A small cruise ship struck a reef near the island where the Tom Hanks’ movie “Cast Away” was filmed — and the operator has now shed light on what led to the incident.
The April 4 collision occurred when one of its vessels hit a finger reef near Monuriki Island in Fiji during worsening weather conditions, according to Blue Lagoon Cruises.
“While the investigation is in its early stages, conditions upon the ship anchoring in the area were calm, and it appears a severe squall caused the ship’s anchor to drag toward a nearby reef whereby the ship became grounded,” Blue Lagoon Cruises said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
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“The response time available for crew was limited,” the operator added.
Blue Lagoon Cruises said roughly 30 passengers were on board at the time. Citing Fiji Navy sources, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported the vessel was also carrying about 30 crew members.
Blue Lagoon Cruises struck a reef and needed an emergency evacuation near the island used for filming the beloved Tom Hanks “Cast Away” film.(20th Century-Fox/ Getty Images)
Around dawn, a large high-speed ferry arrived alongside the vessel to assist with the evacuation.
All guests and non-essential crew disembarked with their luggage and personal belongings, according to Blue Lagoon Cruises.
Passengers were transported back to Port Denarau, where Blue Lagoon Cruises arranged hotel accommodations, along with alternative activities and experiences, the company said.
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No injuries were reported among guests or crew.
In recent years, several reef groundings have led to emergency rescues.
In 2025, the expedition ship Coral Adventurer struck a reef off Papua New Guinea, leaving about 80 passengers stranded for days, according to reporting by Cruise Passenger and an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation.
The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, grossed over $429 million worldwide.(Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
In 2024, a New Zealand naval vessel grounded on a reef near Samoa, caught fire, and sank, requiring evacuation of all crew, according to a New Zealand Defense Force inquiry.
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Monuriki Island is a small, uninhabited island in Fiji’s Mamanuca archipelago.
It is known for its white sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and dense tropical vegetation, surrounded by water and coral reefs.
Monuriki Island is known for its white sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and dense tropical vegetation.(iStock)
Its remote, untouched landscape made it a perfect filming location for the 2000 movie “Cast Away,” starring Tom Hanks.
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Since the film’s release, Monuriki has become a popular day-trip destination, often informally called “Castaway Island” (not to be confused with a nearby resort island with that name).
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Despite its fame, it remains undeveloped with no permanent residents.
Visitors come to hike, snorkel and explore filming spots like the famous “Wilson” beach.
Jessica Mekles is an editor on the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
From juicy tiger prawns to succulent salmon, tasty smoked haddock to meaty crab, these days you can buy almost every type of food the sea has to offer at your local supermarket.
As a nation, we consume almost 900,000 tons of seafood a year, with manufacturers going to ever-greater lengths to keep up with demand. But, experts say, the huge selection may not be everything it seems.
From pumping fish full of dyes and preservatives to make it look better and last longer, to overlooking infestations by lice and other parasites, and mislabelling the country of origin, producers have been accused of all sorts of fishy misdemeanours over the years.
Paul Wild, an Essex-based fishmonger and founder of Fresh and Wild Fish, has gone viral on social media for exposing the industry’s secrets, with his shocking videos racking up more than a million views.
Some fish, he claims, are so ‘polluted and diseased’ he wouldn’t eat them or feed them to his children; while others scarcely resemble what is described on the packet.
With his insider knowledge, we expose the dark secrets behind your supermarket seafood…
An 18,000-mile journey over 12 months
Much of our supermarket fish – wild salmon, cod, tuna, hake and some shellfish – comes from the Pacific, meaning it faces a long journey before reaching our shops.
A 2018 investigation found some supermarket products travel 18,000 miles, during which time they’re frozen and packed on ice to preserve them.
Paul Wild, an Essex-based fishmonger and founder of Fresh and Wild Fish, has gone viral on social media for exposing the industry’s secrets, with his shocking videos racking up more than a million views
Many come via a processing plant in Qingdao, China, where they are defrosted, filleted and portioned up before being speed-frozen. Tesco is transparent about its links to China, with many of its fish products packed there.
They’re then shipped around Asia and the Middle East, through the Mediterranean and around southern Europe to reach Britain by the lorry-load, where it’s all defrosted once again before being displayed in the fish aisle.
This mammoth journey can take up to a year, especially when it comes to wild salmon – which can only be caught between May and September, and is stockpiled frozen so it can be sold year-round.
So the fish you buy ‘fresh’ could, in fact, be up to 12 months old.
You won’t find any of this on the packaging, however, which tends to describe how the fish was caught and where it was processed but not how long it’s been sitting on ice on a container ship.
Dyes to make it look good
Ever wonder what makes that smoked haddock so yellow, that tuna fillet so pink or your smoked salmon such a lovely ruby-red?
The answer is dye – designed to simulate traditional smoking techniques – some of it natural and some comprising harsher chemicals with unproven effects on our health. M&S, for example, uses paprika to dye its Scottish smoked haddock fillets, while Iceland uses curcumin (a natural yellow-orange pigment derived from turmeric) in its frozen smoked haddock.
Some suppliers, such as Ocado, also add annatto norbixin, a natural orangey pigment, to their smoked haddock and basa ranges.
‘Supermarkets use so much dye that it comes off on your hands when you touch the fish. You’d never get that with produce from a fishmonger,’ says Paul. And other dyes are less harmless. Farmed salmon are commonly fed two chemicals in their food pellets – astaxanthin and canthaxanthin – to give their flesh its characteristic colour.
Wild salmon – which can only be caught between May and September, is stockpiled frozen so it can be sold year-round
This is designed to simulate the hue the fish would acquire from eating shrimp and algae rich in colourful carotenoids in the wild.
However, synthetic astaxanthin, a compound produced from petrochemicals, has been associated with human health risks, such as gastrointestinal issues, low blood pressure and skin irritation, while high doses of canthaxanthin have been linked to eye damage.
Meanwhile, tuna used in supermarket sushi is sometimes treated with carbon monoxide or filtered smoke, which keeps its flesh bright red and appetising.
Though not dangerous in itself, it is controversial, as it can make spoiled fish appear fresh.
Don’t confuse basa with bass
Basa is one of the most common supermarket fish but most shoppers would struggle to identify it.
