GUMMIES are a yummy way to take supplements if you don’t like swallowing traditional pills.
But are they any good for us?
Some are packed with sugar and other taste-boosting ingredients which ruins the idea of them being good for your health.
Here I look at three that don’t contain a load of bulking agents and are worth a chew . . .
THE medicinal use of mushrooms dates back centuries.
Dirtea mushroom gummies are sugar-free and come in four varieties – Lion’s Mane, Chaga, Cordyceps and Tremella.
I tried the Lion’s Mane with 2,400mg mushroom plus 100 per cent of your daily recommended intake of vitamins B12 and B5.
These support cognitive function, the nervous system, memory, and mental clarity, and help to reduce fatigue.
They have a delicious, sweet apple flavour. I love the fact these are a focused supplement.
£29.99 for 30 servings dirteaworld.com
SPECIFICALLY formulated for women, Novomins Perimenopause Gummies feature a premium blend of vitamins, minerals, live cultures and botanicals.
They contain ingredients that come from plants and shrubs such as ashwagandha which promotes stress reduction and maca for hormonal balance.
There is also sage, ginkgo biloba and ginseng to help with hot flushes plus vitamins D2, K2, C, B12, B6, zinc, and friendly bacteria.
These gummies are infused with red clover and plant compounds called isoflavones which can balance hormones, too.
Packing in a LOT of different things they certainly are not a targeted focus.
But they are worth a go if you’re not sure what to take, have mild symptoms and want to try a general perimenopause product.
Containing no sugar, just sweeteners, they have a pleasant strawberry flavour.
From £14.39 for a month’s supply. novomins.com.
STARPOWA’S Premium CBD gummies contain 5mg per two gummy dose.
CBD is a chemical substance found in the cannabis plant along with THC.
Both cannabinoids affect your brain, but unlike THC, CBD doesn’t cause a high.
However it can help with anxiety, chronic pain, inflammations, insomnia and migraines.
These gummies also contain omega-rich hemp oil, which is made by cold-pressing the hemp seeds and has little to no CBD content.
They also contain coconut oil which can boost skin health and has antimicrobial effects to support the immune system.
A lovely apple flavour and no sugar.
From £15.99 for a month’s supply. starpowa.com
SCANDAL after scandal, followed by one failed internal “review” after another.
Will the BBC finally make this new one count?
We wearily welcome the independent probe now commissioned into the battered corporation’s workplace culture.
But previous efforts have appeared little more than futile box-ticking exercises.
Why will this be any different?
It is hardly reassuring that the firm hired to carry it out “also led the work on the BBC’s 2013 Respect at Work Review”.
Clearly no one paid that any attention.
Because since then the Beeb has been rocked by the Huw Edwards and Strictly bullying scandals — both brought to light only thanks to Sun investigations.
The BBC seems to learn nothing.
Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris, the lies of Martin Bashir.
What seems to link these shocking cases is a management desperate to circle its wagons around the “talent”, turning a deaf ear instead of fully investigating and exposing abuses of power or even crime.
The new review must be different.
It must tackle exactly what went wrong over its handling of Edwards, given years of internal rumours about his behaviour and the complaints then made by a family directly against him.
It must lead to cast-iron processes which allow staff to speak out with confidence — and for any allegations to be properly looked into even if they threaten to disgrace a household name.
BBC chairman Samir Shah is “fully committed to tackling inappropriate or abusive behaviour”. Great.
Let The Sun’s exposing of the corporation’s top newsreader be the earthquake it needed.
Let this new probe be the first to secure genuine change.
Let it ensure that another Edwards-type scandal can never happen at this broadcaster we are all still forced to fund.
WHY, at every turn, does a Government supposedly so committed to growth seem hell-bent on crushing it?
Net Zero is a recipe for an economic boom only in the minds of ardent eco warriors who need to pretend it won’t be the wrecking ball most sensible people fear.
But even green zealots cannot surely believe new carbon taxes on businesses would be anything but ruinous.
One of the Chancellor’s top aides, bizarrely, seems to like the idea.
“Around the world, even the places with a carbon tax are way lower than I think anybody thinks are necessary to get the kind of transition we want to,” says John Van Reenen, head of Rachel Reeves’ council of economic advisers.
His group’s remit is to lead us towards higher growth.
He seems far less interested in that than he is in Miliband-style eco-signalling.
CRAIG BELLAMY suffered the first setback of his Wales reign as his team chucked away a two goal lead.
Brennan Johnson’s goal-scoring streak now stands at seven games after he tapped in the opener before Harry Wilson added a second.
