Now CALENDAR FISH Update: 17:17 EST, December 17, 2024 Taxpayers will have to pay back Thames Water if a £3billion bailout is blocked, the utility said at a court hearing yesterday. Amid a legal battle with creditors, Britain’s biggest water…
Now A PROPERTY AND PROPERTY Update: 17:17 EST, December 17, 2024 Ministers have given the green light for an Indian billionaire to buy nearly a quarter of BT. Sunil Bharti Mittal’s conglomerate Bharti Enterprises agreed to buy the 24.5 percent…
Shoppers looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer have a worse job than picking up 1,000 Years of French Prejudice. Author Stephen Clarke’s fascinating work on decades of Anglo-French relations reveals that croissants were invented by an Austrian baker, William the…
Now EMILY HAWKINS a JOHN-PAULO FORD ROJAS Update: 17:21 EST, December 17, 2024 Rachel Reeves is pushing hard to change business rates as figures show 225,000 high street jobs have been lost in the last five years. The number of…
Now A PROPERTY AND PROPERTY Update: 17:17 EST, December 17, 2024 Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff is said to be on the verge of falling into Spanish hands under a £70million government bailout. The company, which fell into administration in…
Pauline Hinton is a strong and independent 84-year-old woman who has been able to cope with the daily demands of being herself with confidence since the death of her beloved husband John four years ago. years ago. She cared for…
I plan to cancel my NS&I savings account later this week. On Friday, the rate on the National Savings and Investments account with easy access, Direct Saver, fell to 3.5 pc. This is a significant reduction in the Government’s savings…
I have a pre-paid Revolut card and have used it abroad with no problems for years – until now. I took it out on a diving holiday in Tanzania last month and had a balance of £500. I used it…
A Barclays spokesman said it would look to appeal the High Court decision Since January, the FCA has been investigating the pre-sale of car loans Now HARRY WISE Update: 10:36 EST, December 17, 2024 Barclays has not overturned a high…
Now TANYA JEFFERIES Update: 09:39 EST, 17 December 2024 Waspi women who gave birth in the 1950s received no compensation from the Labor Government. The Department for Work and Pensions has rejected the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s order for compensation of £1,000…
