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ANYONE with an Amazon Prime membership is eligible to claim nearly 30 freebies worth more than £100 this month.

If you’re already forking out the monthly fee for your Prime, then it makes sense to get your money’s worth.

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Some Amazon customers may be unaware that their membership also includes access to Prime Gaming.

And that isn’t the only perk Amazon offers with Prime membership.

Free takeaway deliverers

Users often forget that they can get free takeaway deliveries too.

Your subscription entitles you to a year’s worth of Deliveroo Plus Silver, which usually costs £3.49 per month – that works out at £41.88 for an entire year.

At no additional cost, you can unlock free delivery on eligible orders over £15 from a range of great restaurants.

UK-only, and long-distance orders not eligible. Service fees and terms apply.

Grocery delivery

From vegetables to loo roll and other cupboard essentials, your whole supermarket shop can be delivered to your door in two-hour slots.

Customers can choose from Amazon Fresh, local Morrisons, Co-op or Iceland supermarkets.

Note, this is only available in select UK postcodes and minimum spending applies.

Cheaper music

Users also save £1 a month on the full price of Amazon Music Unlimited with their Prime membership when you join via a desktop or mobile web browser.

You can enjoy unlimited ad-free access to 100 million songs with unlimited skips, and download for offline listening. This service is only available in the UK.

Read more

Members can read as much as they want from more than a thousands books and magazines, comics and graphic novels, Kindle singles and more.

With fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and short works, you’ll always find something to read – saving you pounds every time!

This service is available in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Families can share benefits

You can also share select Prime benefits and digital content such as Kindle books and Prime Video purchases with family members, at no additional cost. 

Prime benefits that can be shared include Prime Delivery & Shopping benefits, Prime Video (UK members only), Prime Reading and Amazon First Reads, Prime Gaming, and Amazon Photos.

There is also a Prime member special offer on Amazon Kids+.

Designed for kids ages 3-12 to safely learn, grow and explore, children enjoy access to kid-friendly ad-free books, videos, educational apps, and more.

Parents control the experience through an easy-to-use parent dashboard. 

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Find out some more top perks here.

With Prime Gaming, you can enjoy a lengthy list of free downloadable video games each month to keep forever.

You’ll want to snap up this month’s selection though as titles are swapped out for new ones each month.

New games

This June, Prime members can claim a fresh lineup of games with new entries released every Thursday.

Amazon’s Chris Leggett told The Sun that Prime Gaming is offering several free titles throughout June.

He added that the free titles will allow gamers to “control a party of relic hunters in a tale of destiny set in a conflict-torn world in Dark Envoy”.

The latter game – which normally retails at £24.99 – will be available from June 19.

Other free games include Thief: Deadly Shadows (£7.49), Death Squared (£12.79) and Jupiter Hell (£19.49).

Cloud gaming service

Prime subscribers can also play the below games via the Prime Gaming Luna channel this month.

Luna is Amazon’s cloud gaming service that works on the devices you already own, including Fire TV.

You can play your favourite games instantly with no PC or gaming console required.

SOME people enjoy netball or cross-stitch, but my hobby is booking holidays – and I’m really good at it.

I know a lot of people hate searching for a family holiday, working out what resort is best and whether it’s good value for money, but I enjoy it. 

Helen Wright

Helen says holidays are her favourite hobby.[/caption]

I treat it like a sport. 

There is no better feeling than getting a really great deal for a week in the sun.

I go through the flights, hotels and dates with a fine tooth comb, working out little ways to save. 

I have been doing this since my early 20s, after picking up the habit from my dad – back then, the best bargains were on last minute deals.

We used to pack our suitcases and my dad would be on the phone to Teletext Holidays, nabbing a same day bargain. 

His greatest achievement was booking a flight that had already started boarding. Although, we’d never be able to do that now. 

However, it’s still a thrill when you lock in a trip for a bargain price. It makes the holiday instantly better. 

Sometimes it’s a small saving, like finding a cheaper airport transfer and saving £20, but sometimes my research pays off, saving hundreds. It all adds up. 

Getting a package deal

Last year, I got my biggest saving yet on a family holiday to Greece. 

By booking everything individually, instead of going for a package deal, I saved over £1000 – which was a third of the price. 

I couldn’t believe it!

Having just moved house, we hadn’t booked anything for summer, hoping to utilise the garden. 

But, the end of term was approaching and after months of grey skies and drizzle, I decided we needed a proper holiday. 

