Over £1BILLION worth of refunds are being illegally withheld by package holiday firms, says Which?

Package holiday firms have been accused of illegally withholding £1billion in refunds to families whose holidays were cancelled due to the pandemic. Around 9.4million people have lost a trip since coronavirus hit the UK – and the figure will rise again with a new lockdown and government ban on foreign holidays. However, many of the … Read more

Julian Assange withheld 15,000 Afghan war documents to ‘protect innocents from being harmed’

WikiLeaks withheld 15,000 documents about the Afghanistan war to ‘protect innocents’ from harm, the Old Bailey heard today Former Der Spiegel reporter John Goetz told Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that WikiLeaks was ‘removing bad stuff’ to ensure no one was put at risk. Assange, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army … Read more

Johnny Depp says Amber Heard withheld his rehab medicine on detox trip to the Bahamas

Johnny Depp today accused Amber Heard of withholding his rehab medicine while he lay ‘sobbing like a child’ as he from suffered from withdrawal on a pre-wedding detox trip to his private island in 2014, as the actor took the stand for a third day of his libel trial in London. The 57-year-old gave evidence at … Read more

Jeremy Bamber’s lawyers demand CPS hand over withheld papers disclosed to author behind ITV drama

Lawyers representing Jeremy Bamber, who is serving a whole life sentence for killing five members of his family in 1985, will ask the high court to review the refusal of the Crown Prosecution Service to disclose evidence they believe could undermine his conviction. They say key material in the case was made available to an … Read more

Travel firms ‘strangled’ by Barclays threats: Payments withheld over collapse fears

Travel firms ‘strangled’ by Barclays threats: Payments withheld over collapse fears By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 29 March 2020 The travel industry has accused Barclays of ‘strangling’ firms by demanding they hand over millions of pounds in case they collapse.  While the High … Read more