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  • Wally of the Week – Brazen bread “grabber” Charlotte Day

    Wally of the Week – Brazen bread “grabber” Charlotte Day

    Healthcare assistant Charlotte Day disgracefully moans about panic buying of bread just as homeless people freeze to death

     

    Last week, a homeless man froze to death in Chelmsford, Essex. A week before, another was found dead on the steps of Westminster Tube station in London.

     

    Meanwhile, yesterday, in Medway, Kent, a moaning Minnie named Charlotte Day contacted the Mail Online to complain about how she’d not been able to nab a loaf of bread in a Tesco Extra store.

     

    24-year-old healthcare assistant Ms Day – no doubt paid for her pathetic non-story by the newspaper – claimed “customers were barging past each other” and ridiculously bleated:

     

    “Shoppers were walking around with a panicked look on their faces. Some people had six or seven loaves in their basket.”

     

    “People were pushing around, they weren’t being polite about it. I went to grab the last loaf and someone who already had six in their trolley took it, the shelves were empty. I couldn’t believe how busy it was.”

     

    That this woman was prepared to go to the press about a bit of bread is bad enough, but that people are expiring their last breaths on the pavements of one of the richest countries in the world is utterly outrageous. Shame on Charlotte Day and shame on all of us.

     

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  • Profit from Focus

    Profit from Focus

    Six year old Ford to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock

     

    A zippy 2011 Ford Focus RS with just 18 miles on the clock is to be sold at auction next month for nearly double what it cost new.

     

    The ‘Ultimate Green’ with a green sports fabric interior vehicle – which certainly would even stand out in a Tesco car park – comes with a 2.5-litre, 5-cylinder engine and is capable of 0-60 miles per hour in just 4.7 seconds. It features a front-wheel drivetrain, 19-inch wheels and what are described as “a wing that would embarrass a Porsche Turbo.”

     

    Surprisingly serviced four times despite its low mileage, the Focus is presented in “unwrapped” condition: The radio aerial has never been fitted, the wheel centres have never been put on and the seats still have their delivery plastic covers in place.

     

    Silverstone Auctions have set an estimate of £38,000 to £44,000 ($50,000 to $58,000, €43,000 to €49,000 or درهم186,000 to درهم215,000) and will sell what they call a “remarkable little car” at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November.

     

    Profit from Focus – Six year old Ford Focus RS to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock – Offered by Silverstone Auctions at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November 2017.Profit from Focus – Six year old Ford Focus RS to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock – Offered by Silverstone Auctions at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November 2017. Profit from Focus – Six year old Ford Focus RS to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock – Offered by Silverstone Auctions at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November 2017. Profit from Focus – Six year old Ford Focus RS to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock – Offered by Silverstone Auctions at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November 2017.Profit from Focus – Six year old Ford Focus RS to be sold for nearly double its price in 2011; it has just 18 miles on the clock – Offered by Silverstone Auctions at their NEC Classic Motor Show Sale on 11th and 12th November 2017.

  • Nick Bell

    Nick Bell

    Born in 1983 in Alnwick, Northumberland, Nick Bell is amongst the few youngsters who genuinely deserve the accolade “entrepreneur”. A former pupil of The Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, Bell sold his first company, Tennfront.com, for £1 million at the age of 16 and has been vice president of content at Snapchat since 2013. Meeting him has been described as being like a “golden ticket” to success. He has over 5,000 followers on Twitter.

     

  • Cassandra Stavrou

    Cassandra Stavrou

    Gourmet popcorn entrepreneur Cassandra StavrouGourmet popcorn entrepreneur Cassandra Stavrou is based in Barnet, North London and counted Google as her first customer. (more…)

  • Dame Shirley Porter DBE (née Shirley Cohen)

    Dame Shirley Porter DBE (née Shirley Cohen)

    Dame Shirley Porter DBETesco heiress Dame Shirley Porter joined Twitter in August 2014 and describes herself there as “an English philanthropist and former UK politician residing in Israel”. (more…)

  • Jim Chapman

    Jim Chapman

    Jim ChapmanThis English “vlogger” is originally from Norfolk and has gained over 1.7 million subscribers since 2009. (more…)

  • You reap what you sow

    You reap what you sow

    Businessman Rupert James shares his views on the problems at Tesco

     

    Jack Cohen founded Tesco; his wife was called Tessa Cohen. That is where the name comes from. It grew far too quickly and it has become too big. Now this behemoth is unsurprisingly reaping what it has sown. (more…)

  • Well sly water

    Well sly water

    Matthew Steeples examines London venues charging the most for mineral water

     

    A 500ml bottle of San Pellegrino will set you back just 63p in Tesco. At The Wellesley in Knightbridge, however, a customer, Edward Heaton, was left somewhat shocked when he got a bill of £75 for three bottles on 17th July. (more…)

  • A fond farewell to Juicy Couture

    A fond farewell to Juicy Couture

    Claire Rubinstein laments the closure of Juicy Couture’s US stores

     

    When I heard the news that the clothing brand Juicy Couture – famed for the much maligned rhinestone bedazzled tracksuits – had shut down all its US Stores at the end of last week I was somewhat surprised. (more…)

  • Valuing Chardonnay

    Fred Sculthorp tests Tesco’s Everyday Value Chardonnay

     

    Growing older, one is almost always inclined to question what legacy one will leave. This is a particular dilemma for someone who has journeyed through life being fortunate enough to have tasted some of the finest wines on offer. As one who critiques rather than makes, what flaming torch am I to pass on to those who follow me? This thought burdens me daily as I browse the wine shelves of my local supermarket. (more…)