End of pre-paid funeral rip-offs: Industry faces ban on cold calling

End of the pre-paid funeral rip-offs: Industry faces ban on cold calling amid concerns over pressure selling By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 2 March 2021 Funeral plan providers face a major crackdown and a ban on cold calling amid concerns over pressure selling. … Read more

ASK TONY: Rotten Apple left £2.5k laptop on a stranger’s doorstep

I ordered a MacBook Pro from Apple for my daughter, paying £2,399, and gave her address for delivery. It didn’t arrive. When I chased, I was told initially that it was in transit. Then I was informed it had been delivered to number 16, whereas the number of the address on the order was 114. … Read more

Perez Hilton: Framing Britney Spears documentary is just ‘exploiting’ her again

Perez Hilton has criticised the documentary Framing Britney Spears, saying it’s just another example of her being ‘exploited’ by the media for profit. The celebrity blogger, whose coverage of Britney’s life on his website PerezHilton.com has drawn criticism from her fans, said the filmmakers were no worse than the tabloid press that documented her downfall. Perez, 42, … Read more

Man, 24, murdered woman, 32, and ‘cut her body into pieces’ above a kebab shop, a jury hears

Azum Mangori, 24, charged with murdering Lorraine Cox A 32-year-old woman was murdered and her body mutilated above a kebab shop in Exeter city centre, a trial has been told. Lorraine Cox, from Exeter, encountered stranger Azum Mangori, 24, by chance while walking home in the early hours at the end of the Bank Holiday weekend … Read more

Man, 24, murdered woman, 32, and ‘cut her body into pieces’ above a kebab shop, a jury hears

Azum Mangori, 24, charged with murdering Lorraine Cox A 32-year-old woman was murdered and her body mutilated above a kebab shop in Exeter city centre, a trial has been told. Lorraine Cox, from Exeter, encountered stranger Azum Mangori, 24, by chance while walking home in the early hours at the end of the Bank Holiday weekend … Read more

Would you tell your bank when you go jogging? That’s the idea behind ‘wellness banking’

Would you want your bank to know how many steps you’ve walked today, or whether you got around to going for your weekly jog? You’d probably think it was none of the bank’s business – but what if it was promising you vouchers or cash to reward you for taking a certain number of daily … Read more

UK’s first LGBT+ retirement complex to open in Vauxhall, London this year

Britain’s first retirement complex designed for LGBT people will open in London this year after ‘proud’ Sadiq Khan pledged £5.7million loan to complete scheme UK’s first retirement community for LGBT+ people to open in London this year Tonic Housing will purchase 19 already built flats at Bankhouse in Vauxhall Housing association has secured £5.7 million loan from … Read more

UK’s first LGBT+ retirement complex to open in Vauxhall, London this year

Britain’s first retirement complex designed for LGBT people will open in London this year after ‘proud’ Sadiq Khan pledged £5.7million loan to complete scheme UK’s first retirement community for LGBT+ people to open in London this year Tonic Housing will purchase 19 already built flats at Bankhouse in Vauxhall Housing association has secured £5.7 million loan from … Read more