Tesco issues salmonella alert Tesco are recalling some of their own brand products over fears that they may have been contaminated with the salmonella bug. Tesco is now recalling some of its own brand chocolate wafers over fears they may be contaminated with the extremely dangerous bug. The Food Standards Agency has issued an urgent […]

Pocket money rising twice as fast as wages Good news for the children this morning! According to a report by The Mirror, children’s pocket money has risen by  448% since 1987! The research which was conducted by Halifax has revealed that the average weekly pocket money from parents is £6.20, compared to £1.13 30 years ago. […]

Will you be trying the new ‘skinny’ wine? I know it may feel like wine contains empty calories, but they are definitely not empty and they soon add up! So could this be the best invention EVER? A new ‘skinny’ variety of wine contains far fewer calories and can apparently assist you on your diet […]

Parents warned against keeping their babies too hot at night According to the Daily Mail there has been an unexpected rise in infant deaths which has lead to an urgent warning to parents. Parents have been warned about keeping babies too hot on a night as official figures seem to prove that the increase is […]

Discount home scheme to be extended Good news for first-time buyers. The discounted homes scheme is being extended to more rural areas. The ‘starter home scheme’ which sees homes being specially build for first time buyers at a 20% discounted price will now also be built on unused land in villages as well as in […]

Millions Entitled To Card Insurance Pay-Outs! Up to two million people who were mis-sold credit card insurance can now apply for compensation of up to £270 per card. Compensation forms will be sent out in the coming weeks with the first payments expected to be made in late September. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reached […]

Instant refunds for rail delays to be introduced! ITV News has just reported that that a train firm will trial ‘instant’ refunds paid direct into passengers’ bank accounts or travel cards. If this is a success then the Governments aim is to see this rolled out across the whole rail system. Passengers will be entitled […]

Loophole for getting out of your parking fines? There has been a change to parking policies which means Canterbury Council have now been forced to refund hundreds of parking fines to motorists. A tribunal has now ruled that if motorists parking tickets have fallen over then their appeals cannot be rejected. As a result hundreds of motorists […]

ITV offers refund to ‘misled’ viewers! ITV have announced that they will refund all viewers who used paid voting in the Britain’s Got Talent final to vote for the winning act Jules and Matisse or donate their money to charity. As you may remember there was lots of controversy surrounding the BGT final after it […]