YOU don’t have to build a massive fence to add privacy to your garden this summer.

A “fast-growing” Home Bargains buy can help to transform your outdoor space.

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Home Bargains shoppers can pick up a plant that eventually adds privacy to their space (stock image)[/caption]

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Gardening enthusiasts pointed out how ‘fast-growing’ the Pink Marble Phontinia Fraserai[/caption]

Gardening experts recommend utilising plants to elevate your privacy.

Fast-growing plants can help to create natural boundaries in your space.

Whether you’re placing them in your flower beds or pots, these additions can transform your garden.

And now, you can take this step without breaking the budget with a savvy deal.

A gardening enthusiast shared the find on the Facebook page Gardening on a Budget.

“Home Bargains, they have just got them in,” she wrote alongside a photo of a Pink Marble Photinia Fraserai.

The Home Bargains shopper revealed the potted plants cost £25 each.

“Think I’m going to go back tomorrow and buy one,” she added.

The Facebook user explained that she’s “always wanted” one of the “fast-growing” plants.

Other gardening fans compared the buy to Flamingo trees in the comments section.

Many also pointed out how big the plant is expected to grow over the years.

“Hope you have a large space for it as they grow enormous unless you constantly trim it,” wrote one commenter.

“I bought the red robin version last year for £25. It’s grown so much. Was definitely great value,” said another person.

“I bought one from there last year and it’s doing amazingly well. It’s a good price too. I have mine in a tub,” shared a third reader.

Another Home Bargains shopper shared her experience with the plant.

“I’ve bought loads of them from Home Bargains, I’m planning to keep them in the topiary shape,” she said.

“I’ve got the Red Robin and the Pink Marble, they look gorgeous when the sun catches them.”

Another customer agreed that the plant is “well worth the money”.

“Please bear in mind if you don’t keep them in a pot they can grow to over 30 foot tall,” advised one commenter.

“Photinia look stunning as standards. As long as you continue to prune them or they will revert to a bush,” agreed another person.

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WATCH the sinister footage revealing the underground lair of assassinated Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, directly beneath a hospital in Gaza.

The IDF released the clip as it confirmed it had recovered Sinwar’s body from a tunnel – three weeks after announcing his death in a strike attack.

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The underground lair where Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar lived[/caption]

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Drone footage seems to show that the terrorist warren was directly beneath the European Hospital in Gaza[/caption]

Sinwar was the brother of Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist mastermind behind the October 7 attack, and became Hamas’s de facto leader after he was killed in October.

The elusive new chief was eliminated in a massive airstrike on the European Hospital in southern Gaza on May 13.

Footage posted to the IDF’s X account shows the journey down into the tunnels where he died.

It begins outside a building with a large “Emergency” sign, identified by the IDF as the European Hospital in Khan Yunis.

The drone then flies down a narrow gully and into a fortified underground passage.

It is supported by concrete walls, which are lined with electricity cables and illuminated by bulbs.

The drone enters various larger chambers crammed with supplies and signs of living quarters, such as sleeping bags and kitchen ware.

The IDF said: “Mohammad Sinwar was responsible for the deaths of countless civilians. He was eliminated in an IDF & ISA strike on May 13.

“His body was found beneath the European hospital in Khan Yunis – more proof of how Sinwar, and Hamas, hide behind their civilians and purposely embed themselves in civilian areas, such as hospitals.

“He died the way he lived—underground.”

A separate clip shows four armed IDF soldiers in an underground bunker, which spokesperson BG Effie Defrin claims is “right beneath the European Hospital”.

He said they found “cash”, “weapons” and “ammunition” that were stashed for “cynical use”.

Sinwar took command of Hamas’ military wing after Mohammad Deif was killed last July and later took over the entire terror group after his brother was killed.

He was believed to have been behind the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006 – which eventually led to the release of his brother in a prisoner swap.

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The IDF dug a large trench around the entrance to the tunnel[/caption]

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The narrow passages were supported with concrete walls[/caption]

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Brigadier General Effie Defrin speaks inside Sinwar’s bunker[/caption]

Sinwar was also named by experts as Hamas’s most senior commander in Gaza alongside Izz al-Din Haddad.

Israel announced his death last month, but now say they have confirmed his identity with DNA tests.

The IDF said at the time it was a targeted hit on “Hamas terrorists in a command-and-control centre” beneath the medical centre.

Netanyahu’s forces are believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex.

The operation also killed Mohammad Shabana, who commanded the Rafah Brigade cell of Hamas, according to Defrin.

He was one of Hamas’s most senior commanders and was instrumental in constructing the tunnels beneath Rafah used to launch the cross border raids of October 7.

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A still from a video released by the IDF in December showing Sinwar driving through a large tunnel beneath Gaza[/caption]

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Sleeping equipment and a large gun can be seen in this area of the tunnel[/caption]

Defrin said: “We will dismantle Hamas because we cannot live with this terror organisation right in our backyard, right across our border.”

Hamas has not commented on reports of the death of either Sinwar or Shabana.

