4 h. ago 'I tried Costa Coffee's controversial new lavender drink – here's what you need to know'

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star's resident 'look, Costa Coffee got me hooked on coffee so I need to give this a try for journalistic reasons' expert Adam Cailler tried the new Vanilla Lavender Iced Whipped Latte

Politics

6 h. ago Costa Coffee swarmed by police as stabbing outside shuts down major road

Metropolitan Police officers have cordoned off a major stretch of road after reports of a stabbing outside a Costa Coffee in Seven Sisters in the early hours of Monday morning

Events

12 h. ago Police swarm to Costa Coffee after early hours stabbing causes major disruption

The police response to a reported stabbing in Seven Sisters partially blocked a major road in both directions while investigations were carried out

Events

5 d. ago 'Really sad news' say shoppers as Costa Coffee closes another high street shop

The coffee shop first opened in Lyme Regis in 2012 after it took over the site from estate agents Fortnam, Smith and Bennett - and now, shoppers have reacted to the news

Economics

7 d. ago Costa Coffee customers furious and cry 'justice' as chain makes huge change in shops

Costa Coffee has made a big change, and it's safe to say it has not gone down well with customers

Economics

8 d. ago Customers call latest Costa Coffee policy ‘health and safety gone mad’

High street coffee chain has disappointed regular customers with the switch-up

Economics

8 d. ago The North Road by Rob Cowen review – the poetry and pain of Britain’s backbone

A beautifully written study of our longest numbered route, the A1, is full of rich asides and haunting explorations, conjuring the visual pleasure of a road movieMost people know the North Road of this book’s title as the London-to-Edinburgh A1. But, as Rob Cowen writes, A1 is a cipher for a 400-mile multiplicity of roads – a historically diverse bundle that includes ancient trackways, a Roman road, the “Old North Road” and the “Great North Road” (the name generally applied to what became the A1 in the road-numbering scheme of the 1920s). This collective forms, as Cowen has it, our primary road – the “backbone” of Britain.As a frequent shuttler between north and south, I prefer the North Road to its rival, the bland, homogenous M1. It has verges and laybys, eccentric pit-stops where the coffee is not necessarily Costa, and a scruffy, improvised air, suggesting something organically arisen from the landscape. But whereas I have merely driven along the road, Cowen has communed with it...

Politics

1 week ago Costa Coffee introduces huge change across stores and fans say 'bring them back'

Costa Coffee's cinnamon bun - which is a sweet bun swirled with cinnamon filling, decorated with cream cheese icing and dusted with cinnamon powder - is a staple part of the chain's menu

Sport

2 w. ago Tesco shoppers delight at 'insane' Krispy Kreme and Costa Coffee deal

Many customers were unaware of the offer which gives them two popular items at a fraction of the usual price

Economics