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Fundraise as you save with website

Feeling the pinch? Birmingham Mail Consumer Editor Emma McKinney discovers how a Birmingham woman has launched a website that helps shoppers save while raising money for good at the same time.Read

Erm, have you got the receipt?

Did Santa bring you yet another dodgy jumper or your umpteenth toiletry set this Christmas? Birmingham Mail Consumer Editor Emma McKinney finds out what rights you have taking back your unwanted gifts once the festive season is over.Read

How to avoid a frocky horror!

CHRISTMAS presents wrapped. Check. Homemade mince pies in oven. Check. Free-range, butter-basted turkey ordered. Check.Read

Window on the world of fashion

IT was almost impossible not to be disappointed. They did nothing. Not even a blink or a flicker of a smile.Read

Have light touch with decorations

WE ALL want a cosy, cheerful home this Christmas to banish the doom and gloom around us.Read

Christmas on £50 - can it be merry?

TIS the season to be merry, but a new survey has revealed that nearly half of us Brits are dreading Christmas as the recession grips the nation leaving many people feeling the pinch.Read

Give your rooms a winter warmer

If you’re suffering from winter ills – spare a thought for rooms that may have their own seasonal ailments.Read

Chill out

SHOPPERS at Birmingham’s Pavilions are being offered the chance to put their feet up in a chill out zone.Read

Gem of deal

BIRMINGHAM’S Marks and Spencer store is running a host of promotions in the run-up to Christmas.Read

Beauty tips

PICK up tips from the experts with a beauty evening this Wednesday at Harvey Nichols.Read

Get some retail therapy

INDULGE at the new Dove Spa at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre.Read

Save on quality dresses

NEW into Birmingham’s Pavilions Shopping Centre is quality fashion chain Hobbs.Read

Win free styling for 12 months

ENSURE no more bad hair days throughout 2009.Read

Win VIP tickets to Clothes Show Live and a £300 Nikon Camera

CLOTHES Show Live returns to Birmingham’s NEC from December 5-10 for its 20th year as the world’s leading fashion and beauty event and this Friday you could be going for free!Read

Golden girls

Be a golden girl this party season.Read

Cold comfort

Sick of paying through the nose for medication to cure a cold? Birmingham Mail Consumer Editor Emma McKinney speaks to a Midland pharmacist who is helping to save shoppers much-needed cashRead

20 years of styles and stars

IT’S been, wait for it, 20 years since the Clothes Show Live first came to Birmingham.Read

Xmas sharing makes plenty of work for Dan

I FEEL like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory.Read

Christmas always comes up Roses

CHRISTMAS just wasn’t Christmas without them when I was a little girl.Read

Forties Fashion

A LOOK at the 1940's vintage clothes on the High Street this season. Read