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Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals, Palestinians say DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel’s army has detained the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals. The announcement on Saturday came after health officials said Israeli troops stormed the hospital on Friday and forced many staff and patients outside and told them to strip in winter weather. Israel’s army didn’t respond to questions about the hospital director. It denied it had entered or set fire to the complex but acknowledged it had ordered people outside. It said it was conducting operations against Hamas in the area. The military repeated claims that Hamas militants operate inside Kamal Adwan Hospital, which officials there have denied. Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. humanitarian official in Yemen says Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing this week. He says a U.N. delegation led by the head of the World Health Organization was waiting to leave on Thursday as two Israeli airstrikes hit the airport in the capital of Sanaa. Julien Harneis told U.N. reporters on Friday that the most frightening thing about the airstrikes wasn’t the effect on him and about 15 others in the VIP lounge at the international airport. Rather, it was the destruction of the airport control tower as a Yemenia Airways plane was taxiing in after touching down. Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. Trump's request Friday came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court. Oral arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. The brief said Trump opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.” Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk. Some want to stay in the region at all costs. Others question the value of having gone in at all. Battles are so intense that commanders are unable to evacuate their dead. Lags in communication and poorly timed operations have cost lives and commanders say they have little way to counterattack. The overstretched Ukrainians have lost more then 40% of the territory they won in the lightning incursion that seized much of Kursk in August. US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the United States is expected to announce it will send another $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. It's part of a push by the Biden administration to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office on Jan. 20. Officials say the large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system. It also will provide Stinger missiles and 155 mm- and 105 mm artillery rounds. The officials say they expect the announcement will be made on Monday. They spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public. An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display. The argument previews fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — that is, wealthy members of the tech world who want more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. Canadian Cabinet ministers meet with Trump's nominee for commerce secretary in bid to avoid tariffs TORONTO (AP) — Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers have met with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary at Mar-a-Lago as Canada tries to avoid sweeping tariffs when Trump takes office. New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly met with Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, as well as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department. The meeting was a follow up to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month. Trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs if Canada does not stem what he calls a flow of migrants and fentanyl into the United States. Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who instituted economic reforms, cremated in New Delhi NEW DELHI (AP) — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, has been cremated after a state funeral. The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92. Singh’s body was taken Saturday to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Later, his body was transported to a crematorium ground for his last rites as soldiers beat drums. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh was prime minister for 10 years until 2014. Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night. The California Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Rd. in Cottonwood. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the gold Mega Ball 6. The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known. The estimated jackpot was the fifth-highest ever for Mega Millions. A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. Administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon. 