It is that time of year again, time to lock door, bolt windows, put out pumpkins and stuff you face with ghoulish sugary treats.

And to satisfy the nation’s growing taste for cupcakes Waitrose is dishing up a terrifying selection of horrible sweetmeats to satisfy our bloodlust.

Actually these cakes look quite nice and have been made by bakers at Fiona Cairns in Leicestershire.

AIR travel is about to turn super-tech as Thomson Airways unveils its vision to “revolutionise holiday flying”.

It promises travellers the ultimate holiday experience from take off until the moment they land back in Britain with planned changes to its fleet including the luxury 787 Dreamliner.

The holiday giant has revealed its five-year vision to “change the face of holiday flying” acquiring two more of Dreamliners  with another 47 new Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts by 2020.

BRITAIN could be looking at another hammering from the elements with the “seeds” of yet more tropical storms currently sprouting near the Atlantic.

Forecasters last night said they have spotted signs of a “hurricane-force” storm brewing off the coast of Africa threaten to  disrupt Britain’s calm autumn weather later this month.

If it develops it is likely to swing northwards with Europe and the UK in the firing line in around 10 to 12 days, they added, though said it is far too early to start panicking.

BRITAIN’S elderly are being failed by the pensions system and losing billions of pounds in unclaimed benefits, a damning report out today (Tuesday) claims.

Around a third of people eligible for a top up on their state pension don’t claim with many simply unaware they are entitled, according to ‘Later Life Ambitions’.

The document slams  the pensions system as “not the comprehensive safety net that most people expect” and warns of the growing elderly poverty crisis.