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KFC is taking on rivals Itsu and Chipotle by launching a fresh set of dishes to its menu.

The fast food chain has teamed up with Gymshark to offer up a tasty lighter option by adding rice bowl variations.

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KFC will release two fresh rice bowls nationwide in just days[/caption]

Famished fans can now grab either The Original Ranch or a Zinger Ranch Rice Bowl for just £5.99 from March 17.

The former comes complete with a succulent Original Recipe Fillet with KFC’s Original Ranch dressing.

Both bowls have a Cajun dirty rice base topped with spring onions, roast potatoes, charred corn and a blackened Cajun rub.

But there’s more. Tangy pickled slaw is added together with a fresh salad combining frisee, spinach and salanova.

Those who want to bring the heat can opt for the Zinger Ranch Rice Bowl, which boasts a loaded Zinger Fillet and Zinger Ranch dressing to deliver a “fiery kick”.

Those behind the relaunch stated: “Fuelled by KFC and approved by Gymshark, the revamped rice bowls offer a nutritious option for health-conscious people who don’t want to sacrifice flavour or enjoyment.

“So, whether you’re hitting the gym or looking for a quick, tasty lunch, KFC’s rice bowls have you covered.”

COSTA SHAKE UP

It comes after coffee chain Costa launched its brand new spring menu last week, and it features eight brand new items, as well as some returning favourites.

Fans will be especially excited to find out that one of the chain’s most popular viral drinks is making a return – just in time for sunnier weather.

From today, Costa customers can order the Iced Whipped Latte once again.

There are also plenty of returning food options, too, such as the Nacho and Chilli Cheese Toastie.

Costa’s Egg Mayo sandwich is also once again available to buy if you’re fancying a lighter bite and is available from £2.89.

Plus, the Triple Chocolate Muffin returns as an option for chocolate-lovers – filled with a rich chocolate sauce and topped with chocolate chunks.

But the most exciting part of the launch is all the never-seen-before goodies which are up for grabs.

Customers can add the brand new Cinnamon Bun Syrup to their drinks.

You can opt for hot or cold — both the Cinnamon Bun Latte and Iced Latte start at £4.

You can also enjoy a range of sweet treats which have never been seen in Costa before, including a Chocolate and Pistachio Cookie Sandwich.

It has been introduced off the back of a recent viral pistachio-craze, the dark chocolate biscuit treat costs £3.10

Also joining the lineup is a new Strawberry and Vanilla Cake which features light vanilla sponge, cream cheese frosting, and fruity strawberry jam, costing £3.65 – though prices can vary by store.

MARRIED At First Sight Australia viewers are questioning the authenticity of one couple, with many convinced they are “producer plants”.

Fans of the show have taken to social media to express their disbelief over Jacqui Burfoot, 29, and Ryan Donnelly, 36, claiming their relationship seems too over-the-top to be real.

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MAFS Australia viewers are questioning the authenticity of Jacqui Burfoot and Ryan Donnelly[/caption]

One viewer tweeted: “Are Jacqui and Ryan plants? They can’t be real. Do people really go on like this? It hurts to watch but I can’t look away!!”

Another wrote: “Where the f**k did they find Jacqui & Ryan.”

Someone else posted: “I swear Jacqui and Ryan are plants, these can’t be real people.”

Others believe their relationship is entirely staged, with one tweet stating: “I am not buying Jacqui & Ryan’s relationship and feel they are pure plants in the experiment. Also #SuperIntelligent F**K OFF!!! You are both single because you are misfits and deserve each other even if you are faking it.”

A fifth wrote: “Is it just me or does anyone else think Jacqui and Ryan are plants? I reckon they’re both acting.”

A final concluded: “Jacqui and Ryan have to be plants. It’s just satire, it has to be, surely.”

During last night’s installment, fans branded Jacqui the “worst ever” bride as they slammed her insane wedding day vows.

Jacqui admitted she was an overachiever and had high expectations that she was hoping her groom would meet.

In her VT, she said: “It’s impossible to find someone on my level.

