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Richard Adlington, of Penistone, took the plunge after seeing desperate pleas for tradespeople in an online community forum.

He had business support from the Sheffield City Region Launchpad programme and borrowed 7,000 from Finance for Enterprise - becoming the 1,000th recipient of an FFE Start Up Loan.

Mr Adlington oversaw kitchen installations in pubs and hotels across the country until the first lockdown forced the hospitality sector to close. He was made redundant after 250 projects fell to one.

Convinced of the demand for plumbers, and using skills he mastered as an apprentice, he set up Radlington PHS.

He said: I knew I had the technical skills and experience to work as a plumber, but I also knew running my own business meant getting the fundamentals right from day one.

Since launching he has grown his customer base despite Tier 3 restrictions a three national lockdowns and is now planning to create an apprenticeship.

Radlington PHS is the 1,000th new business to receive a Start Up loan from Finance For Enterprise.

Ian Howson, business advisor at Finance for Enterprise said: It was clear from our first meeting that Richard had spent a great deal of time planning his business.

The financial projections he used to support his application were well thought out and by producing figures which took into account the impact of Covd-19, it was clear the loan would help him secure the equipment and transport his business needed and provide a cash buffer to protect it during the pandemic.

Ben Hawley, business adviser at Launchpad, said: Richard came to Launchpad with a clear idea of how he wanted to grow his business but he wasnt sure what steps would be needed.

He spent time taking part in wide range of training sessions and it was clear hed spent a great deal of time developing and refining his ideas. The business plan he produced clearly illustrated a need for additional investment and the work he undertook enabled him to secure the funds to give his business the best possible start.

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A black plumber said he suspects his race may have factored into a decision to arrest him after a client reported 10,000 missing from her home.

Paul Peters, from Aigburth, spent five hours in police custody and two months on bail before the charges were dropped, despite Merseyside Police being aware that his client hadn't seen the money for months before realising it was gone.

His arrest became even more shocking when it was revealed that 12 workmen had been in the property since she had seen the money, none of whom were arrested or questioned.

The Liverpool Echo reports that the 63-year-old had never been in legal trouble before, and worries that his reputation as an honest tradesman, his good character and his freedom was at risk after the accusation.

Merseyside Police were ordered to pay 8,000 in damages and 16,000 legal costs after a judge at Liverpool County Court ruled in Mr Peters' favour, saying that his arrest was "not objectively necessary" and unlawful.

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The force denied that racial bias played a role in his arrest and pointed out that the case didn't make any claim of discrimination.

In his statement to the court, Mr Peters said: "Following my arrest I was very anxious, worried, depressed and angry about being accused of theft, being arrested and then being on bail for two months.

"I worried about being charged, having to attend court and being found guilty of an offence for which I was entirely innocent.

"I worried that other customers would find out about my arrest and that it would affect my reputation and business...

"I knew that Mrs Mace had a lot of work done on her house and a number of workmen had been in and out of the house at the time the money went missing. There were then a number of suspects.

"I was disappointed to establish that out of all the other potential suspects I was the only one to be arrested. I am black and I wonder to this day as to whether my arrest was racially motivated."

The court heard that Mr Peters and his son were called to Ms Mace's house in Knotty Ash in June 2013 to inspect a leak in the bathroom of a home undergoing a major extension.

They had to go through an adjoining wall to access the leak and moved a wardrobe which had been used as a hiding place for 10,000 cash.

Ms Mace said she grew suspicious as their "manner changed" when they left the house, prompting her to check the wardrobe and discover the money missing.

She asked a neighbour to call Mr Peters and inform him the money was missing, and tried to reassure him that "we aren't blaming you" when he protested.

The issue was reported to the police two weeks later, and Detective Constable Kevin Mitchell, who led the investigation didn't arrest Mr Peters until October 8.

Solicitor Iain Gould, from DPP Law, handled Mr Peters' case and found revealing notes written by DC Mitchell weeks before the arrest, which suggested he didn't think there was enough evidence against him.

An entry in July said "there was no immediate need" to search the homes of suspects due to the delay in the crime being reported.

In September he said: "There is not enough to proceed at this time against Paul Petersthere is not enough in Peters background to support the notion that he has taken the money."

Despite this, Mr Peters, who is diabetic, was held for five hours in custody.

Mr Peters said: "It was just all nonsense from start to finish."