A type of mud-dwelling catfish native to South-East Asia, the vast majority is imported from the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam.
It was originally sold there as ‘river cobbler’, then ‘pangasius’, before being rebranded around 2010 as the more palatable-sounding ‘basa’ – now a popular alternative to cod or other white fish.
‘It’s a play on bass,’ says Paul. ‘If you don’t look at the packaging carefully, you could easily confuse the two. That’s a deliberate marketing ploy to make you buy it.’
But, he warns, basa is very different to sea bass, not only in origin and price (basa is two-thirds cheaper) but in how it is produced – and the risk of parasites and disease.
Such are the environmental and health concerns over open cage farming of the species that basa is banned in some US states, though tests by Asda and Tesco in the UK have found no trace of toxic contaminants in basa.
‘Fresh’ fish – stuffed with preservatives
Look closely at the labels on your supermarket fish – especially the fresh stuff – and you’ll find a long list of chemicals and preservatives in the ingredients list to extend their shelf life.
‘Fresh fish shouldn’t last three weeks like some supermarket products claim to,’ says Paul. ‘We buy crevettes direct from France and, properly vacuum-sealed, they last a week at most.’
Common preservatives include: sodium tripolyphosphate, used to retain moisture and improve texture; potassium sorbate, used to prevent spoilage; and sulphites, used on crustaceans to prevent black spots forming on their skin.
Iceland’s frozen wild red shrimp, which hails from Argentina, contains sodium metabisulphite, a white powder that coats the shellfish and inhibits the enzyme that makes it go brown.
Frozen seafood may be 60 per cent added water
Supermarket fish often contain added water, especially frozen products, which means you’re paying more for less product.
Look for the words ‘ice glaze’ in the ingredients – some products contain up to 60 per cent added water by weight.
Paul claims that some fish are so ‘polluted and diseased’ he wouldn’t eat them or feed them to his children, while others scarcely resemble what is described on the packet
As well as bumping up the profit, treating supermarket seafood with water or liquid chemicals can make it look plumper and more appetising – especially with products such as prawns or scallops.
During the defrosting process, Paul explains, fish products are put in a large chamber fitted with a tank containing a solution that raises their temperature slowly while pumping them full of a water-based solution (often brine).
‘This makes them last longer and can make them balloon to twice their natural size,’ he says. ‘But they lack texture and flavour, and when you cook them you’ll get loads of water coming out.’
Diseased and infested prawns and salmon
Farmed salmon is susceptible to outbreaks of sea lice, a parasite that feeds on the fish’s skin and blood and can be fatal to the fish.
In November, Tesco was forced to suspend supply from Bakkafrost Scotland, a salmon farm in the Highlands, after an animal rights group covertly filmed fish covered in sea lice in a pen.
While the parasite doesn’t pose a risk to humans – and is removed during processing, as well as being killed during cooking – the pesticides used to treat it may be. These have been linked to risks of cancer and other health issues, especially in children and pregnant women. There is also controversy over the use of formaldehyde, in a form called ‘formalin’, that is used in Scottish salmon farming to treat parasites, fungi and bacterial diseases.
This is classed as a carcinogen and exposure can cause respiratory irritation, eye damage and skin concerns, especially to those working with it on fish farms.
‘Fish’ fingers with just 58 per cent cod
They may be a staple for young children, but do you really know what’s in those breaded fish fingers you’re serving up for dinner?
Some supermarket own-brand products are made with haddock, while others contain cod
Some supermarket own-brand products (such as M&S fish fingers) are made with haddock, while others (including Waitrose Essential fish fingers) contain cod.
And, in some cases, there’s very little fish in that coating – which is made with potato starch, flour, salt, breadcrumbs, spices and oil, as well as natural colourants (such as turmeric and paprika) to give the fish fingers that golden crumb.
Iceland’s ten breaded fish fingers, for example, contain just 58 per cent fish (the cheaper Alaskan pollock, not haddock or cod), while Morrisons’ ten cod fish fingers are made with 64 per cent pollock.
The origin of the fish is another point of controversy: in 2022, leading brands such as Birds Eye and Young’s were called out for continuing to use Russian whitefish after the Ukraine invasion.
Other fish fingers claim to contain added omega-3, the polyunsaturated fats essential for heart health – but experts say this is just a marketing con. A typical serving of four enriched fish fingers provides just 130mg of omega-3, while one portion of oily fish can contain up to 2,000mg – so the benefits are negligible.
Processed in Britain – but caught abroad
Up to 80 per cent of supermarket fish comes from abroad – some from the other side of the world – where production standards and labour contracts differ wildly to those in the UK.
Most varieties come from large international fishing operations in China, Taiwan and South Korea, while some are caught in Vietnam and the Philippines.
A significant portion of fish sold as ‘Atlantic cod’ is sourced from the North-East Arctic and Russia.
Meanwhile, much of our sea bass comes from fish farms in Turkey. Last year, an investigation linked these farms – which supply sea bass or bream to Morrisons, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco via wholesalers – to a fishmeal factory in Senegal, where food insecurity and unemployment is rife.
And prawns come from all over: larger king or tiger prawns from India, Vietnam, Thailand,
Madagascar and Honduras; while smaller, cold-water prawns are sourced from the waters around Norway, Greenland and Canada.
Don’t be fooled by the British flag often printed on seafood products. All this means is they were packed or processed here. You’ll find the country of origin in the small print. If you want to buy British fish, try trout, salmon (check that it’s Scottish) or sardines.
‘Some cod may also be sourced from UK waters,’ says Paul.
If manifesting money were as easy as pressing play, we’d all be millionaires.
But on social media, many Gen Zers are convinced the secret to wealth isn’t hustle culture — it’s a disco beat.
Anita Ward’s 1979 disco hit “Ring My Bell” is having an unexpected second life in 2026, with thousands of users swearing the track doubles as a sonic “money magnet.”
The ubiquitous trend, kicked off by TikTok creator @GoddessInanna15, frames the song as a so-called “Matrix hack,” claiming that looping it daily can attract cash, opportunities, and good fortune.
In one viral video, the vlogger promised to reveal the “real secret sauce” behind the song, saying it works as a “manifestation and reset frequency” — not just because of “hertz,” but thanks to a mix of numerology and what she calls a “feminine receiving portal.”
