Easter Monday: Last News

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Greater Manchester bin collection changes and recycling centre opening times for Easter weekend

Greater Manchester councils have announced their plans for rubbish collections and recycling centre opening times over the Easter bank holiday weekend. With Good Friday and Easter Monday upon us, changes to waste and recycling pick up schedules are sometimes made.
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Vicar slams Sainsbury's for new ad campaign encouraging people to get drunk on Good Friday
Sainsbury's has been ridiculed for its Easter booze promotion encouraging people to “Make Good Friday Great”.Theology tutor Chris Lane posted an image of an advertising stand loaded with booze at his local Sainsbury's featuring the slogan.It was advertising gin and vodka on offer for £14 per large bottle.It also had the words “Made Not Poured” on it, but it has not gone down well with some social media users.Dr Phil Isherwood, a poet at Bolton Hospice, tweeted: “Oh dear.“Jesus died for our sins not our gins - but Jesus is the absolute premium tonic you need in a new life! You can discover that on Easter Sunday!”Sue Cooke, the vicar of the St Thomas with St Stephen Anglican church in London, said: “I'm a Vicar and I love gin, but am saddened to see @sainsburys @GordonsGinUK thinking this is a good marketing strategy.“One of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, can't imagine any other religion having one of their festivals used in this way.”Other users called the offer “crass”, “insensitive” and in “poor taste”.Some on the site compared it to other strange supermarket festival offers, such as when Morrisons offered Corona, Budweiser and Strongbow beer for £9.99 for those looking to celebrate Ramadan and Eid – a time when most Muslim drinkers will abstain from consuming alcohol.One user also recalled when the UK Labour Party wished British Jewry a Happy Passover, while using an image of bread in the greeting – Jews are not permitted to eat bread during the festival.The orange-coloured supermarket chain has yet to respond to the barrage of criticism on Twitter, but the Daily Star has contacted them for a comment.Sainsbury's will be open as normal on Good Friday and Easter Monday, for those wanting to take the
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Easter holiday weather joy with Brits set to bask in hotter temperatures than Majorca
Easter being the hottest on record – with 21C highs making it warmer than Majorca this week.Easter bunnies will be baking as weather temperatures double thanks to hot air blown 2,000 miles from the Sahara desert.Highs will push 19C from today and nudge 21C by Thursday, with 20C expected over the holiday weekend.Majorca is due to be just 17C.Coral slashed odds on record temperatures from 4-1 to 5-4.Spokesman Harry Aitkenhead said: “The sun will shine and the odds say this Easter could enter the record books.”But drivers face a trip to the car wash – as “blood rain” tomorrow will stain motors with orange Sahara dust again, as happened last month.Skies look mainly dry for the south from Wednesday, with the north staying unsettled before showers reduce for the weekend.Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: “Easter looks promising, with high pressure dominating.“Warmer weather will be seen as winds swing to the south. Sometimes we see a step change in temperatures signalling the start of spring proper, and this week could mark that change.”A Met Office forecaster added: “Temperatures will be on the rise as warmer air spreads across the UK, with potential for 20C.“It becomes warmer in the south from Wednesday, with the north more changeable.”This weekend’s Easter getaway will be the busiest on the UK’s roads in at least eight years, motorists are being warned.An estimated 21.5million leisure trips will be made by car between Good Friday and Easter Monday, the RAC said.The Met Office site says that from mid-April, more settled conditions are expected "with longer spells of dry and fine weather."It added: "However, changeable intervals are possible.
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Universal Credit warning as claimants could see payment date change next month
Universal Credit claimants have been warned their payment date could change next month.The Easter bank holiday might mean the date will be different for Brits who claim the benefit.That's because payments aren't usually made on bank holidays, instead claimants could receive it on the previous working day.This year, Good Friday falls on April 15 with Easter Monday on the following Monday.So if your payment is due on either 15, 16, 17 or 18 of the month, you should expect to be paid on the Thursday before (April 14).You don't need to do anything extra to claim the benefit as the change will be applied automatically.However, if your payment falls outside of these days, you shouldn't expect any changes at all.The amount you're paid won't be impacted by the bank holiday.And it's not just Universal Credit payment dates that are different when it falls on a bank holiday.Other benefit payments in the UK are also made a day earlier on bank holiday weekends.You can contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if you don't receive your payment before the bank holiday weekend.After Easter the next bank holiday is May 2 which falls on a Monday.This means claimants who get paid on this day of the month should instead get their benefit the Friday beforehand, which is April 29. Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter It comes after new fraud rules start today (March 14) as credit and debit card payments could get declined.
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