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A woman who grew her hair down past her bottom over 16 years has been awarded almost £6,000 in compensation after a botched dye job left her with two giant dreadlocks. Nurse Kimberley Gorton, 36, from Wilmslow, Cheshire only popped into her local salon for a semi-permanent colour to make her hair look extra shiny followed … Read more
Transgender woman who was regularly locked out of her Santander bank account ‘because she sounded like a man on the phone’ gets £1,000 compensation She got upset when Santander changed her title to Mx, when she wanted Ms The problems started for her when she called the bank about a transaction Despite clearing all the … Read more
A car crashed into the broadband cabinet at the end of my road a few weeks ago and since then my internet has been cutting out intermittently. I am working from home so this has been frustrating. On one day, I had no internet at all as Openreach tried to fix the issue. I am … Read more
Energy provider, Utilita, has agreed to pay £500,000 in compensation after it overcharged almost 40,000 customers. Ofgem, the industry watchdog, said prepayment customers were overcharged by a total of more than £125,000. Pre-payment customers are some of the most vulnerable as they are often those who struggle to pay their energy bills. Ofgem said the … Read more
French court backs news companies in landmark case against Google as they demand compensation from the billion dollar Silicon Valley giant for the copyrighted content it uses Paris appeals court ruled against Google and backed competition regulator Google had argued that it drives lucrative clicks to news sites it lists in searches But French press … Read more
Japanese makers Toyota and Nissan to seek compensation from UK if no-deal Brexit forces 10% export tariff on cars built in Britain, according to report Toyota produces motors at Burnaston plant and Nissan builds cars in Sunderland Both will reportedly ask Britain to reimburse them for additional custom charges that could be incurred after Britain … Read more
Jailed crime boss serving 20 years for machine gun plot wins state compensation when his £1,500 blue Christian Louboutin trainers get lost in post on their way to prison Miekel Dixon-Nash’s £1,500 blue Christian Louboutin were lost in post to prison Gangster had them posted to him while serving 20 year sentence in Kent prison … Read more
Anger over time limit on troops’ claims for injuries amid warnings the new laws to protect soldiers from legal witch-hunts will block compensation bids New laws to protect British troops will put a time limit on compensation claims Defence spokesman John Healey said the new bill amounted to ‘penny-pinching’ Ministers hope the bill will end … Read more
Hundreds of victims of the Post Office IT scandal will be excluded from new compensation scheme and will not receive a payout Postmasters were sacked, bankrupted or wrongfully convicted due to IT failures Chirag Sidhpura, 37, is going to court after being sacked from a Surrey branch Nearly 2,200 victims put in claims to the Historical … Read more
The Government is considering giving energy networks the power to switch off a household’s energy supply without warning or compensation for those affected. A series of backdoor ‘modifications’ to the Smart Energy Code have been proposed by officials and look set to pass into law by next spring. These include giving networks the right to decide … Read more