‘Superwoman’ who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward

‘Superwoman’ mother-of-three who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward Charlene Leslie, 33, was filmed pushing the massive Grahams milk lorry up a hill Supermarket worker was heading to the shops when she saw the Grahams lorry Graham’s has gifted Charlene, from Cowdenbeath, a year of free … Read more

Smarties launches new milk, white and orange chocolate sharing blocks

Smarties launches new milk, white and orange chocolate sharing blocks for £1 – and they come in recyclable paper packaging The new Nestle chocolate bars are available across the UK and cost just £1  Each 90g product comes in a paper sleeve that’s 100 per cent recyclable  Available in milk and white chocolate featuring mini Smarties and … Read more

Australian mum-of-16 Jeni Bonell shows what ‘popping to the shops for bread and milk’ looks like

A supermum-of-16 has offered a glimpse into what it’s really like to quickly ‘pop to the shops for bread and milk’ for her growing family. Jeni Bonell and her husband Ray, from Queensland, have a super-sized family consisting of nine sons and seven daughters, aged between six and 31. The 51-year-old mother usually does on … Read more

Archaeology: Ancient Chinese noblemen used cosmetics made from animal fat and cave ‘milk’ 

Chinese noblemen were using cosmetics made from animal fat and cave ‘milk’ on their faces some 2,700 years ago, a study has reported. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences excavated a nobleman’s tomb — filled with assorted grave goods — at the Liujiawa site in northern China. During the so-called ‘Spring and Autumn’ period (771–476 … Read more

Mongolia’s nomadic community which eats nothing but meat and milk is one of the last left on earth

These stunning photos show the harsh reality of life for Mongolian nomads who live on the country’s vast steppe.    Hundreds of nomads live in the 340,000 square miles of open grassland, where temperatures regularly drop to -40C (-40F), and subsist off their herds of animals, eating a diet of only milk and meat.  Vegetables are … Read more

Welsh police ‘threaten to fine’ customers going to a farm shop to buy their milk

Welsh police threatened to fine customers who went to a farm shop to buy their milk, telling them they should get it from a supermarket instead.  Officers turned people away from a milk vending machine set up in Berthengam, near Holywell in Flintshire, Wales, after a dairy farm noticed supermarkets struggled to meet the demand for … Read more

M&S delights fans by launching an adorable £5 milk chocolate sausage dog called Walter for Easter

Pawsitively delicious! M&S delights fans by launching an adorable £5 milk chocolate sausage dog called Walter as part of its new Easter range The delicious looking chocolate treat is now available in stores for just £5  Walter is made from milk chocolate and has dark chocolate for his eyes and nose Social media users could … Read more

Farmers start selling fresh milk from 24-hour vending machines

Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines.  As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms are serving their communities by selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines.   Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh … Read more

One in five children don’t know where milk comes from

One in five children don’t know where milk comes from… and more than 10% believe it’s produced in a supermarket, new study shows Researchers looked at the strange beliefs youngsters have about different foods Of 1,000 children asked, 21 percent said they didn’t know milk comes from cows Researches also asked the children about the … Read more

Captain Sir Tom Moore reveals he likes ‘weak tea with plenty of milk and sugar’

Captain Tom’s favourite food! WW2 veteran reveals he likes ‘weak tea with plenty of milk and sugar’ despite being from Yorkshire adding that he loves tapas because he ‘ate it for free while living in Spain’ Captain Sir Tom Moore has revealed his favourite foods in a new interview Said he loves weak tea, tapas, … Read more