“I think most guys date me because I’m hot, but I do have a brain.”

She then listed her academic achievements before saying “I’m not a boring girl”, as she revealed she was a model and a former Miss New Zealand.

Jacqui boasted: “I grew up doing ballet, jazz and tap. I also did a lot of sport netball, tennis, volleyball, I was also in the cricket team.

So I usually 10 to 13km a day. I’ve read 2000 books,” as she went on and on.

She confessed: “I love perfecting myself to a diamond.”

But she didn’t stop there.

At the wedding ceremony, Jacqui was keen to show off her personal achievements in front of her new husband and his family.

Her vows read: “Congratulations, Ryan, as my friends would say, you’ve hit the jackpot!

“And yes, you can call me ‘Jackpot, ‘Jackaroo’, ‘Jack-in-the-box’, ‘Jacks’, ‘Jack Jack’, ‘Babe’ or whatever you like.

“In fact, I’m going to give you a nickname right now, RyRy!

“A bit about me, I’m highly educated, intelligent, hardworking, I’m a corporate professional, I’m sporty, I love tennis, hiking, running. I can surf, ski, mountain bike, run around a netball court, I’m also a former model, dancer and certified yoga instructor and an ex-cheerleader.

“I will literally ask you a million questions to get to know you, be brutally honest when I feel like there’s something that can make you a better man.

“You’ll be required to take me on dates, give me your jacket when I’m cold, buy me flowers at least once a month, bring me coffee in the morning, tell me I’m gorgeous. I’m hoping you’ll surprise me with romantic trips to the Hunter Valley, and together maybe we can afford an Eastern Suburbs mortgage, buy a beach house, adopt a cocker spaniel puppy, and I’d love to have a double his and hers vanity bathroom one day.

“But hey, we’re all going to die and know one’s going to remember us so let’s just make the most of what we’ve been handed and shoot for the sun together.”

Jacqui had been paired with project manager Ryan, who claimed he was going to “live to 110-years-old”.

He admitted he was a “warrior” and was ready to find his dream girl after disaster relationships.

Like Jacqui, Ryan said he had also been subject to bullying at school.

After meeting at the altar, Jacqui quickly slammed Ryan for his “pre-written” vows.

Speaking to the camera, Jacqui burst into tears as she admitted she wanted the “man to take the lead”.

“I was a bit concerned he didn’t take the lead when we had to walk back down the aisle,” she said.

“I was the one that ended up grabbing his hand and leading him down, which I didn’t want.”

She then broke down in tears and sobbed: “I wanted a man to take the lead. I think that will be the challenge, if he can step up and be the man around me and let me be the woman.”

Later at the wedding reception, Ryan dropped his bride during their first dance.

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She tied the knot with project manager Ryan on the show[/caption]

TOWIE star Chloe Brockett has dropped the biggest hint yet that she’s secretly feuding with her ex co-stars, after revealing her ‘year of hell.’

The star recently sat down with The Sun, to speak about the bust- up that led her to quit the show, saying: “It was fake – they set it up and then put the blame on me.”

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TOWIE star Chloe Brockett has dropped the biggest hint yet that she’s secretly feuding with her ex co-stars, after revealing her ‘year of hell’[/caption]

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Chloe, Junaid and Dani were a tight knit trio[/caption]

The the 24-year-old told the Sun on Sunday how the production company’s staff “forced” her to throw the first drink and says she eventually quit in disgust.

She has been through a “year of hell” since departing and resorted to posing for OnlyFans to pay the bills

And in a big hint that she’s fallen out with her co-stars too, Chloe appears to no longer be following two of her closest friends from the show.

Despite being a tight knit Towie trio, Chloe has unfollowed both Junaid Ahmed and Dani Imbert on social media.

Chloe was last seen with Junaid early last year, as they cosied up to each other on a night out.

The former Towie star and Junaid were believed to have been at war after they unfollowed one another online after a fallout.

But they looked closer than ever in snaps shared in May 2024.

However, they since appear to have unfollowed each other on social media and Chloe, Dani and Junaid haven’t appeared with each other in any recent posts.

