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It's beginning to look a lot like Halloween: sales of spooky countdown calendars soar
The Guardian
|September 27, 2025
It is the stuff of nightmares if you find Christmas too commercial: the Halloween advent calendar is here.
In this version of advent the countdown spans 13 (unlucky for some) to 31 “nights of fright” and is meted out in everything from horror dolls to KPop Demon Hunter keyrings. There is even one with The Nightmare Before Christmas as its theme. The calendars are a fresh twist as enthusiasm for Halloween fancy dress parties and trick or treating grows. Britons typically spend nearly £400m on sweets to satisfy the zombies and ghosts at their front door, according to the data firm Circana.
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Jamie and Jools Oliver take £2.5m as pre-tax profits drop
The celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, have paid themselves £2.5m in dividends for the second year in a row while pretax profits at their core media and restaurant empire slumped.
1 mins
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The Guardian
Climate Repeal of act would be a catastrophic error - May
Theresa May has condemned a promise made by Kemi Badenoch to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Conservatives win the next general election, calling the plans a “catastrophic mistake”.
2 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Beauty firm and Princes bring rare boost to London Stock Exchange
London's stock market was given a boost yesterday as an LED face mask maker listed its shares on the same day the maker of the tinned fish brand Princes and Napolina tomatoes confirmed plans to do the same.
2 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Town rescinds Mandelson honour over Epstein links
Peter Mandelson is to be stripped of a civic honour he received from Hartlepool, the town he represented as a Labour MP, after the disclosures about his close friendship with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
1 min
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Kyiv Minister tells west to 'get serious' and warns of Russian escalation
Europe needs to get serious about the existential threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister said yesterday, warning that Vladimir Putin would “escalate escalating”.
2 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Stoptober? Pffft. Laying off the sauce in November makes far more sense
I'm happy that the Red Roses won of course, but sad that the Women's Rugby World Cup is over.
4 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Vets develop a 'landmark' vaccine for fatal elephant virus
An international team of vets working on a vaccine for a virus that has killed several baby elephants at Chester Zoo over the years has made a breakthrough in a trial with their herd.
1 min
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
JD Wetherspoon aims to curb price rises after energy and tax costs bite
The boss of the pub chain JD Wetherspoon has vowed to keep price increases to a “minimum”, after blaming a beefed-up packaging tax and rising energy bills for extra costs.
2 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
Defence budget can fund World Service's anti-disinformation work, say BBC chiefs
BBC bosses are lobbying to use the defence budget to help pay for the World Service, arguing that aspects of the radio network should qualify as vital for national security.
2 mins
October 04, 2025
The Guardian
'What's the point?' Apathy seen as Tories' biggest threat
Few people doubt that Kemi Badenoch faces what could be a make-or-break Conservative party conference this weekend.
3 mins
October 04, 2025
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