You are happy in your home, but for one reason and another, it seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Perhaps your cute toddler has grown into a strapping teenager and acquired a younger brother or sister. Perhaps you have bought so many box sets of Game of Thrones that they take up half the […]
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I have very happy memories of David Bellamy (Obituary, 13 December) visiting our first school (for children aged four to eight) in Binley Woods, Warwickshire, in 1983. A letter from the children asked him to visit their small copse in the grounds they cared for and a pond they had created. He came for two, but stayed for three hours, talking to all 150 children and sharing their enthusiasm for natural history. He lay on the floor with the reception class, loving their song about a caterpillar. “Just wish I was five and could come to your school,” he said, ending his special morning. A year later he had an evening at Warwick University. I managed to pass a jar of blackberry jam to him, the fruit picked from the copse by the children and the jam made with some older help. David was delighted and touched, talking about it in the second half of the show. He was a truly delightful character.
Val Roberts
Retired headteacher, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
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Continue reading...I have very happy memories of David Bellamy (Obituary, 13 December) visiting our first school (for children aged four to eight) in Binley Woods, Warwickshire, in 1983. A letter from the children asked him to visit their small copse in the grounds they cared for and a pond they had created. He came for two, but stayed for three hours, talking to all 150 children and sharing their enthusiasm for natural history. He lay on the floor with the reception class, loving their song about a caterpillar. “Just wish I was five and could come to your school,” he said, ending his special morning. A year later he had an evening at Warwick University. I managed to pass a jar of blackberry jam to him, the fruit picked from the copse by the children and the jam made with some older help. David was delighted and touched, talking about it in the second half of the show. He was a truly delightful character.
Val Roberts
Retired headteacher, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
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Continue reading...Three-year low of 1.5% comes amid speculation that interest rates will be cut soon
UK inflation remained at the lowest level in three years in November despite rising prices for hard-pressed households across a variety of goods, including chocolate, concert tickets and package holidays.
The Office for National Statistics said the consumer price index (CPI) held steady at 1.5% last month, the same level recorded in October, as the annual jump in some prices was offset by falling prices elsewhere, including for cigarettes and hotel rooms.
Continue reading...Once you have had an offer on a property accepted, there are a series of steps the buyer and the seller must complete before the new home is yours. There are no guarantees until the contracts have been exchanged and even then you may have to wait a few weeks before the seller will be […]
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If you can’t afford to buy, renting is cheaper. Right? Well the latest figures show that might not be the case. Here the Money Advice Service looks at whether buying a home costs less than renting Content provided by OnTheMarket.com is for information purposes only. Independent and professional advice should be taken before buying, selling, letting […]
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