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Scientists blame record-setting warm winter temperatures on Arctic oscillation, a global jet stream that circles the upper Northern hemisphere and is keeping cold air trapped around the North Pole Climate researchers say the Arctic oscillation has kept winter temperatures high The AO is a ring of high speed wind that circles the Arctic During some … Read more
Double glazing salesmen have not had the best reputation over the years, with some bad eggs using questionable tactics to get homeowners to part with their cash. Much like the BBC sitcom White Gold where actors Joe Thomas and James Buckley encourage customers to spend thousands of pounds on, often unnecessary, new windows, households up … Read more
Nuisance calls come in all manner of guises. There are unscrupulous salesmen, automated voices claiming you are owed compensation and plausible fraudsters hoping to con you out of your savings. According to the latest figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office, there was a 20 per cent increase in complaints about nuisance calls last year. Phone … Read more
The month began with gin, and it wasn’t long before strange, melancholic headaches became a regular feature. By the third week of this particular month (I’m not saying which), things needed to change. That’s how I find myself at the Barberyn retreat and spa in Beruwala, an unfussy little town on Sri Lanka’s west coast, … Read more