The Dragons were cruising at the break but then Iceland stormed back with sub Logi Tomasson bringing them back into it.
He also forced an own goal off keeper Danny Ward three minutes later as Wales were left clinging on to a point in the end.
Such an end to the game looked impossible as the visitors ran riot early on.
Wilson sprang the offside trap to go through on goal and his effort was partially stopped by home keeper Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson.
He got back to stop the ball trickling over the line but could only divert it into the path of Johnson who couldn’t miss.
That was only a fourth goal in 31 internationals for the Spurs man – but seven in his last seven games for club and country.
Wilson’s deflected shot struck a post but he did not have to wait long to double his team’s lead as he latched onto a sweeping pass from Neco Williams.
The Fulham man was again in the clear and his first touch was brilliant – giving him the chance to despatch it past Valdimarsson.
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Williams then made his mark at the other end as he got back to clear a shot by former Burnley man Johann Gudmundsson off the line.
But the Dragons were a constant threat going forward and Sorba Thomas could have wrapped it up when he ran onto Wilson’s through ball but was denied by Valdimarsson.
The only disappointment in an otherwise perfect first half for Bellamy’s men was a yellow card for Johnson – for a needless skirmish with Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson.
That means he misses Tuesday night’s home game against Montenegro – and he did not reappear after the restart.
It was a very different game after the re-start with Mikael Ellertsson firing over and Orri Oskarsson bringing a smart save out of Danny Ward.
Andri Gudjohnsen – son of former Chelsea forward Eidur – fluffed a golden chance while Gudmundsson was denied by Ward.
But from the resulting corner, Tomasson was given far too much time to shoot through a crowd of players and into the corner from the edge of the box.
And three minutes later he beat Connor Roberts and his low cross from the left was diverted into his own net by Ward’s elbow.
Now it was Iceland who looked the more likely to win it and the Dragons were relieved to see Thorsteinsson’s shot hit the base of the post.
The draw leaves Wales second in their group, two points off Turkey.
BIG Brother was thrown into chaos during Friday’s live eviction, with a technical blunder pulling spin-off show Late & Live off the air.
ITV2 viewers were left perplexed when the audio cut out from the feed, before historic clips from the programme were shown.
The broadcast went awry after one audience member had said into the microphone: “I want Lily to go cos she’s annoying.”
Shortly afterwards, the following message was shown: “We’re currently experiencing a technical issue. Whilst we try to get it fixed, enjoy some of Big Brother‘s greatest ever moments. We hope to be back with tonight’s live show very soon.”
After five minutes, hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best were beamed back into fans’ homes right before the show ended.
Will said: “Guys, we’re sorry about that, we had a few technical issues but we’re back now,” before saying his goodbyes with AJ.
DASHCAM footage showed the moment police officers launched a GPS tracking dart onto a suspected burglar’s vehicle while in pursuit.
The new tracking tool, made by GPS company StarChase, was used during a recent hunt for a pair of suspects who allegedly broke into a liquor store in Oak Park, Illinois, about 30 minutes west of Chicago.
The two suspects were fleeing the burglary on Thursday when cops were alerted to the escaping vehicles, quickly getting behind the speeding car.
An officer from Oak Brook, another suburb of Chicago, drove behind the alleged criminals’ vehicle and deployed the GPS tracking dart.
Video showed the tag dart shooting out of the squad car’s front and attaching to the vehicle being pursued.
Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis told NewsNation how the technology works.
“An officer presses a button and it heats up an epoxy for the actual dart,” Strockis said.
“That dart has a GPS tracking device inside of it and also has a very strong magnet that shoots out of the front of the bumper of the squad car and affixes itself to the back of the fleeing vehicle.”
After the dart stuck to the car, the cops could safely pull off and end the chase while they tracked the fleeing suspects.
The officer uses the GPS dart by backing off the chase, pulling up a computer screen, and tracking the dart’s location.
The GPS information was sent to Oak Park police after the vehicle exited around the area – leading to the suspects’ arrests.
Officers arrested the two suspects at around 4:45 am on Thursday.
“If you would have told me, I started 24 years ago, that we’d be shooting GPS darts out of the front of a squad car I would have said that you’re crazy, you know,” Strockis said.
“But technology is advancing so much, especially in law enforcement, that it’s just, it’s amazing to see where we’ve come.”
Strockis told CBS News the technology changes the nature of typical police pursuits.
“It makes all the difference in the world,” Strockis said.
