Bad week for:

Cheltenham, which is up in arms over the opening of an 11th Costa Coffee outlet in the spa town. The new shop is only 350 yards from another Costa, and is right next to one of the town’s four branches of the Soho Coffee Co. The town centre is also home to two Caffè Neros, a Starbucks and a Boston Tea Party.

Aga owners, who were warned that hackers could get into their ovens and switch off their boeuf bourguignon. IT expert Ken Munro says that when he upgraded his own Aga to a newer appcontrolled model, he came across a security flaw that would make it relatively easy for a hacker to take control of it remotely.

Tesco, which issued an apology for promoting “great offers” on beer and cider with the slogan: “Good Friday just got better”. Church leaders pointed out that Good Friday is when Christians commemorate Christ’s crucifixion, and that many fast that day.

Shoelaces, after scientists concluded that sooner or later, they will always become untied. The researchers, in California, worked out that the knot, however tight it is, simply cannot withstand the double force of the leg swinging and the foot stomping.