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Reuters Cold weather payments have been triggered across 697 postcodes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as temperatures plunged across the UK. Households on certain benefits are entitled to the money when there is a prolonged period of below-zero temperatures. In Scotland, those on low incomes and benefits may receive a separate winter heating payment,…
Record temperatures drives up home air conditioning sales
Air conditioning companies have reported business is booming, with one saying inquiries for its home units is up by 300%. Shoppers rushed to pick up portable air conditioning units, external as a red extreme heat warning was put in place for millions of people and temperatures rose to 36.7C, the hottest recorded for June. A…
1975: Could you do your food shop just once a year?
It’s a chore we all have to do regularly but in 1975 Nationwide went grocery shopping with a couple who bought all their supplies yearly rather than weekly. By borrowing a van and enlisting the help of supermarket staff to push their multiple bulging trollies outside to the carpark, the pair reckoned their £122 annual…
M&S boss calls for more action on crime and abuse of staff
Keeve said: “In the past week alone we have had gangs forcing open locked cabinets and stripping shelves, two men brazenly emptying the shelves of steak and walking out, a large group of young people ransacking a store before assaulting a security guard, a colleague headbutted trying to defuse a situation and another hospitalised after…
