Customers are being warned to look out for the text scam (Picture: CTIS/Getty) Thousands of online banking customers are being targeted in a large-scale text message scam aiming to steal cash and personal details. The messages – claiming to be from Barclays, Halifax, HSBC and Lloyds – ask account holders …
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The FTSE 100 jumped to its best position in a fortnight as traders were buoyed by weakness in the pound and rebounding positivity around Europe. Traders on the continent have put aside concerns over the potential third wave and vaccine woes to continue to focus on hopes for a strong …
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Britons are looking forward to a rare four day bank holiday weekend this week, with the Easter weekend just days away. This marks the second Easter bank holiday spent in lockdown, however, Britons are now allowed to meet up to six people or two households outdoors. Bank holidays are national …
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Princess Diana’s biographer claims that the royal family has a ‘history’ of seeking help from professional bodies for psychological issues. Andrew Morton, who famously penned Princess Diana’s blockbuster biography in 1992, revealed that the Queen herself received help with ‘breathing and relaxing’ during her Annus horribilis in 1992. He also pointed to …
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The only thing Back’s £1.8bn “transformation plan” succeeded in transforming was relations with the unions, and not for the better. He infuriated the Communication Workers Union, first by trying to force through changes to pay and working conditions while commuting from his luxury Swiss apartment, then refusing to jet into Britain …
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A couple who were in rival bands when they met have celebrated 60 years as a married couple. Michael and Pauline McGrady, of Newark, were due to have a party at the Palace Theatre. Their son, Darren, who cooked for the Queen for 11 years before being poached by Princess …
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HealthCoronavirus Live updates on Covid-19 in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 6:34 am Updated Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 1:47 pm The latest updates on Covid-19 in Scotland. Hello and welcome to our live blog for Tuesday, March 30. Follow along here to stay up-to-date …
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Audio-visual creative company MediaZest updated the market on new business wins on Tuesday, reporting that it had continued to secure new project work since its last update on 11 February at “an encouraging rate”. The AIM-traded firm, which was holding its annual general meeting, said more than £0.25m of confirmed …
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Royal Mail is to offer its doorstep collection Parcel Collect for free until the end of May. The service was launched last October and cost an extra 72p per parcel or 60p per pre-paid return in addition to the cost of postage. Royal Mail will collect up to five parcels …
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Ireland and Finland-focussed exploration and development company Conroy Gold announced results from an infill zinc-in-soil sampling programme on the northern Aughnagurgan section of the 20 square kilometre zinc zone it discovered in the Longford-Down Massif in Ireland on Tuesday. The AIM-traded firm said 23 of the 65 samples collected recorded …
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