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MONOCLE GREASE AND PENNY FARTHING OIL REMOVED FROM INFLATION BASKET


TYPICAL household goods including monocle grease and penny farthing oil have been removed from the basket of items used to measure inflation.
The new basket will include a range of modern, everyday purchases including spats, violin cases and sheet music for Dixieland jazz.
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BANKS USE MAN-EATING TIGERS TO DETER NEW BORROWERS


BRITAIN’S leading mortgage lenders are to deter new customers with a range of tactics including man-eating tigers and a huge Arab warrior armed with a mighty sword.
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BUY-TO-LET INVESTORS AGE 1,000 YEARS IN FOUR SECONDS


THOUSANDS of buy-to-let investors are ageing 1,000 years in around four seconds after receiving the latest valuations of their rented properties.
Nikki Hollis, said her husband Tom crumbled to ashes at the breakfast table shortly after opening a letter from his bank.
She said: “He kept telling everyone we were loaded because he’d bought ten flats […]