内容摘要：The money from Vale of White Horse District Council will be spent on refurbishing the Beacon Arts Centre, in Wantage.

The money from Vale of White Horse District Council will be spent on refurbishing the Beacon Arts Centre, in Wantage.

"Wages have increased quite dramatically just recently and that does translate straight to the prices that we have to pass on to the customer," he said."Running a food business is incredibly challenging."

So what is it about flaky baked goods that makes people part with their hard-earned cash?Food and travel writer Ross Clarke said he believed that even in a cost-of-living crisis, people were inclined to splurge on small luxuries.It is a concept known as the lipstick effect, which suggests that people are more likely to buy small luxury items - like lipstick - during economic downturns.

"I think people are more inclined to maybe shell out £4.50 for a pain au chocolat if it's something special, because it's that little treat," he said.Ross said food tourism was a global phenomenon, referring to Iceland's famous ice cream tours, known as ísbíltúr.

"Gastro-tourism is booming, also eno-tourism, so wine," he said.

"People [are] going places purely for the food or the drink.Punishment for that kind of act, which the BBC is unable to verify, would be severe.

Russia's occupation authorities treat the Ukrainian language or anything related to Ukraine as extremist, says Mavka.Ukrainians are well aware of what happened to journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, who

in eastern Ukraine in 2023.Russian authorities told her family she had died in custody in September 2024. Her body was returned earlier this month, with several organs removed and clear signs of torture.