Obviously bugs in the drinking water is a very serious issue and not trying to downplay that.

However, the BBC did manage to capture a classic of the 'Angry People in Local Newspapers' genre here:

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Now I'm ...

Nothing could beat a quarter pounder with cheese that had been stuck in the production bin for way over the 10 minute maximum holding time. Hot all the way through and the cheese just oozing.
Seems they're admitting there's a problem. Just heard an ad for "small improvements to our classic burgers ...

Urgh: Ads during podcasts read out unconvincingly by the hosts of other podcasts you've never heard of, advertising products you're not interested in. Usually along the lines of:

"Hi, it's Milly and Tilly here from the 'Mummy Drinks Wine' podcast, and we wanted to let you know about a special ...

cdd wrote: Thu 11 Jan, 2024 22.52 What about those makeshift launderettes, which are just an unstaffed former fish bar with a couple of coin-ops plonked inside.

Yes, but do they do duvets?

Have John Lewis got close to the holy grail of retro Christmas lights?

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-40-led-retro-lights/p110287383

They aren't as saturated as they look in the phone pics below, they seem to be warm white LEDs inside a colour plastic envelope and they very closely mimic ...

I've not read the Edinburgh Evening News for years due to their awful website (and whingy reporting), but today I noticed this front page appearing on BBC Scotland's online paper review:

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The news story in question relates to ...

thegeek wrote: Sat 07 Oct, 2023 14.30you can re-add your card to your digital wallet if you want to get the new design.

Ah, thanks. Here's the standard FlexAccount debit card then:

BBC TV Centre wrote: Sat 07 Oct, 2023 10.02I wonder if this generic image on the site is what our cards might look like in future:

If you go into the Current accounts section on the website you can see each account and it's card colour.

The credit card is shown on this page.

(Edit: updated to link to better graphics of the new cards)

Slightly off topic, but related. Here in Edinburgh, I noticed that the closed-down M&S Outlet shop at Meadowbank Retail Park has been taken over by Home Bargains. This will mean B&M, Home Bargains and Poundland are all directly next to each other in a row at this location.

I noticed that M&S Foodhall have replaced plastic carrier bags with paper ones now. I've not tried them as I brought my own plastic 'bags for life' that I've been using for ages.

I'm not against the change, but I guess I won't get new plastic bags when my 'bags for life' wear out now - which would ...

As part of the birthday celebrations, I noticed Debenhams stores were offering all Metropol members 20 free bonus Nectar points yesterday*.

Hope you managed to pop-in and get your card swiped!

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(* Offer ends 23:59 on 15/08/23 ...