Helen Wright

Dad, Simon, on pool duty with the kids[/caption]

Louis Apostolata Island Resort

The best deals were in Greece.[/caption]

Heading first to a popular holidays provider, I browsed the best deals across all six weeks of the kids’ school break. 

I didn’t have a set departure airport or destination in mind and I kept the dates and length of time we’d be away flexible, which meant I had a wide range to choose from. 

At the time, Greece was coming up the cheapest, and I narrowed it down to the Louis Apostolata Island Resort in Kefalonia

The deal was pretty good. Flights from London, a week half-board in a four-star resort, a suitcase each and transfers to and from the airport in Greece for £3400.

But, since we hadn’t planned on a summer holiday, it was still over budget. 

That’s when I started looking into each aspect separately. I discovered that instead of flying with the designated airline, we could fly with Ryanair for half the cost. 

Flights were £140 return on the budget airline.

Since we didn’t need four suitcases, we just booked one between us for the week, immediately saving another £150 on the Ryanair flights. 

Going onto the hotel’s own website, I noticed that I could book directly with them and the price was coming up a lot less.

They also had an offer on a room upgrade if you signed up to the mailing list. We actually ended up with a nicer room, while paying less. 

Louis Apostolata Island Resort

Louis Apostolata had a great deal.[/caption]

Helen Wright

Helen’s family ended up getting two trips for almost the same amount![/caption]

The only thing that wasn’t covered was transfers. On the package deal, a coach transfer was included but it also stopped at a number of other hotels. 

When I looked it up, a taxi to the resort was only £80 return. 

However, even with this on top, we still saved a whopping £1001 on the whole trip. 

We used the money we saved to book a weekend in Disneyland Paris in October.

Again, I booked everything separately, using the Eurotunnel to drive to France and booking a hotel close to the theme park with 2-day tickets for just £440 for all of us. 

Our trip only cost £1300. 

After saving money on our Greece trip, I told people that Disneyland only cost us £300! 

Book carefully

My advice would be to always book with reputable suppliers, because you could end up forking out more if they are not legitimate. 

If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is. 

I do like DIY holidays but I am not against booking a package deal and sometimes they are so good, I can’t beat them. I think that’s great. 

 Our favourite places to shop for a package holiday are Jet2holidays and TUI.

Booking a package means you get extra protection for your holiday through regulators like ABTA, ATOL and ABTOT. 

This means you’ll get your money back on all aspects of the package in the event of any holiday disasters, like flight cancellations or issues at the hotel – which I wouldn’t have had with my DIY version.  

For peace of mind, some people prefer to pay extra and not have to think about that, but massive holiday disasters are rare so I am happy to take the risk. 

COLIN Keane has been named as Juddmonte’s new retained rider in a huge career landmark for the Irish jockey.

Per The Racing Post, the six-time Irish Flat champion jockey has been elevated to the prestigious role with immediate effect.

Juddmonte chief executive Douglas Erskine Crum laid out why he was the natural choice in a statement.

He hailed: “In the past we have had retained jockey relationships [including with Pat Eddery, Richard Hughes and James Doyle] but in recent years we have preferred to work with the many talented jockeys retained by our various trainers around the world.

“We have decided that the time has now come to revert to the security and consistency which comes from having a single jockey retainer relationship.

“We are delighted that Colin Keane has committed himself to Juddmonte.

“He is one of the most exciting and talented riders of his generation, he shares Juddmonte’s values, we know him well and we warmly welcome him to the Juddmonte team.”

Keane, 30, himself added his delight towards the bottom of the statement.

The Meath native added: “I have grown up watching these famous colours carried to many victories in all the top races around the globe so it’s very special for me to be asked to ride as first jockey for Juddmonte.

“I’m excited to get started and look forward to working with some of the best trainers in Ireland, England, and France.

“Tony Hind will look after my UK rides as he has worked closely with Juddmonte for many years now through Richard Hughes and Ryan Moore.”

The Irish Field first reported the news late on Sunday event by detailing an email that was sent out by Ger Lyons’ daughter Kerri to the yard’s owners over the course of the weekend.

On the back of the news becoming official there’s been a tonne of congratulatory messages towards Keane from horse racing fans.

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Colin Keane has been named as Juddmonte’s new retained rider[/caption]

Dean praised: “This is a great move by the Juddmonte powerhouse!!”

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