7 h. ago Top 20 small 'home wins' from finding the last ice cream to fresh bedsheets

A poll of 2,000 adults found 45 per cent appreciate fresh sheets on the bed and 36 per cent love nothing more than getting a parcel delivered earlier than expected

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57 h. ago Voices: Chill out, dudes – Ben and Jerry’s are getting their just desserts

After years of boardroom battles with Unilever, the founders of the world-beating ice-cream brand now want to take back control and re-establish a link with progressive, hippy culture – so why did they sell it for $300m in the first place, asks James Moore

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3 d. ago Ben & Jerry’s founders call for the brand to be ‘freed’ from its owners

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say it is ‘not the Ben & Jerry’s’ they founded after being ‘silenced’ by Unilever over matters of social justiceThe co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have called for the ice-cream brand to be made independent and excluded from current owner Unilever’s plans to list its ice-cream business on the stock market.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC), a new division of Unilever that is set to be separately listed in November and includes the brand founded by the pair in 1978 alongside Magnum, Cornetto and Wall’s, “must free Ben & Jerry’s” in an open letter to prospective investors and the group’s board. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ben & Jerry’s asks to ‘free’ itself from owner so it can ‘honour its mission’

Founder Ben Cohen says the company’s ‘voice has been muted’ and vows not to ‘be silent anymore’

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3 d. ago Ben & Jerry’s founders call for ice cream brand to be ‘released’ from Magnum giants

Magnum stressed that Ben & Jerry’s is ‘not for sale’ and will remain part of the group.

Economics

3 d. ago Popular Gaza ice cream parlour stirs nostalgia with new branch outside of Palestine

Kazem began serving ice cream in northern Gaza in 1950

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5 d. ago Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light

Police around the country are turning to a summer favorite to help strengthen ties to their communities by running their own free ice cream trucks

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6 d. ago Great British seaside resorts 'missed out' on £1.5BILLION despite boost in business over heatwave summer, new report claims

Three-quarters of small and medium-sized tourist businesses - including ice cream sellers, guest houses, cafes and gift shops - say the sunny weather brought a surge in visitors and takings.

Economics

7 d. ago I went to retro Scots seaside town with famous ice cream shop — it's a brilliant day out

Many of us may have grown up visiting this pretty Scottish coastal town - and it's just as charming even when the weather turns.

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7 d. ago Council’s ice cream van crackdown would see jingles limited to 12 seconds

South Cambridgeshire District Council is considering the new rules after receiving complaints about ‘illegal or unauthorised’ traders

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8 d. ago 'Legend dairy' man carries ice cream and dry ice up Colorado peak as treat for other hikers

Hikers who climbed one of Colorado's tallest mountains got more than a sweeping view at the top

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8 d. ago Get luxurious 'hotel crisp' bedsheets by adding 1 kitchen item in the wash

As the weather gets cooler, it's harder to get that fresh feeling from your bedsheets - but there's one simple tip to make sure they still feel sun-dried and soft

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8 d. ago Cake shop owner loses £1,000 in 'rogue Just Eat refunds from customers claiming ice cream was too cold'

Andrea Blow, owner of Cakes by Andrea, was 'disheartened' to learn one regular had been issued 44 refunds in just eight weeks for items they claim hadn't been delivered

Economics

8 d. ago Fires Which Burned Brightly by Sebastian Faulks review – a grief

In his account of postwar childhood and literary success, the novelist hints at pain he is unable to address directlyIn this not-quite-a-memoir, the novelist Sebastian Faulks gives a fine-grained account of growing up in post-second world war England. In the home counties cottage he shares with his parents and older brother, olive oil does duty not in the kitchen but as a bathroom remedy for bunged-up ears. If you are lucky enough to have a telephone (the Faulks are), it will probably be a “party” line shared with the people next door. Holidays consist of an icy week in Bexhill-on-Sea or, a step up, the Isle of Wight (just as cold but with a nicer class of ice-cream). Then there are all those tight-lipped middle-aged men busying themselves mowing the lawn and going to work in mysterious “offices”. Not so long ago they were shooting down Germans or trying to survive the north African desert.Faulks’s own father is one of these heroes in hiding – a provincial solicitor in a failing pra...

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9 d. ago Cheap, healthy, sustainable and delicious – why mussels are a no

Fans say they’re the perfect food. No wonder they’re having a moment on restaurant menus. But how hard is this shellfish to prepare at home?It might be that they’re cheap. It might be that they’re healthy. But, in all likelihood, it’s “because they are just delicious”, says seafood chef Mitch Tonks. Whatever the reason, mussels are having a moment. Where once moules meant marinière (the classic French dish with white wine and parsley), now you can find them skewered, popcorned, pickled, barbecued, and even breaded and served in a burger bun.Mussels are making waves not just along the coast of Britain but in restaurants and recipes across the land. And they are being greeted with growing excitement, too, because, unlike the majority of food that becomes a fad, creating spikes in demand that cannot help but damage a group of people or their environment, there are no downsides to going mad for mussels. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Expert guide to budget tickets and beating the queues as Wimbledon 2026 ballot opens

Seven-hour waits and £100 tickets? Not if you know the tricks of the SW19 trade. Tennis nut David Cohen serves up his winning formula for finding (cheap) seats at top matches — without spending all day in a long queue

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1 week ago Bedsheets will feel fresh and luxurious if you add one kitchen item to the wash

If you crave the fresh and crisp feeling of hotel sheets its easy to recreate at home with this one kitchen item you already have in your cupboards

Politics

1 week ago Tories call for suspension of Reform UK councillor over ice cream van inquiry

Former Leicestershire County Council deputy leader Joseph Boam, 22, is facing claims so-called ‘treating’ took place near a polling station.

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1 week ago Forgotten Man City player faces four months in wilderness after transfer failure

Kalvin Phillips faces four months in exile at Manchester City after an Achilles injury prevented the midfielder from finding a new club during the summer transfer window.It had been expected that the 29-year-old would end his disappointing City career during the summer window, but he failed to recover from surgery in time and hasn't yet returned to full training.There had been Premier League interest in Phillips earlier in the summer, including from former club Leeds United, but ultimately, a lack of fitness meant no move was forthcoming for the England international.Despite staying at the Etihad, Phillips is unlikely to feature for City before the January transfer window opens. Although the windows remain open in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, a move to either of those leagues isn't currently on the cards.Phillips has been out of favour at City since a nightmare first 18 months after a £42million move from Leeds United in the summer of 2022. He hasn't played for the club since December 2...

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1 week ago Erik ten Hag’s sacking is a brutal end to historic failure at Bayer Leverkusen

Captain Robert Andrich bemoaned his team’s ‘misery’ while those upstairs did little to back Xabi Alonso’s successor“You say it best, when you say nothing at all,” was how Ronan Keating put it in a 1999 cover version. Whether Erik ten Hag will choose to get over his latest breakup with a tub of ice-cream in front of a rewatch of Notting Hill is open to conjecture but if he did, lyrics dotted through the film are sure to have an added poignancy.Ten Hag didn’t need telling that in only his second Bundesliga game in charge of Bayer Leverkusen, they and he had had a bad afternoon. Going to a diminished and depleted Werder Bremen (it is probably too early to say lowly, even though we strongly suspect that is the part of the table where they may end up spending most of their time), Die Werkself appeared to be on top of things, holding a 3-1 lead and a man advantage. Continue reading...

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