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Council and school support staff begin voting on strike action over pay

More than a third of a million council and school support staff across England and Wales will start voting on Tuesday on whether to strike over pay. Unison said an offer of a flat rate £1,925 was “nowhere near” enough to meet rising prices during ...

23 May 2023 at 00:01

Personal Finance

Salmon 50p with King’s portrait leaps to rarest in circulation – Royal Mint

A 50p depicting the Atlantic Salmon and bearing the King’s portrait is the rarest such coin in circulation, the Royal Mint has confirmed. The coin knocked the “highly collectable” 2009 Kew Gardens 50p off the top spot for the first time in 15 ...

07 Oct 2024 at 10:53

Crime & Court

Milk haulier avoids jail term for failing to declare €160,000 in VAT

A milk collection haulier who failed to declare over €160,000 in VAT to the Irish Revenue Commissioners a decade ago has been given a suspended sentence on the basis that ‘life has punished him enough’. James Wauchope (75) suffers from ...

24 Jan 2024 at 15:33

Shocks

Couple mistakenly billed £12,000 by water companies for non-existent leak describe four-year debt collection ‘torture’

A couple mistakenly billed £12,000 by two water companies for a leak that did not exist after moving into a new family home have described their four-year debt collection ordeal as “torture”. Anna Pearce, 44, and her husband Andrew, ...

27 Aug 2024 at 12:56

Quirky

Hot Wheels obsessive forced to sell models to pay for cancer treatment builds extension to park 13,000-strong collection

A Hot Wheels obsessive, who built a house extension to park his 13,000 toy cars worth more than 65,000 US dollars (£52,000), has said the hobby means more to him than money, after selling some of his extraordinary collection to pay ...

22 Nov 2023 at 07:00

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PICTURES | Bargain hunters converge on Longford for Lakelands Vintage Club Autojumble and Collectors Fair

Use the Arrows < > above to go through the gallery Bargain hunters flocked to the Lakelands Vintage Club Ltd Autojumble and Collectors Fair on Sunday, January 14 in Ballymahon Farmers Mart. Longford Leader / Longford Live ...

18 Jan 2024 at 20:33

Record-breaking royal memorabilia collector flies across world for coronation

A record-breaking owner of one of the largest collections of royal memorabilia in the world has flown from rural Australia to join the crowds in London during the King’s coronation. Jan Hugo, 64, owns more than 10,000 ...

05 May 2023 at 14:42

Quirky

Man who has spent £60k on collectables and kept peel from Ian McKellen’s tangerine says his ‘obsession’ brings him joy

A collector who has spent approximately £60,000 on items such as vinyl records, celebrity autographs, vintage Star Wars figures, and even stole and kept the peel from Sir Ian McKellen’s eaten tangerine at a film ...

26 Oct 2023 at 12:12

Union criticises ‘sluggish’ negotiations to end Birmingham bins strike

A union at the centre of a strike by refuse collectors has criticised the slow rate of negotiations to try to resolve the dispute. Members of Unite in Birmingham are on an indefinite strike over pay which has ...

25 Mar 2025 at 18:20

Quirky

Dad with £20,000 Action Man collection who conducts photoshoots with the figurines says it connects him to inner child

A dad who has amassed a collection of Action Man figures worth over £20,000 and conducts photoshoots of his prized items in the woods has said collecting connects him with his inner child, although he does ...

02 Apr 2024 at 06:30

Quirky

Gothic artist who used to collect Barbie figurines now has an entire room full of 300 creepy dolls worth over £19k

A Gothic artist has turned an entire room of her house into a “shrine” to more than 300 “creepy dolls”, as she thinks collecting “makes life so much more interesting and fun” and has spent over £19,000 on ...

04 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Quirky

Mum of premature baby saves money towards his future by trading valuable Pokemon cards, with one going for £900

A mother who has collected more than 1,000 Pokemon cards over two years has found a “profitable hobby” in selling the “pieces of cardboard”, saving thousands of pounds to buy essentials for her premature ...

16 May 2023 at 20:26

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