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06.10.2022 - 14:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Iceland is slashing the price of a popular Tower air fryer this weekend, in a bid to help shoppers save money on their energy bills in what an Iceland boss has described as ‘extremely worrying times’. The frozen food retailer will be giving away 20,000 4 litre air fryers for just £35 - the best price on the market by £20.
Air fryers have become something of a cost-effective cooking revolution, more so in recent months as families have discovered they’re much cheaper to run than a conventional oven.
In fact, Utilita Energy have worked out that the discounted air fryer will ‘ pay for itself in 67 days’ by avoiding the oven, based on the cost of energy under the new Energy Price Guarantee
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The family-friendly sized air fryers will be available in Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores, as well as online at Iceland.co.uk from Saturday, October 8. Originally £44.99, the deal will save shoppers around a tenner on the kitchen must-have.
The supermarket’s Shop Smart, Cook Savvy campaign, which launched last month, found that households reliant on oven cooking could save up to £426 per year by switching to more energy efficient cooking methods, according to research by energy supplier Utilita.
Utilita’s Sustainability Lead, Archie Lasseter explained: “As experts in energy efficiency, at Utilita we know that advice is only helpful for consumers if the return on their time or financial investment is explained. For that reason, we have calculated that the £35 air fryer will pay for itself within 67 days of avoiding the oven.”
By switching to an air fryer it would cost just 16p to cook one of Iceland’s most popular products - the Crispy Chicken
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Curry night has long been a weekend tradition in many households with Saturday night meaning a take away in front of the TV. For reporter Elaine Blackburne, a concern about calories meant she ditched the usual delivery for Slimming World ready meals - and investigated whether she could slim down the calories and the cost.
Issa Rae is calling out the people in Hollywood who have been making an effort to save Ezra Miller‘s career amid all of the controversy surrounding the actor.
told Elle.“I’m gonna be real, the stuff that’s happening with Ezra Miller is, to me, a microcosm of Hollywood. There’s this person who’s a repeat offender, who’s been behaving atrociously, and as opposed to shutting them down and shutting the production down, there’s an effort to save the movie and them,” she added.“That is a clear example of the lengths that Hollywood will go to to save itself and to protect offenders,” Rae continued.
Zack Sharf Issa Rae said in a recent interview with Elle Magazine that everything going on with Ezra Miller represents a “microcosm of Hollywood,” most notably how the industry continues to protect offenders. Miller was arrested twice in Hawaii this year, once for disorderly conduct and harassment, and they were also cited in Vermont with felony burglary. Back in 2020, Miller was seen in a video recording choking a woman outside of a bar in Iceland. Despite all of these incidents, the Miller-led comic book tentpole “The Flash” is still set for release in June 2023 from Warner Bros., with Miller even recently filming reshoots for the movie. “While I don’t support people jumping to immediate conclusions and I think it’s entirely fair for investigations to happen, I think it’s extremely important to, like the mantra says, ‘Listen to women,’” Rae told Elle magazine. “I’m gonna be real, the stuff that’s happening with Ezra Miller is, to me, a microcosm of Hollywood. There’s this person who’s a repeat offender, who’s been behaving atrociously, and as opposed to shutting them down and shutting the production down, there’s an effort to save the movie and them.”
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Marta Balaga Miniseries “The Adrenalist” has been pre-sold to Denmark’s DR and Iceland’s RÚV. Produced by True Content Production in Norway, and with TV2 already on board, it will be shot in Norway. Currently casting, the show – budgeted at €10.5 million – is expected to gather “top star actors from the Nordic countries,” says producer Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski. “The Adrenalist” will mark a second miniseries for writer and director Pål Sletaune, also behind “22 July,” about the infamous terrorist attack in 2011. Sletaune will once again refer to a true story, this time focusing on Arthur Omre: one of the most successful liquor smugglers in Norwegian history, later on transforming into a successful author. His gangster drama, set in Oslo in the 1920s during prohibition, “is a wild ride about the right man, at the right time, in the right place,” adds Hansen Mlodyszewski.
