HOME Bargains delighted shoppers after bringing back a popular solar light.

The jazzy garden accessory with a flickering flame effect is on sale for just £3.99.

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The colourful light is the perfect garden addition[/caption]

Made by Firefly Solar Light Co, the ornament is shaped like a hot air balloon.

The bargain buy automatically turns on after sundown and comes with a rechargeable battery.

Dangling from the delicate glass ‘balloon’ is a tiny gold basket.

A photo of the £3.99 lights was shared on Bargain Lovers Facebook page with the caption: “Look what’s coming back at Home Bargains!!”

The post quickly gathered plenty of likes, with one person writing: “Love these got one last year look so cute when there light up xx”

A second added: “I want a couple of these, we’ll have to do a trip,” one wrote, tagging a friend.

“Oh my word these are £20 in garden centres!” echoed another.

Every time Home Bargains brings them back on sale they run out fast, with them currently out of stock online.

Despite soaring costs of living, the light is one pound cheaper than when it first took shoppers by storm last year.

It’s worth checking with your local branch to see if it has the balloons in stock.

You can find your nearest Home Bargains branch by using the retailer’s store locator on its website.

Of course, always to remember to shop around before buying anything like this as you might find the item cheaper elsewhere.

Websites like Price Spy let you compare prices on thousands of products to find out where it will cost you the least.

You can also have a quick scan on the Google Shopping/Product tab to see how much retailers are selling a particular item for.

We had a quick look online to see if other chains are selling a similar-style hot air balloon solar light, and couldn’t find any.

Homebase has one in stock for £10.50 while Amazon has one in stock for £9.49.

This comes as shoppers go mad for a 99p cure for winter sniffles – and even celebrities can’t get enough.

TOWIE star Bobby Norris is the latest famous face to rave about the 99p product – Nuage’s vapour bath salts.

“Now when I tell you these sell out quick, this is what we’re at,” he said in a video on his TikTok page, turning the camera to show that there were only a few left on the shelf.

“It’s like the locusts have been!”

He urged people to “run like a thief in the night” to their local Home Bargains, calling the product a “game changer”.

“We’ve all got stinking colds,” he sighed.

“We’re having a terrible time I think. So I would suggest, if you like a bath salt or a shower tablet, get involved.

“Vapour is the way.

“And with everything going round at the minute… you need it in your life.

“I grabbed a couple because as I say, they sell out so so quick.”

If you aren’t a bath person, it also comes in tablet form for the shower.

And other Home Bargains shoppers were quick to agree with Bobby in the comments section, with one writing: “When you know you know!”

“Ooh I’ll grab some!” another added.

“I’m going to get some of them,” a third said.

“Home Bargs is the best place!” someone else gushed.

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A retired man who frequents Oceanside, California to give every dog he sees a Pup-Peroni treat has left millions of viewers in tears.

LUIS BOA MORTE would be interested in the vacant Blackburn job.

Championship outfit Rovers are looking for a new boss after John Eustace jumped ship for relegation-threatened Derby last week.

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Luis Boa Morte is keen on the Blackburn job[/caption]

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George Boateng is also in the running[/caption]

SunSport understands former Arsenal, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham midfielder Boa Morte, 47, is set to hold talks with Ewood Park chiefs  in the coming days.

Boa Morte has been in charge of the Guinea-Bissau national team since March, following a three-year stint as Marco Silva’s No 2 at Fulham.

But the ex-Portugal international would be swayed by the Rovers gig.

Former Aston Villa and Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng, 49, is also in the running.

He has only one other managerial job – Kelantan in Malaysia – but has held various coaching roles across English football.

Boateng previously coached in the Blackburn youth setup, taking charge of their under-13s in 2018.

He left Coventry City last year after the arrival of Frank Lampard to the Sky Blues after spells coaching the Ghana national team and Villa.

Blackburn currently sit fifth in the Championship and are hopeful of a play-off place.

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They beat Plymouth 2-0 on Saturday with David Lowe, 59, in interim charge.

Former Wolves boss Gary O’Neil is the current bookies favourite to get the job.

SHOPPERS are already stocking up on their favourite Easter eggs but one retailer is going above and beyond to customers after slashing prices.

