To meet climate change targets, the UK government wants to install 600,000 low-carbon heat pumps annually by 2028. However, recent warnings show that pumps are considered too expensive and too few people know about them. So what can be done to increase public awareness and reduce costs?
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Do you know your chip barm from your cob? Do you eat a Mars Bar deep fried or after a chippy tea? Where you live in the UK can have a direct link to your taste in takeaways. Take the quiz, to find out your takeaway spiritual home.
When Mary Berry tells you she has a secret way of making her beef stir-fry even more tasty, then you listen. Bashing the steak to tenderise it before cooking apparently delivers a more succulent flavour. Throw in some peppers and chilli sauce for a delicious stir-fry, that's ready in minutes.
In the last few decades, mobile phones have gone from giant monsters to tiny computers, with access to all the world's knowledge. And we use them to "like" pictures of someone's roast dinner. If you're constantly glued to your smartphone, maybe it's time to find out how you can take back control.
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It's the word of the week
Our local "big team" is Ipswich. With promotion to the Premiership tantalisingly close, every game is a must-win, and the youngest son is suddently their biggest lifelong fan.
Last Saturday we managed to get tickets for the game against strugglers Sheffield Wednesday. What a game! A proper 6-0 spanking (sorry any Wednesday fans) and a great day had by all. Apart from my wallet!
Aside from the cost of tickets, there was £5.00 for 4 doughnuts, Mars Bar £3.00, Crisps £2.50 and a bottle of Sprite £3.00. And that was before the match started. I must've been in a catatonic state when I ordered a plastic bottle of beer, a coke and two trays of chips at half time, as I've no recollection of how much that cost, I just waggled my groaning bank card.
In a daze from my peculate encounter, we tried to return to our seats, before being told I couldn't take the plastic bottle of hugely expensive warm Heineken to my seat, and had to gulp it there and then. Nice! Apparently, it's because a plastic bottle of beer is so much more dangerous than a dier coke, or a Mars Bar duo.
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Adjective: to steal (money) or take dishonestly
Did you know?
11% of all smartphone thefts happen in the workplace.
They've had your milk from the fridge. And your stapler has gone walkiers. Don't let that friendly smile and cardigan fool you. Trust no one!
Top tips and life hacks.
Are you trying to break a bad habit? Apparently, you need to wear an elastic band on your wrist and ping it each time you do the thing you're trying to stop. Unless the habit you are trying to break is that hugely annoying elastic band wrist ping thing, that you constantly do, all day every day. Obviously!
