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Contactmusic.com Sophie Ellis-bextor – Sophie Ellis-Bextor is an eBay addictContactmusic.comSophie – who was speaking as part of eBay Stories, a collection of tales about the auction site to celebrate it turning 18 – advises other eBay shoppers to be ''adventurous'' while searching as they may ''uncover some gems'', adding: ''Don't …

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Communication Workers Union dismisses offer as misleading, unacceptable and ‘only a sweetener’ before privatisation plans Royal Mail’s union has rejected a 8.6% pay rise as a “misleading and unacceptable” sweetener from a company desperate to win over staff ahead of plans to privatise the 497-year-old postal service . The Communication …