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"[W]hat better combination that a cuppa and a cuddle?" Apparently, the McVitie’s Cuddle Café is the “company’s answer” to recent research that revealed “nearly three quarters of Brits would like more ...

Dish out a hug and you’ll get a free mug of tea, and a biccie, too. There’s nothing as warming and comforting as a cup of tea and a biscuit, except maybe a good hug. At least that’s the thinking ...

Tea is a wonderful, joyful thing. As are hugs. So it's kind of baffling that no-one has ever thought to put them together until now. But here we are, with the first ever union of two of the world's ...