After the case Mr Gould said: "Mr Peters will now also be able to use this judgment to assist him in getting Merseyside Police to expunge all records of his wrongful arrest so that it will not besmirch his character in the future or hamper his ability to work and travel where he choses.

"The importance of this victory goes far beyond the counting of pounds and pence.

"Indeed, it was only half way through the Police barristers closing speech that Merseyside Police finally conceded that they now accepted that Paul had no involvement whatsoever with the alleged theft...

"Neither the Officer nor his Force showed any humility or contrition until thanks to Pauls courageous decision to see this case through to Trial despite all the financial and emotional risks entailed they were finally brought to book in front of a Judge."

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said they "accepted the findings of the court" after the "technical claim."

They added: "The court found that the officer did have reasonable grounds to suspect that the claimant was guilty of the offence for which he was arrested at the time.

"The court did, however, state that he should have been dealt with by way of voluntary attendance for interview at a police station rather than arrest.

"There was no suggestion in the case at court that the arrest was racially-motivated, and an internal investigation carried out in 2014 following a formal complainant found no case to answer in relation to the complainants allegations relating to his arrest.

"However, we continually review proportionality in our interactions with our communities, and through recruitment campaigns work hard to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we help to protect in Merseyside."

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Pimlico Plumbers chief Charlie Mullins reveals he won't employ anyone who hasn't been vaccinated against Covid-19, once the jab is widely available.

"It's an employers right to protect and look after their employees[...]and that's what we're doing," said Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers.

He told Andrew Castle that he believes "if you're in a position to have a vaccine, you should have it," adding that he will not put his staff and customers at risk unnecessarily.

"In the future once the vaccination is circulated correctly...we won't be taking on anybody that hasn't had the vaccination."

Andrew argued that Mr Mullins' policy can be seen as discriminatory, but the entrepreneur insisted that health and safety policies are on his side.

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"We're not prepared to bring people into the building that have not been vaccinated," Mr Mullins insisted, adding that "safety is the priority here."

He reiterated to Andrew that it is not only a policy of protecting customers, he insisted that "we need to protect our employees."

Finally, Andrew wondered if Mr Mullins thought it should "be mandatory in society to have the vaccination?"

"I think that's what it's going to lead to," Mr Mullins concluded.

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One of Moderna co-founder Derrick Rossis favorite things to say is that there are three keys to life on Earth: DNA makes mRNA makes protein makes life.

The experimental technology behind Moderna and Pfizers coronavirus vaccines harnesses the power of one of those keys messenger RNA, or mRNA. They are the first medical products to use mRNA in this way, but they certainly wont be the last. A Covid-19 vaccine is just one of the near-infinite possibilities the technology offers, Rossi said.

Being able to control mRNA would allow scientists to manipulate life in astonishing new ways. It could open the door to new treatments for diseases like cystic fibrosis, cancer, and HIV. Now, bolstered by the apparent success of the Covid vaccine, Rossi said, those other applications may soon come to fruition.

Within 10 years time, well see probably dozens of mRNA therapeutics. In maybe 15 years time, well see maybe 50 or 60 mRNA therapeutics, he said.

Before Rossi co-founded Moderna, he was a biologist at Harvard tinkering with mRNA. DNA is often described as the building block of life, but DNA is essentially a database of information cells need to create proteins. RNA is the molecule that actually does the work of creating those proteins.

For years, Rossi and other scientists tried designing strands of mRNA that would force cells to make specific proteins. But long before this technique created the worlds highest profile vaccines, they failed.

It totally didnt work, Rossi said. What it looked like to the cell was that the mRNA was a virus. And the cell, like a good soldier, would elicit a very robust antiviral response.

Every time Rossi tried to insert the mRNA, the cell would either destroy the molecule or kill itself not at all what he wanted. He felt like hed hit a wall. The solution came from another part of the cell and two scientists at the University of Pennsylvania discovered it.

Katalin Karik, then a junior scientist at UPenn and now a senior vice president at BioNTech, another company that has developed a Covid vaccine, was trying to do the same thing that Rossi was and coming up empty, too. But a colleague of Karik at UPenn, Dr. Drew Weissmansuggested that Karik try using modified chemical letters in her mRNA code.

