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Miles Brignall

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/ 19 March 2008

Running your car on vegetable oil

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.

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/ 13 August 2007

Paying twice

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.

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