The trio were once great friends, often seen together on nights out or trips abroad.

Junaid and former best pal Dani have publicly fallen out, and Dani confirmed they’d ended their friendship back in December.

Dani, 26, was left seething when Junaid’s boyfriend Joe Blackman launched an attack against her on social media despite her being an ally to Junaid, 29, during his controversial romance.

Dani confessed at the time: “As much as I didn’t agree with what [Junaid] was doing I was trying to be respectful and have his back.

“I was trying not to be negative. In the long run it has caused us to fall out and we are not really speaking now.

“It has led to us falling out. Joe put stuff up on social media about me.”

Dani was left unhappy when Junaid failed to make a public stand for her despite his boyfriend’s online actions.

The ITVBe personality continued to say in December: “I would expect my best friend to have my back.

“I know he said he pulled Joe up on it, but it wasn’t really enough. I feel really let down by him.

“Considering when Joe him screwed him over I was there to pick up the pieces and when Joe has been nasty to me, he has not had my back.”

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Chloe spoke to The Sun on Sunday[/caption]

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The star says she’s been through a “year of hell” since departing Towie[/caption]

A PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN fan used a never-before-seen tactic to help his side win their penalty shootout against Liverpool.

The incident came as the Reds crashed out of the Champions League at Anfield on Tuesday night.

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A PSG fan used a never-seen-before tactic to help his side defeat Liverpool on penalties[/caption]

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Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones missed their spot kicks[/caption]

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PSG booked their place in the Champions League quarters[/caption]

Liverpool took a 1-0 lead into the game but saw that disappear after 12 minutes thanks to Ousmane Dembele’s strike.

Neither side could find a winner as the game went through extra time.

And penalties were needed to split the teams.

However, it was Liverpool who missed out on the quarters after Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones saw their efforts saved.

PSG players and coaches stormed the pitch to celebrate at the final whistle.

But they may have been better off thanking a smart-thinking fan in the away end at Anfield.

The savvy supporter made sure to give his full backing to Luis Enrique’s team.

And he did that with a never-before-seen tactic involving a MEGAPHONE.

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The supporter held the device up behind the goal.

And he continually played a siren noise from the megaphone to put off both goalie Alisson and Liverpool’s penalty takers.

Stewards wearing earmuffs did not appear to take any action, but it is unclear if they had them on just for that.

Fans at home were certainly left baffled by the approach.

One said: “Kudos to the PSG fan with a megaphone behind the goal playing the siren noise.”

Another declared: “How’s a PSG fan behind the goal with a megaphone playing a siren.”

One noted: “Big hand to that fan, objectively hilarious.”

Another boomed: “What on earth was the siren and loud hailer doing in the PSG fans?”

One added: “How was that PSG fan allowed to use a siren right behind the goals.”

A NOUGHTIES legend left Londoners stunned with a surprise performance outside a McDonald’s.

The chart topper shot to fame in 2002 when his debut album spawned three UK number ones.

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Pop fans have been stunned after discovering a huge noughties star performing on the streets of London[/caption]

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Daniel Bedingfield shot to fame in 2002 with his debut album Gotta Get Thru This[/caption]

New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield looked unrecognisable for the surprise street performance.

A video uploaded to social media showed the now 45-year-old dressed in a colourful jacket with a busy McDonald’s paying backdrop instead of a huge stage.

Stunned onlookers enjoyed his impromptu show as Daniel stood with DJ Ag Online who was on the decks.

Reacting to the video, one fan said: “Omg I feel sooo OLD RIGHT NOW. I remember when all these songs came out and I was old enough to work in bars and clubs lmao can’t believe how much he aged either sorry.”

A second wrote: “Wow! Daniel Bedingfields first album helped get my partner and I together. Almost 22 years later and still together.”

“Ok you have to get Natasha Bedingfield on next,” a third fan commented.

Last year Daniel told The Sun he was ready to be a pop star again – two decades on from his hits If You’re Not the One, Never Leave Your Side and Gotta Get Thru This.

Daniel is the brother of pop star Natasha Bedingfield, who has also had chart-topping success here.

