Saturday.

Groups of migrants have been pictured roaming the hills outside Ceuta as security forces stand watch. 

Law enforcement officers can be seen wearing protective gear, including helmets, and carrying riot gear in anticipation of disorder. 

Meanwhile soldiers have been pictured driving around in military vehicles at the border.

It comes just two weeks after more than 72,000 people made the dangerous crossing, with many swimming around a border fence that juts out into the sea.

At least 100 people are known to have died amid the crisis, which overwhelmed border officials and led to widespread panic across Europe.

Within days, however, around 70,000 of those who made the crossing had returned to Morocco amid reports of shuttered shops, food shortages and violence.

The incident took place in a mountainous area on the outskirts of Castillejos, southwest of Ceuta, Moroccan security forces have said 

A Spanish military vehicle arrives at the border with Morocco, following the mass crossings

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Migrants are pictured taking shade beneath a tree as temperatures are set to reach 32C on Saturday, as authorities stand watch

Moroccan security forces monitor dozens of sub-Saharan migrants who have gathered on the outskirts of the border town of Castillejos, Morocco

Moroccan security personnel secure the beach on the border with Spain in Ceuta, on Saturday

A heavy police and army deployment prepare at the border between Morocco and Spain today, after fresh social media calls for people to attempt the crossing

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Police and military personnel from Spain and Morocco were both deployed early on Saturday

A boat passes by the sea barrier that the Spanish government installed on the border with Morocco in Ceuta following last month’s mass crossing

Security has been beefed up in the area, including by installing barbed wire on border fences

Those who made the perilous trip to Ceuta then found they were also not eligible to freedom of movement that would allow them to enter the rest of Europe, due to the enclave lying outside of the Schengen area.

Soldiers in combat fatigues stood watch outside supermarkets and official buildings on Friday evening, while police cars heavily patrolled the enclave’s main avenues. 

Still, outdoor cafes were packed with diners and the downtown area was calm compared to the tense scenes from the days following the 48-hour deadly rush which began on July 30.

On the other side of the border, dozens of black-clad Moroccan security personnel surveilled the beach in Fnideq, from which many migrants who swam around Ceuta’s Tarajal breakwater departed. 

Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas declared a ‘humanitarian emergency’ as the enclave became overwhelmed with new arrivals. 

While the vast majority of them voluntarily returned to Morocco, the crisis sparked a rift within the European Union as Italy temporarily suspended the Schengen agreement with Spain and fuelled anti-immigration rhetoric among far-Right parties worldwide.

Spain has since installed a maritime barrier and sent over 500 additional police officers from the mainland. The Interior Ministry said they would remain as long as the situation required.

‘We’ll continue to deploy whatever personnel are necessary to restore normality as soon as possible and prevent events like those of July 30 from happening again,’ Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters in Ceuta on Thursday.

Currently up to 5,000 migrants remain in Ceuta, the minister said. Officials have started screening adults and ruled on more than 500 asylum cases, most of them rejected.

Mr Grande-Marlaska added that people who entered irregularly would not be allowed to stay in the enclave, travel to mainland Spain or obtain legal status, except in rare cases of extreme vulnerability. Spain would return to Morocco those without a right to remain, he said.

Earlier this week, Rabat said it was monitoring ‘the circulation of social media posts and messages of unknown origin’ calling for a mass crossing on August 15, warning it would prosecute organisers and participants.

According to El Pais, one message posted to online forums in which migrants discuss mobilising read: ‘The Ceuta border will be open on the 15th [of August], a public holiday in Spain.’ 

In response, Moroccan authorities are deploying hundreds of soldiers and police officers to the border.

Migrants attempting to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta gather on a hilltop during clashes with Moroccan security forces near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026

Migrants gather along the fence close to the site of clashes near Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026

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Relatives and friends wait by a fence topped with barbed-wire for the return of people who had previously crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, at Morocca’s Bab Sebta border crossing on the outskirts of Fnideq on August 2, 2026

A woman is escorted by Moroccan security forces during clashes with migrants attempting to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026

Police vehicles are seen parked close to the Ceuta border ahead of a possible fresh incursion today

Hundreds of soldiers and police peronnel have been deployed by both sides

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Images online have also shown the installation of barbed wire on the Moroccan side of the fences.

Rachid el-Jalfi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, said on Wednesday: ‘All necessary measures have been taken to prevent any attempt at illegal crossing and to intercept anyone attempting to participate.’