Tesco is offering customers a major discount on favourite Easter eggs including on classics like Malteasers and Cadbury as well as luxury brands like Lindt.

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But, not all shoppers will benefit from the bargain covering 20 different products.

The retailer is offering the chance to save up to 31 per cent on selected Easter eggs this year – some scanning for as little as £1.35.

Tesco tells shoppers: “Opt for luxury with offers on Lindt, Tesco Finest, Thorntons and Raffaello, or spread the cost of family favourites and pick up brand-name staples including Maltesers, M&M, Smarties and Milky Bar.”

Depending on which Easter egg customers choose, they can save as much as £5.50 per egg.

The offer open only to Clubcard holders has discounts ranging from 10 per cent off to 31 per cent.

The Raffaello White Chocolate Easter Egg that is usually £17.50 will be just £12 under the deal until April 21.

Meanwhile the Lindt XL Salted Caramel Egg will have £5 off its usual £20 price tag.

Even the more budget-friendly Easter eggs carry discounts under the special offer.

The classic large Lindt Gold chocolate bunnies in white, milk, and dark chocolate usually £6.75 each will be priced down to £5.50.

And packs of eggs such as the five-pack of Cadbury creme eggs, Cadbury oreo chocolate eggs and the 12-pack of Tony’s Chocolonely Egg-stra special eggs will have 50p off.

Fans of a popular Cadbury egg will be pleased to know that a dupe being sold by Tesco is also included in the offer.

The retailer’s own Raisin and Biscuit Chocolate Egg is almost half the price of the Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut Ultimate Egg from Cadbury.

The hollow Tesco egg contains raisins and biscuit pieces in the milk chocolate shell and can be picked up for £10.

In comparison Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut Inclusions Ultimate Egg is £15.

But, under the Clubcard deal, shoppers can knock another £2 off the price tag and get the dupe for just £8.

The same goes for Tesco’s Pretzel and Salt chocolate egg.

However, the various offers included in the promotion have different end dates so you must grab your bargain before it is gone.

A selection of offers will end on February 25, others on March 30, and the rest on April 21 except for the Lindt Bunnies which will be discounted until May 12.

Easter egg bargains are set to be extra popular this year after warnings that prices are set to soar.

The price of a security-tagged bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs has already been described as “laughable”

But shoppers are still eager to see what new products are coming to the shelves this year.

Waitrose has caused a storm with a  croissant-shaped offering while M&S fans are rushing to get a Scrummy Bunny Munch Tin.

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A SECOND Cabinet minister was accused of sexing up their CV last night.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, above, repeatedly described himself as a solicitor despite never qualifying.

The Tories said last night he may have broke the law as impersonating a lawyer is an offence.

Reynolds had claimed online and in the Commons chamber that he worked as a solicitor for Manchester firm Addleshaw Goddard before becoming an MP – but he was only a trainee.

In 2011 he tweeted: “Personally, I find being an MP better for work/life balance than being a solicitor and a councillor.”

In a speech in 2014 that he “worked as a solicitor in Manchester city centre” before entering Parliament.

But he never completed his training after quitting to become and MP in 2010 as was never registered with Solicitors Regulation Authority, according to the Guido Fawkes blog.

Last night his office said the claims were a “mistake”.

But Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith hit out: “There is a clear pattern here.

A Labour Party misleading voters, a Chancellor who lied about being an economist and now another minister who has lied about being a solicitor.

Keir Starmer needs to get a grip on his party’s relationship with the truth.” It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves was forced to change her online CV after boasting she had worked as a economist at the Bank of England for a decade.

And she removed claims she had been an economist at the Bank of Scotland between 2006 and 2009 after it emerged she actually worked in the complaints department.

Since then she has faced questions over her expenses and other claims she had written for a respected economic publication.

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WE knew homicidal brute Valdo Calocane slipped through the fingers of negligent medics.

Now we know how bungling police left him free to kill.

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Nottingham stab victims, from left: Ian Coates, 65, Barnaby Webber and his friend Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19[/caption]

Had three cops properly probed an assault he committed at work, he would almost certainly not have been able to kill Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, in Nottingham six weeks later.

Crucially, they even neglected to check his name on their national database.

That would have revealed an outstanding arrest warrant for assaulting a cop.

