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Annie Owen

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As seen in: BBC Breakfast, The Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star (UK), Wales Online, Manchester Evening News, Birmingham Mail, Liverpool Echo, Scottish Daily Record, The Chronicle, Irish Mirror and
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I tried Asda's foot-long pig in blanket to see if you can marry quantity and quality

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By Daniel Smith, Annie Owen 
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Every Christmas supermarkets find themselves in a pigs in blankets arms race - each competing to come up with a different twist on the festive classic. This year Asda has decided to go big by creating the foot-long pig in blanket that promises to serve ten people at the Yuletide table. Part of the supermarket's Extra Extra Special Christmas collection, the monster is described as "a Christmas classic turned into the ultimate centrepiece". So it's definitely got the quantity but what of the quality?
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GP surgery forced to stay open until midnight to answer Strep A calls from worried parents

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By Annie Owen , Angharad Thomas
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READ MORE: The number of scarlet fever cases right now in Wales is five times higher than in December, 2019 Craig Y Don surgery said it had been bombarded with hundreds of calls from worried parents regarding concerns about the Strep A. Practice manager Susan Fairburn said the Llandudno surgery was forced to extend on-call hours until midnight to cope with the unprecedented demand. Ms Fairburn said: "We have never seen it as busy as it was on Monday, it was just ridiculous here.
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'Mental' traffic system sees customers queue half an hour after rush to check out new Home Bargains

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By Annie Owen , Angharad Thomas
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The highly-anticipated opening of a Home Bargains in north Wales has caused chaos in a small town, with horrendous traffic meaning shoppers had to wait half an hour in car park queues. Prestatyn opened its new and improved Home Bargains store on Saturday, December 3, which saw many shoppers travelling across the region to see what was on offer.
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