[ad_1] A student was scammed out of her savings after receiving a fake text (Representative Image) A woman has spoken up about how she was “scammed out of every penny” she had in the hope that her story will serve as a warning to others. British student Emmeline Hartley shared her experience in a Twitter…
[ad_1] Now that the once every ten years Sunday, Census day has passed, scammers are using the opportunity to pressure and trick people into handing over their details, police warn. With potential fines of up to £1,000 for not completing the Census or for providing false information, criminals are attempting a range of techniques to…
[ad_1] Scams are, sadly, a very common part of modern life. I myself regularly get telephone calls from my ‘Internet Service Provider’ telling me that there’s been suspicious activity on my account and my network will be shut down within 24-hours unless I (presumably) pay someone a fee. – Fortunately, many of us are well…
[ad_1] A Manchester student is set to study the impact of the arrival of high-speed broadband on one of the most remote islands in the world. St Helena is probably best known as the place where French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. With a population…
[ad_1] My friend Mota Singh, who has died aged 81, was the first British-Asian county councillor in Warwickshire, and the first to chair the council, in 2000. He was a dedicated anti-racism campaigner. He served as the mayor of Leamington Spa in 2004. Mota was elected to Warwickshire county council for Labour in 1985 and…
[ad_1] John Lewis has confirmed that a further eight stores are set to close and will not reopen their doors after lockdown eases. The move also puts 1,465 jobs at risk of redundancy. “The high street is going through its biggest change for a generation and we are changing with it. Customers will still be…
[ad_1] Edward Hunter, known as Eddie, had been cutting the grass last Thursday morning when he collapsed in his front garden. Fortunately, two Royal Mail workers who were on shift nearby came rushing to the 75-year-old’s aid. His distraught wife, Valerie, had been working in a back room at their Lomond Drive home and knew…
[ad_1] An actor has taken to Twitter to warn others of a Royal Mail scam which saw her bank account wiped clean by fraudsters. Emmeline Hartley, 28, warned other social media users in a tweet which has gone viral as others shared their support. The tweet has been retweeted over 12,000 times and has over…
[ad_1] The Phoenix Works has secured a 10-year lease on an industrial unit — owned and managed by commercial and industrial lettings specialist and landlord, Towngate PLC. The 18,209 sq ft unit – which forms part of the Turnkey Park estate in South West Leeds – features a large, self-contained front yard, two-storey modern office…
[ad_1] Plans for a six-storey hotel at the site of an “eyesore” derelict building, which Norwich City Council wants to force its owner to sell, have been rejected. Ailwyn Hall, the former railway social club, on Lower Clarence Road in Thorpe Hamlet has been unused since 2005, with Gail Harris, deputy leader at City Hall, branding…