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BOSTON , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RapDev, a leader in site reliability and DevOps solutions, has earned a spot on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list for the second consecutive year . To be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary technology that contributes to the majority of their operating revenues, have at least $50,000 in base-year revenues and $5 million in current-year revenues, be in business for a minimum of four years, and be headquartered in North America . RapDev achieved an impressive rank of 171. RapDev's recognition highlights its engineering-first approach and proprietary technology that helps customers build, scale, and maintain enterprise software platforms. Patented solutions like CSDM as Code and the newly launched T ag Generator for ServiceNow, are transforming how customers manage CMDB and configuration data in Platform-as-a-Service environments. On the observability front, RapDev is the pre-eminent Datadog partner and has built 45+ integrations with key platforms, including IBM Cloud , Nutani x , and Ansible , to extend and enrich visibility in customer environments. "Innovation, transformation, and disruption of the status quo are at the forefront for this year's Technology Fast 500 list, and there's no better way to celebrate 30 years of program history," said Christie Simons , partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's Audit & Assurance practice. "This year's winning companies have demonstrated a continuous commitment to growth and remarkable consistency in driving progress. We congratulate all of this year's winners — it's an incredible time for innovation." "Our success is driven by our team's focus on creative engineering, helping our customers realize the value of ServiceNow and Datadog investments," said RapDev Founder Tameem Hourani . "This achievement reflects our team's ongoing commitment to our customers and partners, remaining hyper-focused on raising the bar for talent and gaining momentum as an organization." About RapDev Founded in 2019, RapDev is the go-to partner for Fortune 1000 organizations looking to accelerate and optimize their Datadog and ServiceNow implementations. As a trusted Datadog Premier Partner and ServiceNow Elite Partner, RapDev offers unparalleled expertise in implementation at scale. RapDev expertly guides organizations through their Engineering and DevOps transformations from beginning to end. For more information, visit www.rapdev.io . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rapdev-named-one-of-north-americas-fastest-growing-tech-companies-on-the-2024-deloitte-technology-fast-500-list-302313538.html SOURCE RapDevDaily bread: Barrio Bread sports holiday loaves, and lines, ahead of Thanksgiving

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As Toyota has been riding great strides off of their truck segment portion of the company, they do the best thing they ever did and refresh the ever popular Toyota Tacoma. For 2024 and our tester, the Tacoma TRD Off-Road wrapped in Blue Crush Metallic, which seems more purple in the sunlight, showed out nicely while riding on 17-inch machined wheels. Powered by a 2.4-liter iFORCE turbocharged engine, did a great job and wasn’t too loud, unlike others in this category. Coming in at almost 4,200 pounds, the 2024 Tacoma grows in size overall over previous generations, and our TRD Off Road also grows in height. With 278 horsepower and 317 lb-ft of torque, the Tacoma has no problem getting up and going while still maintaining a 21+ miles per gallon. With a 5-foot bed and 8-speed automatic transmission ,the Tacoma powertrain is a great match, and one that is realistic and quiet. Our TRD Off-Road package optioned up the Tacoma an additional $8,800 which included an array of features for the spend. SofTex heated and ventilated seats, leather trimmed steering wheel, a 14-inch center console protruding infotainment system, JBL Premium Audio system, moonroof, AC power inverter, Towing Technology, digital rear-view mirror, and much more. Toyota has had a ton of success in the truck segment, and off-road truck success in their ever-growing fleet of long-lasting reliable vehicles. The Tacoma is no different and our TRD Off-Road boasts great qualities ranging from the honey-do list around the house, to the off-road weekend warriors looking for trails and inclines. As Toyota has a lot to show for in the mass-market manufacturer category, Toyota, unlike Honda, has the truck segment cornered in attempts with keeping up with other truck manufacturers like Ford and RAM. Good Work Toyota, keep the refreshes coming! Grasso’s Garage is here for you! Looking for more auto reviews or are you in the market for a new car? Head to https://www.bostonherald.com/tag/automotive/. Also, for honest input, reach out to me directly: marc.grasso@bostonherald.com. 