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I got married 4 years ago and for the first three months was still claiming tax credis. I know it was wrong but it was a case of I must ring them but it just kept slipping my mind, poor excuse I know....

Anyone got any good ones to share? ?

Hi everyone It is highly likely that my husband and I are going to get divorced. He has a serious, long term non-life threatening illness, and is unable to work. I work as a teacher, and currently pay...

I have a male friend that I like to banter with. The relationship is purely platonic but I am very fond of him as a friend. He is in a civil partnership... He is from Newcastle, so texts and e-mails...

I got home today to 3, yes 3, speeding tickets, I'm so upset. Its 3 days in a row at the same time taking my h to work at 6am, was doing 36.0, 37.1 AND 36.8 in a 30mph, I'm gutted. Got to pay £180 and...

I thought if you wanted to work out a percentage (ie what percentage of people had brown hair it was (amount of people with brown hair divide totak amount of people) multiplied by 100 They said the...

...do you and your OH split the maintenance 50/50 even if, biologically, the kids aren't yours? Sounds incredibly petty, but am I being unreasonable for saying to H that I'd rather not help foot the...

Can anyone please tell me why previously healthy people are dying from this? I know that we dont have specific details of the individual cases, but what is it that would be killing people? What would...

Wowzers, that's some coffin. It still makes me sad to think about him being gone :--(

ARGGGHHHHHHH! Mr WT isnt here (resident IT expert) so I cant ask him. Im trying to install Adobe Flash player (to use with Firefox and with IE so Ive tried it both ways) and it tells me its installed...

My 15 year old brother is coming away with us in July. We're off to Spain for 12days. Mum paid for his flight, we aren't asking anything for accommodation or towards car hire as we'd have to pay for...

I've knackered a screw I need to remove and there is no longer any bits for the Phillips screwdriver to fit into. Normally when I've done this a mixture of (my not very strong) brute force, pliers,...

His back catalogue is vast, and every time I pick one I think "oh no, what about this song..and this one...and this one..". But having listened to a couple of his albums today I'm going to choose Man...

The gardener was trimming the bush out the front of our house yesterday, and discovered an active wasp's nest. He nearly lopped it out but spotted it just in time - ouch...! ? So now I have to somehow...

OK, I am probably going to get into trouble for this because I haven't been on hitched for about 3 years now but this is an emergency! Hubby has been shortlisted on photobox in the dishiest dad...

A month ago I gace my dad an ipod touch which I installed a load of music on and this weekend I'm taking the library over to put on his computer. I didn't have much space on my extrenal hard drive so...

About 3 weeks ago, I sowed some courgette, carrot and lettuce seeds into large pots in the garden (the seeds were OK to be sown straight outside). They took wonderfully, especially the courgettes,...

Just spent 30 mins on the phone to Ticketmaster. Supposed to be going to see Oasis at Murrayfield on Wednesday. Booked tickets bloody months ago. Still haven't received them so I phoned Ticketmaster...

Hi everyone Would someone please mind teling me how you do a search for old threads? Despte looking at the page for the last 10 mins, I cant spot it anywhere... Thanks

How do these companies end up always having control over my money. I'm so mad! I pay by DD and recently, npower changed my billing to six monthly statements. I hate that as its hard to keep up with...

I've been separated from my husband for over a year now and we really want a divorce ASAP, we dont even just want to wait until the 2 year thing, we're both willing to have anything cited as the...

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease help me........................ I need a new laptop (actually I need 2) and have trawled the internet, cnet, dabs... and asked our IT person (no use whatsoever) Its main function...

I long suspected, but discovered the other week for sure that i am being underpaid by an average of £6k in comparison to some of my colleagues with the same or less responsibility both in my school...

For anyone that remembers the whole male best friend saga - short version for those who don't know the background, been mates with this guy for 10 years, he started seeing his girlfriend 4 years ago...

They got an 11 to 1 majority from the jury He's been found guilty and sentenced to 32 years I don't know what to do, I'm in shock ! Thanks again to everyone for the support over the last 18 months, I...

Personally, I think no. My H and I weren't able to vote on Thurs (our son was in a London Children's hospital intensive care) but I was so shocked that my H told me last night that had a UKIP not been...

What do htchers think? Should children have to prove they have had all their MMRs (initial injection and boosters) before being allowed to go to school. I think i am torn between community...

I got my TT tickets through at the weekend (woohoo!) I've never been to a concert at Wembley Stadium before and wondered if anyone with more experience had any top tips? We've got standing tickets,...