Electric toothbrushes are, once again, featuring highly in adverts for the Black Friday sales, with retailers making extraordinary boasts about discounts. Amazon claims to have slashed the price of an Oral B toothbrush by 74% from £229.99 to £59.99, while at Boots, a Philips Sonicare brush is “better than half-price”, down from £140 to £50….
An £18 own-brand champagne from Morrisons has claimed top place in an annual champagne taste test, beating competition from premium champagne houses, including Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Lanson. The supermarket’s Adrien Chopin Brut champagne was awarded the highest score of 82% in blind tasting of supermarket own-label and popular champagne brands, priced up…
During this second lockdown, it is notable that while deaths from Covid-19 as a percentage appear to have fallen, hospital admissions are rising rapidly. In some parts of the country, we are once again facing the possibility that hospitals will be overwhelmed. Operating lists have been cut – I write this having had to cancel…
The UK’s surging housing market could go into sharp reverse next year if the stamp duty holiday is not extended, risking a damaging slump, the government has been told. The £3.8bn stamp duty giveaway unveiled in July has been credited with fuelling a mini-boom in the property market, but it is due to finish on…
Nationwide is “open-minded” about offering lower deposit mortgages that could help first-time buyers who are struggling to secure a loan during the coronavirus crisis, its chief executive has said. The building society, which is the UK’s second largest mortgage provider behind Lloyds Banking Group, is one of the few high street lenders offering loans worth…
It is best known for its collection of some of the most iconic cars of the past 100 years, so the Lakeland Motor Museum’s latest addition to its repertoire is likely to raise some eyebrows. A Vauxhall Corsa, one of the UK’s most commonly used cars of the past three decades, will soon be displayed…
