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Raise a Glass – It's National Beer Day!
If there was ever a good excuse for a drink, then this must be it. National Beer Day! Beer seems to be increasingly popular these days. Gone are the days when all you could get in the pub was a pint of watery lager. These days tasty craft beers with ridiculous names seem to be popping up in every bar. There's something very satisfying about ordering 'half a hobgoblin' or a pint of drunken dog droppings or whatever the latest brew is called. I do enjoy a nice beer or three after a hard day
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Is It Time To Buy A Year Plate?
What's the next big thing in private plates? Well it's always hard to predict, but plates that represent important years are becoming increasingly popular. Plates with names on are always big sellers, but that's what everyone goes for. With private plates becoming cheaper in recent years, when once it was cool to spot a plate such as AO53 ZOE or J10 ROB, and know that Zoe and Rob were driving those cars, for some of us, we're just looking for something different now. This is where year pl
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The Masters – Golf Event of the Year
The Masters is THE event on the golfing calendar and 2017 is set to be a thrilling tournament. Thousands of people are set to attend this year's event in Augusta. If you can't make it over to the US though, you can still watch on Sky Sports Xtra. Last year's winner Danny Willett will be competing again, but it could be anyone's game. Winning twice in a row is a notoriously tough job. Only three players have ever achieved this. Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo. Jordon Spieth is the c
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New Road Tax Rates – What You Need To Know
From April 1st there are some big changes in road tax rates and if you're looking to buy a new car, you need to know this as you could be paying out a lot more than you're expecting to, especially in the first year. If you're buying an alternatively fuelled car such as a car that runs on bioethanol or LPG then you're looking at a £10 reduction in your first year and a flat rate of £140 a year after that. However, for most of us, the first year price is going to be higher. After that you
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Don't Be An April Fool!
Do you always fall for April Fools pranks? You really do have to have your wits about you on that day don't you? Every newspaper, TV station and website likes to try and fool us on April 1st. I always forget it actually is April 1st and always fall for something when I'm checking my emails in the morning before I'm properly awake! There have been some brilliant jokes for April Fools Day over the years. Are you old enough to remember the spaghetti tree? It's perhaps the most famous April F
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Number Plates could be on smartphones by 2018
Motorists could be allowed to have their number plates on smartphones by 2018, according to the government agency developing the plans. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said it will develop a “quick, easy and secure” service between April and March 2018, with a test system in place by September this year. It wants the digital service to allow people to share and validate information with “trusted” third parties, although stressed it will not replace plastic number plates.
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Happy Mother's Day to All Mums!
Being a mum can be a tough job. First you get no sleep, then you get the tantrums, then the tantrums just get worse as they hit their teenage years. Eventually they fly the nest without a glance back or a thank you for all the endless washing and cooking you've done for them. But it's also a job that's full of rewards. Kids can be pretty amazing and you have to admit it's worth all those sleepless nights, the worry and the hard work. So if you're a mum, then it's time to chill, forget the
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Red Nose Day – Putting the Fun into Fundraising
March 24th is Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day has brought laughs and much needed cash for Comic Relief since the first one in 1988. Do you remember it? Of course the easiest way to help the cause is to buy a red nose. The designs change every year and they just seem to get better and better. This years designs are so cute. There are nine different red noses as well as a rare silver nose. The noses are in sealed bags. So you don't know which one you're getting. Why not try and collect the set and
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Spoil Your Furry Friends on National Puppy Day!
March 23rd is National Puppy Day. A day dedicated to pooches, large and small. Whether you have a miniature poodle or a massive Great Dane, it's the day to spoil them rotten! So how will you celebrate National Puppy Day? Other than treating your own four legged family members to a good long walk or a slap up feast and lots of cuddles, there's plenty of other things you can do in the name of puppy-kind. How about sharing some puppy videos on Facebook, wishing all your fellow dog owners
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Should Tax Discs Make a Return?
It hasn't been long since the car tax disc was abolished. While some people are simply attached to their tax discs for sentimental reasons, there's actually a very good reason why they should return. It was thought that by getting rid of the discs, the government would save around £14 million a year, it has now been shown that this simply isn't the case. The problem is, many people are now simply not taxing their cars and are getting away with it too. It is believed that this is costing t
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Awkward Moments Day
March 18th is Awkward Moments Day. It's a day to cast off the cringe and celebrate all those awkward moments you've had in your life. Those moments that make your toes curl when you think about them, that lurk at the back of your mind to return and haunt you once in a while. We're talking about that time when you pinched your partners bum only to discover it was a complete stranger. Or when you accidentally sent 'that text' to your mother instead of your lover. When you want the ground
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We'd like to wish all our customers a very Happy St. Patrick's Day! We hope you'll be celebrating in style. We'll certainly be having a pint of Guinness or two. Well it would be rude not to as it was St. Patrick himself that suggested we all have a drop of the 'hard stuff' on his feast day. Did you know that every single day, 5.5 million pints of Guinness are drunk? However, on St. Patrick's Day this amount doubles! That sounds like one almighty hangover! Of course we love St. Patri
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