Gas is going up 8% on 1 October. Not the headline 4% figure Ofgem put out on 26 August –
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Every SAD lamp sold in Britain says 10,000 lux on the box. Almost none of them say the second half
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On 1 October the government takes VAT off electricity bills for six months. Gas keeps its 5%. That one line
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Which? put a roast chicken in an air fryer and a built-in oven and metered both. The air fryer did
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The £499 MacBook Neo has changed what the best student laptop under £500 looks like for freshers 2026. We compare it with its Windows and Chromebook rivals.
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Apple sends the invitations and Britain reaches for its wallet. That’s the September ritual, and next week’s version – the
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The quietest train of the year runs this week. By Tuesday it’s gone. Schools in England go back on 1
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Somewhere in Britain this week, a parent is standing in a supermarket aisle holding a £39 printer, and it’s about
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The phone in your parents’ hall has a date of death: 31 January 2027. That’s when the landline switch off
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A 59% jump. That’s the figure a peer-reviewed study of London crime data landed on when it compared residential burglary
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