Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Every day is a good day for fake bargains

I wonder how many of us bought stuff we didn’t really need on Black Friday, tempted by the bargain-basement offers we’ve been bombarded with in the run up to the big day.

But are they truly a bargain? Not really, says consumer champion Which?.

According to their research they say only one in seven deals offer a genuine discount and they found that the majority of promotions could be bought cheaper or at the same price in the six months before the sales.

Apparently finding a genuine bargain is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The advice is to do your homework to find out if you are actually going to

thinking” about what should be done. Many things are said behind closed doors that are never expected to see the light of day.

I don’t think anyone disagrees that some big reforms are needed to make our NHS fit for the years ahead and sometimes throwing money at a problem isn’t enough.

I’m sorry to be full of doom and gloom here, but we’re also facing an energy crisis that needs some radical thinking. And scientists have definitely been thinking outside of the box on that issue.

They’re investigating the possibility of beaming electricity wirelessly from orbit into millions of homes here on earth. The European Space Agency is on the verge of giving the green light to a three-year study to see if having huge solar farms in space could work and be cost effective.

The idea of giant solar panels orbiting the earth generating as much energy as a nuclear power plant sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it may become a reality.

The scientists behind the plan say that as energy crises shift and unfold it could eventually be a gamechanger, but they warn it will be a “logistical challenge.”

An understatement if ever I’ve heard one.