StarChase shared the following statement about their technology after it was recently used to apprehend suspects in Chicago:
“StarChase is deployed at every level of law enforcement from federal, state DPS’s (25% of the nation’s state patrols), major counties/cities, and agencies of varying sizes down the line (in 40 states),” the company said to CBS News.
“The overwhelming majority of our agency-partners choose to maintain their anonymity for tactical reasons – which we honor as part of our relationship as a vendor.
“Notable agencies that have publicly acknowledged program adoption in the recent past, NYPD and Mass State Police. Both agencies have done sizable procurements and experienced significantly impactful results. We’ve far exceeded the 10k deployment number – almost 3-fold.
“Agencies are recognizing the imperative need to adopt different strategies and utilizing technology has been a significant investment to that end.
” Crime-recognition platforms (LPR, Cams, etc.) have become a necessity for law enforcement and StarChase remains committed to strategically aligning with those resources (Real-Time Crime Centers and Fusion Centers). Oak Brook PD utilizes this exact blueprint.
“Providing real-time data, when a pursuit (or pre-pursuit) deployment occurs is critical in providing law enforcement the information needed to ensure the appropriate response and resources are allocated to apprehend a suspect under the safest conditions possible.
“Our integration capabilities allow multiple tools to work collectively and collaboratively to de-escalate these potentially high-risk events.
“This dramatically improves the safety of the officer(s) and suspect(s) involved and the public writ large.”
“Police pursuits are inherently dangerous, but I also believe it’s very dangerous for criminals not to have any consequences.”
The darts make it possible for cops to safely track suspects without them knowing.
“There’s no warrant necessary to deploy this device,” Strockis said.
“We have reasonable suspicion and probable cause that vehicle is going to flee.
“It’s a public safety tool to not only keep the officers safe, but the public safe.”
Oak Brook police reported that they’re using the darts on a weekly basis – which means they’re helping neighboring police departments as well.
Now, CBS News reports that Chicago Police have discussed implementing the tech in their city.
StarChase said in a statement that the tool de-escalates high-risk situations.
“Our integration capabilities allow multiple tools to work collectively and collaboratively to de-escalate these potentially high-risk events,” the company said in a statement to CBS News.
“This dramatically improves the safety of the officer(s) and suspect(s) involved and the public writ large.”
WHEN voters went to polling stations 100 days ago, many did something they have not done for a long time – or in some cases never before.
They voted Labour.
After 14 years of the country going nowhere under the Tories, they put their trust in us to change Britain.
And after just a few weeks you can see how we are fixing the foundations so we can turbo-charge the economy.
Yes, there have been some days when the headlines have not been what we would have chosen.
But we are already beginning to deliver on our promise of change and nothing will distract us from making life better for you.
The Health Secretary is turning around our NHS, starting by putting an end to the junior doctors’ strike.
The Home Secretary has appointed the new Border Security Commander and is preparing legislation to introduce new counter-terror-style powers to tackle the criminal smuggling gangs.
The Education Secretary has begun work to recruit 6,500 new teachers and from April the first primary schools will start offering free breakfast clubs.
The Energy Secretary has announced the HQ of Great British Energy and we have removed the ban on onshore wind farms.
And the Deputy PM is overhauling the planning system so we can build 1.5million homes.
Above all, though, our No1 mission is kick-starting the economy so we improve the lives of people everywhere.
It is only by getting growth going that we will create jobs and get more money in your pocket to spend on the things you want.
While things are tough at the moment after the Tories left a £22billion black hole in the nation’s finances, by taking the difficult decisions now we will put the country on the path to prosperity.
While things are tough at the moment after the Tories left a £22billion black hole in the nation’s finances, by taking the difficult decisions now we will put the country on the path to prosperity.
We are restoring economic stability because it is working people who pay the price if you don’t — as the families paying hundreds of pounds more in rent or mortgage costs know after the chaos of the last government.
But by doing so, we are also unlocking the investment that will bring the jobs of the future. Just look at the last few days.
Billions of pounds of new investment has been announced. Britain is truly open for business.
The UK’s first carbon capture sites will open in Teesside and Merseyside thanks to billions of private investment.
The game-changing technology — that removes CO2 emissions before they reach the atmosphere and stores them safely beneath the seabed — will create 4,000 jobs in these industrial heartlands.
A £500million investment to deliver 1,200 zero emission buses will support up to 500 UK manufacturing jobs.
By putting industrial relations back on a sensible footing, we will end the chaos that has cost our economy billions in damaging strikes.
NHS patients will benefit from a partnership with pharmaceutical companies and universities to spot cancer sooner through trials for new technologies.
