The one-day event – named ‘Go Red on Thanksgiving Thursday’ sees fuel prices reduced to £1.319 for unleaded petrol and £1.559 for diesel and runs from 7am to 7pm.

The reduced prices are available at 22 Go service stations across, namely:

Go Portadown

Go Carrickfergus

Go Cookstown

Go Crumlin

Go Yorkgate

Go Great Victoria Street

Go Grand Parade

Go Twin Spires

Go Crewcatt

Go Ballynahinch

Go Dunman Cookstown

Go A1 Banbridge

Go Central Park Mallusk (Diesel only)

Go Armagh

Go Moyola

Go Cameron Stewarts Cookstown

Go Lissan

Go Moscow Road (Diesel only)

Go Landscape Crumlin Road

Go St. Marys Road Liverpool

LCC Oil Ballymena (Diesel only)

Antrim Road Service Station Belfast

The offer is limited to one transaction per customer, with the fuel being put into vehicle tanks only and no container or storage tanks allowed.

Hundreds of motorists have already taken advantage of the lower prices, with queues forming outside several of the service stations across Northern Ireland from early morning.

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Customers can expect to find huge savings on sensory toys for active play, easy-to-clean silicone bibs for messy mealtimes, and cotton sleep bags for a soothing nap. Amongst the bargains will be Lidl Northern Ireland’s everyday clothing essentials and award-winning velvety-soft premium nappies.

With movement and active play being vital for every child’s development, parents can find a selection of sensory and tummy time toys in the middle aisle that are sure to keep your little one entertained. The Baby Activity Gym [£24.99] comes in two styles and has various hanging objects for your baby to explore and stimulate their senses.

Also on offer are various Fisher Price Rattles [£3.99] including the ‘Take and Teethe Lion’ for teething tots, the ‘Peek and Play Panda’ mirror for curious infants and the ‘Slide and Crinkle Monkey’ for the movers and shakers. These toys are great for engaging your baby’s developing senses and strengthening their dexterity.

As part of the Baby Event, the own-brand Lupilu Premium Nappies will hit all Lidl stores in Northern Ireland with prices starting from just 99p. Available in Size 1 (2-5kg) to Size 7 (15+kg), the velvety-soft premium range promises up to 8-hour protection, long-lasting feeling of dryness and 0% perfume, lotion and latex.

The Baby Event is live in all 41 stores across Northern Ireland while stocks last. With everyday items also available all year, the Lupilu baby range has become a household favourite for parents.

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From Monday August 1, weekday editions of the Daily Mirror in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will increase in price from £1 to £1.10 while the margin will be cut by 0.5 per cent to 19 per cent.  In Scotland, the cover price will rise from £1.10 to £1.20, with a 1 per cent cut to the margin, taking it down from 20 per cent to 19 per cent.

Saturday editions are also increasing in price. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the price will rise 10p, from £1.70 to £1.80, but terms remain pro rata at 19 per cent.  The Scottish edition, however, will see a 20p price hike to £1.80 with a 1 per cent margin cut down to 19 per cent.

Jason Birks, National President of the Federation of Independent Retailers (The Fed), said: “I feel betrayed by these margin cuts, as they are basically wage cuts to retailers. Five years ago, we were receiving margins of 21.4 per cent on weekday editions and 20.6 per cent for the Saturday newspaper and look where we are now. In Scotland, the situation is even worse.

“Our Scottish members prior to this increase used to receive 32p for each copy of a Saturday Mirror sold – now with the 20p cover price hike, and because of this latest 1 per cent margin cut, they will receive 34.2p per copy sold, around only 10 per cent of the price increase. Our members are simply being forced out of selling news as profits are falling.”

Mr Birks added: “I am looking forward to meeting the decision makers at Reach soon and seeking reasons why the retailers are always the ones who are hit in the pocket the most.”

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Customers will be lining up to get their tickets thanks to the biggest-ever EuroMillions jackpot on Friday (15 July), swiftly followed by a Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ draw on Saturday (16 July) – with each draw offering a sales uplift of up to 171% and 117% respectively.

It’s not just the temperature in the UK that’s been soaring recently. Friday’s biggest-ever estimated £191 million EuroMillions jackpot has been on the rise for a number of weeks now, settling at a staggering £191 million last Friday after reaching its cap and making history.

National Lottery retailers can capitalise on the enormous amount of attention and weeks of UK-wide promotion this extraordinary jackpot has received by ensuring that POS for the draw is in a prominent position and reminding customers about the huge jackpot on offer to help drive sales. National Lottery retailers could benefit from as much as a 171% sales uplift from the draw.

And it doesn’t stop with the biggest EuroMillions jackpot in history. The sales frenzy will continue into the weekend, with Lotto also firing on all cylinders. The National Lottery’s flagship game has rolled to a fantastic estimated £11.6 million ‘Must Be Won’ draw on Saturday, presenting another fabulous opportunity for retailers to boost sales and gain from as much as a 117% sales uplift from the draw.

Camelot’s Retail Director, Jenny Blogg, said: “With two enormous jackpots totalling over £200 million across two days, this promises to be a hugely exciting weekend for both National Lottery retailers and players. Retailers can generate some excitement and drive those extra sales by chatting to customers about the biggest-ever EuroMillions jackpot and Saturday’s fabulous ‘Must Be Won’ Lotto draw, as well as making sure that their POS is well positioned.

“Those extra sales won’t only help those retailers’ bottom lines either, they should also add to the more than £30 million that National Lottery players raise for Good Causes each and every week.”

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From Monday, May 2, weekday editions of the Mirror will increase by 5p to £1, with the Saturday edition increasing from £1.60 to £1.70. In Scotland, weekday editions will go up to £1.10. The same increases of 5p and 10p apply to the Daily Star.

However, in a blow to independent retailers who sell the Mirror, the move means that their profit margins will reduce from 20 per cent to 19.5 per cent for weekday editions and from 20 per cent to 19 per cent on Saturdays. Profit margins on sales of the Daily Star will also reduce from 20 per cent to 19 per cent on all editions, except Sundays.

The Fed’s National President Narinder Randhawa said: “This decision by Reach lets down the very people who have kept the news trade going for many years and particularly during the Covid pandemic.

“Reach previously included pro rata terms following price increases to the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, while it also advised that all its regional papers would follow suit. It therefore goes against the grain to now say the same conditions do not apply to its national daily titles.”

He added: “While we understand that publishers have to raise cover prices to counteract increases in the cost of raw materials, such as paper and aluminium, it is unfair to ask retailers to absorb these costs at their expense.”

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