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Tory Minister calls for house price stability
Home ownership should no longer be seen as a long-term financial investment, Grant Shapps, the Housing Minister, has declared.
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The Secret History Of: The Peugeot Peppermill
It looks like a classic wooden peppermill. You've probably used one without realising. But it is, in fact, a Peugeot peppermill. Yes, it turns out that the French company has been making pepper, salt and coffee mills for longer than it has been making cars. Who knew?
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