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Funeral plan providers face a major crackdown amid concerns over ‘shameful’ sales practices, high fees and a lack of transparency around where their customers’ money is kept. It is a major victory for Money Mail which has long called for ministers to regulate the £3.3 billion pre-paid funeral plan market. However, experts warn that the … Read more
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated? What is … Read more
Grieving families are facing lengthy waits to apply for probate, delaying them taking an important step to gain control over an estate after someone dies. Lawyers and other inheritance professionals say the usual 10-day process has extended to seven or eight weeks, and 11 in some cases, after an official overhaul. The logjam is being … Read more
Plan to restructure department store chain Debenhams could take up to two years as 50 stores face the axe The department store chain spiralled into administration last week The £2.3billion turnover company plans to close as many as 50 of its 165 stores All the stores are expected to stay open until Christmas By Neil … Read more
A cream made from cough medicine could be an unlikely new remedy for agonising face pain suffered by thousands of people in the UK. The rub-on cream contains a drug called ambroxol, which has been used for decades in cough syrups to break up mucus in the lungs. But now scientists have discovered it also … Read more