He urged those who planned to go to Ceuta or Melilla to ignore online messages that looked ‘suspicious and deceptive’, adding that crossings pose ‘serious risks to people’s safety’. 

Local media showed a reinforced security apparatus near the border with Ceuta and Spain’s other African enclave, Melilla.

Morocco says it spends around €500million a year on border control in the north and it steps up frontier checks when calls for collective crossings are detected on social media. 

Spain has also been bolstering its border, according to government data.

Since the crisis began in late July, the number of police officers and Civil Guard members deployed has increased from around 1,100 to nearly 1,600.

On top of this, 2,000 Spanish soldiers have been reassigned to support roles.

Authorities prevented several groups from boarding trains and buses to the north of Morocco in cities such as Casablanca, Fez and Kenitra. 

However, witnesses said that some groups from sub-Saharan Africa were sidestepping security checks on the road to Fnideq, taking mountainous routes instead.

Young men are arrested after attempting to storm the Bab Sebta border crossing near Fnideq, Morocco, July 31 2026

Most of the migrants who entered Ceuta have now left, authorities say

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One witness said the schools in Fnideq had been turned into dormitories for security forces deployed near the border.

Many of those who entered Ceuta on July 30 were fishing, swimming or showering at Ceuta’s Tarajal beach on Friday.

Fez native Driss Sadik, 22, swam for five hours to reach Ceuta. He warned against others emulating him.

‘The important thing I would advise people trying to cross: Don’t cross now, my brothers. You’re only going to suffer,’ he said.

The sentiment was echoed by 17-year-old Adil Jamil.

‘Those who enter aren’t going to benefit from anything. There will just be more and more of us, and they won’t find a solution for all,’ he said.

Mr Jamil added that the mass border rushes were ‘planned by the people’ after choosing a day, gathering in Fnideq and crossing together to find strength in numbers.

‘If I had stayed with my parents, I would’ve died slowly. But if I risk my life, arrive and build my future… it will be better,’ he said.

Early last month, the top judicial body ruled that a Spanish procedure for returning illegal migrants only applied if they breached a physical border, not if they arrived by sea.

Under the ruling migrants can still be returned after crossing an unmarked maritime border, but only under a separate formal return procedure.

The Ceuta migrant crisis began on July 30. A day later, Sanchez’s government announced it would establish a maritime containment barrier, and began building it off the coast of Ceuta and Morocco on August 1.

The crisis also frayed Spain’s relationship with the rest of the European Union.

Italy announced almost immediately that it was suspending its Schengen arrangements with Spain, claiming this was necessary to ‘to protect the security of our citizens and defend Europe’s borders’.

The suspension of Schengen arrangements, which allows the 450million people of the EU to travel freely to any state in the bloc, was established on July 31, initially for a one-month period.

It means that Italy will perform checks on people travelling from Spain by air or sea.

The country’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni said the ‘uncontrolled immigration’ from Morocco to Ceuta was a national security threat.

Spain furiously summoned the Italian ambassador for a meeting, and its foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said his nation expected ‘European solidarity and not partisan demagoguery’.

It then suspended its Schengen arrangements with Italy.

Spain is now dealing with the migrants by holding any remaining people in warehouses in Ceuta as they await deportation.

Spain’s government will be using a warehouse in Tarajal, yards from the Moroccan border, and another in the enclave to temporarily house them.

Officials are hoping to return the migrants within 72 hours of finding them, during which time they will be sent to the warehouses to be formally identified and processed.

It comes after the revelation that several young migrant girls have allegedly been raped since arriving in Ceuta.

The victims, all under the age of 14, sought treatment at the University Hospital of Ceuta (HUCE) this past week, health services told the El Pueblo de Ceuta newspaper.

Judicial sources said many of the alleged rapes were prevented by the direct intervention of residents of Ceuta.

Some residents of the autonomous city were also among the accused, however.

The Ceuta Prosecutor’s Office previously said it was aware of two of the cases of alleged sexual assault and had opened preliminary proceedings.

It confirmed that no arrests had yet been made.

Marvel Studios has announced a host of new actors for its X-Men reboot – including Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and Adam Driver.

The stars taking on the roles of seven characters in the new movie were unveiled at Disney’s D23 fan event in the US on Friday.

