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People are only just realising that the ‘key’ sweet in Haribo favourites is something else & admit they’re ‘unsettled’

PEOPLE have been left “unsettled” after making a shocking discovery about Haribo Tangfastics.

Emily had shared a video referring to the tangy sweet in the packet commonly referred to as a “key” shape.

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Emily insisted she’s always thought this sweet in Haribo Tangfastics was a key[/caption]
Person holding up a Haribo key-shaped candy.
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But someone told her it’s actually a dummy – and you have to thread the long part through the hole[/caption]
Person holding up a Haribo key-shaped sweet.
Once she’d done that, Emily showed how it was most definitely a dummy shape
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Woman holding a Haribo key-shaped sweet in her mouth.
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And even popped it in her mouth to demonstrate[/caption]

However, she was quickly corrected by one viewer, who commented: “It’s a dummy – you fold the long part into the hole and it looks like a dummy.”

“I’m sorry you what now?” Emily said as she responded in another TikTok video.

“There I am thinking it’s a key!”

She then tried the manoeuvre the commenter had suggested – taking the long part of the “key” and threading it through the hole.

Once she’d done so, she realised that the person was right, and it actually looked just like a dummy.

“I’m shook!” she shouted.

“I’m actually shook.

“Oh my gosh, tell me I’m not the only person in the world that did not know that!”

Emily went on to add she’s scared she’ll be bombarded with other things she has misinterpreted from the Haribo bag.

“Next you’re gonna tell me that the cola bottle is actually like a Pepsi bottle or something,” she laughed.

“And the crocodile is an alligator, and the cherries will be grapes or something!”

“Honestly, I am shook!” she concluded.

“This is unsettling,” Emily added in the video caption.

And lots of people in the comments section admitted they were equally stunned by the dummy revelation.

“Nope. It’s a key. It will always be a key!” one insisted.

“I’m 30 I’ve always thought it was a key,” another said.

“I was today’s year old …… I never knew this !!!!!” a third admitted.

“Lol for years I’ve called them keys!” someone else added.

“I’m 45 and never knew that,” another wrote.

“38 here and always thought it was a key,” someone else agreed.

“I DID NOT know that, but I always wondered what these were!” another laughed.

However, others hit back at Emily’s video, questioning how people could think the sweet was anything but a dummy.

“A key?” one raged.

“Who even thinks that’s a key?

“And you don’t need to fold it!”

“Born in 85 and been doing this since the early 90s when I started eating them, nothing new lol,” another agreed.

“It literally looks like a dummy without the fold!” a third wrote.

“I’m sorry? Do people genuinely think they’re a key when you can literally buy them on their own under the name ‘gummy dummy’?” someone else asked.

Person holding up a Haribo key-shaped gummy candy.
She returned to the video after giving herself some time to come to terms with the news
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Woman holding a Haribo key-shaped sweet.
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But she wasn’t the only one who was left “shook” by the discovery[/caption]

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Martin Lewis’ wife Lara left emotional as she wraps filming BBC show after 25 years following its shock axe

MARTIN Lewis’ wife has bid an emotional farewell to her long running BBC series.

Lara Lewington, 45, has featured on the BBC’s flagship technology show, Click, since 2011.

Martin Lewis and his wife Lara hugging in Las Vegas.
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Lara posted on socials with her Click co-host on one of their last filming trips[/caption]
Portrait of Lara Lewington, a BBC presenter and AI expert.
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Lara has been part of the BBC Click presenting team since 2011[/caption]
Lara Lewington and Martin Lewis at the ITV Gala.
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Martin and Lara were married in 2009[/caption]

Initially she joined as one of its roving reporters, but in 2018 she became a full time presenters alongside co-host Spencer Kelly.

In a post on socials she was seen hugging Spencer at the CES show in Las Vegas, where the tech world comes together to discuss breakthroughs and show off the latest trends.

Spencer posted the picture saying: “Our last photo taken together at our last #CES for Click. It’s been an absolute blast to film there for so many years with one of my best friends @laralewington. Got a bit emotional tbh.”

