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Priti Patel stumps up £45,000 to take up life membership at Marylebone Cricket Club

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Good Lord’s! Priti Patel stumps up £45,000 to take up life membership at the exclusive Marylebone Cricket Club Home Secretary took advantage of offer to jump its notoriously long waiting list Most wait 20 years for right to walk into Lord’s pavilion and watch Test cricket To help meet £30m in lost revenue from Covid, … Read more

On the Beach ditches ABTA membership following refund squabble and travellers take court action

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On the Beach ditches ABTA membership following refund squabble as travellers take court action over refunds OTB has resigned its ABTA membership after refund policy clash Travellers still offered protection through ATOL scheme Frustrated customers take OTB to small claims court for refund refusal By Angelique Ruzicka For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:49 BST, 15 September 2020 … Read more

Is now the time to cancel your gym membership?

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With fitness centres initially offering only limited facilities as coronavirus lockdown lifts, is now the time to cancel your gym membership? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 Gyms are expected to start reopening from the middle of next month – potentially … Read more

‘Partial’ list of SAGE membership WILL be published

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‘Partial’ list of SAGE members WILL be published amid backlash at secrecy and complaints No10 chief Dominic Cummings attended meetings A ‘partial’ list of SAGE members will be issued shortly amid secrecy backlash No10 has dismissed concerns that Dominic Cummings attended some meetings Sir Patrick Vallance said names of all those who agree will be … Read more

CMO Chris Whitty says membership of secretive Sage committee SHOULD be made public

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Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty says he and Sir Patrick Vallance think membership of secretive Sage committee of government’s science advisers SHOULD be made public Members of Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has not been revealed  Whitty said neither he nor Sir Patrick Vallance objected ‘in principle’ to change But told MPs he’d been advised … Read more

Gym chains promise to freeze membership payments as they are forced to close

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Gym chains promise to freeze membership payments and provide online workouts as they are forced to close to stop coronavirus spreading Some of Britain’s biggest gym companies promise to freeze membership fees Gyms have been forced to close with pubs and clubs amid coronavirus crisis  Some gym chains including Virgin Active is planning to deliver … Read more

Businessman, 51, is fined £10,000 for using dead man’s membership card

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James Lattimer, pictured, used a dead man’s Lord’s Cricket Ground membership card to gain access to the pavilion. He has been fined £10,000 and received a suspended jail sentence A businessman who used a dead man’s Lord’s Cricket Ground membership card in a ‘despicable’ bid to gain access to the best seats at the venue … Read more