Sadiq Khan has unveiled £25,000 grants to help people change street names as part of a diversity campaign launched following Black Lives Matter protests. The Mayor of London has announced a £1 million fund that will be shared out among community groups, including those wishing to campaign to alter potentially …
Read More »Commemorative Blue Peter 50p coin sold for £286 on eBay
A unique 50p coin, designed as part of a Blue Peter competition to mark the London 2012 Olympic games, has sold on eBay for £286 – a huge 570 times the value. Designed back in 2009 by nine year old Florence Jackson, the coin features an athlete doing the high …
Read More »Mum fuming after Royal Mail postman’s sexist warning to her husband
An annoyed mum has shared her anger after a Royal Mail postman told her husband she was ‘spending his money’. The fuming mum explained her husband was “quite cross” after the “completely inappropriate” comment as he collected a parcel for her at their door. She said she had paid for …
Read More »Online bargain hunters ‘must take responsibility for falling for scams’
People must take personal responsibility to avoid falling for scams, a senior figure at UK Finance has said, as she warned that money lost to fraud was ending up in the hands of criminal gangs. Karen Baxter, who joined the banking trade body in October from her previous role as …
Read More »Police losing battle against gangs behind surge in scam messages
According to the banking industry body UK Finance, UK consumers were scammed out of a record £479 million last year, with a five per cent annual rise in money lost by customers unwittingly sanctioning payments to criminals. This included a 94 per cent increase in “impersonation scams” where criminals posing …
Read More »the fraudsters openly advertising tailor-made online scams
Another offered a shopping list of “scam pages and live panels” for TSB at £200 a shot, Barclays at £200, Lloyd’s at £175, HSBC at £150 and Halifax for £125. Other sites touted included Ebay, Apple Pay, PayPal, EE, Netflix, DVLA, HMRC and Royal Mail. UK Finance data showed the …
Read More »Judge rules front page Mail on Sunday apology can be smaller than Duchess of Sussex demanded
It was believed to be the first time a judge had demanded such a declaration and was described by media lawyers as “extraordinary” and “troubling.” The Duchess, 39, sued Associated Newspapers over the publication of five articles that reproduced extracts of the five-page handwritten letter. She was last month granted …
Read More »Merlin, Excalibur and the Holy Grail: Royal Mail releases stamps depicting legend of King Arthur
The legend of King Arthur is set to be retold in a series of stamps released by the Royal Mail today. The set of ten depicts famous Camelot folklore, from young Arthur drawing the sword from the stone to Sir Lancelot defeating the dragon. Other scenes drawn by concept artist …
Read More »Daily Mail owners complain to Sussex interview producers about ‘doctoring’ of headlines
In the letter, Elizabeth Hartley, Associated’s group editorial legal director, said the programme did not, in its current form, “comply with the ViacomCBS editorial policies or align with its stated values.” Associated, which is seeking to appeal the Duchess’s recent High Court privacy victory, cited four examples to demonstrate wrongdoing. …
Read More »Today’s top headlines from The Telegraph
Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph – a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Friday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Sarah Everard suspect ‘exposed himself in restaurant’ The police officer arrested on suspicion of …
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