By modifying the RNA, it cloaks the RNA. Its like giving it a fake passport, said Timothy Springer, an immunologist at Boston Childrens Hospital and Harvard Medical School. And it worked brilliantly.

The modified chemical letters disguised the mRNA, making it appear more or less innocent to the cell. When Rossi read about Karik and Weissmans work, he immediately startedincorporating their technique into his own research. In one experiment, he directed cells to create proteins called Yamanaka factors that converted mature cells into stem cells. In another, he injected mice with mRNA encoded for the protein that makes fireflies light up.

And then you know, an hour later, we put the mice into this machine, and we could see this glowing spot, Rossi said.

The experiments were working, and now Rossi knew how to control one of the three most fundamental keys to life. He took the new data to Springer, also an accomplished entrepreneur, and asked him to help start a company based on the new technology.

Springer jumped on board, becoming the companys first investor. They called it Moderna short for modified and RNA. Both still own stock in the company.

The possibilities were unlimited, Springer said. You know, the RNA can encode for anything. They could be encoding secreted protein or an enzyme in the cell or a vaccine unit, you know, to protect against SARS-CoV-2.

Over the last decade, Modernaand other companies like BioNTech have been studying modified mRNA technology as a way to develop treatments fora wide variety of diseases including heart failure and chikungunya virus. Other researchers have found ways to use modified mRNA to makeadvancesin anti-aging research.

And modified mRNA is particularly suited to creating vaccines, Springer said. Thats because while those modified chemical letters allow the molecule to sneak past cellular defenses, the compoundstill looks somewhat suspicious. It doesnt completely sneak by, he said, theres a little bit of interest. Maybe the eyebrows of the immune system perk up.

The mRNA in a vaccine carries the code for a pathogen protein like the spike protein from the coronavirus. When the cell begins executing the code from the vaccine and manufacturing that protein, the already wary immune system flares into action and produces a particularly strong immune response. That might be one reason why the coronavirus vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer have beenso effectiveso far in clinical trials, Springer said.

That property, along with others, makes modified mRNA an attractive option for cancer vaccines, said Dr. Cathy Wu, an oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. These vaccines train the immune system to attack tumors, but creating them takes a long time and its expensive. Thats a problem for cancer patients.

If someone has advanced cancer, you cant really wait that long, she said. Being able to build vaccines in a timely fashion is probably whats going to be needed to make this actually work. mRNA vaccines can be made lightning fast. All thats needed to create a new one is rewrite the genetic code in the vaccine. The Covid vaccine took only days to design once researchers had the novel coronaviruss genome. This could also be an advantage if the coronavirus mutates in a way that makes the current vaccines less effective.

The technology provides a nimble platform that you can switch things up quickly, Wu said.

Now that the Covid vaccine is being produced on a massive scale, Wu said, that might also help drive down some costs for the technology, as manufacturers find more efficient ways of making the mRNA. The last step remaining for cancer vaccines is to be tested in large clinical studies.

Thats true of other applications for modified mRNA, too. Wu pointed out that with two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines now in use, billions of dollars are going into the new technology. Other therapeutics arent likely to be too far behind.

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We retained Jax Elite home services for a full house exterior pressure wash, window wash and gutter cleaning. We werent quite sure what to expect and the team did a superb job. The workers were very responsible and were careful not to damage anything in the pressure washing process. Our house is white and had gotten quite dirty on the outside. It now looks like new, and we cant believe what a difference it makes! The price was very reasonable for all the work they did. We would definitely recommend Jax Elite Home Services. Gina S.

Inside Out Property Solutions is a chief locally owned and operated total service cleaning company that has been servicing residential homes and commercial buildings in Jacksonville, Florida, and all surrounding areas since 2003. They offer exterior and interior window washing, janitorial services, home, and building maintenance and repair, and pressure washing with first-class customer service to Northeast Florida from Ortega to Ponte Vedra and St. Augustine to Amelia Island.

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James and his crew are the best! Highly recommend this company for all your pressure washing/window cleaning needs! Wendy C.

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Many of us are spending a lot more time at home than in years past. And if you've noticed dust bunnies, streaky windows or that pile of clothes that keeps getting higher, now's a great time to clean house.

We spoke to Taryn Williford, the lifestyle director at Apartment Therapy, about how to deep clean any space.