Announcing Sinwar’s death to the Israeli parliament, Netanyahu said: “We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, Mohammad Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammad Sinwar, and seized the Rafah and Morag crossings.

“In the last two days, we’ve been executing a dramatic plan toward the complete defeat of Hamas.

“We’re taking control of their food distribution and money machine. This is what destroys their governing capabilities.

“That’s what we promised.”

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SHOPPERS have been left disappointed after Sainsbury’s axed a popular coffee.

One frustrated customer got in touch with the supermarket after struggling to find the Taste the Difference Fairtrade Indian Monsoon Malabar Ground Coffee on shelves.

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“Have Sainsbury’s stopped selling the Monsoon Malabar coffee?? Tried to find it in various stores but it is not available anywhere,” they said.

To their disappointment, Sainsbury’s confirmed the coffee variety had in fact been discontinued.

The Sun also searched for the coffee on Trolley.co.uk but it’s been listed as “currently out of stock in every store”.

The coffee had come in a 227g pack and was described as having dark chocolate, smoke and spice flavours.

A description on the website says the product was ethically sourced and laid on the Malabar coast in southwestern India during the monsoon season.

Shoppers on Trolley gave it glowing reviews.

One raved: “This is the best coffee that I’ve had in recent years and decent price.”

Another said: “This product is the closest to the coffee I drank in Goa and for me it is perfectly good.”

The Sun has reached out to Sainsbury’s for comment.

Coffee fans can still get their fix of Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Fairtrade coffee though, as there are plenty more varieties still in stores.

There’s the Peruvian Machu Picchu Ground Coffee, which has a milk chocolate, caramel and almond flavour.

It’s from the Sacred Valley which is home to the ancient city of Machu Picchu.

Another option is the Colombian Coffee Strength 3, which is grown in the foothills of the Colombian Andes.

It has a smooth, sweet and nutty flavour.

Then the Kenyan Coffee Taste the Difference Strength 3 is from the high plateaus of Mount Kenya.

It’s described as having a zesty, citrus and blackberry flavour.

All are priced at £4 for a 227g pack.

A EERIE maze of tunnels left to rot under a council estate has been likened to a “portal to a lost world”.

They are buried deep beneath a quiet Greater Manchester housing estate, the 1,332-yard tunnel was closed over 60 years ago.

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Known as Lydgate Tunnel, this Victorian-era passage runs between Grotton and Grasscroft in Saddleworth, and was once part of the infamous Delph Donkey line on the London and North Western Railway.

Opening in 1856, the tunnel was hailed as a triumph of engineering.

The West Yorkshire Advertiser called it “firmly built” with “scarcely any vibration” as trains thundered through. But its construction came at a cost.

Just a year before opening, labourer Luke Crossby, 31, tragically plunged to his death down an 85-yard shaft.

In 1855, the Manchester Courier described how he “missed the tub” and fell headfirst.

His body was found “much shattered” and the coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.

For nearly a century, the tunnel echoed with the sound of steam engines, until the Delph Donkey line was axed in 1955, part of the controversial Beeching cuts that destroyed Britain’s rail network.

Freight trains rolled through for a few more years, but by 1964, Lydgate Tunnel was sealed off and left to the elements.

Now, this creepy time capsule lies hidden beneath homes, fenced off from the public – but that hasn’t stopped urban explorers from sneaking in and sharing spine-tingling photos online.

Images posted to the Disused Railway Tunnels UK Facebook page show a haunting scene.

The tunnel’s eastern entrance is bricked up, only accessible through a locked steel door or shuttered window.

Despite six decades of abandonment, the brickwork inside is well-preserved.

One explorer described it as “a portal to another long-lost world”, while another claimed mist “hovered in layers… very eerie.”

Comments flood in calling it “spooky,” “atmospheric,” and a “forgotten gem.”

Local residents shared memories of walking through the tunnel as children.

One said: “I was born just 30 yards from the Grotton end.

“Walked it from the age of eight. The alcoves were there to shelter from oncoming trains.”

Others slammed authorities for allowing such a “stunning piece of Victorian craftsmanship” to fall into obscurity.

“All we had to do was maintain it, but instead we abandoned it,” wrote one user.

Martin Zero, a content creator with a fascination with derelict buildings shared a video from the depths of the tunnels which has already been watched over 26,000 times.

There are growing calls to bring Lydgate Tunnel back to life – not for trains, but for people.

Martin pointed out the ventilation shafts and the refuges, which were where railway workers could hide for safety when a train passed through.

Describing these refuges, Martin said: “I think it’s impressive. It’s quite scary because when you look at that, you get the impression of what you’re going through, what surrounds us, and what they’ve had to tunnel through to get here.

“You get the impression of what they were faced with when they were coming through the tunnel, just rock. I find it quite daunting, to be honest.”

One YouTube user commented: “I travelled on the Delph Donkey every day with my mum to Glodwick Road station in Oldham, where she worked. My dad also caught the train to Platts.

“I was born in 1951, and on one occasion mice, bred in Delph for research, and dispatched by the Delph Donkey, escaped from their cages, and caused chaos amongst the passengers.”

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