vodafone's chief executive margherita della valle, said the deal would be "self—funded", which meant a new company by combining their oil and gas assets in the uk north sea. the energy firms said the offshore deal — which is subject to regulatory approval — would see the creation of the north sea's biggest oil and gas producer. and the amount of guinness pubs can buy in the build up to christmas has been limited by its maker diageo after "exceptional demand" over the past three weeks. it is understood the firm is working at 100% production capacity, but has still placed limits on orders in great britain. the drink has been rising in popularity with women and young people. stay with us here on bbc news. 0n on our website we have this story: one in five shop purchases are now made in cash. in the pandemic there was a push for credit cards and plastic and there was concern about the death of cash. it seems that the trend has now reversed. many people suggested could be because it is easier to budget if you have cash in your pocket and know what you're spending and then you don't get a h