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road MSRP: $42,900 MPG: 19 city / 23 highway / 21.8 as tested As Tested: $54,829Burnt-out hillsides on the road to Marathon in Greece. AS this year draws to a close, it is time to reflect upon the world’s climate in 2024 and to anticipate what is likely to be in store for us in 2025. The warming global climate has wreaked a vast number of disasters throughout the world this year, causing famine, crop failures, flash flooding from huge deluges of rain, coastal settlements inundated by stormy seas, wildfires, and the melting of the world’s glaciers and the calving of sea ice in Antarctica and so on. The list is endless! In early December, a huge iceberg, over twice the area of Greater London, broke off from the Antarctic sea ice and is now floating away in the southern Atlantic Ocean bypassing the island of South Georgia. Only a fortnight ago apocalyptic scenes were observed on Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean island that was hit by the subtropical cyclone Chico. This island is located off the East African coast, with a population of 320,000. A third of the island’s population live in flimsy shacks with corrugated iron roofs, which were ripped off like tissue paper in wind speeds of 225kph. It is estimated that several thousand people have died with many thousands injured by flying debris. Western Europe has not escaped from batterings by severe storm-force winds in late November and earlier this month when three cyclones, in rapid succession, from the Atlantic Ocean raced over the UK. The last cyclone, Donaghh, recorded wind speeds of 315kph. Needless to say, much damage was done, with roofs damaged, flooding in coastal areas as the winds built up huge breakers, trees, and electricity power lines were brought down. I feared for the 150-year-old triple Roman tiles on the roof of my house, sited on an exposed hillside in Southwest England. These tiles were last ripped off in a severe storm in 1987, but I was lucky for the windspeeds here only reached 125kph! The five very high trees in my garden bent over to at least 20 degrees from the vertical and thankfully remained rooted. Why are such disasters more frequent? Last year saw the warmest year on record with the 1.45 degrees Celsius rise in global average temperatures since pre-industrial levels. It is suspected this year, in 2024, that the global average temperature has risen to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, making it the 12th year in succession that the temperatures have reached at least one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, based in Reading, UK; Bologna, Italy; and Bonn, Germany have found that the global average temperature from January to November this year was 0.72 Celsius above the 1991 to 2020 average, and 0.14 Celsius above the same time in 2023. Undoubtedly the major contribution to this warming is the ever increasing greenhouse gases in our atmosphere together with an elevation caused by the recent El Nino effect. The latter creates warmth in the tropical Pacific Ocean which is transferred to the atmosphere. Across the globe, sea surface temperatures have been seen to be warmer than average leading to the northern migration of some species of tropical fish including sharks to areas in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. At present, meteorologists worldwide are studying other contributory factors, other than the previous ones mentioned, in their attempts to explain this 1.5-degree Celsius plus rise in temperature. At the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremen, Germany, meteorologists have discovered that fewer clouds in the sky led to heatwaves last year, which shot up the global temperature records in China, the Mediterranean countries, and in the USA, all of which experienced bluer skies. Satellite observations revealed fewer lower altitude clouds in the tropics and northern mid-latitudes, thus less solar heat is reflected back into space. Photo shows damaged homes in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on Dec 22, 2024. — AFP photo Wildfires Experts, from the UK Met Office and Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium, have attributed climate change directly to the amount of burnt area on the globe. The researchers considered climate, vegetation, and population density and found that there has been a decline in wildfires in the African savannah grasslands due mainly to an increase in human activity in these areas resulting in changes in land use. As these areas become more fragmented, it is more difficult for lightning caused fires in tropical storms to spread. However, it is thought that prolonged periods of drought and higher temperatures are increasing the number of fires in California, Western Siberia and in Mediterranean Europe, thus, it is highly probable that the impact of climate change on wildfires will increase significantly in the years to come. My son, living in Athens, drives to Marathon often with his family and they have observed the change of scenery due to forest fires this summer. An aerial view of a closed area near Mount Baldy trail in the Bridge Fire burn recovery zone on Dec 19, 2024, near Mount Baldy, California. – AFP photo Effects of global rise in temperature on food production Have you noticed that the price of food in all shops has increased dramatically this year? Essentially this is not due to inflation, but more to climate change and scarcity of food as an affected country must import more from overseas. In China, July this year was the hottest month for decades and there, the country faced at least 26 large scale floods, thus cutting rice harvests. Delayed monsoons