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Sport Funding

We keep hearing about the funding our GB competitors in the Olympics receive, but I've never come across any information about how much this is. For example, both Max Whitlock and Adam Peaty have...
12:20 Wed 04th Aug 20214 answers, last by Gromit 12:46 Wed 04th Aug 2021
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Phd Supervision

How often would someone studying for a PhD have to see the person supervising it? Is there any reason the postgrad would have to live in the town/city of the university awarding the degree -...
12:16 Mon 05th Jul 202113 answers, last by Fiametta 17:33 Tue 06th Jul 2021
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New Tv - No Scart

Just bought a new LG TV which is great but it doesn't have a SCART socket in the back, so I can't link it to my Freeview recorder. Is there something I can buy to 'convert' the SCART lead to something...
11:16 Wed 30th Jun 202120 answers, last by Buenchico 23:03 Sat 10th Jul 2021
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Croxall V Galloway

I hold no brief for George Galloway, but, as I've said before on AB, he's a formidable debater - something someone should have told Martine Croxall before she tried to take him on today on the BBC...
23:08 Tue 29th Jun 202122 answers, last by brainiac 11:44 Wed 30th Jun 2021
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Amazon Top-Up

To qualify for free delivery on a book order I need to add a book or something worth at least 40p. Does anyone know of something very inexpensive I could add?
11:52 Mon 21st Jun 202113 answers, last by brainiac 23:07 Mon 21st Jun 2021
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How To Screenshot

Morning all Could someone please tell me an easy way to take a screenshot - my laptop has neither a Print Screen button nor a Snipping Tool. I ordered some jeans last night, but when I got the...
09:01 Fri 16th Apr 202114 answers, last by brainiac 12:33 Sat 17th Apr 2021
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Ao.com/Fridge

Has anyone used ao.com to buy a domestic appliance? My small fridge has packed up, and the cheapest I can find with an icebox (£119) is with them. Should I go ahead, or pay more elsewhere?...
11:16 Mon 12th Apr 202118 answers, last by woodcote1 20:19 Mon 12th Apr 2021
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Small Business Rate Relief

As far as I can make out, a holiday let registered for business rates and not council tax, whose rateable value is less than £12,000, is entitled to small business rate relief - i.e does not have...
11:22 Wed 07th Apr 20212 answers, last by brainiac 11:33 Wed 07th Apr 2021
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Santander Closing 111 Branches

Relieved to see that the branch in the nearest town to me is not closing, but this news will be a blow to many. Full list here:...
13:54 Thu 25th Mar 202122 answers, last by barry1010 08:49 Fri 26th Mar 2021
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The Turing Challenge

To celebrate the new £50 note featuring Alan Turing, GCHQ have devised a fiendish puzzle, sure to brighten the lockdown tedium. Calling all Listener solvers, and anyone else who likes a workout!...
13:32 Thu 25th Mar 20213 answers, last by ichkeria 18:14 Mon 05th Apr 2021
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Maths Reminder

I keep reading the figures for the number of people vaccinated in a country and what percentage of its population that is. For example: Doses 28.2m % of population 38.7 Would someone please remind me...
13:47 Sun 21st Mar 202113 answers, last by Peter Pedant 14:49 Sun 21st Mar 2021
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Council Tax Rise

Anyone else had their Council Tax bill? Just received mine - an absolute stinker which has gone up by nearly 5%, when inflation is currently around 1%. After everything that has happened in the past...
13:10 Wed 17th Mar 202119 answers, last by novalis 15:16 Wed 17th Mar 2021
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Contactless Increase

The limit for a contactless card is to increase to £100. This is mad and unnecessary - if you lost your card you could be several hundred pounds down before you could report it. I know there's a limit...
13:20 Thu 04th Mar 202138 answers, last by bluemoon1 20:46 Thu 04th Mar 2021
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A Challenge For Chris

Hi Chris For a long time you've given many people lots of great advice on AB, particularly about laptops, so when I came across this I thought I'd challenge you with it - should be a doddle for an...
00:48 Fri 26th Feb 20218 answers, last by bednobs 12:36 Fri 26th Feb 2021
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Wetransfer

Somebody is going to send me some music recordings via WeTransfer, which I've never come across before. Will I be able to play them by just clicking on them, or will I have to 'join' WeTransfer, or...
13:29 Tue 23rd Feb 20216 answers, last by brainiac 00:27 Wed 24th Feb 2021
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Energy Cost Comparisons

Does anybody know of a site where you can compare gas and electricity prices by standing charge and unit price, NOT yearly usage?
10:17 Fri 19th Feb 20215 answers, last by barry1010 10:52 Fri 19th Feb 2021
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Zen

This should please many of the writers-in to 'You Say' in the Sunday Times Culture magazine who are always clamouring for its return: not a new series of Zen, alas, but a repeat of the excellent...
14:12 Sat 13th Feb 20215 answers, last by hellywelly4 11:40 Tue 16th Feb 2021
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Post Office Telephone

Any ABers out there who are with Post Office Telephone? Just found out that they have sold their phone and broadband business to Shell Energy. Of course, the say prices etc won't change, but they...
00:25 Thu 04th Feb 20211 answer, last by Buenchico 00:49 Thu 04th Feb 2021
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Syringe Source

With the news that now over 8 million in the UK have received their first jab, if they are administered by single-use syringes, then where have they got the millions of syringes from? And what happens...
13:38 Sun 31st Jan 202125 answers, last by woofgang 19:45 Mon 01st Feb 2021
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Paid Twice!

Due to a dodgy connection last night, I've ended up paying twice for my TV Licence (shown in my online banking as 'pending'). I've emailed them about it, but does anyone know how they might reimburse...
12:54 Tue 26th Jan 20215 answers, last by brainiac 12:59 Tue 26th Jan 2021

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