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Bargain ways to still have fun during the new ‘rule of six’ – from dinner to games


SOCIAL gatherings are limited to six people from Monday – but that’s no barrier to having a good time.

You certainly don’t need a big bash with loads of pals to enjoy a special and savvy soiree.

Social gatherings may be limited to six people, but you can still have fun

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Social gatherings may be limited to six people, but you can still have funCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Here are my favourite ways to relish the joy of six . . . 

DINNER: Meal deal combos can save dosh and effort when prepping an evening treat.

I love the £10 Tesco Finest Meal Deal – one main, a drink, one side and one pudding for £10. Each deal serves two – so you can mix and match or all enjoy the same meal for £30.

Top choices include Tesco Finest Ranch Steaks With Garlic Butter, usually £6 for two, Chilean Merlot, usually £7, Tesco Finest Chunky Chips, usually £2.60, and Double Chocolate Profiteroles, usually £3 – adding up to £18.60.

Working out at £5 per person, this cost isn’t bad for an evening treat, with drink — and no cooking stress or extra washing up.

SAVING: £8.60 on the above, per two people (£25.80 saving on six people)

DRINKS: Free flowing bubbles need not be limited, even if the number of guests is.

Save at least 25 per cent when buying six or more bottles of wine or prosecco at Majestic Wines.

I love the Aqualta Prosecco Frizzante Treviso DOC, usually £5.99 a bottle – but nab six and you save £12 (total cost £35.94).

SAVING: £12

FILM: Mymoneypocket.co.uk experts have great group saving tips for movie nights out.

They say: “You have a couple of options when it comes to saving money on a group of six going to the cinema. If heading to your local picturehouse, book on a day which has 2-for-1 deals to pay for just three of you.

“Or, avid movie-goers can get a membership. Mymoneypocket.co.uk are offering £8 cashback on memberships for Odeon Limitless (usually £17.99 per month).”

GAMES: With darker nights looming, staying in is ideal. If you’ve run out of box sets, why not go back to basics and enjoy a board game?

There are plenty of six-player options available at bargain prices on sites such as eBay. I found snakes and ladders for £5.99 (£12.99 at John Lewis) and, my favourite, Cluedo for £6.50 (£20 at Argos).

Mix with glasses of fizz and have a great night in.

Deal of the day

Grab a heated clothes airer from Aldi for £28.99

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Grab a heated clothes airer from Aldi for £28.99

ALDI has re-launched its heated clothes airer.

Now available in stores for £28.99 – great for the colder weather.

Cheap treat

Treat yourself to a limited edition Biscoff-flavour caramel biscuit cheesecake from Iceland

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Treat yourself to a limited edition Biscoff-flavour caramel biscuit cheesecake from Iceland

ICELAND’s 50th year will see new products like a limited edition Biscoff-flavour £1.50 caramel biscuit cheesecake.

My Sun Savers fiver

GLORIA BUTT, from Highbridge, Somerset, says: “I will use my Sun Savers fivers to help pay for our TV licence as my husband who is 90 will no longer be getting it for free.”

  • Send your Savers fiver stories to sunsavers.co.uk/fivers. You’ll get 28 codes worth £5 if used. Include name and town.

Top swap

There's no need to spend £1.69 on Uncle Ben’s basmati microwave rice at Asda...

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There’s no need to spend £1.69 on Uncle Ben’s basmati microwave rice at Asda…
...when you can get a pack of Morrisons basmati rice for just 65p

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…when you can get a pack of Morrisons basmati rice for just 65p

A PACK of Uncle Ben’s basmati microwave rice is £1.69 at Asda, or you can get a pack of Morrisons basmati rice for just 65p.

SAVE: £1.04

Giselle’s little helper

BIRDS BAKERY is hosting Doughnut Week to support The Children’s Charity trust.

For every doughnut sold this week, the bakery will donate 20p.

They’re also bringing back two specials for the occasion – a strawberry doughnut and a lemon and lime doughnut, available across Birds’ 60 branches.

Shop and save

Save £2 on four bottles of Peroni Nastro Azzurro at The Co-Op

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Save £2 on four bottles of Peroni Nastro Azzurro at The Co-Op

RAISE a glass to this deal on four bottles of Peroni Nastro Azzurro at The Co-Op. Now £5, down from £7.

SAVE: £2

Hot right now

SAVE up to 50 per cent on selected menswear, kidswear and womenswear at jdsports.co.uk.

Get 2 FREE tickets worth up to £60 to SEA LIFE with Sun Superdays

HAVE a free day out at a SEA LIFE Aquarium with two tickets worth up to £60, thanks to Sun Superdays.

Choose from TEN Aquariums – London, Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton, Weymouth, Hunstanton, Loch Lomond, Blackpool, Great Yarmouth and Scarborough.

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At SEA LIFE Weymouth, see the UK’s first fairy penguin colony, the smallest penguins in the world. And experience Night and Day, the 24-hour wonder of a coral reef in the re-imagined 180-degree Ocean Tunnel display.

To get your free tickets, follow these simple steps:

  1. Download the Sun Savers app or sign up at sunsavers.co.uk.
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Or, collect TEN printed tokens and book using the form at thesun.co.uk/superdays. Today’s token is on Page 14 of The Sun.

Only Sun Savers get priority booking, with the first pick of the best dates and time slots.

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To take part go to sunsavers.co.uk or open the Sun Savers app.

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