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For some meal deal fans, it's the best time of the year! The usual offerings are being replaced with this year's selection of creative Christmas alternatives. Christmas dinner sandwiches, pulled pork wraps, brie and cranberry baguettes and sides of pigs in blankets in pastry. There's weird combinations and old favourites…
For those of you who are chocolate lovers, this week's poll is seeking your votes on how you like your confectionary treat... or more specifically, what temperature? Does it taste better a little on the chilled side, or do you prefer a more melty experience with a room temperature choccie? Fridge or cupboard? Or is there…
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The driver paid for 30 minutes of parking. They had to wait for 2 other drivers to finish using the machine and for a beggar to move away from the machine as the driver was paying using cash. The driver has kept the parking ticket showing it was purchased at 18:22. The driver left before the 30 minute time expired but…
I don’t normally supermarket shop online but for a weekend away with friends in a AirBnB it made sense. I had a substitution which meant I was due a small refund. However this is only available as a voucher for use online only and expires in 2 months. I contacted Sainsbury’s but they told me they are unable to give me the…
Enforcement Offices _____________________ I'm seeking help and advice IM sure this has happened to many people now its happened to me... A big white letter appears through my door. Its from the Magistrates court. In bold are numbers, numbers no- one ever wants to see- £1014.00..."as you have failed to make payment..." I…
Hello please can someone help with a bit of current advice? I'm new here! So we are working through our solicitor, we sold our property back in May - issue arose through the searches on our property that part of our garden wasn't ours (bought from new, direct from property developer and sold with the garden - landscaped…
MSE regularly promotes "Low Price" Virgin Media Broadband packages in the weekly emails when it is well known that Virgin have mid-contract price rises and that at the end of the low price deal you will face a pretty big increase and that Virgin are renowned for poor technical service and terrible Customer Service. To add…
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It's October... Do you think it's too early for retailers to be rolling out their Christmas Meal Deals? Or do you think now is the perfect time to release those festive options?
If you want your Christmas food shop delivered to your door, you'll need to pounce to get your preferred slot. Supermarkets including Asda and Waitrose are now taking bookings, and there's a trick to get early access at Sainsbury's and Tesco.
The State Pension is set to go up by 4.8% from April 2026 under what's known as the 'triple lock' guarantee – though the exact monetary increase you'll get depends on which version of the State Pension you receive.
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