this year in India caused massive crop losses, resulting in an export ban of most types of rice. In the Mediterranean countries, droughts and heatwaves caused a fall in the production of olives by 33 per cent resulting in the higher prices of olive oil on supermarket shelves. Wine production in some parts of France has declined owing to torrential rain during the grape harvesting time. Grapes are susceptible to certain types of mildew, occasioned by heat and high humidity. West African production of cocoa has fallen, through more frequent heatwaves, drought and heavy rainfall, resulting in soaring prices for a bar of chocolate. Tea and coffee prices have escalated in Europe this year owing to droughts and flooding in the main tea production areas in China, India, and Kenya, whilst the coffee countries of Vietnam and Brazil have been similarly affected. With frequent rain at harvest time this year in the UK, cereal production has fallen together with certain vegetables. When two decades ago, as a family we could buy locally-produced vegetables from shops, I now find that my vegetables are grown in such places as Morocco, Kenya, and Peru – all at high prices! Thus, I cannot escape from climate change! What has 2025 in store for us? The UK Met Office forecasts that this coming year will see a global temperature rise of between 1.29 degrees Celsius to 1.57 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period owing to the additional effect of the developing La Nina effect producing slightly cooler conditions. We should wait with bated breath to see what exactly is in store for us wherever we live in this world, for this coming year could well provide us with one of the warmest years for global average temperatures. Let us hope and pray that all countries are seeking ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through advanced technological ways. I am optimistic that this can be achieved for the benefit of us as humans and our wildlife, but it will take many years to come about. May 2025 be a better year weather-wise and climate-wise for us all!What A Mom Of Two Preschoolers Is Wishlisting On Black Friday

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has said Arne Slot's side have the "quality to achieve something special" this season and has called on his teammates to "create their own history" at the club. Editor's Picks Liverpool in 'constant' talks over Salah, VVD 1d Beth Lindop How VAR decisions have affected every Premier League club in 2024-25 8h Dale Johnson West Ham vs Liverpool: Time, how to watch, stats, team news 11h ESPN The Merseyside club are six points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a game in hand, having also won all of their games in the revamped Champions League and secured passage to the semifinals of the Carabao Cup . Their impressive form has inevitably led to parallels being drawn with Liverpool's title-winning side of 2019-20 but Alisson -- who played an integral part in the club winning both the Premier League and Champions League under Jürgen Klopp -- has insisted that it is impossible to compare the two teams. "I don't think it's too similar, [it's] two different teams," the Brazil international said. "A few players still play in the team but we have a little bit different style now, more ball possession, before it was really straightforward: a lot of transition, a lot of intensity. "That team was really special, we achieved great things, it was the first Premier League title for this club in a long time. We achieved the Champions League together as well, the season before. I think there's no comparison with both situations. "Just what makes me happy is to see that this group of players, we have the quality to do something special and the most important thing is the commitment that is needed to win something is there, and the passion, the desire. "We are hungry and we want to win every game in front of us and that we have in front of us and that's all we are focused on at the moment. "We know that in the future we're going to remember more about the good moments now that you had together in football. Winning is not everything, of course, but it's a big part of football so I want to remember this team as a winning team. "I believe we don't have to compare ourselves with the teams in the past, we have to create our own history. This season, this group has to create its own history." Liverpool have defied expectations this season to mount a title charge under new head coach Slot. Alisson was quick to praise the Dutchman for how quickly he has been able to implement his ideas at Anfield. "I think when Arne joined the club, everybody thought it would be hard work for him to replace a manager like Jürgen," he said. "He's showing his qualities and he brings us a lot of good things. "I think it's not only one key, but many things that are helping us to achieve our goals. I want to highlight the commitment of this team, of the players, to do what the manager asks, to go every day and train hard and having the desire to improve as well, to be a better team and the desire of winning big things for this club. So that will always be an important