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Entertainment How I Personally Saved Money Bundling My Insurance Policies Nowadays more so than ever insurance is not just needed but required by law. Therefore paying the lowest price is everyone goal in the insurance companies game. Here is what I found out when I went about looking to bundle them up with one broker to bring the price and hassle right down/ Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment Do You Have Buried Treasure in Your Home? Here is an article I wrote from previous experience: My wife and I used to have a lot of old jewellery lying at the bottom of some draws, we used to wear a lot back when we were more adventurous with what we wore, as some may say! We actually traded a lot of it in and made a small fortune. Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment My Top Tips For Healthy And Safe Travelling Having a medical condition doesn’t always mean you have to cut back on all the things you used to enjoy. Many people are unaware of the options available to them in terms of travel and holidaying abroad, and as a result of this the idea of leaving home for an extended period can be a daunting prospect. Here’s my top tips for healthy and safe travel Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Entertainment The Benefits of Using a Reputable Home Buyers Service When looking at selling a home due to several reasons, it's always a good idea to research the best way to go about doing. I have outlined a few points that I had in mind, that I feel are worth sharing Read more	0	10th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Money & Finance Should You Buy a Car from an Online Retailer? As mentioned in my profile. I am an avid car fan. Both old and new. This is a little piece on car purchasing nowadays. Read more	0	9th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Travel Why You Should Consider Breakdown Insurance When Travelling Abroad Both me and my wife love cars and travelling so naturally we go on some splendid road trips! Just see the photo we took. But after conversing with a lot of my friends they fear the idea of a breakdown due to high costs. Unfortunately not everyone's pension is plush so here is a piece we wrote about a service we use. Hope it helps! Read more	0	9th Oct 2014 William Freddy Hope
Money & Finance Reasons Behind Applying for A Bridging Loan (Other Than Buying or Selling Property) One of the best features of the bridging loan is that these are short-term ones and hence, the chances the borrower will have difficulty to pay the loan is much less. The bridging loans are useful in various occasions. Read more	0	27th Sep 2014 smith taylors
Money & Finance Is Retiring Abroad The Right Option For You? When you come to the end of your working life and are facing retirement, a lot of options will be staring at you as you wonder how best you can enjoy the upcoming beautiful years. One such option is whether to ride off into the sunset like other retirees did. Each year thousands of retirees pack their bags to any of the choicest locations around the globe. All of them have their reasons, but do they all achieve their aims? Is retiring abroad right for you? Read more	1	11th Sep 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Money & Finance 4 Important Retirement Considerations for the Self-Employed Everyone dreams of not having to work some day, even the work-obsessed self-employed look forward to a time when the alarm clock doesn’t command them to duty at 7am Monday-Friday. Read more	1	3rd Sep 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Health & Wellbeing An Eye on Aging: Caring for your Eyes and Dealing with Common Problems Your eyes express a lot about who you are and show your joy, love and excitement to the world. They are truly a “window to the soul” as the old saying goes. But the delicate skin around your eyes is one of the first areas to show signs of stress, ageing, sun damage, tiredness, and illness. And vision problems are more likely develop as you age. Read more	0	26th Aug 2014 Lindsay Edwards
Society & Politics Gaza and the madness of Hamas and Israel The wellbeing of civilians plays no part in the thinking of Khaled Mashaal and Benjamin Netanyahu as the blood letting over Gaza continues. Read more	0	5th Aug 2014 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics Ukraine: Is Putin's stance really that wrong? President Putin's agressive stance over Ukraine has left Barack Obama and the Western powers with little room for manoeuvre. Read more	0	17th Apr 2014 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Long live the NHS The National Health Service, far from being an innefficient, wasteful, cash drain, as the Health Secretary would have us believe, is delivering first-class service ... well, it certainly did for me! Read more	1	31st Jan 2014 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Abduction, al-Qaeda and a war of terror What can be achieved by the 'rendition' of al-Qaeda suspects from Libya and Somalia? The answer - nothing! Read more	0	18th Oct 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics Jeremy Hunt shifts blame for poor elderly care onto GPs Health Secretary says poor service received by most vulnerable is down to Labour and not the top-to-bottom cuts the coalition has made to front line NHS services. Read more	6	10th Sep 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics The West and the Syria conflict 2million displaced people and more than 110,000 dead in Syrian conflict since fighting began in March 2011 Read more	0	3rd Sep 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Entertainment Rush - James Hunt versus Nikki Lauda Big screen dramatisation of the rivalry between Formula One racing drivers James Hunt and Nikki Lauda Read more	0	2nd Aug 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Society & Politics It’s just not cricket! Fair play in sport Is Stuart Broad a barefaced cheat or an opportunist who took advantage of his opponents’ lack of nous with DRS? Read more	0	24th Jul 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Health & Wellbeing Why you should celebrate the first national care home open day, 2013 On the 21 June, hundreds of care home across Britain will be throwing open their doors to the public to celebrate the first ever National Care Home Open Day. And I for one hope this annual event continues for many years to come. Read more	0	18th Jun 2013 James Newhouse
Society & Politics Luis Suarez: Punish the crime, not the man Offence serious enough to require a 10 game ban but insignificant enough to be ignored by the police. Read more	0	26th Apr 2013 Gareth Hargreaves
Home & Leisure Half Term is Approaching Some of the things you can do this half term with my grandchildren Read more	0	7th Feb 2013 Laura Beck
Entertainment The Crone Club - Older women deserve ‘Chick lit’ too Like many women I sometimes want a light and relaxing novel to read, yet it is so hard to find something for my 'older' age group. So I wrote the book I would like to read. It is called The Crone Club and is about a group of reunited schoolfriends. These women are now in their 60s but that is not going to stop them having fun and not one of them has any intention of "acting her age." Read more	0	7th Dec 2012 Sandra Peddle
Travel London Theatre and Theatre Breaks We, and by "we" I mean those in the theatre industry, forget how much of an effort it can be to arrange to go to the theatre. So I wrotea book to help. Read more	0	23rd Oct 2012 Simon Harding
Society & Politics And so we say farewell....Bob Diamond! Bod Diamond finally resigns from Barclays over the Libor Scandal. Read more	0	3rd Jul 2012 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Falling inflation, G20 progress and an England win at the Euros Silver linings all round! Well life isn’t all bad if yesterday is anything to go by? Read more	0	20th Jun 2012 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Euro crisis: Greece election fuels further single currency uncertainty Slim majority sees Greeks vote for austerity rather than withdrawal from Euro, but could continued market speculation bury the Euro. Read more	0	18th Jun 2012 Anthony Page
Society & Politics What world do they live in? Pensions are back in the news again as doctors and nursing staff vote to strike over public sector pension cuts. Read more	0	30th May 2012 Anthony Page
Entertainment The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe A fantastic night out watching a new production of the CS Lewis classic by the 360degree Theatre Company. Read more	0	24th May 2012 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Onwards, into the valley of death they rode! Bankia rescued by government of Spain as Eurozone countries flirt with disaster once again. Read more	0	11th May 2012 Anthony Page
Society & Politics Cameron Says It As It Is! Crisis in Eurozone only half way through reveals Prime Minister. Read more	0	2nd May 2012 Anthony Page