Followers were encouraged to repeat coded phrases aloud as affirmations while jamming to the song, like “I am wealthy” and “cancel my debt,” to “manifest” financial success.
Cue the testimonials: believers say they’ve scored scratch-offs, surprise cash windfalls, new jobs, and more — often after making the song part of their morning routine, complete with a little dance.
User @hannahphillips.art said she booked three gigs as a working artist after doing a “dance ritual” to the song for three days with the “intention to manifest abundance.”
The 1979 disco classic “Ring My Bell” by Anita Ward (above) is making a 2026 comeback, with thousands swearing the funky beat doubles as a cash magnet. TK Records
Another, @lady_shopper99, found her dream wedding dress in a thrift shop while listening to the track during a day out.
The internet, naturally, ate it up: over 5,000 clips using the sound have appeared in recent weeks, and streams of Ward’s hit jumped 277% over the past month, hitting 2.53 million plays in a single week, per Billboard.
Other songs are credited with the “manifestation” trend
And it’s not just one 8-minute funky track from the 70s.
Songs made at the so-called “abundance frequency” include Enya’s ethereal 2001 ballad “May It Be” and Pink Floyd’s 1975 hit “Wish You Were Here,” both favorites among woo-woo enthusiasts.
Fans credit “hertz” frequencies — like 432 Hz or the “love frequency” of 528 Hz — for their magical manifestation results.
Devotees claim the viral disco ditty has delivered newfound cash and praised its “abundance frequency” that they love dancing to while “manifesting.” VAKSMANV – stock.adobe.com
“Ring My Bell” was officially recorded at 440 Hz, but many users share 432 Hz versions of it, made to amplify the “abundance” effect.
Some claim that its 100 BPM (beats per minute) rhythm itself boosts dopamine and energy.
Spotify playlists have embraced the trend, too, with playlists of “healing” tracks at 528 Hz or “sleep” ones at 852 Hz, all designed to manipulate mood or intention.
The science is really all in your head
Here’s the reality check: music isn’t magic — but it can mess with your brain in very real ways.
Dr. Patrick K. Porter, founder of BrainTap Technologies, told The Post: “Music activates multiple brain systems simultaneously — emotional centers, memory networks, attention pathways.”
“When rhythm, melody, and personal significance align, the brain recognizes the experience as meaningful.”
Repeated listening, he added, “strengthens neural pathways, especially when combined with emotion or intention,” reinforcing mental states like confidence or motivation — basically, like mental rehearsal or affirmations.
Listening to music might not fill your wallet, but it can mess with your brain. mary_markevich – stock.adobe.com
Conditioning plays a role, too: “When a song is consistently paired with a desired emotional state — such as confidence or success — the brain creates an ‘anchor.’”
Over time, he said, just hearing the song can automatically trigger those same positive emotions.
In other words, TikTokkers’ brains start linking that viral disco beat with feeling good, focused, or motivated.
That boost can nudge them to apply for more jobs, stick to a budget, or take other practical steps — which might later feel like the song “manifested” success, when really it just helped them take the first move.
Audio and music industry expert Nikki Camilleri of Mana agreed: “The emotional power of a song is rarely about the song itself.”
“When you hear a song during a significant moment, it gets ‘tagged’ with that emotion.”
Repeated listening strengthens its neural representation, making it easier for your brain to process, which feels good, she noted.
Over time, the track “can function as a conditioned cue,” priming your nervous system to anticipate a target state. “The song itself isn’t magic,” she stressed, but it can “become a shortcut to a target mental state.”
The U.S. State Department has updated its travel advisory for Americans who may be headed on trips to Ethiopia.
The advisory remained a “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” — warning of unrest, crime, kidnapping, terrorism, landmines and exit bans.
Officials warned of restrictions for travelers when they enter and leave the country.
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A 1,000 Ethiopian Birr, or about $7 for an entry fee, is required, with officials noting that “excess currency may be confiscated.”
A $3,000 fee is required to exit the country.
The travel advisory remains a “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” — warning Americans of risks related to unrest, crime, kidnapping, terrorism, landmines and exit bans.(iStock)
“When departing Ethiopia, nonresidents carrying more than the equivalent of $3,000 USD in foreign currency and residents carrying any amount of foreign currency must produce a valid bank document or foreign currency customs declaration that is less than 30 days old,” the advisory indicates.
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The U.S. Embassy is located in Addis Ababa.
Tourists are also warned about certain items they may attempt to bring back to the U.S.
“It is illegal to take pictures of government buildings, military installations, police/military personnel, and key infrastructure such as roads, bridges, dams and airfields,” the advisory reads.(iStock)
“Travelers transporting ivory may be detained, imprisoned or fined and the ivory may be confiscated,” the advisory says.
It also notes that “souvenirs that are copies of antiques or religious artifacts require a proper receipt and may still be confiscated.
“Export permits processed by the Export Section of the airport customs office are required for antiques, including religious artifacts, Ethiopian crosses, and animal skins and other wildlife parts,” it adds.
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Ethiopia has strict laws pertaining to photography.
“It is illegal to take pictures of government buildings, military installations, police/military personnel, and key infrastructure such as roads, bridges, dams and airfields,” the advisory points out.
Ethiopia is home to 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites, including churches, parks and ancient ruins.(iStock)
Officials say that if tourists are caught taking pictures of prohibited sites, they may be subject to fines, have photographic equipment confiscated and even face possible arrest.
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“As a general practice, you should avoid taking pictures of individuals without their clear consent,” it also advises.
Ethiopia is home to 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites — including churches, parks and ancient ruins.
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Popular sites include Rock-Hewn Churches in Lalibela, which feature 11 monolithic churches carved into rock, known as a “New Jerusalem,” and ruins of the ancient Aksumite Empire.
The Simien National Park is full of mountain peaks, valleys and rare wildlife.
Ashley J. DiMella is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
A relaxing getaway in the Welsh countryside awaits (Picture: Brook Aurora)
Picture this. You open your eyes in a cosy bedroom that feels like a ship’s cabin, slowly waking to the gentle sound of a flowing river and the scent of freshly baked bread. The only place you have to be today? The spa.
