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Working from home: Expert explains how to claim for energy bills Make the most of your money by signing up to our newsletter for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Ofgem is expected to raise the energy price cap this Friday which, according to expert analysis, could result in more than 11 million Britons payins £112 more a year for their gas and electricity. According to analysis from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, the typical dual-fuel charge could surge to £1,250 per year as a result of the increase. Related articles Can you claim PIP for arthritis? Premium Bonds: Your old Bonds could still win the jackpot - check now READ MORE ‘My side hustle made me a millionaire in my …

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June 06, 2019 - 17:01 BST David Beckham has inspired his close friend Gordon Ramsay to invest in two £40,000 cabins in the garden of his London home David Beckham has inspired another of his famous friends to invest in lavish Scandinavian-style 'igloos' for their home – months after he shared a glimpse at the sauna and steam room he had installed at his Cotswolds residence. Gordon Ramsay is the latest celebrity to join the craze, but rather than construct a relaxing sauna like the Beckhams, the chef reportedly wants to install two log cabins in the garden of his £7million London mansion to provide extra living space for friends and family to stay – a good idea after he and his wife Tana recently welcomed their fifth child , baby Oscar. Gordon Ramsay wants to install two log cabins in his London home - like David's sauna According to the Daily Mail, Gordon wants to buy two cabins, costing £40,000 each, from the …

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A mum-of-two was left mortified when she added a Home Bargains bath bomb to her relaxing soak. After a busy Christmas period, Claire Gill thought it was best to wind down with a nice bath. She decided to use a gingerbread bath bomb from Home Bargains which she was given as a present. But when she added the product in the tub, Claire was shocked to see the water turning into a brown colour, reports Liverpool Echo . Sharing an image of the bath on a Facebook group, the mum added some "poo" and "LOL" emojis to go with the post. Claire wrote: "Did anyone else buy these at Christmas? I've never known a more unappealing bath." The gingerbread man bath fizzer is currently out of stock online and it's part of the retailer's Sleigh Bells festive range. She told the publication: "I was bought it as a stocking filler from my boys. "I decided to use it on December 27 as a wind down from Christmas but it felt more like a wind-up. "My children couldn't …

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THIS Tardis-inspired home measuring just 2.4m wide could be yours for £650,000 - and includes a stunning garden. The quirky, scaled-down two-bedroom terraced house is narrower than a London double-decker bus, but is packed with interesting features. The house, located on Third Cross Road, offers its buyer a Tardis-like expanse of rooms hiding behind its ultra-skinny brick facade. Inside the 10-metre-long property is a modern, lengthy kitchen/diner extension that offers more than enough living space for a couple or small family. There's also plenty of light flooding in through four electric Velux skylights and double doors to the garden. The corridor-like living room - which has a timber floor - is just wide enough to fit a row of armchairs and a sofa. But it makes up for its slightly unusual shape with a cosy cottage feel. The ground floor bathroom – between the lounge and the kitchen – comfortably fits a full size bath and a shower despite its tiny 1.35m …

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A newlywed man who only got married six weeks ago has died from Covid having skipped the vaccine due to its potential side effects. Aude Alaskar, 27, caught the deadly bug from his new wife Yasmin, who works in a care home. The fit football player collapsed in the shower at home in Sydney, Australia, and was later pronounced dead. His cousin Khalid Thijeel said he was not an anti-vaxxer, but accepted he had concerns about the jab. Tragic Mr Alaskar was "just waiting to see” before accepting the invitation to be vaccinated. He caught the highly transmissible Delta variant two weeks ago, and had been self-isolating at home. His cousin said he was not an anti-vaxxer - but raised concerns about the possible side effects ( Image: Facebook) The truck driver's relative says he was was feeling “90 per cent fine” as recently as Tuesday morning. He died hours later. “He was young, and it's my understanding he wanted to see what long-term effects …

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Disadvantaged pupils could be waiting months for new laptops to allow them to study from home, amid warnings that the Government is failing to "get to grips" with the scale of digital poverty in schools. The Department for Education late last month announced it had purchased another 440,000 devices, such as laptops and tablets, for disadvantaged children to allow them to complete classes online, taking the total number to be provided to schools to more than one million. It said it had already delivered more than 560,000 devices to ensure "students have access to high-quality remote education if they need it". The news of the further batch comes as schools face months of closures to stem to spread of Covid-19. However, concerns are mounting over when students will have access to those devices, with sources suggesting the latest order, of 440,000 more devices, could take months to be delivered from Asia, and could come only after the end of the school year. The Telegraph …

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British holidaymakers could be forced to pay for visas to travel to Europe as a trade-off for the Brexit vote, the Home Secretary has admitted. Amber Rudd said she could not "rule out" the introduction of a scheme which would force those from outside the EU to pay for visas. The plan, currently being considered by EU nations, emerged over the weekend and on Sunday Ms Rudd suggested that Britain could be prepared to accept visas as a price worth paying during the Brexit negotiations. But she warned that the UK could retaliate and create a similar system if British citizens were hit with a charge to travel to countries like France and Spain. Critics have branded the scheme, which could cost around £10 per person, a "holiday tax" and called on Theresa May to rule it out. But asked about plans for a European Union visa yesterday the Home Secretary said the British people would be "surprised" at being forced to pay. She added: "I don’t think it’s particularly desirable but …

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More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March after two months of declines, pointing to a healthy housing market as summer approaches and the economy continues what shaping up to be a rapid recovery. The National Association of Realtors’ index of pending home sales rose 1.9% to 111.3 in March after declining 11.5% in February and 2.4% in January. The increase Thursday, however was weaker than the 3.5% analysts surveyed by FactSet had projected. Contract signings, considered a barometer of purchases that will take place in the next two months, are 23.3% ahead of where they were last year, largely due to lockdowns put in place when the pandemic hit U.S. shores in March 2020. Earlier this month, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. housing construction bounced back by nearly 20% last month to the fastest pace since 2006 as home builders recovered from a February cold spell that delayed projects. Builders began construction on new homes and apartments at a …

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Home construction in the U.S. jumped 6.3% in June, another big swing in a volatile year. The rise in June put home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.64 million units, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Home construction starts rose 12.6% in the West and 9.7% in the South, offsetting high single-digit declines in the Northeast and Midwest Applications for building permits, which are used to forecast future activity, declined 5.1% in June to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.59 million units. Applications for permits declined in all four regions. Those declines could validate some economists' predictions that the surge in home building and sales over the past year may begin to slow, especially for single-family homes. Supply chain problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic have hamstrung builders, who have faced material shortages and inflated prices for lumber, though the latter has moderated somewhat, at least at the wholesale level. …

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Sales of new homes rose 1.6% in December after a big decline in November that was even worse than previously thought. The increase last month pushed sales of new homes to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 842,000, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, though that was fewer than analysts had projected. And the big drop reported earlier for November's was revised downward further, from 841,000 to 829,000 new homes sold. That's a decline of 12.6% from October. After a spring slump due to the coronavirus outbreak, housing came back strong in the summer and fall until last month's significant drop. Commerce estimated that 811,000 new homes were sold in 2020, an increase of nearly 19% over 2019's 683,000. Historically low mortgage rates are helping nudge buyers into the market, but there is still a lack of inventory, which is pushing prices up. The median price of a new home sold in December jumped to $355,900 up more than 8% from a year ago. Soaring lumber …

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