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  A grandmother hopes to cash in on the new five pound note craze to pay for a dream Christmas for her family. Gail Meikle has put one of the plastic fivers up for sale online after spotting what she believes is a slight misprint in the banknote. The eBay auction ends at 10pm on Friday, and the 51-year-old catering worker has so far had one bid for the asking price of £1,699, the Liverpool Echo reported . Gail, from Bromborough Pool, Wirral, said she hoped it was a genuine buyer, and plans to put the money towards Christmas with her daughter Samantha, 25, and granddaughter Naomi, six. She said it would end 2016 on a high after being diagnosed with bowel cancer earlier this year. She said: “I didn’t expect to make any profit from one but a taxi driver was talking about how much they ...

    Millions of households were last night warned to brace themselves for soaring inflation triggered by the plunging pound. Sterling suffered another slump yesterday, tumbling 2.5 cents against the dollar to a new 31-year low of $1.21. It also fell over 0.5% to around 1.103 against the euro. Around 5% has been wiped off the pound in the past four days and a massive 18% since June’s bombshell Brexit vote. The fall is already hitting the average family through higher fuel prices and dearer holidays abroad. But experts say that is nothing compared to a wave of price rises on the way. Soaring import costs are set to lead to price hikes for everything from gas and electricity to food, clothes and toys. The Government’s preferred measure of inflation - the Consumer Prices Index - c...