Speaking at the event, Sink told the crowd it was “so wonderful” to be there and to “finally talk about the character after months of speculation”

Star Wars actor Driver joined via video-link as his character was revealed as the villainous Nathaniel Milbury, who will also been known as Mr Sinister.

He told fans he’d been talking “for years about maybe joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I think we finally found the perfect film at the perfect time”.

The new X-Men film, which is currently untitled, will be directed by Jake Schreier and is out in cinemas in May 2028.

Sink will play Jean Grey, a character revealed to fans when she appeared in Spiderman: Brand New Day last month.

The other stars announced for X-Men were Heartstopper actor Kit Connor as Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier or X, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue and Maya Boyd as Storm.

Professor X has previously been played by Sir Patrick Stewart in other Marvel movies like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Stewart will also appear as Professor X in the much-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday which is out later this year, before Abbott plays the role in X-Men.

The last X-Men movie Dark Phoenix, which featured the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Sophie Turner, came out in June 2019.

It was released under 20th Century Fox, but earlier that year, Disney, which owns Marvel, acquired the rights to the franchise.

Speaking at D23, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said there was a lot more X-Men casting news to come.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban rulers and other officials gathered at Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga assembly hall on Saturday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their return to power, touting having brought stability and an end to conflict after decades of upheaval.

A top United Nations official, however, warned of a grave human rights crisis in the country where girls above the age of 12 are denied an education.

The Taliban seized power on Aug. 15, 2021, as the U.S. and other NATO troops withdrew following a costly two-decade war. The U.S. withdrawal led to chaos at Kabul airport as crowds of people tried to flee the country in desperation.

Soon after taking power, the Taliban administration imposed a ban on girls’ education beyond the sixth grade and later also banned higher education for women, despite having pledged before the takeover that women would be allowed access to education, employment and public participation.

Women have also been banned from public spaces such as gyms and parks, from taking part in sports and traveling to distant locations without a male guardian.

Taliban hails ‘liberation’ from American forces

At the Loya Jirga, high-ranking officials were joined by some foreign representatives and thousands of ordinary citizens for speeches marking what they said was Afghanistan’s liberation from American forces.

“We pray to Almighty God to forever protect our homeland from occupation, aggression, wars, and insecurity, and to enable our people to enjoy peace, tranquility, and prosperity under the auspices of the Sharia-based government,” the Taliban government’s deputy spokesman, Hamdullah Fitrat, said during the ceremony.

There were no women present.

Five years on, the Taliban government remains isolated internationally, with Russia being the only country to have recognized it formally.

Top Taliban official calls for more international engagement

Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that countries that have engaged with the administration have gained from doing so and called on others that have not established contacts to reconsider their approach.

“Those that engaged and interacted with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan benefited,” he said. “As for the countries that have not engaged with the Islamic Emirate, let them state what they have gained or what benefit they have derived.”

“They should move towards a policy of engagement and mutual interaction,” he said.

Celebrations held under tight security

In Kabul, men took to the squares carrying Taliban flags and chanting slogans in support of the government. Convoys of vehicles wound their way through the city, causing traffic jams.

Security was tight, with heavy Taliban security force presence and several check points on a main road leading to the Loya Jirga.

Celebrations were also held in provinces across Afghanistan, where Taliban flags and posters emblazoned with slogans in praise of the Taliban’s return to power were displayed along major roads and marketplaces.

In a video message, Richard Bennett, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, said the country was undergoing a deep human rights crisis.

The U.N. agency on education and culture, UNESCO, estimates that some 2.4 million girls have been excluded from secondary education. The U.N. World Food Program said child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces and is expected to worsen due to funding shortfalls.

The world body’s agency on women’s rights, U.N. Women, said this week that women and girls are facing the harshest restriction in the world and that the bans are damaging Afghanistan’s future, with the lack of teachers, doctors, nurses and midwives threatening the country’s social and economic foundations.

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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey.

The court documents relating to the Anthropic case revealed the project of ingesting old books was referred to in internal company communications as “Project Panama.”

The documents indicated the company’s aim was to “destructively scan all the books in the world”.

Destructive scanning is the process of shipping books to locations where they can be digitised at an industrial scale.

It includes removing a book’s spine so all the pages can be scanned rapidly – and the remains recycled.

“A lot of mystery surrounds Project Panama,” Manley, from Barter Books, says.

