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Online retailer Amazon.co.uk added to its entertainment, fashion and electronics channels with the launch of its DIY and Tools channel today.  The 20" Jack 880 Hand Saw Twin Pack with 3 Pack of Sharpie Marker Pens

We've got a new editor on our sister site Homes & Bargains who's got some great ideas on how to save money on your energy bills.

Planning on doing a spot of DIY this weekend? Fancy a new set of tools?

It sounds like a publicity stunt for the new X Files film (which is garbage by the way), but the mystery of a batch of "toxic sofas" was more shocking reality than science fiction for thousands of people across the UK.

You have to squint a bit to see the positives in harder economic climates - but one definite upside is the number of clearance sales that pop up, as retailers work that little bit harder to maintain a respectable turnover of stock. And believe it or not, it even happens in the country's most expensive city. A great example is this bathroom clearance sale in London - at Bathroom Heaven in Kings Cross.

If you're in the market for a new dishwasher, the chances are you're not going to pay through the nose for the first one you see.

Personalised gifts and tasteful don't often sit well in the same sentence with one or two notable exceptions - Plantabox, for example, offers customisable fruit crates containing a choice of flowers, vegetables and herbs for a happy marriage of the practical and the personal.

Total sales for Carpet Right dropped 9.2% in the 13 weeks to August 2 2008 with little solace in the like-for-like figures where a decline of over 15% has been reported. The Chairman, Philip Harris stated that "people have stopped spending at the moment on the home."

Fair point, but 4 out of 10 for grammar, Phil.