In 2004 she released her debut album Unwritten, which became her only UK number one.

Millions copies of the album were sold worldwide, while the lead single of the same name re-entered the UK charts last year thanks to Prime Video’s romcom Anyone But You.

Fans of both Daniel and Natasha were previously left stunned when she revealed they were brother and sister.

Natasha filmed herself in the back of a taxi asking the driver to “turn up” the music playing on the radio – which turned out to be her brother Daniel’s song, If You’re Not The One.

She told him: “This is my favourite song. Can you turn it up? That’s my brother, that’s my brother singing.”

The taxi driver appeared to ignore her, with Natasha telling telling the camera: “He can’t hear, he’s on his phone. If only he knew.”

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Last year Daniel made a comeback – 20 years after shooting to fame[/caption]

AN urgent warning has been issued over slushy drinks in the UK after 21 children were hospitalised.

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slush ice drinks containing the sweetening agent glycerol to avoid “glycerol intoxication syndrome”, say researchers.

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In the UK, slush drinks containing glycerol are not recommended for children under the age of four[/caption]

Currently in the UK, slush drinks – also known as slushies – containing the ingredient are not recommended for children under the age of four.

The advice comes under NHS guidance, which states due to the high levels of glycerol in slush drinks, young children are at risk of having too much glycerol, which can cause dizziness, low blood sugar (glucose), confusion and they can even pass out.

These symptoms occur in young children because their bodies can’t break glycerol down as efficiently as adults.

The guidance was issued by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), with the most recent updates occurring in 2023.

However, academics have called for the public health advice to be revisited after a study of hospitalised children with ages ranging from two to almost seven years old.

Glycerol is a naturally occurring alcohol and sugar substitute which helps slush drinks maintain their texture by preventing liquid from freezing solid.

As part of the study, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, researchers at University College Dublin looked at the medical notes of 21 children in the UK and Ireland who fell ill after consuming a slushy.

Most cases took place between 2018 and 2024, with children’s ages ranging between two and almost seven.

The youngsters were initially diagnosed with hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, after arriving at emergency departments.

Drinking slushies containing glycerol “may cause a clinical syndrome of glycerol intoxication in young children”, said the researchers.

Symptoms included decreased consciousness, hypoglycaemia, lactic acidosis, which occurs when the body produces too much lactic acid, and hypokalaemia, or low potassium.

They added: “Clinicians and parents should be alert to the phenomenon, and public health bodies should ensure clear messaging regarding the fact that younger children, especially those under eight years of age, should avoid slush ice drinks containing glycerol.”

As well as advising against children under four consuming slush ice drinks containing glycerol, the FSA recommends consumption is limited to no more than one slush per day for children aged between five and 10 years.

The time between drinking the slushy and becoming ill was known for 15 children, with 14 becoming unwell within an hour, according to the review.

All 21 children recovered quickly and were discharged with advice not to drink slushies, according to the study.

Of the group, 20 children followed this advice and had no further episodes of low blood sugar.

However, one child had another slushy at the age of seven and developed symptoms within an hour.

Researchers said: “There is poor transparency around slush ice drink glycerol concentration; estimating a safe dose is therefore not easy.

“It is also likely that speed and dose of ingestion, along with other aspects such as whether the drink is consumed alongside a meal or during a fasting state, or consumed after high-intensity exercise, may be contributing factors.”

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Between 2018 and 2024, 21 children ranging between two and almost seven became unwell after drinking slushies[/caption]

They added that “there are no nutritional or health benefits from these drinks” and “they are not recommended as part of a balanced diet”.

“Recommendations on their safe consumption therefore need to be weighted towards safety,” the academics said.

“To ensure safe population-level recommendations can be easily interpreted at the individual parental level, and given the variability across an age cohort of weight, we suggest that recommendations should be based on weight rather than age.

“Alternatively, the recommended age threshold may need to be higher (eight years), to ensure the dose per weight would not be exceeded given normal population variation in weight.”

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Symptoms include decreased consciousness and low blood sugar.