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Co-Op Insurance Freephone Number

I'm trying to find a Freephone number for Co-op insurance, but the only one I've found - 0800 0686 727 - just cuts off after some recorded messages. Does anyone know of another number... ...

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New Tyres Have No Valves

Cleaning my i10 before its MoT tomorrow I was amazed to see that 3 of the 4 new tyres fitted last month by a large autocentre in town have no visible valves. I hadn't thought to look when I... ...

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Times Jumbo 1691

I've completed this but one solution is puzzling me. Buried away from home, with no confirmation of age (7) Answer is UNDATED, ie with no confirmation of age. But I cannot fathom the wordplay!

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Renewing Driving Licence

I've just completed the online application to renew my driving licence. They ask that you cut the old one in two and return it to them. Should I do this straight away or wait till the new... ...

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Allergy Deaths

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gvkvlp208o Another sad story about a young person dying from ingesting something they were allergic to - in this case cow's milk; in that of Natasha... ...

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Choudary Gets Life

Let's hope that's the last we ever hear of him https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3geqp8vx08o ...

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Speedy Passport

Credit where it's due: applied for a new passport online last Thursday and sent my old one back the same day - new one has just arrived, as has the cancelled old one. That's really impressive,... ...

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Talktalk

I've just been (forcibly) moved from Shell to talktalk for my phone. Does anyone know a Freephone number I can use to contact talktalk please? All there seems to be is a wretched, useless... ...

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Hotmail Folders

Is there any way of finding out how many emails I've got in each of the different folders I've created? Doesn't seem to be any such info when I click on one.

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It's emerged tonight on Newsnight that the reason Sunak left the D-Day commemorations early - leaving Lord Cameron to be photographed in the leaders' line up and Keir Starmer to meet Zelensky - ... ...

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Printer Ink

I've found an online company (ink-trader) that has the HP 301 colour and black-and-white cartridges I need for only £20 for both - but they're 'remanufactured.' Has anyone used this sort of... ...

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Rebus

What an unlikeable character they have made him, in a programme unremittingly grim and violent. And how was the language deemed suitable for Saturday night viewing? Having been taken aback by... ...

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Death In Paradise

How ridiculous to cast a black actor (Don Gilet) as the new Inspector in this. Surely the show is predicated on a white man being sent to a world where he looks and feels out of place and doesn't... ...

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Electrical Socket Change

I have a double electric socket in my garage which the residents' association of the courtyard where I live are insisting be changed to an RCD type (along with 12 other garages). The garage is my... ...

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Escape Rooms

I keep reading about escape rooms and wonder, if any ABers have done one, are they fun, good value for money? Today I came across an 'outdoor one' called Solve the City which is available in... ...

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Standing Charges

As tariffs change tomorrow, I've just taken readings to send to my energy supplier - everyone should do the same. Although unit prices are coming down, standing charges are going up, and I... ...

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Smelly Carpet

I had a fairly big water spillage on my living room carpet near the front door. I'm slowly drying it out with the help of my dehumidifier, but there is a horrible musty/mouldy smell in the room... ...

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Radio 3 Going Downhill

What on earth is happening to Radio 3? I've noticed in the past few weeks a general dumbing-down of what they choose to play, especially in the morning, but now today we're subjected to 'the... ...

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Washing Machine Problem

I have some sort of blockage under my kitchen sink which means the water drains away slowly. Stupidly, I used my washing machine and the sink blockage meant that when the machine discharged the... ...

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An Absurd 'Sport'

If ever there were proof of how ridiculous a 'sport' basketball is, here is one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/68461328 40,000 points! The hoop is 10ft high but most of the players are... ...

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Co-Op Insurance Freephone Number

New Tyres Have No Valves

Times Jumbo 1691

Renewing Driving Licence

Allergy Deaths

Choudary Gets Life

Speedy Passport

Talktalk

Hotmail Folders

Sunak Goes Missing

Printer Ink

Rebus

Death In Paradise

Electrical Socket Change

Escape Rooms

Standing Charges

Smelly Carpet

Radio 3 Going Downhill

Washing Machine Problem

An Absurd 'Sport'

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