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Light up for longer A new survey by Which? consumer magazine shows that cheap lightbulbs often outperform their costly competitors. In the survey, Sainsbury's GU10 halogen spotlight (the one most people use) in the Basics range, which costs Pounds 1.97, lasts more than its estimated 2,000 hours and so is a best-buy.

In tests of regular bulbs, General Electric's Classic came in top of the class, at 39p. However, despite being cheap, regular lightbulbs waste energy, so go for a longlife bulb if you can. For more information, visit www.which.co.uk.

Serve me, sir Elegant wooden Butler's trays with stands (Pounds 39.95) from Cally Co are available in four muted tones and form part of a new ...

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