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MARKS & Spencer is offering a cheeseburger pasta salad with more calories and fat than a Big Mac.The new £3.90 meal contains beef meatballs, Red Leicester cheese and burger sauce mayo.3The cheeseburger pasta salad – that has a whopping 755 caloriesCredit: Ian Whittaker3A standard Big Mac has 493 calories, with 694 calories for the larger versionCredit: SuppliedIt contains 755 calories compared with 493 for the McDonald’s favourite, and 694 calories for a Double Big Mac.The pasta salad, part of M&S’s Viva Summer range, also contains 33g of fat. A Big Mac contains 24g, while the double version has 38g. A…

CELEBRITY chef and restaurateur Salt Bae’s latest food venture has been revealed – and it is set to cater to ultra-rich people on their special days. The flamboyant Turk, famous for serving some of the priciest grub at his restaurant, is now branching out his business into weddings and birthdays.6Celebrity chef Salt Bae is planning to extend his food business beyond his restaurant6The restaurant is planning to cater to millionaires on their wedding days and birth anniversariesCredit: Social Media – Refer to Source6Salt Bae with Kate Wright (left) and Rio Ferdinand during their wedding in 2019The 40-year-old’s firm has applied…

HAVE you ever wondered what the green and orange dot on your iPhone really mean?The pair can appear at seemingly random moments but there’s actually a purpose behind them.2Ever seen this green dot before?Credit: Apple2There’s also an orange dotCredit: AppleAnd Apple has explained exactly what they are there for – and it serves as a handy warning.It turns out the lights are there to alert you whenever your microphone or camera is activated.This feature was first added to iPhone in the iOS 14 update released in 2020.A small green dot will show up at the top of your screen when…

WATCHING porn may seem harmless – but experts say the pleasure surge it triggers in the brain can be addictive.The number of middle-aged men seeking treatment for an X-rated fixation has soared, with an average of two over-50s a week turning to the UK Addiction Treatment Centre in London for help.4Danny, 45, was so addicted to porn he’d watch it behind his girlfriend’s back4Danny’s addiction to porn ended up costing him his relationship and nearly even his jobCredit: Olivia West – The SunDanny Wolfenstein*, 45, of Watford, was viewing porn over ten times a day. Here, the software developer shares…

A PHYSICALLY healthy Dutch woman suffering from crippling depression has made plans to end her life by euthanasia today – on her 34th birthday. Jolanda Fun, who has prepared for her funeral in advance, says she hopes to be the latest person in the Netherlands to receive a doctor-assisted death. 1Jolanda Fun said she hopes to become the latest person in the Netherlands to receive a doctor-assisted deathCredit: FacebookDespite having a family and a dog, Jolanda has been fighting crippling depression since age seven – and described her life as constant pain. She was medically diagnosed at age 22 -…

AN ENORMOUS salmon species that swam as far back as 15 million years ago had giant tusk-like teeth.The so-called “spike-toothed salmon” may have grown to a staggering 8.9 feet – dwarfing any human.3This giant salmon was swimming between 12 and 15 million years agoCredit: SWNS3The spike-toothed salmon would’ve been bigger than any human alive todayCredit: SWNSIt would have lived in what today is the North American Pacific Northwest.Scientists say the official name is Oncorhynchus rastrosus, and was previously nicknamed the sabre-toothed salmon when it was first described in the 1970s.But new research using CT scans on fossils have revealed that…

NOT getting enough vitamin D could put you at greater risk of cancer, a study suggests.The nutrient — created by the body when in sunlight — encourages tumour-fighting bacteria in the gut, researchers found.1Not getting enough vitamin D could put you at greater risk of cancer, a study suggestsCredit: GettyProfessor Caetano Reis e Sousa, of the Francis Crick Institute, suggested it could mean people with deficiencies could be given new treatments in future.He said: “What we’ve shown here came as a surprise — vitamin D can regulate the gut microbiome to favour a type of bacteria which gives mice better…

A FEMALE bodybuilder’s body was discovered tied up with marks of stab wounds at her workplace.Fabiana Maia Veras was found murdered at the clinic in Assu, Brazil, where she worked as a psychologist.4Female bodybuilder was found bound, gagged and stabbed to death at workCredit: Instagram4Fabiana Maia Veras worked as a psychologist in her house that doubled as a clinicCredit: Newsflash4CCTV show a man entering Fabiana’s clinic shortly before her body was discoveredCredit: Jam PressThe grim discovery was made by an employee around 6pm local time on Tuesday.The victim had cuts, likely from a sharp weapon, on her hands and other…

THERE are seven words you want to keep an eye out for in text messages to avoid having a run-in with a money-stealing scam. The precaution is important because there were 230,407 reports which led to $372 million lost from text message scams in 2023.2Text scams were one of the top contributors to money lost due to fraud in 2023Credit: Getty2Your bank or other businesses will never text you regarding sensitive informationCredit: GettyThe data comes from the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel database 2023 report.Text scams show up as imposters pretending to be a real business such as your bank and…

THREE women contracted HIV from needles used at a beauty spa in the US which gave them “vampire facials”, health officials have confirmed. Two were diagnosed with early-stage HIV, while the third had gone on to develop AIDS – the most severe form of the disease – by the time the illness was caught. 2Three women have contracted HIV from a beauty spaIt’s the first time US officials have recorded cases of people catching the blood-borne virus from dirty cosmetic injections. The VIP Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, closed its doors in September 2018 after two clients tested positive for…