Three police officers have been injured after missiles and flares were thrown at them outside a football stadium ahead of a Europa Conference League match tonight.
12.11.2023 - 09:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s a tale as old as time. As the end of the year inches closer, families, friends, partners and colleagues all over the country will battle it out amongst each other to ensure they don’t end up with the last Bounty or the Toffee Penny in the festive chocolate tin.
With a mixed bag of choices, there’s a reason why the likes of Quality Street, Celebrations, Roses and Miniature Heroes remain firm favourites each Christmas - and we all have our favourites, whether it’s the Wispa, the Purple One, Mars, or the Strawberry Dream.
But each and every year, many of us will come up with our own theories as to how the famed tubs are divided up and whether the Maltesers Teasers are really as scarce as we are led to believe…
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To settle the impending disputes and with my 14-year-old and six-year-old nephew and niece helping me, I decided to see how many chocolates were in each of the four big tins - and which flavours are the most and least found in each one.
How you ultimately decide to divide them up is totally up to you (and we won’t be held responsible if things turn nasty) but this is what we got when we dived into each of the tins.
If you’re only a fan of certain flavours, then it could help you decide which tin is the one for you and your family this year.
The OG in terms of Christmas tins, Quality Street has been around since 1936 - and we’re only a few years away from a very important milestone. Last year, Quality Street announced it was ditching the plastic and foil packaging for each of its miniature chocolates in
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