Thousands of jobs in green industries will be created from Yorkshire to Suffolk and Aberdeen to Stow thanks to £24billion of private investment in energy projects announced yesterday.
Our Make Work Pay plan will deliver the biggest boost to workers’ rights in a generation, while making Britain a better place to do business.
We will end exploitative zero-hour contracts and unscrupulous fire and rehire practices.
By putting industrial relations back on a sensible footing, we will end the chaos that has cost our economy billions in damaging strikes.
And this is just a start. On Monday, we will bang the drum for Britain as we host a major International Investment Summit, bringing together the world’s most important companies and investors.
Together, we are changing our country’s story to one of growth, opportunity, and optimism.
We will make Britain a stronger country, with a stronger economy, a stronger NHS, a stronger borders.
So while the Tories threaten to send us backwards, we will get on with delivering on our promise of change.
Meanwhile, the Tory leadership contest has retreated into a battle to see who can double down most on the failed policies that cost them the election.
They have nothing to say about firing up our economy. Nothing to say about getting businesses back investing. Nothing to say about jobs.
Their only economic policy is to abolish maternity pay.
So while the Tories threaten to send us backwards, we will get on with delivering on our promise of change.
We will rebuild Britain to make every part of the country better off.
AN expert shopper has hit the jackpot after their recent trip to Goodwill.
They located several items typically worth hundreds of dollars more while thrifting.
The best find of the entire haul was a light-brown coat, according to a video on TikTok from Hay Buettell (@hay_buettell).
“I just found so much designer at Goodwill, I’m still shaking,” Hay told viewers while holding several large bags from the store.
She then showed the label on the coat, which read “Toteme.”
Toteme is a brand that makes women’s designer coats and jackets that typically sell for a few hundred to as high as $3,000.
“Toteme for $25,” Hay said, shocked.
The thrifter tried on the jacket and quickly explained that the same item typically retails for around $1,200.
“Are you freaking kidding me, this is like a $1,200 coat, I literally — my jaw was on the floor, but I didn’t want everyone in the store to know that I was finding all this designer stuff, so I was like trying to play it cool,” she explained.
That’s over $1,000 in savings for Hay, considering.
It also wasn’t the only piece of designer clothing she discovered during the Goodwill trip either.
She proceeded to show viewers a floral print coat from Celine for $5.99.
Celine also makes luxury coats for thousands of dollars.
Aside from coats, Hay found two pairs of leather pants from Aritzia, dresses from Halo, and several other tops and bottoms.
There was also a brown suede Rebecca Minkoff handbag, something that would sell outside of Goodwill for around $200 to $400.
Considering the variety of designer items Hay managed to find, she likely saved several thousand dollars from that thrift haul alone.
Here are some of the best thrift store finds:
It wouldn’t be the first time thrifters tried their luck and managed to find gold within Goodwill’s aisles.
Last month, another shopper paid $14 for a “nice leather” bag that appeared to be designer.
It was made by the brand Mansur Gavriel, and after doing a brief search, she found that it retails for around $595.
Additionally, someone else located a $12 jacket most people called “ugly,” but it’s worth at least $250.
It was specially designed by New York City-based artist Danny Cole as part of a special NFT project.
Another shopper even found a vintage Versace dress for $17 that goes for an eye-watering $9,800.
A FOOT thought to belong to a British mountaineer who vanished on Mount Everest 100 years ago has been found by documentary makers.
Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine was last seen with George Mallory 800ft from the peak.
There has been speculation they may have been the first to the summit — 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Mallory’s body was found in 1999.
The foot, in a boot and a sock embroidered “AC Irvine” was discovered lower down in melting ice on a glacier below the North Face.
National Geographic Explorer Jimmy Chin, who was a member of the climb team, said: “Sometimes in life, the greatest discoveries occur when you aren’t even looking.
“This was a monumental and emotional moment for us and our entire team on the ground, and we just hope this can finally bring peace of mind to his relatives and the climbing world at large.”
Irvine’s great-niece Julie Summers, said she’d been “moved to tears” on being told of the discovery.
“I have lived with this story since I was a seven-year-old when my father told us about the mystery of Uncle Sandy on Everest,” she said.
“The story became more real when climbers found the body of George Mallory in 1999, and I wondered if Sandy’s body would be discovered next.
“A quarter-of-a-century after that discovery, it seemed extremely unlikely that anything new would be found.
“When Jimmy told me that he saw the name AC Irvine on the label on the sock inside the boot, I found myself moved to tears. It was and will remain an extraordinary and poignant moment.”
Relatives have agreed to DNA tests.
