Ben Newman

since 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 15:12 UTC

auto-detected in 14 stories

66 days ago

Spudman is saved! Beloved TikTok chef forces busybody council into a U-turn after 100,000 people sign petition to stop him being 'evicted'

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 40, who sells £5 jacket potatoes from his trailer in Tamworth, Staffordshire, has gained 4million followers on TikTok - where he shares clips about his business.

71 days ago

Tear-jerking moment Spudman gifts OAP a free cheesy spud - as local hero is threatened with eviction by council

found 2025 › Feb › 22 (Sat) @ 17:07 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 39, who sells £5 jacket potatoes from his trailer in Tamworth, Staffordshire, has gained an army of fans on the social media app, where he shares clips about his business.

73 days ago

Spudman calls on STARMER to help in his flowerbed row as he battles the council over the pitch he's run his business from for 23 years

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 40, has been locked in a battle with Labour-run Tamworth borough council who wants to remove him from his spot in the town centre.

74 days ago

A (very long) day in the life of Spudman: Jacket potato vendor gets up at 4am before he works gruelling 14 hour shift - all while juggling nine children and four hours of dialysis

found 2025 › Feb › 19 (Wed) @ 20:59 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 40, from Tamworth, who is facing eviction from his spot in the Staffordshire's town centre, starts his day at 4am.

I've supported my NINE children with my potato company their whole lives and now the council wants to evict me... this has been my spud-selling pitch for 23 years and I won't back down

found 2025 › Feb › 19 (Wed) @ 06:48 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 39, has been selling £5 spuds from his trailer in Tamworth, Staffordshire, since the age of 18.

75 days ago

TikTok chef Spudman claims he's had 'offers' to move out of his beloved town as he wages campaign to keep his stall after council revealed it wants to put a flowerbed in its place

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 15:06 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ben Newman, 39, who sells £5 jacket potatoes from his trailer in Tamworth, Staffordshire, has gained 4million followers on TikTok, where he shares clips about his business.

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