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A council has apologised after two enforcement officers ‘lay in wait’ before pouncing on two mourners outside a funeral home and fined them for throwing away cigarette butts. Ann Bentley was chased inside the home and fined £80 along with friend John Harpur after being accused of throwing away cigarette butts by the two officers. … Read more
Ever been hit by an unfair parking penalty or plagued with nuisance phone calls? Who hasn’t? Then you’ll know how hard it is to get someone to handle your complaint properly. You spend hours waiting on the end of a phone line stuck with on-hold music and ‘your call is important to us’ lies – only … Read more
Van Morrison Brighton Dome Rating: It’s 8.15pm at the Brighton Dome. ‘Will you please welcome,’ says a voice, ‘SIR Van Morrison!’ Out comes a small figure in a hat, suit and shades. He could be one of his own tribute acts – Van The Man or Van-tastic! There’s a simple test that should establish whether … Read more
Energy provider iSupply hit with £1.5m fine after it overcharging thousands of customers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 December 2019 iSupply Energy overcharged around 4,400 of its customers under the new price cap Energy provider iSupply will pay £1.5million after it overcharged thousands … Read more
Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine by the Swiss watchdog over currency rigging Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG Bank are the other three banks implicated Switzerland’s WEKO said it uncovered ‘several anti-competitive practices’ By Press Association Published: 11:56 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 12:09 BST, 6 June 2019 Barclays … Read more
All too easy: The banks are relentlessly pursuing an agenda to take us away from using cash but it doesn’t work for everyone Slowly but surely, like a Number 9 bus, we are moving towards a cashless society where plastic and payment apps rule. Move over bank and building society branches run by tellers with friendly … Read more
Valentina Lisitsa’s fine new box-set featuring almost all of Tchaikovsky’s solo piano music is a bargain for more than eleven hours of music By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 Valentina Lisitsa Tchaikovsky: Complete Works For Solo Piano … Read more