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Parents of sporty kids spend on average £1,216 a year on fuel getting their children to training and matches, racking up some 1,716 miles.

Parents fork out £1,216 a year on kids' sport trips
From early-morning football runs to weekend swimming lessons, parents are clocking up thousands of miles and spending a fortune getting their sporty children to training and matches.
Tommy Joyce

Decorated RAF bomb aimer Len Sumpter kept the historic menu from the June 1943 celebration dinner honouring the Dambusters crews.

Dambusters hero's signed menu sells for £4,000

Tesco is recruiting 28,000 temporary workers to help meet demand over the Christmas period.

Tesco hiring 28,000 extra Christmas staff

The Royal Mint has hidden a 22-carat gold Snowman 50p coin, priced at £2,495, inside one of its 2026 advent calendars.

£2,495 gold Snowman coin hidden in advent calendar

Greggs has announced its full Christmas menu for 2026, from a revamped Festive Bake to candy cane drinks and bakes.

Greggs unveils its full 2026 Christmas menu with new festive treats

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Head of Ewbank's Auctioneers, Andrew Ewbank, left, and head of trading cards, James Spooner.

Pokémon cards found in attic could fetch £270,000

Katie Lloyd bagged a doctorate in marketing and strategy in March after spending four years completing her PHD all while rocking trendy outfits and bouncy blowouts

'Academic Barbie', 27, mistaken for student

Cura Terrae archaeologist digging up an amphora at Cataractonium.

Britain's oldest pistachio found in Roman well

A rare signed Dambusters menu could sell for £6,000 at auction

Rare Dambusters menu could fetch £6,000

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The OOONO Co-Driver No1 traffic alarm alerts drivers to speed cameras

Speed camera warning device reduced to £27

Plug-in solar is gradually becoming more affordable - and this Amazon bargain might be the best one yet

This £409 plug-in solar kit could be one of the best bundles to buy

Music and podcast fans are taking advantage of a four-month trial of Amazon Music

Amazon Music is offering four months free but the deal ends soon

'Coupon king' reveals hack to get Nando's burger for £3 less

‘Coupon king’ reveals Nando’s £3.25 burger hack

Environment

September is the second-highest on record for "spiders in house"

Why spiders hide behind picture frames

A fresh warning has been issued on the Asian Hornet

Asian hornet alert as sightings rise across Britain

Bruce the red deer had become a familiar sight around Chasewater and Burntwood

‘King of Chasewater’ stag Bruce dies

MPs are set to debate the possibility of a permanent national monument to honour Sir David Attenborough, after a petition received almost 90,000 signatures

David Attenborough statue: Calls for monument to ‘national treasure’

Education

New uni students can't wait for mum and dad to clear off, says a new survey

Freshers want parents gone within three hours of university move-in

New Gen Yoto Player

The new Yoto Player has already made my son’s Christmas list

Nine in 10 parents encounter road rage on the school run

Nine in 10 parents face school-run road rage

Regatta’s back to school sale collection includes fleeces, padded jackets and a waterproof coat with a built-in torch.

Regatta’s £4.80 fleece is a top of the class back-to-school bargain

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Cheap gadgets are piling up: USB chargers, mini fans and LED lights are among the inexpensive electrical items driving the growing e-waste problem.

Cheap gadgets fuel Britain’s e-waste crisis

Claude and Violet’s love story began while he was recovering from war wounds at Wordsley Hospital in Stourbridge in 1916.

WW1 soldier’s bloodstained diary reveals tragic love story

The legendary de Havilland Mosquito, nicknamed the 'Wooden Wonder', is the subject of a £229.99 limited-edition Corgi model supporting a project to return a British-built example to the skies.

Corgi unveils £230 limited-edition WWII Mosquito model

Marks & Spencer is among major UK retailers affected by cyber attacks, alongside Co-op and Asos, while H&M investigates hacking claims.(Photo: Shutterstock)

Explainer Why hackers are targeting M&S, Asos, Co-op and H&M

Last month, H&M said net sales had increased £4.4 billion between June and September (Yui Mok/PA)

Breaking H&M, Asos, Hobbs and Whistles face cyber security crisis

Tesco is rolling out a new artificial intelligence assistant

Tesco rolls out AI meal planning assistant

The Beatles postcard could fetch more than £3,000

Beatles postcard could fetch £3,000 at auction

The packhorse bridge and clapper bridge which is usually under water.

Reservoir drop reveals prehistoric villages

Traditional toys are booming as parents aim to curb children’s screen time

Screen-free toys tipped to be Christmas hits

Barbara Murphy, 49, sold counterfeit clothing items often for half the retail price

Mum jailed over £492,000 fake designer goods business

Rafal Goral at his home in Chelmsford Essex

Motorist beats £100 parking fine with ChatGPT

Asda

Asda urgently recalls men's boots and shoes over chemical risk

Boots to be bought by Canada’s Weston family in £6.7bn deal

Simiao Niu, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Rutgers School of Engineering (right), and doctoral student Fuying Dong work in the lab on a smart shoe powered by the wearer's footsteps

Smart shoe tracks walking without a battery

Fridges and freezers pile-up at Mayton Wood Recycling Centre, Norfolk

30,000 fridges pile up at recycling site

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