I am sure everyone will be glad to know?!?  That at last, after 9 months, I have found a decent kettle!  Its design and styling is excellent, the lid hinges don't look as if they're going to snap off in the first few weeks of use, it's quick boilng, you dont graze your knuckles on a top handle as you do on those stupid non-hinge lidded affairs.  It's just great!!  It's a Hitachi KET2E and I believe the RRP is around £60 but I managed to get it in Currys, Uckfield, closing down sale for £21!  So not so grumpy today but 'boiling over' with happiness.
Thanks for those few comments on my troubles with the old Russel Hobbs one.

Tesco isn't the only retailer i've been boycotting over the last three or four years.  When I bought some dates from Julian Graves during one of their promotional offers I didn't expect an 'Added Bonus' which came in the form of a one and a half inch rusty wire nail in the middle of one of them on which I almost broke a tooth.  After the initial shock I started to think about the consequences if I had swallowed it, or perhaps even worse if a young child had got it instead of me!  Of course, I contacted the local Trading Standards office who took up the responsibility of contacting Julian Graves for an initial explanation.  After a week or so Trading Standards got back to me sayimg they had received a probable explanation plus an apology about which we got together to discuss.  After talking with Trading Standards they asked me if I wished them to follow up with a prosecution.  ...