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Thousands of unmarried couples across Newcastle and the North East could face new financial liabilities when relationships end under government proposals to reform cohabitation law in England and Wale...
Beyond the big supermarkets, Newcastle has markets, pantries and apps that meaningfully reduce what a weekly shop costs.
Most houseplants that die are killed by kindness, and understanding that single fact solves the majority of indoor plant problems.
The fleas on your pet are a small fraction of the problem, and one very common mistake with cats can be fatal.
Universal Credit is worked out from a set of building blocks, and understanding which apply to you explains why the amount changes each month.
Personal Independence Payment is widely misunderstood, and several changes that claimants believe have happened were in fact dropped.
A dozen tools will handle most household jobs, and knowing which jobs to hand over is just as valuable as knowing which to attempt.
Newcastle has an unusually strong offer of genuinely free things to do, and a fair amount of it is not obvious to people who live here.
Most households could cut water use noticeably without any change they would actually notice day to day, starting with a leak nobody can hear.
Several substantial changes to the benefits system are in progress, at consultation or under review, and claimants are frequently unclear which are real.
Heritage hobbies are traditional pastimes that preserve skills, crafts and cultural practices passed...
Transport is one of the easier household costs to reduce, and several savings on Tyneside go unused simply because people do not know they exist.
Fixing locks in a price for certainty; staying on the cap keeps you exposed to quarterly changes. Neither is automatically the right answer.
Which bill you pay first matters more than most people realise, and the wrong order can turn a difficult month into a court hearing.
Dental disease affects most dogs and cats by middle age, and it is largely preventable with a job that takes two minutes a day.
Four or five simple repairs will save most garments that would otherwise be thrown away, and none of them require a sewing machine.
Much of Newcastle's housing was built before insulation was a consideration, which changes which energy-saving measures actually work.
Before a single light goes on, a typical household pays over three hundred pounds a year in standing charges, and there is very little you can do about it.
How much exercise a dog needs varies enormously, and the North East throws up specific seasonal hazards worth knowing about.
