The tiny-home movement: Cheap alternatives to home ownership

Priced out of the property market, first-time buyers are opting for cheap and cheerful alternatives to home ownership.  Narrowboats, campervans and even self-built cabins are among the wacky vessels that increasing numbers of young people are calling home. Just one search of #tinyhome on Instagram reveals reams of colourful pictures of boats and vans – … Read more

Boris Johnson looks at alternatives to cap on costs as care reforms are delayed AGAIN

Care reforms are delayed AGAIN: Families remain stuck with sky-high bills as Boris Johnson looks at alternatives to cap on costs Families stuck facing sky-high bills as Boris’ plan for care reforms delayed again  It is understood that Downing Street has gone cool on idea of £40,000 costs cap PM is now looking at a … Read more

ENACFIRE wireless headphones: Why Amazon shoppers are snapping up these Apple AirPods alternatives

High quality earbuds at a fraction of the price of big name brands: These ENACFIRE headphones have been reduced to just £29.99 on Amazon By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 21:07 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 29 June 2020 What are the best wireless headphones on the market? With so many options … Read more

Intensive care units are running low on EIGHT key drugs as doctors are forced to use alternatives

Doctors are prescribing medicines they haven’t used for 20 years and others that may cause heart attacks as hospitals run low on eight key drugs. Sedative drugs used to treat patients with the worst coronavirus symptoms in intensive care have been included on a list of drugs banned for exportation in an effort to ensure … Read more

Best Isa rates: The top tax-free cash accounts and £20,000 allowance alternatives

If Isa season is judged by how many new tax-free savings deals pop up in February and March, then 2020 has been an almost non-entity. At the start of this year, there were 149 easy-access Isas paying an average of 0.85 per cent, according to Moneyfacts.  By the first day of the new tax year … Read more

Drinkers are opting for low-alcohol alternatives, study shows

Drinkers are shunning nights in with a bottle of wine and opting for low-alcohol alternatives, study shows Retailer Majestic said fastest growing category is wine with less than 8% alcohol  The store said its sales of low and no-alcohol wines were up 52% in January   And nearly a quarter of drinkers aged 18 to 24 … Read more