Buy bread in the evening, hit the sales on a Tuesday: retail workers’ top tips to cut your shopping bill | Life and style

From supermarkets’ yellow-stickered items to apps for free food, there are many ways to lower your shopping bill amid the cost of living crisis. Retail workers share their insider info on how to save money at grocery stores, street markets and charity shops. Be savvy about store discounts Alasdair Baker from Aldershot runs The Penny…

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‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient | Flooding

Good fences make good neighbours – but rain fences could make even better ones. That is the hope of housing corporations in the Netherlands, which are adopting rainwater storage in their garden fences. In a tidy neighbourhood in Veldhoven, where the social housing provider, Woonstichting ’thuis, is installing its first such rain fence, one couple,…

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