Beano stalwart Dennis the Menace to teach kids about cash

Dennis the Menace and other comic strip characters to help teach children about money in a schools programme By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 12 June 2020 Thumbs up: Dennis and his pet dog Gnasher Dennis the Menace and other comic strip characters will … Read more

Romanian toyboy who inherited 81-year-old husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’

The Romanian toyboy who inherited his 81-year-old British husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’ after relatives branded him a ‘leech’. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a Bucharest hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Widow Florin Marin … Read more

Romanian toyboy who inherited 81-year-old husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’

The Romanian toyboy who inherited his 81-year-old British husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’ after relatives branded him a ‘leech’. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a Bucharest hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Widow Florin Marin … Read more

How you CAN get a holiday refund: Travel firms are clinging onto cash

Thousands of holidaymakers are still empty-handed after spending months battling travel firms for sizeable refunds. Airlines are under investigation for sitting on more than £7 billion owed to passengers for cancelled trips, while travel agents have been accused of flouting the law. But readers have told Money Mail they might have found a way to … Read more

Savers abandon cash Isas as interest rates plunge 

Savers abandon cash Isas as interest rates plunge and pour money into easy-access accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 Savers are fleeing cash Isas and pouring money into easy-access accounts instead. Around £1 billion was withdrawn from cash Isas between … Read more

Cash made up just 23% of transactions in 2019 as contactless boomed

Cash was used for less than a quarter of all payments last year for the first time ever, new figures show, as people frequently choose debit cards and contactless to make payments instead. The percentage of all payments made using banknotes and coins fell to 23 per cent in 2019, according to trade body UK … Read more

The £30k rugby tour that went nowhere… and parents lost their cash

Families are thousands of pounds out of pocket after being denied refunds for school trips and sports club holidays that aren’t happening due to the pandemic. Others have been hit with costly cancellation charges or offered credit notes they don’t want. One junior rugby team from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, is still battling for a … Read more

The £30k rugby tour that went nowhere… and parents lost their cash

Families are thousands of pounds out of pocket after being denied refunds for school trips and sports club holidays that aren’t happening due to the pandemic. Others have been hit with costly cancellation charges or offered credit notes they don’t want. One junior rugby team from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, is still battling for a … Read more