Police have found a container of drugs stashed in a car wheel in a Metrolink stop car park - cheekily joking the owner could contact police if they wanted them back.
Katie Reul editor The annual Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) came to a close Saturday evening, concluding an 11-day event by screening the year’s top honorees at Háskólabíó alongside the award-winning Austrian drama “Vera.” Victors in the New Visions category, which exclusively features debut and sophomore films from filmmakers, are among the works which earned an on-screen reprisal. Winners include Golden Puffin recipient “Rodeo,” continuing the film’s early success in the awards circuit at festivals like Cannes and Champs-Élysées. “I spent five years writing what became ‘Rodeo,'” director Lola Quivoron previously told Varietyin regard to her feature debut. “I wanted to create a true fiction tale and weave in elements of genre, gangsterism and a bit of western. The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension.”
Lewis Capaldi turned 26 yesterday, but missed most of his day due to being extremely jetlagged. The Forget Me singer took to Instagram to mark the occasion a day late and shared one gift he was sent as a sweet surprise.
Sigur Rós have announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their third studio album, ‘( )’.The new edition of the 2002 record was remastered by engineer Ted Jenson, and will contain B-sides and previously unreleased demos. It’s due to arrive on streaming platforms on October 28 ahead of a physical format release on November 25.To preview the forthcoming collection, Sigur Rós have shared a studio version of ‘Untitled #7’ (aka ‘Dauðalagið’ or ‘The Death Song’). You can listen below, and pre-order/pre-save ‘( )’ reissue here.‘( )’ was recorded in an empty swimming pool in Álafoss, Iceland, and came out of a period of “exploration and expectation” for the group.According a press release, Sigur Rós will drop a new full-length album at some point in 2023.
Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert has shared details of a bargain air fryer shoppers can pick up this weekend.
There aren't many places where I haven't shopped for food - Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Lidl, Tesco, Iceland, you name it, I've been to them all.
Björk has spoken to NME about the sexism often levelled against her and Kate Bush, as well as how the recent success of the latter’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ shows a clear change in attitudes.The Icelandic icon was speaking to NME for the week’s Big Read cover story when she described her enthusiasm for Gen-Z’s “radical” and evolving attitudes towards matters including the environment and gender equality.Discussing how she “can’t even start to describe” her happiness at Bush’s 1985 hit ‘Running Up That Hill’ dominating the charts again after being featured in the most recent season of Stranger Things, Björk recalled how dismissive male critics once were of the ‘Hounds Of Love’ star.Explaining how critics throughout the ’80s and ’90s were often pre-occupied with “rock guys” singing about “tits, beer and heroin abuse”, she felt that “writing from a woman’s point of view was considered a lesser artform”.“I was always quite offended by how often Kate Bush was written about like she was insane or a crazy witch – or me being a crazy elf,” Björk told NME. “We are producers.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Iceland’s leading production company Sagafilm Nordic has teamed with Swiss banner C-FILMS on “Codeword: Rubicon,” an espionage thriller series inspired by the infamous CIA operation involving the firm Crypto AG. Created by Hungarian director-writer Balazs Juszt(“I Love You, Too”), the eight-episode series has been commissioned by broadcaster Swiss Television (SRF). The show chronicles the story of how Crypto AG, a Swiss family-owned company manufacturing code-making machines founded in 1952 by a Swedish mathematician was secretly owned and operated by the CIA in partnership West German Intelligence services. From decades, the Swiss company sold equipment to more than 120 countries, including Iran and nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, and even the Vatican, according to the Washington Post. The role of the U.S. and West German intelligence was revealed by the Crypto Leaks.
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As the cost of living crisis continues to see supermarket shelf prices rise, Iceland are giving away Manchester Evening News readers 20 per cent off their weekly food shop to help their money go further.