NS&I customers demand it ditches plan to scrap cheques for good 

Today Money Mail lays bare your distraught reaction to NS&I’s proposal to axe Premium Bond cheques and pay winnings direct into bank accounts instead. This means customers must provide their bank details online or over the phone, which many savers say they are just not comfortable doing. The Treasury-backed bank yesterday bowed to pressure from … Read more

GQ Men Of The Year Awards: Sir Captain Tom Moore, 100, ditches his zimmer frame to go FREE RUNNING

GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2020: Inspiration winner Sir Captain Tom Moore, 100, ditches his zimmer frame to go FREE RUNNING in his video acceptance The former British Army officer raised £32.79 million for charity during the Covid-19 pandemic by walking laps in his garden before his 100th birthday  By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline … Read more

Gucci ditches traditional catwalk to reveal new range in drama series with cameos from Harry Styles

Gucci has ditched the traditional catwalk to present its latest range in a flamboyant seven-part ‘Netflix-style’ mini series – with a cameo from Harry Styles.  The luxury Italian fashion house has got round the challenge of social distancing by showing off its new designs in its drama the Ouverture of Something That Never Ended, the first … Read more

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, 67, ditches her bouffant hair for a sleek straight style

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, 67, looks completely different as she ditches her bouffant hair for a sleek straight style… three months after getting sacked from Studio 10 By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:35 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 06:35 GMT, 11 November 2020 She was sacked from Studio 10 three months ago. But … Read more

EastEnders’ café ‘ditches traditional bacon and sausage fry ups for QUORN’

EastEnders café Kathy’s is going green, according to sources close to the BBC soap. Bosses at the show are said to have hired eco-consultants to cut down on food waste on set and reduce the production’s overall carbon footprint. Reportedly, this means pork bacon and sausages are out, and Quorn alternatives are on the menu for … Read more

India’s richest man ditches plans to scoop up Debenhams

Leading bidder pulls out of race to buy stricken department store chain Debenhams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 11 October 2020 The leading bidder has pulled out of the race to buy the stricken department store chain Debenhams, according to reports.  India’s richest … Read more

Mary-Kate Olsen continues moving on from Olivier Sarkozy split as she ditches her wedding ring

Mary-Kate Olsen continues moving on from Olivier Sarkozy split as she ditches her wedding ring during stroll with male pal By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:57 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 18:59 BST, 7 October 2020 She is moving on from the end of her five-year marriage to Olivier Sarkozy.  And Mary-Kate Olsen … Read more

PM ditches auto-cue as he reads his Tory conference speech off a script

Having been bogged by a series of technical glitches of late, Boris Johnson today ditched his auto-cue as he set out his vision for post-coronavirus Britain. The PM eschewed technology in favour of traditional pen and paper as he delivered his address to the ‘virtual’ Tory conference this morning. The premier may have shunned the auto-cue in … Read more

On the Beach ditches ABTA membership following refund squabble and travellers take court action

On the Beach ditches ABTA membership following refund squabble as travellers take court action over refunds OTB has resigned its ABTA membership after refund policy clash Travellers still offered protection through ATOL scheme Frustrated customers take OTB to small claims court for refund refusal By Angelique Ruzicka For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:49 BST, 15 September 2020 … Read more

Persil ditches plastic dosing ball as it moves to 100 per cent recyclable bottles

Persil cleans up its act and ditches plastic dosing ball as it moves to 100 per cent recyclable bottles for its washing detergent Plastic ball had come under fire from environmentalists for adding to landfill It came with every bottle despite it being argued people didn’t need more than 1 Persil estimates ditching it will … Read more