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• Fox news: Why the cunning beasts are causing chaos for car owners

  10-10-2023 17:29
  
  Drivers in suburban towns like Sidcup have been forced to take action against a growing menace - the un-fantastic foxes who are chewing their brake cablesName: Fox-proofing.Age: Pretty new. Continue reading...
  
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• From spiralisers to cordless irons, I’m a sucker for useless gadgets. Now I want a steamer

  10-10-2023 16:46
  
  I don’t have bedbugs. I may never have bedbugs. So why am I lusting after the kit that would let me zap an infestation?In the midst of all the bedbug brouhaha, and the worry that the wingless creatures might cash in their Club Eurostar points and invade the UK, a minor detail set my pulse racing.According to bedbug specialists (a profession whose time has truly come), one way of eradicating the blood-sucking pests is by using a steamer on your sheets. Few things make me happier than the pr
  
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• Bank of England flags concerns over longer mortgages and rise in credit card use

  10-10-2023 16:33
  
  UK central bank’s financial policy committee says borrowing trends could lead to debt troubles in near future and longer termConsumers are taking longer mortgages and spending more on credit cards in an attempt to adapt to higher interest rates and living costs, potentially storing up debt troubles in future, the Bank of England has said.The central bank’s financial policy committee (FPC), which keeps tabs on the health of the UK financial system, has seen evidence over the last thre
  
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• UK grocery inflation slows again as butter price falls 16p in a year

  10-10-2023 10:41
  
  Shoppers search out deals in September and sunnier weather lifts sales of ice-cream and burgersBusiness live – latest updatesGrocery price inflation in the UK has slowed to the lowest rate in more than a year, with the price of butter down 16p compared with this time last year.Prices were 11% higher in the four weeks to 1 October, the lowest since July last year and down from 12.2% a month earlier, according to the market data firm Kantar. Continue reading...
  
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• UK is in debt denial - now we’re about to get a brutal reality check

  10-10-2023 09:19 via express.co.uk
  
  People with money problems often some suffer from something called "debt denial", where they kid themselves that all is well, really. Whole countries do it too.
  
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• Couple go off-grid to live in custom-built shed in Alaska slashing bills by 80 percent

  10-10-2023 09:17 via express.co.uk
  
  They use solar panels to generate their electricity and have a propane tank for their gas.
  
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• Food shop inflation falls again as Lidl outstrips Tesco in supermarket sales

  10-10-2023 09:09 via express.co.uk
  
  Prices across grocers were 11 percent higher than a year ago for the four weeks to October 1, down from last month's 12.2 percent.
  
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• Moneybox offers market-leading 5% interest rate on ISA and earns 'excellent' rating

  10-10-2023 08:59 via express.co.uk
  
  ISA interest rates have grown increasingly competitive month-on-month and Moneybox is currently taking one of the top spots.
  
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• ‘I felt powerless’: how a crypto scam cost a finance boss £300,000

  10-10-2023 08:00
  
  Investment manager tells of how fraudsters managed to persuade him to hand over his life savings‘I lost £240,000’: fraud victims share their storiesWhat to do when you think you have been scammedSix common scams – and how to avoid themA senior manager at a UK investment firm has told how he was conned out of his £300,000 life savings by cryptocurrency scammers.Matthew Thomas* says he was “probably blinded by a mixture of greed, curiosity and stubbornness&rdquo
  
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• Avis refuses to refund me for excess car hire insurance I said no to

  10-10-2023 08:00
  
  Hiring a car in Europe is still something of a leap of faith, despite big improvements in recent yearsLast summer I hired a car from Avis in Montenegro. When I picked up the car, I was asked if I wanted the additional excess insurance, and I said no, as I had already bought some from a third party. They then told me they needed to take the car hire deposit in two separate credit card payments because of transaction limits.It was only when I got home that I realised I had signed up for the excess
  
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• Britons cut back on eating out and takeaways to save for festive splurge

  10-10-2023 07:00
  
  Credit card spending figures show shift towards saving as retailers report dip in visitsCash-strapped Britons are cutting back on eating out and reining in on buying takeaways to save up for the expensive Christmas season splurge.The amount spent on going out to restaurants plunged 10.8% month on month in September, a significant slowdown compared with the decline of 5.8% registered in August, according to the latest UK consumer card spending figures from Barclays. Continue reading...
  
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