by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 3, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
Key takeaways Burns from hot water bottles reached nearly 1,000 cases in 2024, the highest total in more than 20 years and double the 2019 figure, according to Children’s Burns Trust data cited by RoSPA. The BSI reinstated the British Standard for hot water...
by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 2, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
A heated airer cannot dry a load of washing for less than about 32p at the October price cap. Not a 202W one, not a 1,800W one, not one with a cover. That figure is set by the water in your laundry, and no amount of low-energy branding moves it. What the wattage...
by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 2, 2026 | Home & Garden
Basis: Ofgem price cap for 1 October to 31 December 2026, electricity 26.32p per kWh including VAT relief, direct debit. Until 30 September 2026 the capped rate was 26.11p. Wattages are the manufacturers’ own published specifications, opened and checked on 2...
by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 2, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
Key takeaways In England the carbon monoxide alarm duty sits with landlords. GOV.UK guidance says plainly that the regulations do not apply to owner occupiers. Scotland is different. Every home with a boiler, open fire, flue or non-electric heater must have a CO...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 30, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
Home security is sold the wrong way round. The expensive, heavily marketed products watch a burglary happen. The cheap, dull ones try to stop it. This index prices the second group against the first, using government data on how burglars actually get into British...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 30, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
The UK Student Kit Index prices the same 20-item student room kit every year and reads the total against the maintenance loan. This is the first edition. The 2026 UK student kit costs £569.11. Kitting out a student room takes 15.8% of the first maintenance loan...
