Possibly look at the end of the month just before the new reg comes out possible goods deals to be had. Nissan give you a 14 day cooling off on the finance I’m sure others do too which allows you to pay off without the interest being charged you will have the admin fee normally about £150 but as others have said you can save much more taking the finance option. Good luck

No problems here the wife actually bought me my hardtail (Merida 0 nine pro 1000d) just as long as she can buy as many handbags as she like which is fine with me as its her money she uses to buy them 😀

Just been on to BT to cancel bb and phone package with them to move away. Young lady then offers Bt Infinity option 2 totally unlimited (upto 78meg) evening and weekend calls plus bt tv for £20 pm. we currently have 4 meg max heard alot of bad things about talktalk but also lots of good things depends on who you get. BT have loads of offers at the mo the package we were offered is £26 pm online give them a ring and haggle.

Wife has had three minis, the first two mini coopers the second a clubman and loves them all. Clubman better than th ‘normal’ for kids we have a 6 year old and 18 months and works great for both of them. The clubman also has the extra seat in the rear i.e. 3 seats do give a bit more room. She is looking to change the clubman for a different one if you are interested in a 59 plate one with all the extras you can think of including leather, sport pack etc for about £8000.

You can ‘sideload’ most of the android apps so the app market is much better. Films on the play book is much better than iPad as they have two speakers. Really like the play book but also have iPads in the house mainly for work though.

Wildfire s is ok but battery life is a bit naff. Wife has the LG l3 and is as good if not better than the wildfire and is half the price

Might have to wait till March and put a little on top but the Sony Experia Z comes out then and looks rather good and the waterproof and dust proof are an added bonus.

We got the Phil and Teds Smart buggy with the peanut and could not complain was great, now that little one is no longer little we are getting just a small folding buggy. If you are interested drop me a mail and I can email pics etc probably looking at £225 plus postage.

Very sorry for your loss, hope you can stay strong

Depends on the age but the above comments seem good. For our sons third birthday we had Jays Animal Encounters and be was great with the kids and brought some really great animals for the kids to handle my son especially liked Amber the massive boa constrictor wrapped around his neck. It all depends on how much you want to spend but whatever you do generally they just want to run around dance and play party games. Hope they have a great party.

Currently using the Nokia N8 (wife did not like it so I was left with it). Camera is probably the best cam phone about and is quick if you upgrade to latest os. Three used to have it at about £15 pm with all you can eat data and you can tether it as a wifi hotspot

Three is definitely the best up here in Northumberland. Mifi is great and get top ups off eBay last ones we had were £6 for 3 gb

Definitely go for oakleys one of the best fitting glasses I have had

Quite a lot in Alnwick today 4 – 5 inches and still snowing a bit Harry Potters Castle is really quite scenic

Snowing in Alnwick

Been to the Hilton Sharks Bay in Sharm Egypt twice now and its great but go all inclusive. 10 min transfer from airport and linked with other hilton in the town with a free bus between the two. Loads to do and see or just lounge around and do nothing

Try ziphone it allows you to unlock and change other things on the phone as well as jailbraking. Have a look it may help.

Just come back from Penrith CP after staying for Christmas best one we have had. We have now been to CP about 8 times and love it and its great for the kids. Not really that expensive in restaurants but we do take food with us mainly for the kids. The Italians do a take out service which is pretty good and not overly pricey (this is not advertised anywhere. The pool is great and all the staff are very friendly, enjoy it

Have a look at a VW Passat 2.0 TDI (55 reg) have had mine now for 2 years and the best car I have had (and I have had a few). Great for the family large enough for bikes in the boot with wheels off, and average 50 mpg over the 2 years which is not bad.