point for a team that wants to be a winner." It has been a challenging season so far for Alisson, who was sidelined for more than two months with a hamstring injury earlier in the campaign. However, the 32-year-old has confirmed he is now fully fit and is thrilled to be able to now help Slot's side on the pitch. "It's not easy when you stay for a long time away," he said. "It was not easy for me, but I worked really hard. "I was looking forward to coming back because when you are injured, these days you just don't go there, put some ice on your legs and just wait until you're fully recovered. "You work so hard in the gym every day, sometimes double sessions, pretty much every day double sessions, doing treatment at home, having treatment at the club. "So I spent a lot of time working without doing the best side of football, that is playing. So I was looking forward to coming back, even because the team was doing so well, so you get even more excited to be part of it." Liverpool will look to keep their impressive run going when they travel to West Ham United on Sunday. But while the league leaders seem in rude health, Alisson has stressed the importance of Slot's squad keeping their feet on the ground. "It's too soon to talk about the title, of course, but it's our goal, it's our target," he said. "At this point, we cannot just start to look to the points and see how it goes. We have to really focus on the next opponent that we have in front of us. "That's the mentality that we need and that is the mentality that we are having at the moment. We know how Premier League can change so quickly in two games. "Two games ago, maybe everybody was saying, looking to us at the table, Chelsea coming closer, all the teams coming closer, and now two games after we are in a better position. So everything changes so quickly here because of the quality of all the teams. So we have to be really focused on ourselves. "As I said before, we have so many things to improve. During the season, you have to become a champion not only in one game or only for what we did at this half way point."Digital musical dramedy series 'Rags 2 Richmond' set to premiere

Jim Larranaga stepped down as coach of the Miami Hurricanes, effective immediately, on Thursday. "After more than fifty years in college coaching, it is simply time," Larranaga, 75, said. "There is never a great moment to step away, but I owe it to our student-athletes, our staff and the University of Miami to make this move now when my heart is simply no longer in the game and I owe it to Liz, Jay, Jon, and my grandchildren to be a greater part of their lives. "The university needs a new leader of the program, one who is both adept at and embracing of the new world of intercollegiate athletics. It has been the honor of a lifetime to be a part of the Hurricane family and to represent this world-class institution. Most importantly, I have been so blessed to have coached the hundreds of young men who chose to wear the UM jersey and who have gone on to flourish in their respective journeys. I will always be a Cane." Miami named Bill Courtney as the interim coach for the rest of the season. He went 60-113 as the head coach at Cornell from 2010-16 before joining Larranaga's staff in 2019. Larranaga led the Hurricanes to their first Final Four in school history in 2023, losing to eventual champion UConn in the semifinals -- but Miami has failed to turn that run into any significant momentum. The Hurricanes are off to a 4-8 (0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) start this season as the grueling portion of the schedule is set to begin. Miami finished 15-17 last season, ending the campaign on a 10-game losing streak. The Miami Herald reported Larranaga was under contract through the 2026-27 season. He becomes the latest high-profile coach to step down this decade amid a changing landscape in college sports, following the likes of Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Jay Wright (Villanova), Roy Williams (North Carolina) and Tony Bennett (Virginia). In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Larranaga admitted that new wrinkles such as players receiving name, image and likeness money had soured him. "After we went to the 2023 Final Four, eight players wanted to transfer or seek better NIL deals," he said. "They told me they loved it at Miami, but wanted to seek a better deal." Larranaga has a career record of 716-483 as the head coach at Miami (274-174, beginning with 2011-12 season), George Mason (273-164, 1997-2011) and Bowling Green (169-145, 1987-97). He also took George Mason to the Final Four in 2006. He leaves Miami as the only coach in NCAA history to win at least 100 conference games at three Division I schools. He was named Coach of the Year in 2013 after guiding the Hurricanes to a 29-7 record. They lost in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament to Marquette. Larranaga is the winningest coach in Miami history and was in his 14th season. The Hurricanes made six NCAA Tournament appearances under Larranaga, advanced to the Sweet 16 twice and won two ACC regular-season titles. "It is hard to fully articulate