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How to Manage Your Living Expenses as an International Student in Liverpool?

Studying in Liverpool as an international student offers an exciting academic and cultural experience, but managing daily living expenses is an essential part of student life. From accommodation and groceries to transportation and leisure activities, costs can quickly add up without proper planning. Therefore, learning how to budget effectively and make smart spending decisions is key to maintaining a balanced student lifestyle while studying in the city.

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Simple Solution to Beating The Bag Tax

With the new 5p bag tax to be implemented on 5th October, Trolley Bags – a reusable bag system designed to take the hassle out of the supermarket shop – is a product that has come to the fore as an user friendly, environmentally beneficial and cost effective solution for shoppers.

As the figures of single use bags issued per year in the UK mounts to over 8.5 billion*, it is now a national priority to change retailer and consumer behaviour and the Government bag tax should get everyone thinking more about the effect on the environment and how they shop – opting for a reusable bag to...

Things that define a British winter's day

As the year end raises its head on the horizon, one doesn’t have to look back at the summer and fall with sadness.

Winter has many distinctions and charms to warm your heart and keep you smiling until a new starts once more. Here are 12 things to look forward to on a winter’s day.

1. The winter scent: Your lungs will awaken to the crisp and cold air with hints of pine and eucalyptus. You’ll feel alive and sharp ready to live completely in the moment.

2. Comfort food: The summer heat destroys any appetite for heavy stodgy meals. The summer calls for lighter fare such...

Is your child's MP3 player turning them deaf?

New research conducted by YouGov on behalf of leading claims portal www.claims.co.uk highlights a worrying lack of awareness of how MP3 players should be used to avoid causing potential ear damage, that could lead to many new types of deafness claims - for music-related deafness and tinnitus - in the future.

Of the 2028 adults questioned in the Nationally Representative survey conducted in July 2015, 94% of parents to 16 year-olds were unaware of the NHS guidelines on earphone use with MP3 players, which states the recommended listening time of 60 minutes a day at 60% level of...

5p shopping bag levy from October 5

If you are going shopping this weekend, make sure you hang on to those plastic bags as a 5p charge is being introduced next month.

In 2013, supermarkets gave out over 8 billion single-use carrier bags across the UK. That is nearly 130 bags per person. This equates to about 57,000 tonnes of single-use carrier bags in total over the year

Discarded plastic bags are a very visible form of littering and can cause injury to marine wildlife. The effect of plastic bags on the environment goes beyond littering. They consume resources, including oil, in their creation. Even when...

Man's body found on S Devon coast

The body of a man reported missing has been discovered off the coast of Salcombe early this morning (18th September).

A 51-year-old Kingsbridge man who is believed to have gone fishing early on Thursday (17th Spetember) was reported missing at around midnight. A search was launched with the involvement of the Coastguard and the helicopter from Chivenor.

A body was disciovered near Gara Rock at around 3.20am and was later taken to Derriford. Family have been informed and formal identifdication of the body has taken place.

Police are treating the incident as non-...

Should you be paid to travel to work?

A ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this week could present many employers with some difficult issues to consider, warns leading Exeter law firm Stephens Scown LLP. The ECJ ruled that time spent by employees travelling between their homes and their clients, particularly at the start or end of the day, will count as part of their working hours. The ruling has the potential to affect employees such as heating and electrical engineers, carers, sales people and builders. Typically, these employees are provided with the first assignment each day away from their employer’...

Delay to agri-environment scheme payments 'unacceptable'

A delay of up to four months for agri-environment scheme payments to farmers in England will put added pressure on farm businesses at a time when thousands are facing low farmgate prices.

Natural England has told the NFU that payments will start being made to farmers in October but the majority of transactions will take place in November and December. This autumn farmers in England are owed £200 million for environmental measures they have carried out.

NFU Vice President Guy Smith said: “I am extremely frustrated to learn that the first payments under the agri-environment...

Dog on Tour: Maggie and Oscar embark on last leg of epic charity ride

Maggie Scorer, who in March set off on a 5000- mile ‘Dog on Tour’ cycling challenge around the UK coast with her faithful companion, eight-year-old golden retriever Oscar, is now on the last leg of her journey.

Maggie has spent nearly 150 days and approximately 4500 miles cycling to raise £25,000 for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal charity and blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

They began their journey in Suffolk and travelled northwards along the east coast, anti-clockwise, and hit a mile stone by reaching Lands Ends last week.

The pair...

LoveUKeira Tractor Road Trip

Horley residents Tim and Kirsty Lee’s beautiful daughter Keira, was diagnosed with a brain tumour on the 28th November 2013 at 2 years old, and died just 1 week later on December 5th following surgery to partially remove the tumour.

“I’ve tried many times to put into words how this has affected me, my wife, Keira’s siblings and generations of our family – but I simply can’t explain the absolute horror we have, and continue to go through," says Tim. “And that is precisely why we have created LoveUKeira, to try to spare other children and families from the pain and heartbreak that we...

Rogue Devon plumber jailed

A 54-year-old North Devon plumbing and heating engineer has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of fraud and consumer protection charges. Gary Henry, of Anstey Way, Instow, stood trail at Exeter Crown Court on three charges of Fraud and three charges of contravening Professional Diligence under Consumer Protection legislation. Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Team launched an investigation into Mr Henry, who had been a plumber for 30 years alongside his job as a professional firefighter, following a number of complaints about his work. The court heard how,...

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How to Manage Your Living Expenses as an International Student in Liverpool?

Simple Solution to Beating The Bag Tax

Things that define a British winter's day

Is your child's MP3 player turning them deaf?

5p shopping bag levy from October 5

Man's body found on S Devon coast

Should you be paid to travel to work?

Delay to agri-environment scheme payments 'unacceptable'

Dog on Tour: Maggie and Oscar embark on last leg of epic charity ride

LoveUKeira Tractor Road Trip

Rogue Devon plumber jailed

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