Britain’s ever-evolving shopping basket now contains more health and speciality foods.

The ONS updates the national basket every year to represent changing shopping habits in an effort to track the cost of living.

Left Bloc spokesperson Catarina Martins accused Portugal’s Minister of Finance of repeating 'fascist propaganda" when asserting that Portugal has "filled its coffers," as the country in fact is hugely in debt and littered with the victims of austerity.

Catarina Martins was speaking at a rally "United against Austerity" which included representatives from Spain and Greece in the form of Rafael Mayoral and Costas Zachariadis.

Maria José Costeira has been appointed as the new president of the Trade Union Association of Judges, her priority is for better courts and more judges.

Costeria now represents all of the country’s judges and is the first woman to hold this position.

The poor quality of housing stock in the UK was responsible for “more respiratory illness in England than Sweden”.

In the last past five years hospital admissions for chronic lower respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis and emphysema, have been 40% higher per 100,000 of population in England than in Sweden, according to an analysis by Friends of the Earth (FoE).

Reinventing itself as a coffee shop has caused Brits to flock to Greggs, preferring it over Starbucks.

The bakery chain ranked highest for value in a national poll of 4,500 people, coming second on friendliness of staff, speed of service and store cleanliness.

The chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, John Tully, is concerned about the Operation Grange investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann but, contrary to press reports, he has not called for the investigation to be closed.

What is in question is the scale of the operation in the light of severe budget cuts and other demands on the Met. But there is no indication that the investigation is to be terminated.

The snap election called just eight weeks ago in Andalusia will take place this Sunday.

Observers will be waiting anxiously for the outcome. Andalusia represents 20% of all voters in the country and the result may signal what will happen in elections scheduled for this year.

An employee at Clube Praia da Rocha, Portimão, resorted today to chaining herself inside the company office in a protest at not having been paid for months.

Many workers at the resort have not been paid by the managing company 'Green Stairs' whose administrator refuses to comment on the situation except for declaring that things are in hand, that was on March 3rd and nothing has happended since.