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• The best places to buy plants online, according to top gardeners and landscape designers

  08-03-2026 08:00
  Whether you want bulbs or bare roots, perennials or houseplants, we asked experts for the online nurseries they trust for reliable, beautiful greenery• The best secateurs, testedAs winter turns to spring and the days warm and lengthen, we’re so keen to get out in the garden, do some work, and also go shopping for lovely new plants.It’s great to get acquainted with your local garden centre to see what’s on offer, but nurseries with an online presence can be a horticultural
  
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• The £49 ‘driller killer’: steps to avoid locksmith scams

  08-03-2026 08:00
  Rogue operators draw in customers by advertising low prices, but when the work is done they invoice 10 times that sumLate on a Sunday night, you put your key into the front door and it snaps when you turn it. Unable to get in, you search online for an emergency locksmith and find one advertising a willingness to do the job for £69. You call it out.When the locksmith arrives, they ask no questions, drills through the lock within minutes and replaces the fixture. You are then given a bill fo
  
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• Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes start to have benefits cut in UK after accepting compensation

  08-03-2026 07:00
  Exclusive: Campaigners urge Keir Starmer to back ‘Philomena’s Law’ to protect payments for up to 13,000 survivors living in BritainSurvivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes have started to have benefits cut in Britain because they accepted compensation from the Irish government.The cuts to the means-tested benefits of survivors in Britain come as campaigners including the actors Siobhán McSweeney and Steve Coogan called on Keir Starmer to back a bill known as Ph
  
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• New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’

  08-03-2026 01:01
  Government says new rights for parental leave and sick pay will increase equality and economic growthWomen will disproportionately benefit from new workers’ rights measures rolled out from next month, according to research.The TUC said approximately 4.7 million women are to benefit from stronger sick pay from April, including more than 830,000 who will receive statutory sick pay for the first time. Continue reading...
  
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