3 h. ago Lidl imposes limit of two per person on £4 item available in all branches

Lidl is imposing the limit on a much-loved item which will be available in stores from Saturday, to stop people buying it in bulk and stripping shelves clean

Economics

12 h. ago Martin Lewis issues April 7 message to people who buy stamps

The consumer expert has spoken out on the latest price hike - and says there's still time to save money by acting now

Politics

56 h. ago B&M fan asks shoppers how they'd feed themselves on £5 a day if they had to

A B&M lover wanted to know what people would buy from the discount retailer if they only had £5 per day to spend on food - and may rushed to offer their suggestions

Economics

58 h. ago No more wonky sourdough: in search of the perfect kitchen knife

When your old knives no longer make the grade, should you buy British or Japanese, stainless steel or carbon steel, factory-made or handmade?In Deptford, south-east London, Holly Loftus hand-crafts between 10 and 15 knives a month. The least expensive of these could be yours for £160, while the dearest might set you back as much as £580. What do you get for your money if you seriously splash out? Loftus, who was born in Ireland and is soft spoken and gently thoughtful, takes her time with this question. “It’s to do with how much time I’ve spent combining different steels,” she says, hesitantly. “Some of the knives involve a layering technique – people know it as damascus steel – which creates a pattern on the blade. It takes a long time. There’s a lot of folding and cutting and hammering.”Such a knife is likely to be with its owner for a good while – perhaps for ever. “I’m lucky,” she continues. “The people who buy my knives have a strong sense of what they’re ge...

Politics

5 d. ago Trump to dramatically downsize education department but it will still handle student loans, says White House – live

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says DoE will be ‘much smaller’ due to executive order Trump will sign as critics say it is ‘dark day’ for US childrenAnother, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car company led by Elon Musk, who is busy right now cutting down the US government at the behest of Lutnick’s boss, Donald Trump.I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building, people are going to be dreaming of today, and thinking gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock.The Fed would be MUCH better off CUTTING RATES as U.S.Tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the e...

Society

5 d. ago Commerce secretary begs Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock in bizarre interview

Secretary of commerce boasted that Elon Musk was ‘the best’ entrepreneur and technologist and encouraged people to buy Tesla stock while the price is low

Politics

5 d. ago Trump reportedly aims to return ‘authority to the states’ by closing Department of Education – US politics live

President plans to sign executive order closing DoE; order is challenged before it is signed as NAACP calls it a ‘dark day for millions of American children’Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Another, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car company led by Elon Musk, who is busy right now cutting down the US government at the behest of Lutnick’s boss, Donald Trump.I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building, people are going to be dreaming of today, and thinking gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock.The Fed would be MUCH better off CUTT...

Politics

5 d. ago How bottled water companies are draining our drinking water – video

As droughts become more prevalent, corporate control over our drinking water is threatening the health of water sources and the access people have to them. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how foreign multinational companies are extracting billions of litres of water from natural aquifers to sell back to the same communities from which it came – for huge profits‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking waterForeign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago I was always terrified of confrontation. Then I hit my 40s | Arwa Mahdawi

If I see someone making my neighbourhood a worse place to live, I walk straight up to them and have a little word. What is happening to me?Some people buy sports cars when they have a midlife crisis. Others cut off all their hair. Me? I seem to have developed a debilitating obsession with urban sanitation. Over the past couple of years, I have become unhealthily preoccupied with the fact that an alarming number of grown adults seem incapable of disposing of their rubbish properly. There are people in my Philadelphia neighbourhood who will bag up their dog’s excrement and then just leave the little poop bag on the pavement for the rest of us to admire. And don’t get me started on the people who dump untied bags of recycling on the street days before it’s supposed to be collected, resulting in it inevitably blowing around the neighbourhood. (If you’re wondering why the rubbish is loose, it’s because the US, the land of innovation, has been slow to embrace the wheelie bin.)Do I sound l...

