Iceland has partnered up with 'unserious food' platform Twisted to create what is either a genius or a totally unhinged food range.
The collection of 'flavour fusion' dishes blends together pretty well-known food items and flavours into new hybrids, to be sold at Iceland supermarkets later this month.
One such dish takes the northern icon, a Yorkshire pudding, and fills it to the brim with... lasagne.
Yeah. Layers of meat and pasta and béchamel sauce are jammed inside the bowl-shaped giant Yorkie, which is probably the most eye-catching dish in the entire new range.
The bastardisation of lasagnes continues with a chicken tikka lasagne, which is topped off with Bombay potatoes, The Manc reports.
There's also things like cheeseburger kebabs, meat feast pasta with barbecue sauce, and Hunter's chicken waffle fries.
You can even buy a footlong, XXL pigs-in-blanket, if you just desperately believe that normal pork-in-pork products are a bit lacking in length.
Iceland's collaboration with Twisted. Credit: Iceland
Iceland announced its collaboration with Twisted on social media, writing: "We are delighted to announce our partnership with food-obsessed pioneers @Twisted for this exclusive new range!
"These mouth-watering flavour fusions launch in-store & online at the end of the month."
The post was also shared by Instagram account NewFoodsUK, where thousands weighed in with their opinions, some saying it looked 'delicious' and others that it just looks a bit 'weird'.
One person said: "Just because they can doesn’t mean they should."
Another asked: "What the f*ck iceland."
Someone else joked: "Whoever eats these needs jesus."
Several people have theories about who developed this recipes - including quite a few asking if Snoop Dogg was a secret partner...
Someone commented: "Must have been developed on a Friday afternoon when all the staff in the NPD test kitchen had been to the pub at lunchtime!"
One person said: "This is the kind of food stoners come up with, but I will be trying the hunters chicken waffle fries nevertheless."
A £1.6m grant has been given by the government to Leeds City Council to help tackle rough sleeping.
The funding has been allocated to Leeds City Council as part of the Government’s national Rough Sleeping Programme.
The overall target is to help rough sleepovers off the streets by Christmas through providing safe accommodation.
The council have said that voluntary organisations and charities will be able to help them reach this target.
The council report said: "This funding will be used for immediate interventions to ensure all those rough sleeping have an offer of accommodation by Christmas and support longer term sustainment of accommodation.
“The initial target is to provide a suitable offer of accommodation for everyone who is rough sleeping by Christmas 2026.
“Providing a path into supported accommodation and independent living is the key objective and sustaining this independent living with, where necessary, ongoing support to prevent any return to rough sleeping and homelessness.”
The government announcement spoke of the scheme: "The programme is intended to support people experiencing rough sleeping.
"People experiencing rough sleeping may have differing entitlements to housing and support depending on their individual circumstances, including their immigration status and eligibility for public funds."
The funding is intended to help provide immediate support for people currently sleeping on the streets, while also helping them access longer-term accommodation and the support needed to maintain independent living.
By working with local charities and voluntary organisations, the council hopes to ensure people are not only offered a place to stay but are also given the help they need to avoid returning to the streets.
M&S launches massive recruitment drive in Leeds with hundreds of jobs available
Emily Sergeant
M&S has launched a massive recruitment drive across Yorkshire.
With the festive season fast approaching, and most British stores having already unveiled their Christmas ranges for 2026, one of the country’s largest brands has launched a massive UK-wide seasonal recruitment drives to gear up for what is always one of the busiest times of the year for the retail industry.
M&S has announced it will recruit for plenty of new colleagues across the UK.
As mentioned Christmas is one of the busiest moments of the year for M&S, and seasonal colleagues play a ‘vital’ part in delivering that.
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New recruits will be tasked with helping M&S deliver a ‘brilliant’ service for customers.
Stores with vacancies span the whole of Leeds - including city centre, Moortown, Crown Point, White Rose Shopping Centre and Pudsey.
M&S says the roles are ‘fast-moving and hands-on’, with colleagues required to work together to make sure customers still get the very best of M&S, even at its busiest.
The roles will pay £13.41 per hour, with successful applicants receiving the training, tools and support needed to get up to speed quickly.
“We can’t wait to welcome over 300 new colleagues to our store teams here in Greater Manchester,” commented Zeba Khan, who is the Regional Manager at M&S.
“As we get ready for our busiest time of year, it’s a great opportunity to join us and help bring a magical M&S Christmas to our customers.
“We have a range of opportunities available, whether joining our city centre flagship or our fresh market-style foodhalls. We’re looking for colleagues who are passionate about delivering great customer service and being part of a team.”
Fancy it then? Applications are now open, and you can find out more and apply on the M&S Christmas careers page here.
Daisy Jackson -
17th March 2023 
