It started like any other Saturday. A quick stop at an ATM near Finsbury Park, a trip to the corner shop, and then… an argument over Monopoly money. That’s how one north London couple described their morning after a £20 note — freshly withdrawn from a branded cashpoint — was refused by a local supermarket. […]
You probably won’t even notice it. A beep, a blink, and the card reader chirps like everything’s fine. But somewhere in the fluorescent chaos of a motorway service station or a corner shop near Heathrow, something goes sideways — and suddenly your card stops working halfway through your holiday. That’s what happened to Mark, 42,
Sometimes, the press releases practically write themselves. “Reimagining heritage through design” is how the new jewellery line from Alice Thorne was described at the launch event last Friday. And while half the room was sipping prosecco and pretending to know what a “baroque oval cut” means, the pieces themselves genuinely turned heads. Thorne, a designer
It wasn’t even noon when the sand gave way. A 34-year-old man from Hertfordshire, on his second day of holiday in Cornwall, had just put his towel down when the earth quite literally swallowed him. The incident happened near Holywell Bay, a spot known more for surfers than spontaneous geology. Witnesses say it looked like
A curious cleaning trick involving a kitchen sponge and a microwave has caught the attention of professional cleaners across Italy. Shared quietly within niche maintenance communities, the method is now gaining traction among homeowners eager for simple but effective ways to keep their spaces sanitized. The technique, which involves briefly microwaving a damp sponge, is
