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Are you a Wetherspoon lover or hater? LEE BOYCE and SIMON LAMBERT have very different opinions on the pub 巨大(な) that's 飛行機で行くing high...
It's 安全な to say the pub chain - led by its outspoken 創立者 Sir Tim ツバメ - is a marmite type of 設立, with more than 800 場所/位置s across the country that many love to hate. So, what 味方する of the Spoons' 盗品故買者 do you sit on? 物陰/風下 Boyce and Simon Lambert may agree on many things 財政/金融 関係のある, but it's 安全な to say they have 異なるing 'pints' of 見解(をとる) when it comes to the pub 巨大(な)…
Grieving 親族s 直面する long waits on 持つ/拘留する to the probate office as helpline hours are 削減(する)
In February, HM 法廷,裁判所s and 法廷s Service 削減(する) the 開始 times on its phone line in half, 減ずるing them to between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday, instead of the usual 9am to 5pm service. The 手段 was 推定する/予想するd to last 12 weeks, 解放する/自由なing up civil servants to を取り引きする an enormous backlog. But today, the probate office has 確認するd that the 制限s would continue for an 公表されていない period of time.
British family 明らかにする/漏らすs why they're 溝へはまらせる/不時着するing England for good and moving 負かす/撃墜する Under... even though Australia is grappling with a 厳しい 住宅 不足
A British tradie who went from sleeping in a car in London to running his own handyman 商売/仕事 has 明らかにする/漏らすd why he is still moving to Australia as a 技術d migrant にもかかわらず the 賃貸しの 危機. Taj Singh, a 27-year-old married family man with three children under five, is relocating to Sydney in September, as Australia 受託するs a 記録,記録的な/記録する-high intake of migrants. A summer holiday earlier this year to Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast?納得させるd him Australia 申し込む/申し出d a better way of life than the UK, where it rains more often and 住宅 is also expensive.
First class 決定/判定勝ち(する)! 王室の Mail 溝へはまらせる/不時着するs 議論の的になる £5 罰金s on letters using '偽の' stamps
王室の Mail will 中止する 非難する 受取人s £5 to collect 地位,任命する sent with stamps that it has みなすd 偽造の until at least July while it develops a smartphone app to 最高潮の場面 偽のs. The app will 許す 顧客s to ざっと目を通す stamp barcodes to check they are 本物の. 王室の Mail has been ひどく criticised in 最近の months after its move to use only barcoded stamps led to an 増加する in the number of 顧客s receiving a £5 刑罰,罰則, with (人命などを)奪う,主張するs the stamps were 偽のs.
New energy 取引,協定 is up to 13% a year cheaper than Ofgem's price cap: Is it 価値(がある) 調印 up to?
A new energy 関税 from Outfox the Market 申し込む/申し出s electricity at around 13% cheaper than the 普通の/平均(する) Ofgem price-capped 法案, and gas at 9% cheaper. The 取引,協定, which 開始する,打ち上げるd this month, is 直す/買収する,八百長をするd for 12 months and has no 早期に 出口 料金s. This makes it a tempting 代案/選択肢 to the typical 現在の energy 法案 of £1,690 a year - the level of the Ofgem price cap . So is it 価値(がある) 調印 up to?
CRANE ON THE CASE: I ordered £90 trainers from Asics to run the London マラソン in… but they never turned up
I ordered a pair of shoes to run the London マラソン in, and after three weeks I hadn't received them. The 特使 Yodel tells me it has lost the 小包 and I need to 接触する Asics to 問題/発行する a refund. However, I am not able to 接触する Asics. I have called, emailed, tweeted, Facebook messaged, Linkedin messaged and filled out their website form three times over the past two weeks and I have heard nothing from them. I spent £90 which is a lot of money for me.
Home 保険会社s paid out £573million last year: Bad 天候 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs 攻撃する,衝突する 記録,記録的な/記録する high 予定 to 嵐/襲撃するs
The ABI said the 2023 殺到する in bad 天候 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs was fuelled by a 一連の 嵐/襲撃するs, 含むing Babet, Ciaran and Debi, that struck last autumn. (人命などを)奪う,主張するs for 嵐/襲撃する 損失 to homes made up £133million last year, with flooding another £286million. Homeowners also received £153million in payouts for burst 麻薬を吸うs, most of which happened in 早期に 2023 予定 to the 冷淡な start to the year.
