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Green Wing series 2 has just drawn to a close (Series 1 won a BAFTA). The reason I recommend it is that it is a quirky, no holds barred sitcom. The funniest character by far is Dr Alan Statham (played by Mark Heap), the most creepy, egotistical, out-of touch character. We all know one! Few programmes make me laugh out loud, but this one and this character certainly do!

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My free site: www.taxigas.co.uk (written before petrolprices.com otherwise I wouldn't have bothered) isn't just for cabbies.

It collects data differently but relies on volunteers to report prices. (Check out the data for Cambridge compared to the data on petrolprices.com)

All prices have the date they were reported and the best way to view is using google earth (http://earth.google.com) which in itself is a great piece of free software (see screenshot below), but ordinary google maps are shown on the site too if you prefer. You can search, geographically within your own area for example within 10 miles of your home. You can also widen your search or search around another location. The site was developed with zero budget, but I hope it is useful to you.



I also want to be able to supply data for GPS devices, but again I need information from GPS users to be able to do this.

If enough people support it (by reporting prices and clicking ads) it should become a very reliable way to plan before your journey to find the cheapest petrol and drive down prices through competition. No need to go out of your way, just find the cheapest petrol on the route you are about to take.

The site has zero budget so we can't buy in data from other sources and it seriously needs a facelift but the functionality is all there. Like the moneysaving expert messageboard, it relies on everyone helping each other by reporting prices. Oh, and if you sign up, your email addresses are confidential, will not be sold on and you don't even have to have the (infrequent) newsletter if you don't want it.

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Karin and I have grown tired of having milk, sold by Tesco, going sour well before the use by date.

We buy from Tesco Bar Hill and Tesco Newmarket Road and have complained to the manager at Tesco Bar Hill in previous years, urging him to take our complaint to head office.

When we buy milk, we take it home immediately and refrigerate it. Nevertheless, in the warmer weather it can go bad well before the use by date.

The latest example was yesterday when the milk we bought for our 2 year old son curdled 4 days before the use by date. If we don’t notice when the milk is slightly off it can lead to an upset stomach.

When we took this up with Tesco in previous years, they sent an engineer to check out our refrigerator which was found to be functioning properly.

My suspicion therefore is that somewhere in the supply chain to Tesco, or within the store, the milk is not being properly refrigerated, or else their use by dates are overly optimistic.

Has anyone else experienced this problem with Tesco use by dates?