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‘Who steals from B&M you scruff?’ people ask as ‘disgusting’ shopper tops up ‘half full’ bottle of £3 fabric conditioner
A SHOPPER has been slammed for her “disgusting behaviour” after using a new bottle of fabric conditioner to top up a “half full” one before buying it.
Alisia was shopping for the laundry essential in her local B&M when she found a £3 bottle she wanted.
But upon shaking it, she realised it was actually less than half full.
So, in order to get her money’s worth, she decided to use a different bottle to fill hers to the brim.
“It says large pack, half full,” she said, holding up the bottle in question in a video on her TikTok page.
“You’ve never f**king seen it mate.
“I am not about to pay three quid and have a half full tub.”
After using another bottle to add a substantial amount to hers, Alisia said: “Now I’ll pay three quid for that!”
“Are you f**king mad?” she concluded.
“I cannot be the only one,” Alisia captioned her video.
However, the majority of people in the comments were quick to insist she was actually the only one.
“Who steals from B&M?” one wrote.
“Hahahah scruff!”
Clearly unperturbed by the remark, Alisia replied: “Work smarter, not harder.”
“That’s stealing,” another exclaimed.
“So theft then, basically,” a third said.
“The amount in the bottle is what you are paying for – not the size of the bottle.
“So you have just stolen the rest!”
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Shoppers have saved hundreds of pounds a year by using B&M's scanner app.
The scanner lets you see if an item’s price is cheaper than advertised on the shop floor label.
Products that are typically discounted are seasonal items and old stock that B&M is trying to shift.
The app is free to download off the B&M Stores mobile app via Google Play or the Apple App Store.
According to one ex-B&M manager, you’ll want to visit your local branch at 10am on a Wednesday too.
Here’s how you can join the B&M bargain hunt:
- Download the B&M app for free on any smartphone with an App Store or Google Play.
- Once you’ve installed it on your device, click on the option labelled “more” on the bottom, right-hand side of the app home page.
- You’ll then find an option that says “barcode scanner”. Click on this and you’ll open a camera screen.
- Use the camera to hover over the barcode of the product you wish to check.
- If the price comes up as lower, take it to the cash desk and it will automatically scan at the lower price.
- You don’t need to sign up to the B&M app to use the barcode scanner.
“Yolo,” Alisia hit back.
“Probably half full because someone’s already done what you just did,” someone else pointed out.
“Disgusting behaviour,” another raged.
“Imagine this was your life…..wow,” someone else commented.
And when another warned that she could well be caught on the security camera committing the act, Alisia replied: “No risk, no fun!”
“I’d be scared of getting kicked out,” someone else admitted.
But there were also comments from people on Alisia’s side, with many admitting they do the same thing.
So theft then, basically?
TikTok commenter
“I don’t blame you looool,” one wrote.
“They’re robbing us, we’re not robbing them!”
“Why have I never thought about doing this?” another asked.
“I do this! Thought I was the only one,” a third admitted.
“I fill washing pod boxes up to top before I buy them too,” someone else said.
“I do it! Got to get your money’s worth,” another justified.
“Nahhhh I thought I was only one,” someone else said.
“I ain’t paying £3 for a quarter!”
“OMG genius,” another praised.
Harry Potter and Doctor Who star dies aged 63 as tributes pour in to ‘kind & gracious’ veteran actor
DOCTOR Who and Harry Potter star Simon Fisher-Becker has died aged 63.
Tributes have poured in for the veteran actor – who also appeared in Oscar winning film Les Misérables – after he passed away on Saturday afternoon.
Agent Kim Barry, of Jaffrey Management, said in a statement: “Today I lost not only a client in Simon Fisher-Becker, but a close personal friend of 15 years standing.
“I shall never forget the phone call I made to him when he was offered the part of Dorium Moldovar in BBC’s Dr Who.
“Simon was also a writer, a raconteur and a great public speaker. He helped me out enormously and was kind, gracious and interested in everyone.”
Fisher-Becker’s husband added in a Facebook post: “Hello everyone. This is Tony, Simon’s husband .
“I have some very sad news. At 2:50 this afternoon Simon passed away.
“I’ll be keeping this account open for a while. I’m not sure at this point if I’ll be posting again. Thank you.”
The actor was possibly best known for his role in the BBC’s Puppy Love as Tony Fazackerley.
He also appeared alongside Matt Smith’s Doctor in the Beeb’s revival series, playing blue-skinned intergalactic black marketeer Dorium Maldovar.
