BBC will increase TV licence fee by £1.50 from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1

The BBC will increase the TV licence fee by £1.50, taking it from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1. The fee is set by the Government, which announced in 2016 that it would rise in line with inflation for five years from April 2017. The new cost equates to 43p per day, according … Read more

BBC will increase TV licence fee by £1.50 from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1

The BBC will increase the TV licence fee by £1.50, taking it from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1. The fee is set by the Government, which announced in 2016 that it would rise in line with inflation for five years from April 2017. The new cost equates to 43p per day, according … Read more

Pensioners pressured to pay licence fee twice amid delays and system chaos then can’t get refunds 

The great licence fee farce: Pensioners are pressured to pay twice amid delays and system chaos… then can’t get refunds Pensioners pressured into paying the £157.50 fee twice due to processing delays They have also been left out of pocket for months as refund requests are ignored Around 4.2million pensioners were claiming free licence when … Read more

750,000 pensioners REFUSING to pay TV licence fee after BBC stopped making it free for over-75s

Army of pensioners mobilise against the BBC: 750,000 over 75s are REFUSING to pay their TV licence fee after corporation stopped making it free Protesters have ignored the flurry of reminders to pay the £157.50 licence fee   Over-75s able to watch terrestrial channels for free for 20 years until last year  BBC is now facing … Read more

Licence to bill! Rare collection of 15 first-edition James Bond books goes on sale for £475k

Licence to bill! Rare collection of 15 first-edition James Bond books goes on sale for £475k The unique set, which includes 14 007 novels, are up for sale for £475,000 Nine Bond novels are signed by the author and include personal inscriptions A handful of the books came from America and one comes from Australia  … Read more

TOWIE restaurant stripped of licence after hosting party for 170 people in lockdown

TOWIE hotspot restaurant in Essex is stripped of its licence after hosting party for 170 people in November that was raided by police and breaking Covid rules at least 13 times The Melin restaurant in Chigwell, Essex, is popular with reality television stars   It breached restrictions on at least 13 occasions between May and … Read more

Pensioners who paid twice for a TV licence wait months for a refund 

Pensioners pressured into paying twice for a TV licence forced to wait months for a refund By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 Pensioners pressured into mistakenly paying twice for their TV licence are being forced to wait months for a refund. … Read more

Heartless’ BBC hounded more than 520,000 over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the pandemic deepened 

Heartless’ BBC hounded more than 520,000 over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the pandemic deepened BBC chased more than 520,000 over-75s to pay TV licence by end of November Letters told recipients to ‘arrange payment’ or apply for a free licence if entitled Free TV licences are now restricted to those people receiving … Read more

Hospitals ignoring dose-spacing ‘could lose Covid vaccine licence’

NHS hospitals could be banned from giving out Covid vaccines if they don’t stick to the strategy of delaying second doses by three months or longer. A leaked internal memo sent to staff at an NHS trust in Southampton warned second doses must not be given out too soon. Britain has gone against vaccine manufacturers’ … Read more

Licence fee cash at risk as younger viewers desert BBC for online rivals

Licence fee cash at risk as viewers desert BBC: Shift in habits with younger audiences flocking to online rivals means people are ‘less likely’ to pay TV levy, report suggests Shift in viewing habits toward online rivals such as Netflix and YouTube means people are ‘less likely’ to pay for a TV licence BBC accused … Read more