The press recently reported a vintage set of P G Wodehouse novels was saved by staff at a recycling tip in Monmouthshire, writes F Harvey from Bristol.

What a contrast with nearby Newport City Council's galling intransigence in refusing to unearth local resident James Howells' mistakenly-binned computer containing potentially millions of pounds in encrypted currency.

Those who remember of TV's adaptation of Jeeves & Wooster stories might wryly reflect bitcoin is deemed less salvage-worthy than a bit of Fry and Laurie.