“The name is new to me, but the reality of the project is not, and has been the subject of much discussion on the bookseller forums.”

He does not know that his books are being bought for it or similar projects by other AI firms.

But he says it’s also difficult to account for the sales, which appear random with “no rhyme or reason.”

They have varied from obscure Latin texts to cowboy novels.

Experts say the diverse subject matter also points to AI, as unusual and rare texts could provide fresh material to improve the training of large language models, the tech which underpins generative AI tools like chatbots.

Professor Emily Hudson, intellectual property specialist at Oxford University, says copyright laws in the UK are different to those in the US.

“The starting point in the UK is that all these acts of copying – creating the training library and doing the training – require the permission of the copyright owner,” she says.

The hot dog stand is offering 50% off its hot dogs during its anniversary week

While Cambridge has a range of independent and chain restaurants, there are also food vans and stalls dotted around the city. Hundreds of people walk past these food vans everyday, but many of those simply keep walking.

One of those has been running for nearly 40 years – far longer than I’ve been alive. To me, this means the food must be stellar for people to keep coming back – so I had to give it a go.

I spotted the cute little red van of the Hot Sausage Company parked up next to the Holy Trinity Church. I looked over the menu, which offered a regular hot dog and a regular with cheese and onion. You could also get larger hot dogs with the same fillings, or even a footlong if you’re feeling extra hungry.

For Cambridge, the food wasn’t badly priced either. A regular was £3.50 on its own, or £3.80 with cheese. It then cost £4.70 for a large sausage, or £5.40 for a footlong.

I went for the regular with cheese and onion. I went to order and the friendly owner said if I was in Cambridge the week starting August 17, he was offering 50 per cent off orders as the stall was celebrating its 40th anniversary – so if you’re around, you can snap up a discount.

The owner was very chatty while I waited, watching the hot dogs cooking on the steaming grill. When I got my hot dog, I sat on a small bench right opposite the stall and tucked in.

The sausage had a smoky taste to it, and the American-style cheese literally melted on my tongue. The onions added a crisp and sweet taste. Once I finished my hot dog, I wished I’d opted for the large sausage, or even a footlong, as it was simply so delicious.

To go with my hot dog, I enjoyed a crisp cold orange Tango, which cost £1.50. It was just what I needed on a 30C day. Altogether, my meal cost £5.30. I thought this was a reasonable and great price for a small but satisfying lunch.

What made it feel even better was that I was eating from a long-established Cambridge business. The Hot Sausage Company is a part of Cambridge’s modern history, and I’m glad I could experience its tasty hot dogs.

All of our food reviews are paid for by the writer. The establishments do not know we will be reviewing their food, allowing us to make fair judgements on each place.

They were left badly shaken by the ordeal

A member of staff was “dragged to the rear” of an off-licence during a robbery in South Belfast.

Police are investigating the incident which was reported at around 4pm on Friday, August 14, in the Sunnyside Street area when two men, believed to be in their 20s, entered an off-licence and ordered a member of staff to open the tills. A sum of money was taken during the robbery with the men fleeing the scene on foot towards Ava Drive.

A member of staff was left badly shaken and was “dragged to the rear of the premises” during the ordeal.

One of the men has been described as around 6ft in height, well-built and wearing light grey tracksuit bottoms and a tracksuit top. The second man was described as being thin and was wearing light grey tracksuit bottoms and a tracksuit top which was light grey at the top half and dark grey at the bottom half.

Detective Sergeant Faulkner said: “At around 4pm, it was reported to police that two men entered an off-licence in the area. It was reported the men then went behind the till and ordered a member of staff to open the tills. It was reported that a sum of money was taken during the incident, as the men made off on foot via the front of the premises towards the Ava Drive area.

“The staff member, who was dragged to the rear of the premises during the incident, was not injured but left badly shaken.

“One of the males is described as being around 6ft in height, well-built and wearing light grey tracksuit bottoms and a light grey tracksuit top with dark grey patches on the side. The second man is described as being of thin build and wearing light grey tracksuit bottoms and a tracksuit top which was light grey at the top half and dark grey at the bottom half of the top. Both men are described as being aged in their 20s with their hoods up around their faces during the incident.

“Enquiries are continuing and police would ask anyone who might have any information which could assist to contact police using our witness appeal form at https://reporting.psni.police.uk/appeals quoting reference 1132 14/08/26 or call us on 101. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.”

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