If this sounds like what you need, read on.
Metro has teamed up with a top-rated Welsh hotel to give one lucky reader (and a companion) a chance to win a restorative escape in the heart of the British countryside.
We’re giving away a two-night B&B stay at Albion Aberteifi in Cardigan, voted best hotel in Wales by the Times & Sunday Times in 2023.
You’ll also get cocktails for two at the hotel bar and a two-hour Nature Spa experience at fforest Farm (Welsh spelling, not typo), a short drive or a walk through a nature reserve.
For your chance to win this gorgeous spring getaway, enter your details into the form below before midnight on Sunday, April 19.
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Housed in an old shipping warehouse, Albion Aberteifi is inspired by the rich maritime heritage of Cardigan, the charming town that sits at the mouth of the River Teifi as it flows into Cardigan Bay in West Wales.
The hotel is full of quirks that tell the story of its seafaring history, from its salvaged timber furniture, 19th-Century graffiti and wrought iron frame that protects the Grade II-listed building’s original masonry, to its ghostly residents, said to be from the brig Albion which set sail for Canada from Cardigan in 1819.
One of the cosy bedrooms at Albion Aberteifi (Picture: Heather Birnie)
But you won’t be disturbed by any bumps in the night, snuggled up in your cosy double bedroom. Each en-suite, wood-lined cabin boasts a stunning river view, Welsh wool blankets, handmade furniture and a super comfortable king-sized bed for a restful stay.
Guests have raved about the ‘fabulous hotel’, praising in particular the ‘thoughtful attention to detail’ in everything, down to the complimentary Aesop toiletries in the bathroom.
Relax with a handcrafted cocktail in the hotel bar (Picture: Heather Birnie)
The breakfast is unique: they serve up a Scandi-style feast, with a buffet of delights including sourdough, smoked salmon and charcuterie to graze on.
In the evening, head to the Albion’s bar for delicious handcrafted cocktails for two.
Up close and personal with nature
It’s the perfect place to take respite from everyday life. Recent guests have used their time at the hotel to complete a novel, take on the local famous coast path walks, birdwatch in the local nature reserve, or to learn traditional Welsh weaving at local craft workshops.
Just a ramble away on the other side of the Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve is fforest Farm, a trendy hybrid of Welsh farm and Japanese forest retreat, where you can get up close and personal with nature.
Last year, they opened The Nature Spa, a woodland oasis where you’ll find everything you need for R&R, including individual cedar saunas, wood-fired hot tubs and cold plunge barrels.
Sweat it out in one of fforest farm’s cedar barrel saunas (Picture: Brook Aurora)
Wild swimming is encouraged(Picture: fforest Farm)
There’s also a tranquil spa lounge area, where you can curl up by the fire in the cosy lodge or relax on the sunlit terrace, along with complimentary herbal tea, showers and locker access.
For the more adventurous, wild swimming in the river Teifi or the hidden coves of the nearby West Wales coast is encouraged.
The area is the gateway to famous clifftop walks along the Ceredigion Coast Path, where you’ll find spectacular views over sandy bays, rugged rock formations and woodland gorges.
An artisan haven
Back in Cardigan, or Aberteifi as it’s called in Welsh, you’ll find one of the coolest up-and-coming towns in West Wales.
Once an old-fashioned merchant town, its colourful streets are now a haven for creatives and artisans, with galleries, theatres and cinemas.
Discover the fascinating history of the region at the recently renovated 900-year-old Cardigan Castle, peruse traditional Welsh crafts and artsy modern pieces in the local boutiques and market stalls, and pop into one of their gorgeous cafes for specialty coffees and indulgent handmade bakes. In the evening, head to the Castle Inn for a cosy pint of locally brewed beer and pizza.
What you need to know
How to get there: Although there’s no train station in Cardigan, it is easily accessible via car or bus from Carmarthen, Fishguard or Aberystwyth.
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By Caren McSherry, president of the Gourmet Warehouse
Special to Global News
Posted April 5, 2026 11:00 am
1 min read
This is a quick and tasty version for an impromptu Easter Brunch.
Eggs, tortilla, avocados, and salsa. A mimosa is always a nice addition.
4 tablespoons butter
1 large shallot, diced fine
1/2 green pepper, diced fine
5 red grape tomatoes, quartered
6 free-range large eggs
sea salt (to taste)
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ground pepper (to taste)
pinch of smoked paprika
grated cheese, Jarlsberg, Fontina or Swiss
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
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Heat the butter in a non-stick pan. Add the shallot and pepper, sauté, do not brown.
Whisk the eggs with the salt, pepper and paprika, pour into the pan and cook the eggs using the method of 1 minute on the heat, and one minute off the heat.
Halfway through, sprinkle the cheese on top and continue to cook until the desired doneness is reached. Add the cilantro.
Fill the taco with the egg mixture, place in the holders and let your guests garnish with the toppings.
1 package mini tortillas, wrapped in foil and warmed in the oven until serving.
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Mars moves into Aries this week which is a double blast of Mars energy, bet you can feel it!
Ambition, power moves, passion projects, full-blooded attractions, and the pursuit of mission impossibles are all on the cards.
It’s the season to put your best foot forward, be led by ambitious instincts, and get what’s coming to you sooner vs later. Activate new roles, applications, pitches, inventions, ideas, relationships and schemes. Back yourself!
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Aries
March 21 to April 20
Go big, and then go bigger (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aries for this week: Knight of Wands
Meaning: You are unstoppable (some might say insufferable) this week because not only is your planet Mars moving into your sign of Aries but you also get the Knight of Wands, which is like the essence of Aries energy.
I think you could climb any mountain. So, yeah, head off on a grand adventure, attempt the impossible, aim as high as you dare and then some more. Nothing is out of reach for you this week if you put your back into it. Go get some!
Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aries
Taurus
April 21 to May 21
What you do now yields results in a matter of weeks (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Taurus for this week: Four of Wands
Meaning: Your power move is to apply for a promotion, head to the next level, raise your prices/game/ideas, progress beyond the space (that you’ve outgrown). Bigger, better, bolder.
Taurus, you’re a deeply ambitious and capable person, born to lead, made for controlling and bossing other folk! It’s a race to the top, and the start line is here, this week. You can progress far, far beyond this current position. Believe it and do it. Results within four weeks!