Williford says figuring out what you want to get done and why is the first step. "Step back, zoom out and figure out your goals and really get your mindset into shape," she says. Maybe it's a nightly wipe downs of kitchen counters, a weekly clean of the bathroom or a monthly deep clean of your whole house. Identifying what you want ahead of time makes it easier to get down to it.

Before you start deep cleaning, do some basic tidying up. Remember the maxim, "A place for everything and everything in its place." Williford says when everything is where it should be, it saves a lot of time when you actually start cleaning.

And you can arrange your stuff according to how you use it. She says she remembers a comment a reader left at the end of an article on Apartment Therapy: "Don't change your habit, change your habitat." Williford says that helped her realize that it was OK to put a hamper in the living room, if that was where she was most likely to remove her socks. "I realized I can kind of choose to design my home around my life, instead of designing my life around my home."

You need an all-purpose cleaner, a disinfectant and a window cleaner, Williford says: That all-purpose cleaner will work on most surfaces in your home. The disinfectant will attack germs in places like inside the toilet or on the kitchen counter. And the window cleaner is formulated to make sure that it doesn't leave streaks or deposits.

She says you don't even need these products to be specialty label cleaners you can use vinegar (cuts through mineral deposits), baking soda (great for dissolving grease and oils), and dish soap (perfect for bathroom tiles or stained tubs).

A few microfiber cloths will do nicely, as well as a scrub brush, a mop and a vacuum or broom. She says you may also need a duster (or you can improvise with a sock!).

Williford also keeps handy a razor blade (to scrape off something that's stuck), a cocktail pick (to get to tiny crevices) and squeegee (for glass shower doors and windows).

Williford suggests starting with the kitchen and bathroom. "They're the most important rooms to clean and to clean properly," she says. Make sure you clean all counter tops, the front of the fridge and cabinets and even trash cans. Go clockwise so you don't miss any surfaces or furniture.

Another rule of thumb is to go top to bottom. So, for example, in the bedroom, clean the light fixtures and the fan before stripping the beds. Williford learned that lesson the hard way when she first started by taking off all the bedsheets. "All the dust would fall on my bare mattress!"

Make sure to dry clean before you wet clean. For example, you want to dust your blinds first before using your all-purpose spray. "And the reason for that is, if you start straight in with your wet cleaners and you haven't dusted that surface, you're going to end up getting all that gunk on your rag and you realize, 'oh, this rag is filthy' and you end up having to switch out rags more often. It's just really not efficient," Williford says.

Finally, sweep or vacuum the rugs and floors and then mop.

Williford says getting into a routine helps make deep cleaning less intimidating. Set a schedule for daily, weekly and monthly cleaning tasks.

Daily tasks might include picking things up, cleaning kitchen surfaces, doing those dishes and cleaning the shower. Weekly tasks might include cleaning the bathroom, dusting surfaces all over your home and washing sheets and towels.

Nothing compares to the feeling of a squeaky clean home, Williford says. "When the kitchen's clean, it makes cooking that much easier. When the sheets have been washed, it makes getting to bed on time easier," she says.

A clean home can positively impact your health, your sleep and your hobbies. "A perfectly clean home really makes you feel like you can do anything!" she says.

The podcast version of this story was produced by Sylvie Douglis.

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White vinegar is extremely acidic, and that is what makes it such a good natural cleaner. It can dissolve stubborn watermarks, soap scum, and other nasty build-ups in no time at all and doesnt damage the environment. Dirt, dust and grime gather on your windows - indoors and outdoors - reducing natural light and blurring the view.Express.co.ukreveals how to clean your windows with white vinegar.

If you look at the eco-friendly window cleaning products on the market, lots of them will be made with white vinegar.

White vinegar is known for leaving your windows shiny and water-mark-free.

However, its important to note that while white vinegar has some antibacterial properties, it cant kill all bacteria and viruses it encounters.

For this reason, you should probably clean your windows with something stronger first and treat white vinegar as a finishing touch.

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Take a lint-free cleaning cloth or paper towel and rub the vinegar into the window in a circular motion.

Make sure you work quickly, as taking too much time can leave streaks.

Use a microfiber cloth to dry the window, but work in straight vertical lines from the top to the bottom rather than using a circular motion.

Dry the window as quickly as you can to avoid streaks

Dont use a tea towel or regular cloth, if you dont have a microfiber cloth you can simply use a kitchen towel or paper towel.

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