9 h. ago Moment 'ridiculous' caller dials 999 to report his Uber Eats driver has arrived empty

The video has been released by the Metropolitan Police after it was revealed that around one in seven of the 999 calls made to the force are genuine emergencies.

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43 h. ago Halifax statement after reports of McDonald's Uber Eats payment issue

A customer contacted Halifax as they wanted to get a refund

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7 d. ago Stunning Sky Sports pundit announces baby's birth after TV absence as 'world changed'

Sky Sports F1 pundit and presenter Naomi Schiff has announced her newborn baby son's arrival after giving birth last week, with the racing driver and TV star absent from screens since August

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1 week ago Gen Z named Britain's messiest eaters as study reveals attitude shift

The survey found that 74 per cent of Gen Z have spilled food or drink at a big event such as a wedding or a first date

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1 week ago Instant karma! Moment driver rams into two armed robbers trapping them under her vehicle until police arrived after they tried to hold her up in the street

The attempted robbery took place in Jardim Botanico, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , on the night of Tuesday 21st October.

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2 w. ago The Beijing courier who went viral: how Hu Anyan wrote about delivering parcels – and became a bestseller

Like so many others, his days have been spent in the gig economy, moving from one precarious job to another, often tied to a gruelling 996 shift pattern. He discusses the harsh realities of modern working life in China, and far beyondHu Anyan is not a fan of online shopping, but, as he discovered during the months he spent as a courier in Beijing, plenty of people are. Not long into the job, he was assigned to delivering parcels to a large construction site. He didn’t have to deliver that many – 10 to 20, most days – but getting them to their rightful owners wasn’t always easy. There was a crane driver who was often in the air when Hu arrived. He would ask him to come again the next day, only to be found in the sky again.“In the end,” Hu writes in his memoir, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing – which is being published in English for the first time this month – “it would take several trips” to deliver this man his parcel. “But this didn’t dampen his passion for online shopping....

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3 w. ago Shoppers are being charged up to TWICE as much by using delivery apps such as Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo for groceries compared to in

Shoppers using delivery apps to buy supermarket groceries are being charged up to twice as much compared to the price in stores, a consumer watchdog has warned.

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3 w. ago Delivery apps such as Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo charge up to twice the amount for supermarket groceries compared to in

Shoppers using delivery apps to buy supermarket groceries are being charged up to twice as much compared to the price in stores, a consumer watchdog has warned.

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4 w. ago What to avoid as having shopping delivered can double the cost

New research looked at Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats, Whoosh, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Waitrose

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4 w. ago Delivery apps charging as much as twice as much on supermarket groceries, consumer watchdog warns

An investigation found some items were double the price when ordered through delivery apps compared to on supermarket shelves

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4 w. ago Supermarket groceries could cost twice as much through delivery apps, consumer watchdog warns

An investigation found some items were double the price when ordered through delivery apps compared to on supermarket shelves

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4 w. ago Supermarket groceries could cost twice as much with delivery apps, Which? warns

The consumer group compared the prices of up to 50 popular items from four supermarkets.

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