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With birds chirping, stars glistening and a rather splendid slither of a low waning crescent moon, Nina Godwin braves the near zero degree temperatures in Essex to deliver milk. ‘It is peaceful being out at this time,’ she tells me as I join the tail-end of her Wednesday delivery route around this beautiful rural part … Read more
Don’t ignore that free lucky dip – it could bag you a big win! Many lotto players likely to ignore a free game when they match two numbers Matching two main numbers means you are eligible for a free lucky dip ticket Rolldown also means that players are more likely to win a bigger prize … Read more
Back on the slopes: Lucy White had taken out travel insurance before her accident in 2018, but it was still a hard fight to get a payout Lying immobilised on my back in a French ski resort trauma centre, after a nasty fall in which I’d broken two vertebrae, I was relieved to find out … Read more
Energy bills will fall for around 15million households with Ofgem announcing a price cap reduction of £17 a year. This means that households on standard variable tariffs will pay no more than £1,162 on their bills after the cap comes into effect in April – falling from £1,179. The bi-annual review of the cap by … Read more
A disgruntled couple have been left fuming by a furniture giant that claimed they were sitting on their new sofa incorrectly after complaining about it sagging. Mike Sacre, from Ramsgate, and his wife, Shirley, bought the four-seater sofa from ScS in February 2019 with a total outlay of £1,491, including delivery. However, soon after purchase, … Read more
On a cold Wednesday evening, the rain is pelting at the windows of the Slamannan Community Centre, where around 50 people have braved the weather to attend a meeting about soaring energy bills. They are residents of this and other rural villages near Falkirk, in Scotland, where households have seen their bills jump to more … Read more
Ovo Energy will pay £8.9million to Ofgem after it found that some customers were overcharged and provided with inaccurate information. The industry watchdog said Ovo has agreed to pay the voluntary redress after some customers were undercharged while some were overcharged due to problems with its IT systems. The energy supplier, which has recently bought SSE’s … Read more
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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 average Briton will spend nearly £400 this Christmas – it is clearly a time of year in which many of us push the boat out and are generous to friends and family. It is also a period in which many may think of ways to give back and perhaps donate to charity. There are … Read more