In 2001 he played the Fat Friar – Hufflepuff House’s resident ghost – in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
And in 2012 had a brief role in Les Misérables as Master of the House.
Other TV work included One Foot in the Grave, The Bill, Doctors, Love Soup, Getting On and Afterlife.
Brits living near electricity pylons to get £250 OFF their bills in planning rules overhaul – will you benefit?
BRITS living near new power pylons could get £250 knocked off their energy bills every year under Labour’s planning overhaul.
Ministers confirmed today families within 500 metres of new or upgraded power infrastructure could receive annual payments over ten years as compensation.
Housing and planning minister Alex Norris insisted “communities need to share the benefits” of the UK’s move towards clean energy.
He told Sky News: “If you’re making that sacrifice of having some of the infrastructure in your community, you should get some of the money back. So we’re making that commitment , £250-a-year if you are near those pylons.
“So we think that’s a fair balance between people who are making that commitment to the country themselves, well they should be rewarded for that.”
It comes as Deputy PM and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner is pushing sweeping reforms to slash red tape and speed up housebuilding — aiming for 1.5 million new homes this Parliament.
Ms Rayner said planning rules need urgent reform to be “sensible and balanced,” ending unnecessary delays that hold up vital housing projects.
The Government today also confirmed tough new laws banning climate activists and Nimby locals from launching repeated, baseless legal challenges against vital infrastructure projects.
More than 10,000 working court days have been lost due to objections, costing taxpayers millions.
Under the new rules, opponents will no longer get “three bites of the cherry” to stall nationally significant projects, like prisons, nuclear plants, and roads.
The paper-based objection stage is being scrapped entirely, while frivolous cases thrown out by judges will now be blocked from appeals.
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook told The Sun: “The delays caused by excessive and meritless judicial review challenges, and the costs they add to development, have real world consequences for working people in the form of higher energy bills, longer commutes, and pressures on water supplies.
“The reforms we are making to legal challenges against major infrastructure projects will unlock investment and speed up the delivery of homes, railways, and clean energy projects—so that communities can see the benefits in their homes and communities sooner.”
Officials are also set to consult on removing Sport England, the Theatres Trust and the Garden History Society from the list of bodies legally required to be consulted on planning decisions, while the scope of others who get to give input is set to be narrowed.
But the Theatres Trust has rejected the idea that it is an impediment to growth and called for Government to implement a data-led process as part of the consultation.
It said it is “confident” it “pro-actively engages with all local planning authorities and developers and provides our advice in a timely and efficient manner”.
Meanwhile, Sport England has said the purpose of its remit in the planning system is to protect playing fields and other spaces for physical activity.
“Britain’s childhood obesity crisis is rising and low physical activity levels cost our economy £7.4 billion a year, making it vital we protect the places that local communities can be active,” a spokesman said.
Major jewellery retailer with 89 stores to shut seven ‘no longer viable’ branches starting in DAYS
A MAJOR retailer with 89 stores is closing seven branches starting in days.
Jeweller Beaverbrooks is preparing to close the shutters on a number of its locations this month and next.
The Sun previously revealed Beaverbrook’s plans to close seven branches deemed “no longer commercially viable.”
In England, five stores will be shutting their doors in Birmingham Fort, High Wycombe, Huddersfield, Croydon, and Sutton Coldfield.
Meanwhile, two Scottish branches are also set to close, located in East Kilbride and Dundee.
The East Kilbride branch in Scotland will close on March 16, followed by the Dundee branch in Scotland, also on March 16.
The Birmingham Fort store will shut its doors on March 23, alongside the High Wycombe branch, which is scheduled to close on the same day.
The Huddersfield store is set to close on April 5.
Finally, the Croydon and Sutton Coldfield branches will both close on April 6.
When the closures were initially announced, Anna Blackburn, managing director of the jewellery chain, stated that the decision to shut the sites was made following a review of business performance.
She added: “At Beaverbrooks we pride ourselves on our people-first culture and open, honest relationships with our colleagues.
“Our directors delivered the news in person to each team member.
“We aim to retain as many colleagues as possible within other Beaverbrooks stores or the wider business, and are working closely with each individual affected to provide them with options for their specific needs, supporting them with their next steps whatever they may be.”
The seven impending closures follow the shutdown of a Beaverbrooks store in Romford, London, last March.
Despite the closures, Beaverbrooks is set to open a new store in Harrogate this spring.
Retailers often close branches and open them in other areas based on customer demand and trends.
Why are retailers closing shops?
EMPTY shops have become an eyesore on many British high streets and are often symbolic of a town centre’s decline.