CRANE ON THE CASE: My small dance school was sent a shock £95k energy 法案 by Eon... にもかかわらず our usual 法案 存在 £200 per month
I'm a part-time dance teacher and run a small dance school for young people in my 地元の area. It's open for about 15 hours per week. I've been running the studio for six years and the 法案s are usually no more than £200 per month. But in November last year, the energy 供給者 for the building Eon sent me a 法案 for more than £95,000 for one month. There's no way that can be 権利, but Eon told me it would be up to me to 証明する it wrong. Other than showing it my previous 法案s, I don't know how I can do that. I also had an email which said I should 'continue to 支払う/賃金 my 法案 in the 合間' which is 明白に impossible as I don't have £95,000.
How to 適用する for Carer's Allowance: (人命などを)奪う,主張する £81.90 支払い(額)s if you look after someone for 35 hours a week - but watch out for 利益 落し穴s
存在 a carer means doing things like helping with washing and cooking and other 職業s around the home, taking someone to doctor's 任命s, managing 法案s and doing the shopping. We explain how Carer's Allowance 作品, what the 支配するs are, where you can turn for help, and other practicalities 伴う/関わるd in making an 使用/適用. An experienced 利益 entitlements 助言者, Aleks Clayton of 退職 開発 provider McCarthy 石/投石する, also 申し込む/申し出s tips on the knock-on 影響s on other 利益s you might get.
BT pauses 数字表示式の phone line rollout for ALL - 含むing thousands of 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s
The rollout of BT's いわゆる 数字表示式の 発言する/表明する programme has been 延期するd, with insiders 説 it may not be 完全にするd until the end of 2027. 初めは the rollout was 予定 to end by the の近くに of 2025. We had long fought for the 延期する, 最高潮の場面ing how the 科学(工学)技術 can stop working in a 力/強力にする 削減(する) - leaving 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s unable to make 緊急 calls.
I 直面するd a 75% broadband 法案 引き上げ(る), says LEE BOYCE - but Ofcom saved me the haggle-dance hassle (and meant I paid a fiver a month LESS)
I recently received an email from my internet provider Plusnet 明言する/公表するing our 月毎の 法案 would be rising from £30.99 to £54.39 as our 18 month 契約 (機の)カム to an end. If I left it, or 行方不明になるd the message (easily done in a 広大な, never ending ocean of admin), my 法案 would be whacked up 75% for 正確に/まさに the same 一括 - 制限のない fibre extra.
BT pauses 数字表示式の phone line rollout for ALL - 含むing thousands of 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s
The rollout of BT's いわゆる 数字表示式の 発言する/表明する programme has been 延期するd, with insiders 説 it may not be 完全にするd until the end of 2027. 初めは the rollout was 予定 to end by the の近くに of 2025. We had long fought for the 延期する, 最高潮の場面ing how the 科学(工学)技術 can stop working in a 力/強力にする 削減(する) - leaving 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s unable to make 緊急 calls.
普通の/平均(する) 解雇する/砲火/射撃 (人命などを)奪う,主張する on home 保険 now 最高の,を越すs £24,000: 解雇する/砲火/射撃 旅団 警告するs 炎s 原因(となる)d by e-bike and e-scooter 殴打/砲列s are on the 増加する
保険会社s and the London 解雇する/砲火/射撃 旅団 are 警告 of the 危険s of lithium-イオン 殴打/砲列 解雇する/砲火/射撃s, which are 原因(となる)ing a 抱擁する spike in the value of 国内の 解雇する/砲火/射撃 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs. These 殴打/砲列s are used for 装置s such as 動きやすい phones, laptops e-bikes, e-scooters, vaping 装置s and electric toothbrushes, but can 原因(となる) 厳しい 解雇する/砲火/射撃s if they are 損失d or sub-基準 to begin with. We explain how to keep yourself and your home 安全な from lithium-イオン 解雇する/砲火/射撃s
How to tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある and what you can do to 直す/買収する,八百長をする it - and 避ける overpaying on your energy 法案s
欠陥のある smart メーターs are on the rise in Britain with 顧客s 報告(する)/憶測ing 存在 攻撃する,衝突する by 大規模な 法案s as a result. によれば?Department for Energy 安全 and 逮捕する 無 人物/姿/数字s, the number of メーターs not operating in 'smart 方式' went up from 2.7 million to 3.98 million between June 2023 and the start of 2024. But how can you tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある? And what should you do if you think it is?
How you can give generously to your family and friends without 存在 a '支配(する)/統制する freak' - Money Psychotherapist Vicky Reynal 明らかにする/漏らすs all
I have listened to plenty of (弁護士の)依頼人s who felt regretful, if not resentful, having given generously - and with the best of 意向s - only to be met with 無関心/冷淡, ingratitude or even 怒り/怒る. So how can we generously gift our money in a way that minimises the 危険 that it will be taken the wrong way? And how can we 避ける family or 関係 不和s?
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