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Taurus
Gemini
May 22 to June 21
Dust yourself off and come back stronger (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Gemini for this week: Five of Cups
Meaning: There’s been some loss, regret and setbacks spoiling your mood recently, even though you’ve tried to brush them all off. Gemini, those sad days are over. The rebuild and reboot starts here!
So dry your eyes and look ahead with hope and optimism. Use the humbling or wise lessons you’ve learned to set out with a new-found sense of experience, shrewdness or understanding. You’ve lived and learned. Put the knowledge to good use and go make your realm brilliant again, better than before. You are the master of reinvention.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Gemini
Cancer
June 22 to July 23
You’re naturally suited to resolutions (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Cancer for this week: Five of Swords
Meaning: Your power move is to end an argument. You didn’t start this, but you can end it, and that is the real power move, because you get to take back control and put this fire out, before they can pour any more fuel on it.
Whatever it takes, you can do it. You love figuring people out, sussing out their buttons, and then pressing them! So, strategise a path to peace, make your moves, and watch them fall in line. They never really wanted this heat anyway and are sorry to have tested you. You love stuff like this.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Cancer
Leo
July 24 to August 23
Audacity is an asset sometimes (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Leo for this week: Two of Swords
Meaning: Decision-making is this week’s project and homework. You are going to make a big, bold decision that sucks the power out of the room and puts it all in your back pocket.
Other folk are still watching and wondering, and you’re already 10 steps ahead and out the door! The early bird gets the worm. First movers’ advantage. Play the risky hand and take the grand prize, remembering fortune favours the bold. You are boldness personified.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Leo
Virgo
August 24 to September 23
Grasp the nettle this week (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Virgo for this week: Nine of Wands
Meaning: This week will bring you enormous self empowerment, and that comes from testing your mettle, facing a fear, overcoming a challenge you have dreaded tackling. Get to it. It’s the right time!
The Nine of Wands brings reassurance and help that you don’t expect, and everything will unfold much faster and smoother than you could ever imagine. So don’t live with this nagging feeling of low-key fear any longer… face its root cause and feel strong. You can do this. You’ve got this.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Virgo
Libra
September 24 to October 23
Stay in the present and it will pay dividends in future (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Libra for this week: Page of Wands
Meaning: Your power move this week, Libra, is to let life bring you what it’s got in mind for you, and engage with it fully, trusting the process, ditching the schedule, and refusing to overthink the outcomes.
Focus on what’s in front of you. Put down your plans and schemes, and engage with the current moment, because that is where the real opportunities are, and where you will find the greatest success and potential for progress.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Libra
Scorpio
October 24 to November 22
What’s your bright idea? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Scorpio for this week: The Magician
Meaning: Success requires value, which means creating, inventing, or delivering something that folk want. The Magician puts an idea in your mind this week that you alone can execute and that will be amazingly successful. Are you ready to begin?
It’s based around a natural talent, strength or interest of yours, and it’s something fresh and new. With a little training or refinement, you can bring this project to fruition and maybe even ‘sell’ it somehow. Fancy being an entrepreneur? It’s on the cards!
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Scorpio
Sagittarius
November 23 to December 21
Get schmoozing (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Sagittarius for this week: Three of Coins
Meaning: You are so well loved and admired, people always draw to your flame because you’re naturally funny, bright and charismatic. Your power move, this week, is to use the company you keep and attract. It’s via who, vs what, you know that doors can open for you right now.
Collaborate, cooperate, and co-create. Ask for help and advice. Share ideas. Brainstorm. Question and validate other folk. Seek investment and support. Whatever you need from others will be granted this week (if you ask).
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Sagittarius
Capricorn
December 22 to January 21
Start the sequence (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Capricorn for this week: The Wheel of Fortune
Meaning: Make one big, bold change in your realm this week. Then step back and watch that Wheel of Fortune start to spin. Everything creates a halo, a ripple effect, a knock-on. And you will enjoy watching the consequences and well-timed impacts of your move spread out across your wider realm.
It all comes from a good place and therefore it will bring good gifts to others. Be brave, resolute and direct. Make what you wish to happen… happen. You have the power.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Capricorn
Aquarius
January 22 to February 19
Healthy competition will spur you on (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aquarius for this week: Seven of Wands
Meaning: Aquarians are competitive; I truly think it’s an under-rated trait of yours. Bring out the best of you by entering into some kind of rivalry, competition, target-setting or goal creation this week, ideally with other folk.
You are known to rise to any occasion, you are fuelled and enlivened by ‘proving something’ to other people, so make this your environment and baseline, and you will surpass your own expectations. Play to win and you will win. But you need to pick a game to play.
Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aquarius
Pisces
February 20 to March 20
Time to say goodbye (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Pisces for this week: Seven of Coins
Meaning: The power move is to let go of what’s not working. Don’t tie yourself up in painful knots to an idea, person, place or role that doesn’t suit or serve you well. Life’s too short for this waste of energy.
Accept what’s not right in your life and give yourself full and unconditional permission to seek something new. And you know what, it will all happen faster than you think! This has been brewing for a long time, and it’s time for a rebirth. Acknowledge this and the process will begin.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Pisces
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It’s time for your seasonal Spring love tarot horoscopes – are you ready?
I am using the unique forecasting system from my upcoming Zodiac Love Match deck to give you a full and frank love forecast covering what you need to know.
This three-card oracle system explores who is on the cards (or who you need to be like in your existing relationship), the action or step you should take, and the future outlook.
The guidebook with the deck explains how to do this yourself so you can make your own love readings anytime, anywhere. Or, come join my magical, mystical tarot club, free for a whole month when you sign up using this link.
Aries
March 21 to April 20
A spring awakening (Picture: Kerry King)
Aries spring 2026 love life cards: Gemini, Power Couple, Set A Deadline
Meaning: Ready for a spark to be lit in your love life? A Gemini person or aura will enter the frame and bring fast-paced action, inspiring communication, new ideas and fresh thinking. It might feel like a total renewal of your relationship or feelings about love. For the better.
From here, you can build. And the potential to create a ‘power couple’ relationship, where you both build each other up, share resources and energy to create a greater whole than either could create solo, is unlocked. More than lovers, an alliance.