just what Jim Larranaga has meant to the University of Miami," university president Joe Echevarria said in a news release. "His contributions go well beyond the wins, the championships and the Final Four run in 2023. He has elevated our athletics program and increased the visibility of our institution by championing our educational mission. Perhaps most importantly, he has recruited tremendous young men to Coral Gables who earned their degrees and who impacted the community, and we are grateful for his service." The Hurricanes don't play again until New Year's Day, when they will visit Boston College (7-5, 0-2) to resume the ACC portion of the season. --Field Level MediaBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Botafogo overcame playing with 10 men to win its first Copa Libertadores title after beating fellow Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro 3-1 in the final at Monumental de Nunez Stadium on Saturday. After just 30 seconds, midfielder Gregore, one of Botafogo’s best players, hit the head of Fausto Vera with his foot and was given a straight red card. Brazil was assured of a sixth consecutive Copa Libertadores title and the 24th in history, just one less than Argentina. It was also the third straight title for Rio de Janeiro clubs, after Fluminense in 2023 and Flamengo in 2022. Winger Luiz Henrique scored the first in the 35th minute from close range, and was fouled for the penalty shot converted by Alex Telles in the 44th. Eduardo Vargas headed Mineiro’s only goal in the 46th while Junior Santos, the top scorer in the Copa Libertadores with 10 goals, capped Botafogo’s historic night with the third in injury time. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Debora Rey And Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press

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A number of shoppers around the UK have complained after finding Easter eggs on supermarket shelves in December. Easter Sunday is four months away, falling on April 20 in 2025 but some supermarkets already have seasonal stock out on their shelves. Chocolate eggs and hot cross buns have already been spotted for sale in shops including Morrisons, Tesco and Asda. As reported by Sky News , Gary Evans, 66, from Margate, shared a picture of Creme Eggs on display at his local Morrisons on Boxing Day. I’m a very liberal person but seeing Morrisons selling #Easter eggs right after #Christmas is where I draw the line 🥲 pic.twitter.com/RZR4gsvanx "I just think it's crazy that everything is so superficial and meaninglessly commercial... [there's] something quite frantic about it," he said. Meanwhile, Joseph Robinson, saw themed Kit-Kat and Kinder Surprise products at his local Morrisons in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday evening (December 27). He said: "It's funny as they've not even managed to shift the Christmas chocolates off the shelves yet and they're already stocking for Easter. "I wish that supermarkets weren't so blatantly consumerist-driven and would actually allow customers and staff a time to decompress during the Christmas period." (function (d, s, n) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; js = d.createElement(s); js.className = n; js.src = "//player.ex.co/player/0084d5d5-f19a-4bbe-9679-95eb945383ff"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); js.setAttribute('programmatic', 'true'); js.onload = function () { const playerApi232038 = ExCoPlayer.connect('0084d5d5-f19a-4bbe-9679-95eb945383ff'); playerApi232038.init({ "autoPlay": false, "mute": true, "showAds": true, "playbackMode": "play-in-view", "content": { "playFirst": [ { "title": "Discontinued UK Sweets/Chocolates", "src": "https://large-cdn.ex.co/transformations/production/07e8370e-04f6-4f11-86d9-86c3c15c0e54/720p.mp4" } ], "playlistId": "649aeec15f10d80012517466" }, "sticky": { "mode": "persistent", "closeButton": true, "pauseOnClose": true, "desktop": { "enabled": false, "position": "bottom-right" }, "mobile": { "enabled": false, "position": "upper-small" } }}); }; }(document, 'script', 'exco-player')); On X (formerly known as Twitter) user @Jingle1991 shared an image of Malteser Bunnies in Sainsbury's on Christmas Eve and pointed out: "Easter chocolate already out. Jesus hasn’t even been born yet". Another added: "I’m a very liberal person but seeing Morrisons selling #Easter eggs right after #Christmas is where I draw the line". In an alternative view, marketing consultant Andrew Wallis, 54, admitted he was surprised to see Easter eggs in the Co-op in Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire. However, he added it also illustrates "forward-thinking" from big businesses. Recommended reading: He explained: "It made me reflect on how big brands are always thinking ahead and planning early. "My message to retailers would be: while planning ahead is important, it's also essential to be mindful of consumer sentiment. "Some might feel it's too early for seasonal products like this but others might see it as a sign of forward-thinking. Striking the right balance is key to keeping customers happy."Watch! Acting COAS Oluyede makes 1 strong vow during screening, video trends