Half a banana and 10p bread - could you live on £1 a day? - Bournemouth Echo

Half a banana and 10p bread - could you live on £1 a day? Bournemouth Echo Helen said they would probably have spent around £50 on five days food and instead they raised around £200 in sponsorship for Results UK, for the Live Below the Line campaign. “It is easy to be frugal for five days: knowing that on Saturday we could ...

Retail figures plunge as frugal Britons postpone summer shopping trips - The Guardian

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Retail figures plunge as frugal Britons postpone summer shopping trips The Guardian The gloomy data coincided with a British Retail Consortium survey that showed Britain's high streets had suffered the biggest fall in visitor numbers since November 2009, with footfall in April down more than 12% on last year. and more »

British Save on Staycations While Enjoying Their Homeland - Travel-News.co.uk

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British Save on Staycations While Enjoying Their Homeland Travel-News.co.uk The British Isles are filled with places with miles of wonderful coastline or countryside as far as the eye can see, and a simple, frugal camping trip can save thousands over more-expensive vacations like a cruise or flying to a foreign country. and more »

Google Project Glass: Why the future of computing won't be on your face - ElectricPig.co.uk

Google Project Glass: Why the future of computing won't be on your face ElectricPig.co.uk The Pebble watch is just one of many such devices, but it's small and inconspicuous, frugal on power and lets users access all the key features you'd need to from your phone: reading emails and messages, switching tracks and a load more by way of a ... and more »

Goodbye Caroline Lucas, queen of the tofu-munching, closeted-conservative ... - Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

Goodbye Caroline Lucas, queen of the tofu-munching, closeted-conservative ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog) If you eat rubbish, you become unhealthy. If you disrespect the living space of others, you become uncivilised. If you exhaust the planet's resources, you become hooked on money yet also impoverished. The desire to conserve, to be frugal, to respect ... and more »