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Bristol Live (Amanda Welles)
Taking the biscuit
It could be described as a storm in a teacup, but the humble Jaffa Cake is once again at the centre of controversy after McVitie's asked a biscuit museum to pull the snack from a display. The manufacturer took issue with its treat being showcased among biscuits because, for VAT purposes, it is officially a cake – a debate that was settled long ago with the taxman. Days after the Peek Frean Museum in Bermondsey, London, unveiled the display, McVitie's sent it a cease-and-desist-style letter requesting 'the immediate removal of Jaffa Cakes from your biscuit exhibit'.
Guardian (Kate McIntosh)
Toilet-rolling back the years
A message written on a toilet-roll tube in the 1980s was found by a couple moving into a new home. A youngster had penned her name and birthday on the tube, adding: 'Hope you enjoy staying here, love from a friend.' Charlotte England-Black found the message in her loft on moving in to the house in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. She subsequently tracked down the note's author, Emma Smith, now 43, who called it 'a funny blast from the past'.
Adam Robertson (BBC Essex)
[See also: School catering firms make millions while children eat Bad Pie]
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