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I bought a Harry Potter book in a bookshop for just £3.50 and now it’s worth £5,000 because of a tiny mistake on the back

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I bought a Harry Potter book in a bookshop for just £3.50 and now it’s worth £5,000 because of a tiny mistake on the back

A RARE first edition Harry Potter book is set to fetch thousands at auction – 27 years after its owner bought it for £3.50 from the bookshop where she worked. Jane Thompson-Webb, 52, bought the book brand new from Ottakar’s Bookshop in Birmingham in 1997 for £4.99 – less a 30% staff discount. 3 The […]

Giant spider that can run half a meter per second invades British homes

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Giant spider that can run half a meter per second invades British homes

A giant spider that can run half a metre per second is invading homes across Britain. The total leg span of this arachnid is on average up to 7.5 cm, which is about the size of a kiwi, but it can also grow up to 10 cm – the diameter of a grapefruit. According to […]