How to naturally dye clothes – from the skins of avocados to water used to soak old copper coins

In the world of fast fashion, it’s often easy to ignore old clothes that sit in your drawers and snap up brand new versions instead.  However, Ireland-based online magazine MetDaan Fashion has come up 11 DIY home dyes – using ingredients you might have in your cupboard or fridge – that promise to breathe new life … Read more

Rare 50p coins featuring Olympic swimmers sell for £10,000

The rare 50p coins featuring Olympic swimmers that sell for £10,000 Some commemorative coins produced for the London 2012 Olympics are rare The original accidentally incorporated wavy lines obscuring the swimmer’s face  Only 600 were released before the mistake was spotted and the coin re-minted By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 … Read more

Check your sofa… £120MILLION worth of old pound coins are still missing

Check your sofa… £120MILLION worth of old pound coins are still missing – almost three years after they stopped being legal tender Royal Mint chiefs say £1.58bn round coins were returned to be swapped But 122,000,000 of the old coin were never sent back after the change in 2017 Officials revealed nearly 1.5million fake £1s … Read more

Check your sofa… £120MILLION worth of old pound coins are still missing

Check your sofa… £120MILLION worth of old pound coins are still missing – almost three years after they stopped being legal tender Royal Mint chiefs say £1.58bn round coins were returned to be swapped But 122,000,000 of the old coin were never sent back after the change in 2017 Officials revealed nearly 1.5million fake £1s … Read more

Black and ethnic minority figures set to feature on British coins for first time

Black and ethnic minority people could feature on British money for first time under plan for coins featuring historical figures including Gurkha heroes and wartime nurse Chancellor Rishi Sunak considering plans Treasury minister tells the Telegraph British-Jamaican Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole one name being considered Plans have been submitted to Royal Mint by The Bank … Read more

Black and ethnic minority figures set to feature on British coins for first time

Black and ethnic minority people could feature on British money for first time under plan for coins featuring historical figures including Gurkha heroes and wartime nurse Chancellor Rishi Sunak considering plans Treasury minister tells the Telegraph British-Jamaican Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole one name being considered Plans have been submitted to Royal Mint by The Bank … Read more

Over 100 children are found buried with coins in their mouths at lost 16th century Poland graveyard

More than 100 children are found buried with coins in their mouths at lost 16th century graveyard in Poland discovered during excavations for major motorway Construction workers excavating a motorway in Poland found a graveyard  The burial site dates back to the 16th century and holds 115 skeletons Experts say 70 to 80 percent of the remains … Read more

Will anyone take cash? Many shops ban notes and coins over virus fears

The cashier at WHSmith clears his throat to make sure Diane von Kesmark, 72, can hear him. ‘It’s hygiene, madam,’ he tells her, emphatically. But he is not referring to the transparent plastic shield separating customers from the till, nor the latex gloves he is wearing to handle goods. He is explaining why he can’t … Read more