Yet the Independent Office of Police Conduct considers the officers’ failure too slight to merit sacking them.

Really? The cops admit being slapdash.

That had terrible, lethal consequences.

It was, the IOPC said, a “missed opportunity which may have prevented those attacks”.

The victims’ distraught relatives have been failed by the system at every turn, from the NHS to the CPS which accepted Calocane’s manslaughter plea instead of trying him for murder.

Now even the police watchdog lets off the blundering cops with a slap on the wrist and considers that job done.

The families are right to be outraged.

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Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane[/caption]

Fund our forces

KEIR Starmer’s talk of putting British peace-keeping troops into Ukraine is ­commendable if a little premature.

Those arguing that Ukraine is not our fight are short-sighted.

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Keir Starmer is considering putting British troops in Ukraine as peacekeepers[/caption]

Putin’s imperialism must be contained for our sakes too.

But no one yet knows what US- brokered deal might yet be struck.

More worryingly, the PM is failing so far to put our money where his mouth is.

It is bizarre to commit troops amid so many warnings of our dire need to rearm and recruit.

Sir Keir must order the Treasury immediately to find ­billions for that — and cut elsewhere.

The bloated welfare and aid budgets are indefensible hallmarks of our complacency which we simply cannot now afford.

Rule by judges

LIBERAL judges seem to think they OWN immigration law.

And their boss confirms it.

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Baroness Carr apparently wants judges to continue using the ECHR to override Government asylum policy[/caption]

The Lady Chief Justice is outraged that Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch dared to attack the abysmal court ­ruling that a Gazan family rejected for asylum should be given sanctuary here anyway on human rights grounds.

It’s “unacceptable”, snipes Baroness Carr.

She apparently wants judges to continue using the ECHR to override Government asylum policy, all while shielded from pesky politicians’ barbs.

Well, belt up, Baroness. As the PM rightly says: “It should be Parliament that makes the rules on immigration.”

The problem is judges do too, thanks to human rights laws he is wedded to.

How does he intend to tackle that?

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A MEDAL won by Sir Matt Busby in his playing career is going up for sale.

The family of the legendary Manchester United boss are selling off his Manchester FA Senior Cup winner’s medal from the 1928-29 season – which he won while playing for CITY.

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A medal from his playing days for Manchester City is up for sale[/caption]

The nine-carat gold medal – which is engraved “Manchester City F.C, Winners, M. Busby.” – is estimated to fetch between £8,000-12,000.

His private collection of football match programmes between the 1950s-80s will also go under the hammer in live online bidding at Surrey-based Ewbank’s on February 26.

Busby joined City as a teenager and stayed there for eight years before moving to Liverpool in 1936.

The Scotsman, who died aged 84 in 1994, won the league championship five times for United and lifted the European Cup in 1968 – ten years after he survived the Munich air crash.

He is considered by many to be the club’s most important manager along with fellow great Sir Alex Ferguson.

Fergie surpassed the late Sir Matt as United’s longest-serving manager in 2010.

He said of his fellow Scot: “It has been frozen into the memory bank.

“I think of Sir Matt Busby as being here forever. He started at the end of the war and went right through to winning the European Cup in 1968.

“The timespan [of his reign] seems to be much longer than mine.

“Of course, there are emotional issues. He had to rebuild the team after Munich. There was so much emotion. I did not have that.

“That is the reason he seemed to have been here forever.”

He added: “The most important piece of advice he gave me was not to read the press.

“It was great advice and I have not read it since. The issue of ex-players at the club was something I have been addressing for quite a long time.

“I wanted to keep all our great players around the club in some capacity. I had Sir Bobby Charlton on the board and Sir Matt was here as well.

“People like that are able to understand the dimensions of Manchester United.

“That is necessary to understand the role of manager. It was very helpful to me.”

Manchester United will be back in action on Saturday, travelling to Goodison Park to take on Everton.

AN EIGHTIES rock legend looks incredible as she reveals she has joined OnlyFans.

Not only that, the star, now 66, has revealed the HUGE earnings she has made in just one month.

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The star revealed she makes A LOT of money from the site each month[/caption]

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The woman in question is Lorraine Lewis famed for her group Femme Fatale[/caption]

Did you guess the rocker was Lorraine Lewis from the 80s rock group Femme Fatale?

