On some adverts for electric blankets it says that the blanket can be machine washed and tumble dried. The last time I owned an electric blanket was about 30 years ago so I appreciate they have...
Hello there. I am 60 next March and am taking partial retirement. Am I right in assuming that I will no longer pay NI contributions and if so is it automatic or do I have to have a form to give to my...
Hi. First winter in house with pond plus goldfish in garden. Should we be doing anything about the long leaves (look like gladioli leaves) that are turning brown?
We haven't lived in our house long and have just started using the central heating. It's a system where there is a thermostat in the hall and this picks up radio frequency from the unit in the...
What a dreadful accident in Cheshire, the family killed when their car caught fire after a collision. Four little children, the youngest only a few weeks old. They had been visiting the grandparents...
I'm trying to find out what filming is going on near where I live. Loads of huge wagons with BTFS on them, which apparently stands for British Television Film Service. Anyone else live between...
My kids loved this story when they were little and I'd like to find it for my grandchildren. I have searched everywhere I can thing of and thought I'd found it but it was a completely different book....
Hi Any ideas how the law stands with a neighbour who leaves a small caravan in a parking space in the layby opposite her house. Been there for months now, taking up a space much needed by people in...
We've just moved into a new place and seem to have adopted/inherited a pond full of fish ranging from big orange ones to teeny black ones. I know nothing about fis whatsoever. The previous occupier...
On behalf of my daughter, any ideas what to do with a 2 year old that bites? He bit his older brother so hard it caused a bruise yesterday. He keeps on doing it and it's really nasty. In my children's...
The health visitor thinks my 4 year old grandson has an undescended testicle. He has to see the doctor, am I right in thinking this could involve an operation and general anaesthetic?
Does anyone know whether a letting agent is correct in saying that Nationwide will not provide a bank reference? We have a current account with them which the rent would go from, but the agent says...
Can a few of you give me an idea of what you pay for contents insurance? I want to insure our possessions fo ?50,000 and have been quoted from ?9.30 a month to ?21.45 per month! How can there be such...
Any idea what a letting agent would look for when they ask a bank for a reference? Would a huge overdraft matter or is it just to make sure a regular salary goes in?
This is not the very old joke about the difference between the two! Seriously, how do you tell the difference? We have one or the other that plays in the field next door, sort of leaps about and...
OK so I know this will sound really stupid to all those of you who know what they're doing, but---we are staying in a caravan, we have a laptop and want to go to a hotspot and use the darn thing....
The car in front of me hit a baby deer earlier. Poor little thing hobbled/dragged itself to the edge of the road and went off into the woods. The car driver obviously knew he'd hit it but didn't slow...