BBC licence fee money is being used to pay legal defence bills for Martin Bashir who is facing a probe into how he secured an interview with Princess Diana, more than 25 years ago. Bashir, 58, who is the BBC’s Religious Affairs editor, is one of several current or former staff who were involved in … Read more
Motorists have collectively saved £25.6billion on vehicle expenses since the start of lockdown in March 2020, according to a new report. With the public told for most of the previous 12 months to stay home to stay safe, car usage has plummeted over the course of the year. The average owner has spent £670 less … Read more
Four leading developers have made almost £10 billion in profits since the Grenfell disaster and have pledged just over £400 million to fix unsafe homes. Here, the Mail dissects their offers… Persimmon (value: £9.25 billion) OFFER: £75 million for 26 buildings with potentially dangerous cladding and other safety defects. Nine of these are over 18 … Read more
Four leading developers have made almost £10 billion in profits since the Grenfell disaster and have pledged just over £400 million to fix unsafe homes. Here, the Mail dissects their offers… Persimmon (value: £9.25 billion) OFFER: £75 million for 26 buildings with potentially dangerous cladding and other safety defects. Nine of these are over 18 … Read more
Money Mail today lays bare the bully-boy tactics used by TV Licence fee collectors to hound the elderly and vulnerable. Scores of pensioners are being bombarded with terrifying letters threatening fines and court action. Many are being chased for money they don’t owe and end up paying twice out of fear. In one case, a … Read more
President Joe Biden renewed his call for an assault weapons ban as he spoke Tuesday in the aftermath of the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting, in which 10 were killed. ‘We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again,’ he said, encouraging lawmakers to act. He also told U.S. senators that they should … Read more
Kylie Jenner clears up ‘false narrative’ surrounding crowd funding makeup artist’s medical bills following terrible car collision… after fans accuse her of not doing enough to help Kylie caught some slack for donating $5,000 to the campaign, which appeared to be only a percentage of what the family was trying to raise But she said: … Read more
New ratings system for large electrical goods could result in household bills being cut by as much as £100 a year By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 20 March 2021 A new ratings system for large electrical goods is being introduced this month in … Read more
Broadband customers face higher bills as Ofcom rules out price cap on BT’s new full-fibre network for a decade Company is also spending £12billion on rolling out full-fibre broadband in UK Openreach will see no regulation or price caps on its new fibre services Increase in costs will encourage customers to switch and get new … Read more
We’ll pay more council tax… for WORSE services: Watchdog warns of Covid double whammy as it emerges local authority budgets took a £9.7billion hit from pandemic The National Audit Office said the pandemic had left some councils at risk of ‘financial failure’, creating £6.9billion in additional costs in 2020/21 The Government has announced £9.1billion in … Read more