The singer is the latest in a long line of celebrities to join OnlyFans.

Lorraine has now opened up about being on the adult content website, and revealed how she had wanted to join for a “very, very long time”.

Speaking on The Chuck Shute Podcast, the rocker said: “I just think it’s a cool platform. It can be whatever you want it to be.

“I think a lot of people think it’s really just porn. It’s not. It doesn’t have to be.

“But it’s sexy, I’ll tell you that. Like, I’m hella sexy.’

Lorraine also revealed that since launching the page, she has built up an audience of around 500 subscribers.

On her profile she posts photos of herself posing in lingerie or semi-nude, plus exclusive music content.

Lorraine charges each subscriber around $20 (£15.87) a month, and there are also additional charge options for extra content.

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Lorraine also revealed the eye-watering money she is making per month.

The rocker said she is earns around $10,000 (£7,933.50) from her content,

She said: “It just makes sense that a girl like me, a rock star like me, would take this to the next level.

“I’ve always been a rebel. I’m always full of surprises. And this is just another level of, like, doing what I wanna do and living life to the fullest.

“If I’m lucky, I’ve got 30 more years on the planet.

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Lorraine says she loves doing OnlyFans and finds it ‘fun’[/caption]

“I can talk about this when I’m sipping tea when I’m 100.”

Lorraine also brushed off any criticism she may get from being on OnlyFans.

“I’m owning it. I’m embracing it,” she said. “I’m in control of whatever I wanna do, and I’m just having so much fun.”

Lorraine continued: ‘I have so many fans that have come on and they’re, like, ‘I’ve had a crush on you since I was 15 years old and first saw your video’.

“I mean, it’s a chance for people to have a one-on-one with me, get to know me on a more intimate one-on-one level, have fun with it.”

EIGHTIES STAR

Lorraine kicked off her career in the spotlight in 1987 as the lead singer of rock band Femme Fatale.

The group had a lot of success in the 80s and are best known for their hits Waiting For The Big One and Falling In And Out Of Love.

The rockers thrilled fans for three years before splitting in 1990.

In 2019, Lorraine became the frontwoman of the legendary female rock band Vixen.

The group are best known for their 1988 hit Edge of a Broken Heart.

CENTRAL Cee has become the joint most-decorated rapper in MOBO Awards history after winning best male act.

The 26-year-old, who wasn’t there, is now tied with Stormzy on seven awards, after winning the best male award for the second year in a row at tonight’s awards ceremony in Newcastle.

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Central Cee was not at the ceremony[/caption]

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Love Island’s Ella Thomas and Apprentice adviser Tim Campbell, announced he had won and host Eddi Kadi picked it up on his behalf.

After, Central Cee simply posted on his Instagram stories: “That’s nice, thank you.”

The London-born star, whose real name is Oakley Caesar-Su, is best known for the songs Sprinter featuring Dave, and solo single Doja, and released his debut solo album Can’t Rush Greatness in January 2025.

Elsewhere, singer-songwriter Ayra Starr became the first African woman to win best international act, and the first woman to win best African music act in 16 years.

Best female act went to British-Nigerian rapper and singer Darkoo, who also won song of the year for Favourite Girl featuring Dess Dior.

German-born artist Odeal scooped best newcomer along with best R&B or soul act, while 40-year-old actor and rapper Bashy won best album for Being Poor Is Expensive, and also took home best hip hop act.

Video of the year went to Mnelia for My Man, which was directed by Femi Bello, while best performance in a TV show or film was awarded to actor and musician Jacob Anderson as Louis in Interview With The Vampire.

Olympic gold medallist Dame Denise Lewis was honoured with the paving the way award, which is aimed at celebrating those who have paved the way for future generations in sport, entertainment and culture.

Former Mercury Prize winners in 2023, Ezra Collective won the best jazz act award.

Best grime act went to Scorcher, best drill act was won by Pozer, best electronic dance music act was given to TSHA, best gospel act went to Annatoria, Shenseea scooped best Caribbean music act, and best alternative act was won by ALT BLK ERA.

Best media personality was won by 90s Baby Show, a comedy podcast exploring the mind of a 90s baby, while best producer went to Juls.

Jamaican dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was honoured with the impact award, which is given to an artist who has been a pioneer in their genre.