26″ Merida 0 Nine pro 1000d HT to go with the 26″ FS Stumpy built up summer last year

Had my stumpjumper powder coated at Bettablast top job they did too £54 for a three piece frame which was only middle of last year took them two days to complete definately recommend them

Had this with my exchange email on work phone (Galaxy SII) deleted the account and then added the account again seems to be working fine now. If all else fails reset th phone and start all over otherwise new phone

Congratulations my son is also called Evan James. All the best to you and the family

Go direct to three and say that you are leaving. They will then transfer you to a department that deals with disconnctions, who will offer you much better deas than you can get on the web site, if not then get the new contract but dont tell them that you are staying with three

Working in housebuilding where company cars were the big thing. One joker decided to full up the air vents of my mates car with the insides of a hole punch and turn the air con on full with the vents directed at the drivers seat. Mate came to go home and you can guess the outcome. Mate then decided to get said joker back so took his keys and removed the car from where he had parked it and took it to the local supermarket car park and left it (about 2 miles away). Joker came to go home at night couldnt find his car and started to panick, about 20 min later after joker was going to phone police mate decided to tell him where his car was and promptly drove away leaving joker in the puring rain to walk to car park to retrieve his car 😀

We have a Bose sound dock as well as a Bose wave system with iPod dock. Both are really good but would say the wave system is better quality also plays CDs directly and gives slightly better sound. Now looking to replace both with sonos system which have as good if not better quality sound and can be controlled from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch through the app. If you are anywhere near York there is a Bose shop at the designer outlet (McAuther Glen) where you can test all of their systems against each other in the same place.

Some really nice shots web site looks good too nice and simple and users can easily find the shots they want.

Northumberland is great for riding plenty to do and plenty of hospitals within close proximity. Good luck on the job front

Unfortunately it’s a trip back to the dealer and potentially a new key as they are rechargeable batteries and you can’t replace them (that is what the wife was told with her minis).

I had the same thing with my BMW 120d eventually got sick and sold it, didnt really cause me any major issues just the faff of trying to select reverse. My advice would be not to take it to BMW they will replace everything and you will still have the problem and it would have cost you a fair few pounds.

For the extra £40 go for the Samsung 10inch tablet on sale at Tesco would be my choice rather than a 7inch one. Not sure about transferring your gpx files

Just got one of these Merida 0 Nine Pro 1000dfor £1000 from my LBS in Newcastle, and it is great no complaints here. Not sure of weight but spec is decent and can be easily upgraded.

The Network is great no issues there and I have been with them for 3 years so far as has the OH. HOWEVER as others have said customer service is probably one of the worst. Use one of their shops rather than phone would be my suggestion.

I had the same problem it took a while to work out what it was. In my experience its when you import the album folder this may have the playlist in it also, delete the playlist file and only have the tracks that are part of the album in the album folder prior to importing – no more duplicates

Another +1 for handbrake as they have iPhone and iPad presets but you can specify what quality etc you want. They do take a while to convert but you can also rip the DVD in it also just choose the largest file which is normally the film and it cuts all the cr@p out too.

I had a VW Jetta 1.4 TSI 140 and this was great but did pay extra on the mileage side of company car tax than if I had the equivalent diesel. Get your finance department to do the sums for you as you will probably be paying more for the 1.2 than the 1.6. I would look at other brands and get a much higher spec than a VW or the same cash

Just got one of these Merida O nine pro 1000d for £1050 its a 2012 model and is total quality for the money well worth having a look at

Google ziphone and download the free software, this unlocks and jailbrakes the iphone

Once you have created the playlist in itunes use the ile menu drop down and choose burn playlist to disc. My itunes uses itunes to burn nd there you go all ready to go on CD you dont need specific software to burn to disc itunes does it for you.

Countzero – in Stanza are you not able to use stanza desktop to export the books in a different format i.e. epub mobi pdf etc I have used this numerous times and had no problems.

We have been a couple of times the first time we stayed at The Broadway Plaza hotel (wish we stayed there the second time) and h second time we stayed at the Newyorker. Would definately recommend the Broadway Plaza only 2* but rooms are massive and they provide breakfast but there is also a food outlet on the ground floor is you want a cooked breakfast. Possibly a little out of the way but allows you to walk rather then use the underground. If I was to recommend anything would be to walk everywhere you see so much more than shuttling around in the underground. Possibly think that there may be a third trip at Easter now thanks OP