Events

7 d. ago HMRC sending nudge letters to Brits who make money by selling things online

In the letters, HMRC informs people that they're likely to be trading if they buy or make goods to sell at a profit, which means they may have to pay tax on those profits

Politics

1 week ago Digested week: Just enjoy Tesla shares tumbling as Trump crashes the markets | Emma Brockes

The Elon Musk backlash, boos for JD Vance, Meghan naming protocol, a wombat botherer and – OMG! – buying kittensTo the people who parked their consciences and voted for Donald Trump because they thought he’d slash regulation, cut corporate taxes and eviscerate the federal government to send their stock holdings soaring, I’d like to ask: “How’s that working out for you?” For anyone with a pension, college savings or other assets in the US market this was an unrelaxing week, during which the Dow fell by almost 900 points on Monday and some $4tn (£3tn) was wiped off the S&P 500. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Seven in 10 people don’t buy ANYTHING without reading a review first

Seven in 10 people don’t buy anything without reading a review or receiving a recommendation first.

Politics

1 week ago NHS England abolition shows ‘we have to take difficult decisions’, says Starmer – UK politics live

PM says he is ‘bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control by abolishing the arms length body NHS England’Starmer is now talking about regulatation, and giving examples of where he thinks it has gone too far.l give you an example. There’s a office conversion in Bingley, which, as you know, is in Yorkshire. That is an office conversion that will create 139 homes.But now the future of that is uncertain because the regulator was not properly consulted on the power of cricket balls. That’s 139 homes. Now just think of the people, the families, the individuals who want those homes to buy, those homes to make their life and now they’re held up. Why? You’ll decide whether this is a good reason because I’m going to quote this is the reason ‘because the ball strike assessment doesn’t appear to be undertaken by a specialist, qualified consultant’. So that’s what’s holding up these 139 homes.When we had those terrible riots what we saw then, in response, was dynamic. It was str...

Politics

1 week ago Starmer announces NHS England will be abolished, with central government back running health service – UK politics live

PM says he is ‘bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control by abolishing the arms length body NHS England’Starmer is now talking about regulatation, and giving examples of where he thinks it has gone too far.l give you an example. There’s a office conversion in Bingley, which, as you know, is in Yorkshire. That is an office conversion that will create 139 homes.But now the future of that is uncertain because the regulator was not properly consulted on the power of cricket balls. That’s 139 homes. Now just think of the people, the families, the individuals who want those homes to buy, those homes to make their life and now they’re held up. Why? You’ll decide whether this is a good reason because I’m going to quote this is the reason ‘because the ball strike assessment doesn’t appear to be undertaken by a specialist, qualified consultant’. So that’s what’s holding up these 139 homes.When we had those terrible riots what we saw then, in response, was dynamic. It was str...

Politics

1 week ago Urgent warning to people buying £1 daffodil bouquets from supermarkets

The bright yellow blooms are a sign that spring has sprung – but gardening expert David Denyer has urged people to follow one 'vital step' after buying daffodils

Economics

1 week ago One harmful mistake people make when buying daffodils from supermarkets

Thousands of us will be buying daffodils right now to brighten up our homes with a spring-fresh yellow colour, but many of us make this one error

Economics

2 w. ago Drink driver said 'my life is over' after killing two people as she went to buy drugs

Jade Devine was returning home in her car after buying drugs - she was over the drink-driving limit and killed two pedestrians with her Nissan before fleeing the scene

Events

2 w. ago Government to toughen laws that allow people to buy suicide drugs online

Sarah Sackman said laws are in place which stop people encouraging or assisting suicide, but added the Government would introduce more restrictions.

Events

2 w. ago Urgent warning to anyone buying £1 daffodil bouquets from supermarkets

Gardening expert David Denyer has urged Brits to follow one 'vital step' after buying a bundle of daffodils from the supermarket. Otherwise, you'll risk harming your skin - and killing your other blooms

Economics

2 w. ago Moment Michael Sheen breaks down in tears on Million Pound Giveaway as he says 'I can't walk away from it'

The actor explained he had spent around two years trying to launch his own company that would buy off people's debts and write them off

Politics