The key to this is setting deadlines, being aware of how much time you both have to spare/invest/share/create with. Time is the real currency of everything in life. With time, anything is possible. Spark things up, talk deeply, create an alliance, use your time together wisely. Anything is possible, aim high together.
Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aries
Taurus
April 21 to May 21
Keep facing forward (Picture: Kerry King)
Taurus spring 2026 love life cards: The Ex, Don’t Drink The Poison, Fading Feelings
Meaning: Whatever you do this spring, Taurus, don’t return eagerly to either the presence or memory of an ex, or an old habit in love, that you know doesn’t serve you well and is not right for you. The past always carries allure, we all gloss over things and reposition ourself in a main character light.
Your love life past is not a place that merits a place in your present. It all served a purpose but don’t drink the Kool Aid that things were better then – that’s not Kool Aid, it’s poison! If you’re experiencing fading feelings or a sense of loss or confusion in your current relationship status then work on it in the present, don’t seek rescue or distraction or answers from the past.
The way ahead is built by looking ahead, not back. Be led by your best hopes, talk about whatever you’re feeling, ask for input, deal with what’s in front of you. Everything can get better in the future.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Taurus
Gemini
May 22 to June 21
The excitement of a fling can be injected into an existing relationship (Picture: Kerry King)
Gemini spring 2026 love life cards: The Free Spirit, Pursue Passion, A Fun Fling
Meaning: All Geminis have a free-spirited approach to life, and love. That doesn’t mean you’re a cheater or unreliable, in fact Geminis are the most loyal sign going, and will do anything for folk they cherish, standing by them in all weathers. What it means is that you bring fun, openheartedness and spontaneity to your love life, which partners get to enjoy.
Pursue passion this spring, Gemini, be it in your relationship or your single life. Make things light and fun. Nothing wrong with dating up a storm and a fun fling or two, and nothing wrong with bringing the notion of a ‘fun fling’ into your existing relationship if you’re attached — a long weekend away together, date nights every week, more emphasis on your physical relationship and anticipating your time together as you did in the early days.
Reinstate the sense of ‘we do what we like’ and follow your passions wherever they lead. Spring is a time to be abundant, light, and open-minded. Embrace that energy.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Gemini
Cancer
June 22 to July 23
Love life landscaping (Picture: Kerry King)
Cancer spring 2026 love life cards: The Free Spirit, Pause and Reflect, A Tended Garden
Meaning: Life’s short. Time is your greatest currency, so spend it wisely. Look around you at your relationships and figure out, if you were a total free spirit with all chores and commitments aside, where you get the most reward and fulfilment. Pause and reflect. Don’t just go through the motions, retread the same ground, fall into ruts and patterns with folk, play the same game you always have.
Stop and think about your love life, your family realm, your friendships. What’s working and what isn’t? Spring is your season for getting everything on track again — a tended garden in full bloom. Might need some pruning, cutting back, replacement, nurturing and feeding, encouragement and attention. Make a plan, put it in motion. New habits will yield new results.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Cancer
Leo
July 24 to August 23
You’ll know when this happens (Picture: Kerry King)
Leo spring 2026 love life cards: Aquarius, Serve The Relationship, A Fun Fling
Meaning: Aquarius is your opposite sign, so this card suggests either a hook-up with your ‘opposites attract’ person this spring (which will be very interesting) or a sense that your approach, needs and love language is reversing, shifting, changing totally. And that’s okay.
Serving your relationship, vs yourself, is the key. We are all different people to different people in our lives, and each new relationship unlocks another aspect of our personality. Chemistries change and evolve. Notice this and let it unfold, let yourself change and be changed by someone else.
Maybe it’s not your actual partner or love interest that changes you, maybe it’s a fun friendship/fling/intense moment with someone fleetingly. People make their mark on us in all kinds of ways, and you will know when this is happening to you. Take the lesson or input, use it, evolve with it.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Leo
Virgo
August 24 to September 23
Is it time for a new strategy? (Picture: Kerry King)
Virgo spring 2026 love life cards: Scorpio, Give In To Desire, Fading Feelings
Meaning: Maybe a sexy, dark and dangerous Scorpio is on the cards for you this spring, Virgo, which would certainly spice things up! Or maybe it’s you who is feeling super spicy and like you wish to fully and wholly give in to your desires, letting your pleasures and heartfelt yearnings lead you to the next phase of your love life’s story. And if so, do it.
We are all lustful, animalistic, physical beings and these strong urges are valid, useful and affirming – they are letting you know who and what you’re most attracted to. Why fight it?
Maybe you’re experienced fading feelings in love recently, felt like you’re going through the motions, or keep meeting the same obstacles or ‘type’. Let all of that go, let all of that wash away into the past. Resolve, from now on, to follow your heart, your yearning, your desire, and you won’t go far wrong. This is your love life sat nav and it’s designed just for you.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Virgo
Libra
September 24 to October 23
Open up (Picture: Kerry King)
Libra spring 2026 love life cards: Gemini, Manifest Your Life, Burning Passion
Meaning: Ideas are your catnip, your passion sparker, your favourite way to connect with someone, and that is what spring will bring to your love life. A like-minded, airy, clever, analytical person with whom you can discuss anything and everything, and with whom you can sound board your own creations and opinions, and invent different angles and perspectives on life. Bliss!
They could be a Gemini, but if you’re happily attached then it’s conversation, dialogue and talking about weird subjects from weird angles that will unlock this happy state. Discover your shared burning passions, talk about what you wish to manifest in your lives, make wishes, feed back on the path you think the other should take, tell them how you see them as a person, open up analysis and discussion about the future.
When you’re enthralled mentally, all the other areas follow suit. You could definitely fall in love with a person’s mind and this will be demonstrated and proven to you this springtime, and it’s conversation and dialogue that unlocks the whole chapter. Talk it up!
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Libra
Scorpio
October 24 to November 22
You’re in the driver’s seat (Picture: Kerry King)
Scorpio spring 2026 love life cards: Capricorn, Take The Crown, Solitude
Meaning: Your relationship realm is asking you to take responsibility for the energy, effort and investment you put into it. Nothing can stand alone, carried by one person. A true bond is mutual, equally supported, and built together.
