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Bargain Hunter: Travelodge rooms for £35 and 50% off Butlin's passes
Travelodge has 25,000 rooms available at £35 for stays between 12 and 21 February, while savings site HotUKDeals has half-term deals including up to 30 per cent off at Chessington and theatre tickets from £10

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Half-term hotel offer...
Travelodge has 25,000 rooms available at £35 for stays between 12 and 21 February, which includes half-term. Book at travelodge.co.uk.
... and holiday entertainment
Savings site HotUKDeals has half-term deals including up to 50 per cent off Butlin's passes, up to 30 per cent off at Chessington and theatre tickets from £10. Go to bit.ly/1UO209g.
Get battered for nothing
It's Shrove Tuesday this week, so TopCashback has teamed up with Asda to give away a free pancake bundle, including a frying pan, pancake mix and a jar of Nutella. You'll have to join the site and spend £7 in order to get £7 cashback to make it free. Go to bit.ly/1Ksu4OZ for full details but bear in mind that the offer runs out at midnight on Tuesday.
Energy deals launched
First Utility has launched a new one-year fixed tariff at £783 a year for a typical-usage dual-fuel household. Meanwhile Flow Energy has a new fixed rate Connect5 tariff at £871 a year ,aimed at those with single rate or Economy 7 electricity.
Mortgage cashbacks
Yorkshire building society is handing first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a 90 or 95 per cent mortgage.
Check your Three tariff
Use the mobile phone firm Three? Check your tariff; it's almost double the price of some customers' monthly bills. Those on the £17 "all you can eat" tariff have been told they will be automatically switched to deals priced at £30.
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