Pay packets are smaller than they were in 2008 in most local authority areas in the UK, according to analysis by the Trades Union Congress,…
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John Muir famously set off for the mountains with “some bread and tea in a pair of blankets with some sugar and a tin cup.”…
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If anything is emblematic of the demise of Twitter, it is the rise and stall of the account of Oprah Winfrey. Oprah joined the platform…
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10 Best Robot Vacuums (2024): Mops, Budget Vacs, Great Mapping
No other product I’ve tested has advanced as quickly as the humble robot vacuum. Just a few short years ago, they were mostly annoying, overpriced…
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What are these sleeping pads you speak of? When I was young, all hiking was uphill both ways and everyone slept on the ground in…
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The letter, dated 18 January 2024, came from a company called Advantis. “Dear Mr Simon Hattenstone,” it said, “Contact us about your unpaid HM Revenue…
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Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’
A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible – primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons – that were used as refrigerants. Every country agreed, in 1987,…
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