The Capricorn card could suggest a new suitor of that sign (and this gives real ‘power couple’ vibes) or just this effort and dedication you’re going to overtly prove and demonstrate to your loved one. They need to hear you say it out loud! Take the crown and wear it well, take ownership, lead the way, guide your partner through your hopes, dreams and fears, take responsibility for making them feel good, understood, and trusted.
Open up. Solitude is a state we all need to feel comfortable with, because ultimately we have to bear our own peace of mind. Your partner can’t be there 24/7 or tend to your every need… give them space, give yourself the gift of your own company, and let this relationship breathe too. It’s a balancing act of giving more when you’re present, and being happier in your own company when you’re not.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Scorpio
Sagittarius
November 23 to December 21
Time to look at your priorities (Picture: Kerry King)
Sagittarius spring 2026 love life cards: The Soul Mate, Say Goodbye, A Tended Garden
Meaning: You have a soul mate in your realm, be that your current partner or a person waiting in the wings for their chance, which will unfold this spring. It may mean saying goodbye to someone or something else.
You carry so many options and juggle so many balls! Prioritising people, a person in particular, is hard for you because you love to feel free and available to do whatever comes your way. But partners need to feel like number one in your life. Are you ready for that? If so, you can create a beautiful private realm with your soul mate, nurturing a tended garden where you both roam, feel safe, and build beautiful moments together.
The relationship in question is a shared venture, a join project, a thing you both ‘serve’ (vs just serving yourselves), and if treated in this honourable way, it can flourish, bloom and bring great joy to both of your lives. It needs to be a priority.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Sagittarius
Capricorn
December 22 to January 21
Calm waters are on the horizon (Picture: Kerry King)
Capricorn spring 2026 love life cards: Leo, Do The Groundwork, Smooth Sailing
Meaning: You take great pride in your home, your family and your close relationship/s. Partnership is a sacred entity in your realm and you serve your loved ones well. A Leo sense of leadership, pride and regality is with you — folk are looking up to you, seeking your protection, asking for guidance, copying your lead. So, be the King or Queen you truly are!
Smooth sailing in your relationship realm comes from doing the groundwork, looking after the details, correcting the small issues before they get bigger, nipping disagreements in the bud sooner vs later.
If you’re single, maybe a Leo partner is on the cards this spring. Someone whom you gel with immediately and can quickly create a shared kingdom in which to play, love, develop and build. You always favour an ally as well as a lover, you want someone to build and share a wonderful life with. You deserve this.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Capricorn
Aquarius
January 22 to February 19
Help your love life to blossom (Picture: Kerry King)
Aquarius spring 2026 love life cards: Pisces, A Tended Garden, Align Future Goals
Meaning: Peace and harmony are the key themes of your spring love life story. But that doesn’t mean passivity or total quiet, to tend your relationship garden, work is needed. Things need pruning, snipping, nurturing, moving to the light, feeding and arranging.
The undercurrent of this work is about aligning your future goals with your partner. Talking about what’s happening in your lives this year and beyond, what ambitions you carry, what you can do together and what is a solo mission, but needs support and understanding.
Get it all out on the table. Examine the pieces, it’s like a jigsaw puzzle, if you can put it together, together, you’ll both be in synch. A Piscean vibe of wisdom, kindness and deep caring settles over you both when this work is done. And… if you’re single, maybe it’s a Pisces person who’s going to enter your life this spring and become a life partner in all arenas of your realm. A true ally.
Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aquarius
Pisces
February 20 to March 20
Try to see things through their eyes (Picture: Kerry King)
Pisces spring 2026 love life cards: Virgo, Unlock New Insight, Uncharted Territory
Meaning: Definitely ‘opposites attract’ chemistry swirling around you this spring — maybe literally with your opposite sign of Virgo, maybe by taking a new route, direction, outlook or mindset with your current partner. Be different. Seek different. Act different.
Unlocking new insight is probably one of the most valuable things a relationship can gift to us; the ability to see the world through another’s perspective. Rarely do we get that chance, except through folk we trust and are close to.
You are heading into uncharted territory with someone, maybe more commitment or more intensity or more unique chemistry than you’ve ever experienced before. Don’t get jumpy or nervous, stick with it, because this is growth, this is life changing even. Let them show you how they see the world. It will change everything.
Head here for everything you need to know about being a Pisces
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Ah, Easter: a time for gorging on hot cross buns, roasting a leg of lamb and – if you’re planning on buying any supermarket chocolate eggs – taking out a second mortgage.
Egg-flation is rampant, with some seasonal treats costing almost 50 per cent more than they did last year.
Not only that, but the size of the eggs inside those brightly coloured boxes is shrinking, so you’re paying more per gram of chocolate.
The average cost of an Easter egg is now £3.27, up 9 per cent on last year, and some are priced as high as £14 per 100g.
A combination of high cocoa prices nine months ago when manufacturers were planning their stock, spiralling electricity costs and a hefty transportation bill to cover the eggs’ bulky packaging has led to the spike.
So which Easter eggs comprise more cardboard than chocolate? SARAH RAINEY calculates the worst offenders to avoid putting in your trolley this weekend…
Pictured: Sarah Rainey tries a range adult Easter eggs
LUXURY ADULT EGGS
Toblerone The Edgy
Egg Extra Large Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
Price: £15.50 for 286g.
Contains: One hollow milk chocolate egg containing honey and almond nougat pieces, with four miniature wrapped Toblerone chocolates.
With its eye-catching triangular box, this egg has been around since 2023 (when it cost just £12). It’s also shrunk in size since last year, when it weighed 298g.
Cost per 100g: £5.42
Lindt XL Milk Chocolate Egg with Lindor Milk Truffles
Price: £22 for 348g chocolate.
Contains: One extra-large hollow Swiss chocolate egg, plus 15 melt-in-the-middle truffles.
Once an affordable take on premium chocolate, Lindt & Sprungli hiked prices by 19 per cent last year, passing on higher cocoa costs to customers. Its milk chocolate egg contains just 30 per cent cocoa solids, as well as cocoa butter, sugar, milk powder, emulsifier and flavouring.
Cost per 100g: £6.32
M&S Collection Single
Origin Dark Chocolate Egg
Price: £12 for 200g chocolate.