The Sun’s business editor Ashley Armstrong explains why so many retailers are shutting their doors.
In many cases, retailers are shutting stores because they are no longer the money-makers they once were because of the rise of online shopping.
Falling store sales and rising staff costs have made it even more expensive for shops to stay open.
The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury’s hike to employer NICs from April 2025, will cost the retail sector £2.3billion.
At the same time, the minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour from April, and the minimum wage for people aged 18-20 will rise to £10 an hour, an increase of £1.40.
In some cases, retailers are shutting a store and reopening a new shop at the other end of a high street to reflect how a town has changed.
The problem is that when a big shop closes, footfall falls across the local high street, which puts more shops at risk of closing.
Retail parks are increasingly popular with shoppers, who want to be able to get easy, free parking at a time when local councils have hiked parking charges in towns.
Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.
In some cases, stores have been shut when a retailer goes bust, as in the case of Carpetright, Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Paperchase, Ted Baker, The Body Shop, Topshop and Wilko to name a few.
What’s increasingly common is when a chain goes bust a rival retailer or private equity firm snaps up the intellectual property rights so they can own the brand and sell it online.
They may go on to open a handful of stores if there is customer demand, but there are rarely ever as many stores or in the same places.
The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year.
Other shops leaving the high street
Beales, one of Britain’s oldest department stores, has launched a closing down sale before it shuts its last remaining shop after more than 140 years.
The company will shut its branch in Poole’s Dolphin Centre on May 31.
The sale includes fashion, furniture, gifts and cosmetics, being sold for up to 70% off.
Beales chief executive Tony Brown blamed the “devastating impact” of the rise in national insurance contributions and the higher minimum wage for the store closure.
Meanwhile, high street fashion chain New Look has begun to close stores as it scales back its UK footprint.
It is understood to be shutting nearly 100 stores – equivalent to around a quarter of its 364 shops.
Stores in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, St Austell, Cornwall and Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf have launched closing down sales.
Reports suggest that the company has been forced to accelerate the pace of store closures due to tax changes in the Autumn Budget.
Meanwhile, Huttons in London will shut its store in the Putney Exchange due to excessive energy costs.
The gift shop became a local icon after it opened in the 1990s.
Athlete disqualified for shameful act just centimetres from finish line that sparked fury at U20 Championship
THE Spanish Under-20 Indoor Championships were hit by a shameful act centimetres from the finish line.
Guillermo Sanchez was crowned the victor of the 1500m event in Salamanca with a time of 3:54.55.
However, as the 18-year-old raised his hands in triumph, the crowd was left stunned as second and third became embroiled in a stunning act.
Athletes Daniel Lopez and Mario Palencia, both 18, were close behind Sanchez when he crossed the line.
But as they approached the finish line, Lopez – who was running in second at the time – appeared to veer his path to the right.
This change of direction saw him get in the way of Palencia.
Frustrated by the move across his path, Palencia astonishingly pushed Lopez just centimetres before the pair were set to cross the finish line.
This caused Lopez to lose his balance and go tumbling over on to the floor.
As reported by Marca, the act was deemed to constitute unsportsmanlike conduct under article RT7.1.
Palencia received a red card for the incident and was subsequently disqualified from the race.
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But it was not only the finish line push which had been considered, with the pair also clashing during the race.
Both race-winner Sanchez, runner-up Lopez and the disqualified Palencia had each won their respective earlier heat to get to the final.
Zelensky jetting into Saudi Arabia ahead of crunch US-Ukraine war talks as Trump says it’s going to be ‘very big week’
UKRAINE’S hero war leader Volodymyr Zelensky is jetting into Saudi Arabia today ahead of crunch talks with the US.
Zelensky will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Kyiv’s team prepares for a showdown with US officials on Tuesday.
Neither Zelensky nor Trump are expected to attend the talks as the US tries to play peacemaker between Ukraine and Russia.
Talks between the two sides have been stormy – with the US President saying he finds Russia easier to deal with.
Trump slammed Zelensky in a very public White House meeting, and Zelensky screamed at a US negotiator behind closed doors.
The US have played hard ball with Ukraine – cutting off aid and intelligence – while trying to bring Moscow back in from the cold.
Critics have accused Trump of appeasement with tyrant Vladimir Putin, something he fiercely denies – saying he merely wants to stop the bloodshed.
Speaking yesterday, the 78-year-old US President said Zelensky wasn’t “grateful” and warned Ukraine “may not survive”.
And as he spoke to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said: “Some very big things could happen this week. I hope so.”
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