Lara replied: “As did I… we’ve been so lucky to have such adventures, doing what we love, with such genuine friendship. Still a couple of months of Clicking to go, but this was a moment!”

The former Five News presenter, Lara, began her broadcast career as a weather and showbiz reporter before specialising in technology.

It was reported recently that the BBC show would be coming to end after 24 years in it’s current format.

The BBC described the show as: “the best debate on global technology, social media and the internet or your guide to all the latest gadgets, websites, games and computer industry news.”

It’s thought that the flagship gadget series will be given a digital makeover with a new name and a new format.

Although dates haven’t been announced, the BBC has confirmed that when it returns Click will be rebranded as Tech Now.

Fans of the show took to socials and forums to pay their respects to the long running series and question why it was being taken off air.

One viewer said: “Click was one of the only shows on the BBC that I still enjoyed checking out. Was fair, unbiased and informative. Reminded me of the older BBC shows I watched as a kid.”

Another suggested a way it could live on its current format: “Click belonged on The One Show, travesty that such a good show was resigned to bad scheduling.”

Although Lara will be moving on from Click, fans will still be able to get their tech fix from her as she recently joined Lorraine as their resident AI agony aunt.

Filming of BBC Click from home.
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The BBC have confirmed that Click will return in a new format in the future[/caption]

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Truth behind ‘Spain tourist ban’ and why it won’t affect your holiday this summer

LET’S be crystal clear. There is NO Spanish tourist ban.

Despite the fear-mongering headlines, there is not, and will never be, a ban on tourists.

Passeig del Born street scene in Barcelona, Spain.
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Brits should ignore the fear-mongering of a Spain tourist ban as it is just not true[/caption]
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The restriction is on holiday lets – so you can easily stay in other hotels[/caption]

To say otherwise is just total nonsense.

Last year, Spain welcomed more than 94million holidaymakers – bringing in an astonishing £106billion in revenue. Tourism generates more than 13percent of Spain’s GDP.

But with this booming industry, of course, comes issues.

The last few years has seen protests across mainland Spain, the Balearic and Canary Islands as locals frustrated by the lack of affordable housing take action.

In Barcelona, furious city dwellers fired water pistols at tourists eating in restaurants.

In Majorca, they posted fake closure signs on beaches and in Tenerife protestors chanted ‘This beach is ours’ as Brits sunbathed nearby.

The root of the issue is the lack of housing.

Protestors are furious at the huge increase in short term rentals like Airbnb, saying they are robbing residents of affordable properties.

In a bid to placate Spanish citizens, authorities are fighting back.

Malaga has introduced a new law this month, preventing the registration of any more new holiday rentals for the next three years across 43 districts in the city and across the Costa del Sol.

It follows similar legislation in Alicante and Madrid.

Putting the brakes on yet more apartments being turned into short term rental holiday properties is hoped to give locals a better chance of finding long term lets.

So the ‘ban’ is just that – no more holiday lets can be registered. Holidaymakers can continue to visit hotels, Airbnbs and other holiday accommodation such as villas as normal.

The ban will impact a small number of holiday rentals registered since February 2022 that share access and resources with permanent residents.

So this summer, we will continue to be able to enjoy the fascinating cities and golden beaches of Spain as normal.

While this is not a tourist ban, it could make it more expensive for tourists, due to a reduced number of accommodation options.

Barcelona is to introduce the strictest rule, with holiday flats completely banned.

Everything you need to know about visiting Spain

  • Brits must have at least three months left on their passport from the day they plan to leave the country.
  • Tourists do not need a visa if visiting for up to 90 days in an 180-day period.
  • Make sure your passport is stamped on entry and exit.
  • Travellers may be asked to show hotel booking confirmations and that they have enough money for their stay at the border.
  • Spain is one hour ahead of the UK.
  • The country uses the euro with around €10 working out to £8.55.
  • Flights to Spain from the UK take between 2-4 hours depending on the destination.