CONTAINS: A single, hollow dark chocolate egg on its own.
Made from 85 per cent cocoa, using responsibly-sourced cocoa mass, this is intense chocolate. It’s one of the cheaper options at M&S, where own-brand treats range up to £20 for a 485g egg.
Cost per 100g: £6
Ferrero Rocher Golden Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Egg
Price: £24.99 for 175g.
Contains: A hollow milk chocolate egg dotted with crunchy hazelnut pieces, plus six Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
Sold at Selfridges, this egg seems extortionate (you’ll find it reduced at Waitrose and Sainsbury’s). The Italian chocolate is 42 per cent cocoa solids, but the Ferrero Rochers themselves contain palm oil, making them a controversial choice. You can also buy a box of 16 for just £7.
Cost per 100g: £14.28
NOVELTY KIDS’ EGGS
Smarties Dinosaur Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
PRICE: £7 for 226g.
CONTAINS: A chocolate egg and two tubes of Smarties.
Adding the dinosaur theme seems a clever marketing move to increase the price. Even better value is a regular Smarties egg, weighing 188g and containing one tube of sweets, which costs just £3.50 at Waitrose.
CONTAINS: One hollow milk chocolate egg, plus two 45g bags of M&Ms
chocolates – one peanut and one plain.
Part of the Mars Wrigley group, M&Ms have been increasing in price since last Easter and this ‘extra-large’ egg is anything but: the wrapped chocolate egg inside is far smaller than the brightly coloured box suggests.
Cost per 100g: £3.33
Pictured: M&Ms Milk Chocolate and Peanut
Rowntree’s Randoms Incredible Easter Egg
PRICE: £14 for 380g
CONTAINS: A hollow milk chocolate egg studded with fruit-flavoured jellies and
marshmallows, as well as a sharing bag of Rowntree’s Randoms jelly sweets.
The egg is so packed full of sweets that the packaging warns a serving comprises just one-fifteenth chocolate. It’s a
pricey option: a 150g bag of the sweets on their own costs £1.10 from Morrisons.
Cost per 100g: £3.68
Kinder Surprise Giant Easter Egg
PRICE: £17.85 for 220g.
CONTAINS: One large milk chocolate Kinder egg, containing a plastic egg
which itself includes the pieces of a toy Harry Potter figurine to build yourself.
The Italian manufacturer specialises in milk-heavy chocolate with a thin shell.
This egg contains just 32 per cent cocoa solids and high concentrations of milk powder, butter and vanilla flavouring. With a three-pack of the 20g surprise eggs costing just £1.30 at Ocado, the price is heavily inflated.
Cost per 100g: £8.11
SEASONAL SHAPES
Kinder Milk Chocolate Easter Mini Figures
PRICE: £3.45 for 90g.
CONTAINS: Six 15g hollow shapes made from Kinder milk chocolate, with foil wrapping to resemble spring farm animals.
Described as ‘a perfect basket-filler for your little ones,’ this Easter selection is still heavy on packaging and light on chocolate.
Cost per 100g: £3.83
M&S Charlie the Chick
PRICE: £2 for 30g.
CONTAINS: A novelty Easter chick made from Belgian milk chocolate.
This hollow chick has been part of M&S’s Easter offering for a decade. The chocolate contains 31 per cent cocoa solids and is made with sugar, milk, cocoa butter, vanilla flavouring and paprika extract (to give that bright orange hue to the beak).
Pictured: M&S Charlie the Chick
Cost per 100g: 6.67
Hotel Chocolat Milk Chocolate Big City Easter Bunny
PRICE: £11.95 for 150g.
CONTAINS: A large, hollow bunny-shaped chocolate – no bars or gimmicks included.
Made from Hotel Chocolat’s responsibly-sourced cocoa beans, this bunny contains 40 per cent cocoa solids.
It comes in a transparent tube so you can see what you’re getting. But it’s not a bargain; the retailer is among those accused of increasing prices while shrinking its chocolate.
Pictured: Hotel Chocolat Milk Chocolate Big City Easter Bunny
Cost per 100g: £7.97
Miniature Lindt Gold Bunny
PRICE: 85p for 10g.
CONTAINS: One wrapped bunny, made from Swiss milk chocolate.
The iconic treat has been around since 1952, with a staggering 150million churned out every year. But prices have spiralled.
A 100g bunny now costs £5, a 200g bunny £8.50 and the huge 1kg version will set you back £75. But this tiny version, weighing just 10g, is by far the most expensive per bite.
Pictured: Miniature Lindt Gold Bunny
Cost per 100g: £8.50
TREAT BAGS & BOXES
Cadbury Crème Eggs Multipack
PRICE: £4.25 for 200g
CONTAINS: Five foil-wrapped chocolate eggs, filled with a gooey fondant.
An Easter tradition since 1963, the size and price of the eggs has been hotly debated. In 2015, Cadbury caused chaos by reducing the number of eggs in a multipack from six to five, with only a minimal decrease in price.
Pictured: Cadbury Crème Eggs Multipack
Cost per 100g: £2.13
Maltesers Milk Chocolate Mini Bunnies
PRICE: £2.30 for 59g.
CONTAINS: Five Maltesers bunnies.
The bunnies also come in a bigger size, which is either sold individually (80p for one 29g bunny) or in packs of five (£3.50). But the bag of these miniature ones is disappointing: most of the contents is plastic packaging.
Cost per 100g: £3.90
Pictured: Maltesers Milk Chocolate Mini Bunnies
Cadbury Mini Eggs
PRICE: £2 for 74g.
CONTAINS: About 23 milk chocolate eggs with a crispy shell coating.
The treats are so popular, shoppers have clamoured for them to be sold all year. But this year they’ve been hit by both shrinkflation (pack sizes have shrunk from 80g in 2025 to just 74g) and price rises, with a 105 per cent increase on pre-Covid prices.
You can now buy a family-sized bag (£6.20 for 256g) and an extra-large sharing bag (£22 for 1kg). For comparison, a Cadbury Mini Eggs bar weighs 110g and costs £2.
A dairy-free option, these contain cocoa mass and cocoa butter so are susceptible to the same price hikes as regular chocolate. A Moo Free chocolate bar will set you back £2.78 for 80g.