The ceremony saw performances from rock duo Nova Twins, British hip hop duo Krept And Konan, and award winners Odeal, Darkoo and Bashy.

A host of famous faces including Vick Hope, Amber Gill and ZeZe Millz were all in the audience this evening.

Mobo Awards 2025: Access All Areas airs on BBC One on February 21 at 11.25pm.

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DONALD Trump has warned that Europe sending troops to Ukraine after a peace deal could end up in a catastrophic World War Three.

The US president has also called for Ukraine to hold fresh elections before a ceasefire is achieved.

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US, Russian and Saudi representatives speaking at Riyadh’s Diriyah Palace over peace talks earlier today[/caption]

Speaking to reporters today from his flashy Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said that Ukraine’s leadership allowed a war to go on that should’ve never happened.

And it can now quickly escalate into a global war if Europe sends peacekeeping force to Ukraine, as suggested by Sir Keir Starmer and backed by a few other European leaders.

Trump said: “[The war] could end up in a World War Three. Europe is saying they want to send troops to Ukraine.

“All of a sudden you are going to end up with World War Three.”

Meanwhile, top diplomats from Russia and the US today met in Saudi Arabia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Present at the negotiating table was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz all sat down in Riyadh’s Diriyah Palace.

They were joined by outspoken Putin cronies Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushako.

After some five hours of crunch talks, both parties reportedly agreed that elections should be held in Ukraine before a final peace deal is achieved in war.

The proposal has now sparked speculations that Zelensky could be ousted and a pro-Russian leadership could be installed in Kyiv.

Trump, however, emphasised that the proposal for a fresh election in Ukraine is something “not coming from the Russian side” but from the US.

He said today: “We haven’t had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law and the country is blown to smithereens.

“The leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but [Zelesnky] is down at 4% approval rating and the people of Ukraine say like, ‘It has been a long time since we have had election’.”

During the crunch talks, The US delegation led by Rubio also agreed not to send any troops to Ukraine.

This opposes Starmer’s call, backed by other European leaders, to put peacekeeping troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal brokered by the US President.

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All we know from day one of the peace talks

• No new details on when Putin and Trump will meet
• Full embassy staffing agreed
• Both sides agree to create “high level teams”
• Vlad will speak to Zelensky “if necessary”
• Proposal to hold fresh election before final deal
• Russia won’t allow Ukraine to join Nato
• Kremlin wants to end Western sanctions
• Zelensky postpones Saudi trip as he blasts unfair meeting

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a rallying cry to Europe urging leaders to “step up” and deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.

The PM vowed the UK will “do our bit” to try and enforce a peace deal.

The bold move put pressure on Britain’s allies to also publicly back the idea of a European peacekeeping force in war-torn Ukraine.

France and Sweden spoke out in favour of the plan at a crisis summit in Paris on Monday but didn’t go as far as Starmer who said he is willing to deploy British troops.

But the idea was dramatically rejected by a number of other fellow leaders.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described Starmer’s pleas as “premature” and “highly inappropriate”.

He then stormed out of the meeting adding that the shear thought of making decisions seemingly on behalf of Ukraine was “irritating”.

The historic US-Russia meeting lasted for almost five hours with Moscow and Washington being joined by Saudi representatives who helped monitor the talks.

Both sides said they were hugely beneficial.

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Close Putin aide, Yuri Ushakov, said the talks “went well” as he also revealed negotiators have agreed to talk about the war in Ukraine from either side, IFAX reported.

Russia’s lead negotiator told reporters after the talks: “It was a very serious conversation on all the questions we wanted to touch upon.”

Secretary of State Rubio said the meeting showed him that the Kremlin is finally “willing to begin to engage in a serious process”.

US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce later said the two sides have agreed to appoint “respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible”.

However, Ukraine was notably excluded from the peace talks in Riyadh today, which left both President Zelensky and his European allies annoyed and frustrated.

Zelensky even announced he has postponed his official visit to Saudi Arabia until March 10 – despite him initially being scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

The move has been done in order to not give any “legitimacy” to the US-Russia meeting, two sources told Reuters.

He said any negotiations “should not take place behind our backs” as he reiterated a peace deal will only be agreed if it is fair for all those involved – not just Putin.