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It always happens when you least expect it – your car breaks down. And it’s usually at a time you’re dead broke, leaving you to figure out how to pay for car repairs with no money.

The good news is, it’s not a hopeless cause. There are lots of ways to come up with repair money, many of which could put needed cash into your hands today.

Before you panic, let’s look at 8 tips on how to pay for car repairs when you don’t have any money.

1. Use a Credit Card

Having a credit card is an easy way to pay for car repairs when you don’t have an emergency fund to...

Two pioneering new safety initiatives have been introduced at the Grand Western Canal Country Park to make the towpath safer for everyone.

A three-mile long ‘Horse-drawn Barge Operating Zone’ is now indicated by new signs at either end, with smaller versions of the sign located at access points between.

These A2-sized signs have been developed in response to several near misses under some of the bridges in recent years, when towpath users have acted dangerously around the horse that pulls the barge. The signs highlight the safe behaviour requested of towpath users in this...

If you were just hit with a big bill from an auto repair shop or forced to spend some other money you weren't planning on spending, you might be asking yourself that very question. Payday loans can help you get your hands on the money you need prior to your next paycheck.

Before you can take out a payday loan, though, you need to provide a payday loan company with some basic information about yourself. It'll help them decide whether or not to accept your payday loan application.

Take a look at some of the info that you'll need to have handy when you touch base with a payday...

One of the area’s liveliest towns is set to show exactly why it’s such a great community in a special weekend next month.

Topsham, the estuary town on the edge of Exeter, is holding its first Join The Club! Long Weekend with events on September 5th, 7th and 8th.

Topsham – voted the best place to live in the south west by the Sunday Times earlier this year - has over 50 clubs, classes and societies running all year round and they will be opening their doors over the weekend at seventeen different venues ranging from yoga studios to churches and sports grounds and clubs to...