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Antarctic experience fires electrician’s call for better insulation in Welsh homes 

A former British Antarctic Survey worker saw the success of an insulation funding scheme in even colder climes
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Food banks, charity shops and inflated baskets: The realities of Christmas in a cost-of-living crisis

‘I’ve had to explain to my kids that Santa’s been really busy this year so they might not get as much as they’ve asked for’
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Growing popularity of the phone app that helps you eat for less and reduce food waste, too

Although Too Good To Go is mainly seen as a food waste pioneer, the app is becoming popular with users during the current cost-of-living crisis.
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Owners forced to give up pets as soaring living costs hit Wales

One animal charity took 199 calls in a month from owners asking to surrender their dog
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International fundraisers say people still want to help despite cost-of-living crisis

But life is tougher for charities when supporters have less cash in their pockets
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Communication Workers Union members on strike in Cardiff

Widespread strikes to continue over Christmas as unions left with ‘no alternative’

Widespread industrial action threatens to another 'winter of discontent'. But what are the unions asking for exactly?
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The volunteers who give families £25 of food for just a fiver amid cost-of-living crisis

Wyndham Street Pantry, which tackles food waste and poverty, is seeing more and more people coming through its doors
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Cost-of-living crisis the latest bump in the road for Covid-hit driving schools

It's been one thing after another for driving instructors and learner drivers
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10,000 people fed by Cardiff Foodbank in six months – and plenty more predicted

Army of 200 volunteers gearing up to help those affected by the cost-of-living crisis this winter
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The ‘slow death’ of an outdoor market and the stallholders enduring it

Millions of employees are expected to strike this winter for better pay. But what about the people who make their money at market?
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