Taking that short cut made me clench 😂

Hedgehog among four chosen animals to feature on your new banknotes bbc.in/3TOAbrz

Big day for shit beer news: - Marstons Brewery in Burton on Trent closing. - Ostravar Brewery is being closed, emblem of the city now being brewed at Staropramen in Prague - Kwak owners no longer making the famous highwayman glass The one common thread: big beer corporations

A shoplifter who was freed from jail under the early release scheme went on to commit further shoplifting offences hours after being let out, The Telegraph can reveal. Michael Bogle, 38, was among 700 criminals released from prison last Thursday and has now been returned to jail for a shoplifting offence committed the same day🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

Drinking water

A very difficult choice. Obviously the only viable solution is a pint of each.

Things you learn in Texas: 1. The guy in the F-150 is worth a lot more than the dude in a Mercedes. 2. The small business owner from a state school is smarter than the majority of Ivy League grads. 3. There’s more racism in Connecticut country clubs than in rural honky-tonks. 4. Rednecks are more honorable than investment bankers. 5. The man who looks like he can’t afford the tab could buy the building. 6. They don’t ask for a deck before the meeting. 7. Prep school is where they send the problem kids. 8. If he’s wearing dusty boots, a 2XL Magellan shirt, a gold Rolex, and has a bulletproof case on his iPhone 12, you’ve already lost the negotiation. 9. “How’s business?” is a real question. “What do you do?” is a New York question. 10. Tips are bigger and egos are smaller. 11. A handshake still closes deals that a term sheet would kill. 12. The wealth is in real estate, oil, or a company nobody in Manhattan has ever heard of. 13. Your wife or daughter will never struggle finding help to change a tire. 14. Nobody asks where you went to college. 15. A weekend invitation to their ranch makes you part of the family.

I know people are worried about fuel prices. And I get it. You get to the pump, watch the numbers climb, and wonder why it's costing so much more than it used to.   The reality is that global events are pushing up costs, and families here at home are feeling the impact.   But I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help.   That's why from today, you'll be able to see petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, compare nearby stations and find the cheapest option before you fill up.   It's a small change, but if there's a practical way to help people keep more money in their pocket, I'll do it.

Don’t often do predictions but think we are due a serious housebuilding collapse soon. Whole sector seems to have slowed to a crawl. I have got architect friends telling me they have no fee paying work on for the first time in a decade.