Bank customers who insist they’re victims of Kafkaesque injustice

We’re still here helping you look after your money.’ So goes the latest advert for NatWest, set against a backdrop of a deserted high street and featuring some of its younger employees cheerily imploring customers to use its mobile phone app.  All in all, a rather reassuring message for its millions of business and personal … Read more

UK announces 464 more coronavirus victims taking the total official death toll to 30,540

UK announces 464 more coronavirus victims taking the total official death toll to 30,540 By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:11 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 14:21 BST, 7 May 2020 England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have announced a further 464 coronavirus victims in NHS hospitals. The total official death … Read more

Medieval longbow victims suffered similar injuries to gun shots

Medieval arrows caused injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds, according to archaeologists analysing newly-discovered human remains. The bones, recovered from a Dominican friary in Exeter, show arrows fired from longbows could penetrate right through the human skull, creating small entry and large exit wounds. The human skeletons examined as part of the study, who had … Read more

UK announces 449 more coronavirus victims

British authorities today announced the deaths of a further 449 people from COVID-19, taking the total to 29,876. The UK now has the highest death toll in Europe after it rose above the 29,000 recorded in Italy yesterday.   And the true number is known to be higher – NHS statistics are still lagging by almost … Read more

LCF victims to find out if they will be able to claim compensation

London Capital & Finance victims to find out from this month if they will be able to claim compensation By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:53 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:40 BST, 5 May 2020 The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is looking at claims from 12,000 savers who bought mini bonds … Read more

Forgotten victims of the corona pandemic who’ve had their NHS treatment put on hold

They are the forgotten victims of the corona pandemic — patients caught up in a devastating NHS crisis which is costing thousands of lives. From a seven-year-old girl battling with seizures to a father-of-three who needs cancer surgery, every one of them has had their treatment put on hold while the NHS diverts resources to … Read more

Grieving relatives of COVID-19 victims who die at home face long delays for bodies to be released

Grieving relatives of coronavirus victims who die at home face delays of days or weeks for bodies to be released for funerals Relatives face of COVID-19 victims face long delays for bodies  to be returned  It took three weeks for the body of NHS nurse Donald Suelto to be released Ex-chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal’s brother … Read more

HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking claim to be victims of suspicious hacking 

HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:42 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 01:08 BST, 3 May 2020 MPs and journalists who’ve been asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking. … Read more

Ministers unveil £76million package for domestic violence victims

Ministers unveil £76million package for domestic violence victims as they admit coronavirus lockdown is ‘making it harder’ for people to seek out help Communities Secretary unveils more support for victims of domestic violence Robert Jenrick say there will be £76million of new funding for the vulnerable  Mr Jenrick admitted that the ‘reality’ of the lockdown … Read more

Victims commissioner says frustrated teenagers have started attacking their parents during lockdown

Frustrated teenagers have started attacking their parents as complaints of anti-social behaviour grow during lockdown, the Victims’ Commissioner has said. Dame Vera Baird told MPs on the Commons Justice Committee there has been ‘quite a big spike’ in calls about anti-social behaviour during the coronavirus outbreak.     She has been speaking to representatives of victims’ services … Read more