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Jeweller 'priced out' of Christmas market stall this year
Alex says a change in operator and rise in costs means this is the first winter she will not be renting a stall.
August 7, 2026'I couldn't sleep when I heard the last bank would close'
When 84-year-old Maggie Dodd discovered that the last remaining bank in Lochgilphead was closing, she began to panic.
June 21, 2026Cake sheds are making bakers £1,000 a week - but the dream might be over
They may have captured the public's imagination, but are councils coming for the cute cake cupboards?
June 6, 2026'Your balloon releases aren't going to heaven'
Naomi Spittles refuses to provide balloons for memorial releases and says "it infuriates me".
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Jeweller 'priced out' of Christmas market stall this year
Alex Healy has sold her jewellery at the Christmas market in Liverpool since 2021 When silversmith Alex Healy was planning her return to work after maternity leave, the first date she hoped to add to
'I couldn't sleep when I heard the last bank would close'
When 84-year-old Maggie Dodd discovered that the last remaining bank in her town was closing, she began to panic. "I was distraught," she says. "I mean I couldn't sleep that first night when I reali
Cake sheds are making bakers £1,000 a week - but the dream might be over
Cake sheds are becoming something of a Great British tradition. You may have noticed one pop up near you. These small, cupboard-like "sheds" are usually jam-packed with home-baked goods that you help