A cafe in Yorkshire has started selling its full English breakfasts for just 99p in a bid to help customers who are feeling the pinch from the cost of living emergency.
Tastee in Sheffield has partnered with a local meat supplier in order to offer the fry up - comprised of one egg, one sausage, a portion of beans, a slice of bacon and tomatoes - for under £1.
Usually, the breakfast would cost you £3.50 - but the cafe's owners have decided to drop the price as they acknowledge many people in the area are struggling following big hikes in taxes, petrol, energy and food costs.
The cafe's co-owner Nadine Grant told the BBC she and her staff just wanted to do their bit "to try and help the local community", adding that people "can't afford to spend on food like they used to".
A full English breakfast. Image: Flickr
Ms Grant continued: "They don't spend as much, or come in as often. It's obviously because of the situation at the moment."
"It is a big drop, but I had a word with my meat suppliers and they are helping us out a bit."
In spite of being hit with spirally energy and food costs herself, Ms Grant still wanted to do something to help local families who were struggling and so had a conversation with her meat supplier about providing certain items for less.
It's not the first time that she has done something to help struggling families, either, having previously helped to make up packed lunches for children and families in need during the pandemic.
The cafe, in Gleadless, serves a range of prepared hot and cold food to eat in or takeaway starting with breakfast and stretching into tea.
As well as the excellently priced full English, other items on the menu include baked potatoes, homemade cheese pies, hot roast pork rolls with stuffing, dip and apple sauce, chicken curry and chips with naan, and fish and chips.
Feature image - Tastee
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Here’s how you can get FREE Tony’s Chocolonely and Yorkshire Tea in Leeds next week
In honour of National Chocolate Week, two big brands are joining forces.
Fancy a freebie? Silly question, of course you do.
Tony’s Chocolonely and Yorkshire Tea have joined forces for National Chocolate Week to ask Brits to declare themselves a ‘Melt’...yes, really.
It comes after the brands discovering a new Gen Z dunking trend, with research finding that 80% of 18–24-year-olds say chocolate is their preferred tea-dunking treat.
To understand why the perculiar pairing has become so popular, the brands recruited Associate Professor of Psychobiology, Dr Lorenzo Stafford, to investigate what happens when tea and chocolate come together.
Associate Professor, Dr Lorenzo Stafford said: "It's fascinating to see how much thought Brits put into what makes a great dunk. Flavour, texture and temperature all shape how we experience food, and the combination of hot tea with melting chocolate creates a particularly enjoyable sensory experience.
"When it comes to dunking, tea and chocolate have great chemistry so it’s no surprise young people have embraced it."
If you want to try it out for yourself, then you can for free - but there is one catch.
From Monday 19 to Friday 23 October, anyone who walks into one of Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds and says ‘I'm a Melt’ will get a free mug of Yorkshire Tea and bar of Tony's Chocolonely.
Not only that, but the first 100 customers will also get a limited-edition ‘Melt’ cap.
Yorkshire Tea & Tony’s Chocolonely said of the partnership, “Brits love their tea and their chocolate and now the science shows why. This National Chocolate Week, we’re inviting everyone to give it a go, embrace their inner Melt and discover just how well chunky chocolate and a proper brew can work together.”
Leeds Bradford Airport strikes will NOT go ahead following ‘late offer’ over pay
Clementine Hall
This weekend's strikes at Leeds Bradford Airport have been cancelled.
Around 130 workers were set to walk out this weekend, Unite said, but this has been suspended to allow air traffic controllers to consider a new pay offer.
The Unite members planning on to go on strike were a mixture of air traffic control workers, customer experience staff, security staff and cleaners.
The workers involved in the dispute had recently come out of a four-year pay deal, with some of the departments having fallen behind other airports in equivalent roles.
Pay talks have been happening since December 2025, with the airport's formal offer not going far enough to address the lack of pay parity which led to the decision to strike.
However, as of yesterday 15 October, the workers have been given new pay offers from the airport and the strikes will not take place to allow a ballot on the offers.
Air traffic controllers and hourly paid staff are being balloted separately on their respective offers.
Unite regional officer Neil Whitaker said: "After receiving offers from Leeds Bradford Airport, we have suspended this week’s strike action in good faith to allow members to vote on pay deals.”
In a statement, Leeds Bradford Airport said: "While the ballot process continues with certain members of our frontline colleagues, we remain hopeful that a positive outcome can be achieved and that an agreement can be reached which works for everyone involved.
"Regardless of the outcome of this ballot, LBA has a robust contingency plan in place and will be operating as normal this weekend.
"Our focus remains on supporting a smooth and reliable experience for customers while maintaining safe and efficient airport operations."
Georgina Pellant -
10th June 2022 
