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Global shortages could permanently push up the price of basmati rice, according to Tilda, the UK's biggest selling brand. The company blamed worldwide supply problems, poor harvests and soaring demand.

The Express said Tilda had already pushed up the price of its 20kg bags from £22 to more than £30 in the past year.

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The Daily Mail reported that Marks & Spencer was no longer giving customers free plastic bags at 600 of its stores to encourage shoppers to switch to reusable bags for life. It would instead charge them 5p per bag. The paper said that 80% of consumers believed the introduction of bag charges would encourage a switch to green alternatives.

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A leading City analyst has called on Marks & Spencer to embark on a fundamental review of its strategy and has raised fresh concerns over the power wielded by Sir Stuart Rose.

Tony Shiret, retail analyst at Credit Suisse, added that M&S's profit could fall £250m below the near £1bn expected to be reported this month.

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Booze adverts could be banned at football matches as part of the war on teenage binge drinking, said the Mirror. Doctors were backing Labour MP Dr Howard Stoate's call for a complete ban on alcohol advertising in sport, which is being considered by ministers at the Culture, Media and Sport department.

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Salmon farmers in Scotland's Highlands and islands are testing one of the world's strongest fibres - dyneema - in a bid to bring down the number of fish that escape their nets. The Scottish salmon farming industry exports more than 12 million fish a year to 60 countries and escapes represented less than 0.2% of the total number of farmed salmon. But any breach of containment can be disastrous for wild stock, said the FT.