With more than 10,100 in the city, the full ban hopes to be in place by 2029.

The Spanish islands could also follow suit in the upcoming months.

Brits will instead have to stay at registered properties such as B&Bs and hotels.

We’ve rounded up some of the best Spanish hotels, including one that feels “more like Thailand”.

A hotel in Huelva was named the best all-inclusive resort in Spain last year, while this one has Maldives-style overwater rooms.

Here are some other Spain rules Brits need to know about as well, including additional personal information needed when checking into hotels, dress codes and smoking bans.

Aerial view of Cala Major beach in Palma, Majorca, with hotels and many people enjoying the beach.
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Spain will continue welcoming Brits this summer[/caption]

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World’s biggest aircraft dubbed the ‘flying bum’ FINALLY has date for takeoff with Spain and Arctic blimp trips lined up

THE world’s largest aircraft dubbed the “flying bum” finally has a take off date, with tourist trips to Spain and the Arctic already planned.

The project has already cost £140 million and suffered a crash landing, but the airborne giant is now on the brink of full production and could be ferrying people through the skies by 2029.

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The huge aircraft could be the future of flying in Europe[/caption]
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Passengers onboard the blimp will be travelling in luxury, with stellar views
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Illustration of an Air Nostrum Airlander cabin over a coastal landscape.
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The passenger cabin will fit beneath an enormous helium-filled balloon[/caption]

The 302 foot-long Airlander 10 is a hybrid between a plane and an airship – and is touted as the world’s most efficient large aircraft.

It is filled with helium for buoyancy and will float through the skies at 130km/h, powered by diesel engine propellers.

The blimp will treat passengers to a luxury experience, complete with en-suite bedrooms, fine dining and “horizon-to-horizon” views.

A factory in Doncaster has been lined up to produce 24 of the gigantic vehicles every year – which will create 1,200 jobs for the city and whopping annual sales of £1.2 billion.

The company behind the project, Hybrid Air Vehicles, boasts the Airlander will “transform what aircraft can do”.

But before the project can properly take off, hundreds of millions of pounds must be raised to keep the company afloat.

HAV thinks it will need an eye-watering £300 million over the next few years to break even.

Tom Grundy, the CEO, said “We’re done prototyping. The next step is multiple aircraft going through production.

“The sort of thing air taxis are going through now, we’ve put behind us.”

The plane’s “flying bum” nickname comes from its distinctive swollen rear end.

Its maiden flight was completed back in 2016 in Bedfordshire, but on its second outing the airship nose-dived into a field.

No one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was destroyed and major repairs needed.

Since then, two huge inflatable “airbags” have been added, which are stowed during the flight and protect the cockpit on landing.

The ship will be able to fly through the skies for more than five days and can land on almost any surface – including “fields, tarmac or sea” – so does not rely on traditional airport infrastructure.

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Inside the passenger cabin of the Airlander 10[/caption]
Illustration of an Airlander cabin bar.
Passengers will be treated to a fine dining experience
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Almost £2 billion worth of the airships have already been reserved, including by the Spanish company Air Nostrum – one of Europe’s largest airlines.

The first flights are expected to happen in Spain, with tourist trips to the Arctic also on the horizon.

Grundy said his company’s efficient aircraft will offer a solution for the aviation industry, which faces huge government pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.

He said: “We’ve got a path to taking 75 to 90 per cent of the emissions out of flying.

“There’s nothing else out there that can do that so imminently.”

Commercial airship travel stopped in 1937 after the Hindenburg disaster, when 35 people were killed in a crash.

Grundy said: “There have been many years of trying and failing to make airships work commercially.

“Helium brings all sorts of problems and means an airship needs to be really big because it takes a lot of volume to do the job.

“Our platform can be smaller, and smaller generally means cheaper so we can address different markets.”

Illustration of the Airlander airship flying over a coastal landscape.
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The aircraft will be able to touch down on land, sea or tarmac[/caption]

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