In an effort to get around the big rise in oil prices, thousands of motorists have taken to running their cars on supermarket-bought vegetable oil and it’s all perfectly legal. Plenty of owners of cars with older diesel engines can run their car on vegetable oil — either mixed in with ordinary diesel or entirely on such oils.
Householders have been warned to expect a big rise in home insurance premiums after Britain’s two biggest insurers said they would increase rates to cover the impact of this summer’s flooding — predicted to cost £3,3-billion. Britain’s largest insurer, Norwich Union, said it was planning to introduce 10% increases — typically £35 to £40 a year — in buildings and contents premiums on all renewal notices sent out after August 6.