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The £290,000 London price slump: High-end homes down as much as 25% - but it's boom time in the North

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In June I ordered 200 Zapain pain relief tablets from a website called LoyaltyPharma.com which I found following an online search. I paid £102 by bank transfer to someone called D.M. The tablets were never supplied and my frequent emails chasing my order have been ignored.

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I was made redundant at the start of June from the company that I had worked at for 15 years. As part of this I had a settlement package, which included my full £30,000 tax-free redundancy pay allowance, plus some more taxed money on top of that. I have decided to set up as a digital marketing consultant and have secured a couple of days work a week with a rival to my former employer.

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Superhuman Shanghai debut for Chinese robot firm Unitree with shares soaring 629%

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Hays said permanent recruitment remained the weaker part of its operations, with net fees down 12%, while temporary and contracting fees fell 5%.

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My neighbour bought a car that is too big for his driveway and it hangs over on to mine. I can just about fit my car next to his but it makes it much harder to get out once I've parked as I can't fully open my door. Do I have any rights?

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There are now more than 160 different EV models on sale in Britain. We've chosen some of the most popular new petrol and hybrid cars that have a very close electric equivalent, from the small city Fiat 500 to luxury saloons such as the Mercedes S-Class.

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Britain's competition watchdog has launched investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School over concerns customers were not shown full prices upfront. The watchdog's Trainline investigation will focus on whether all mandatory fees were displayed upfront to travellers buying train and coach tickets in advance, on its app and website. The CMA said it saw transactions with additional fees ranging from 59p to £2.79, with a £1.50 booking fee for coach journeys.

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Marks & Spencer launches pet food range in latest bid to win customers' weekly shops

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Borrowing costs surge in 'perfect storm' for bonds: Budget headache for Healey as investors fret over UK debt

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Owner of Poundland exploring sale just a year after buying it for €1 - sparking fresh fears over store closures

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Britain for sale: Pinewood Technologies agrees £545m takeover by US private equity firm

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All my statements indicate that the pension is payable when I reach 55. I have planned a lot around this retirement age. y mortgage is due to be paid off using some of my lump sum, and also a loan my husband and I took out with the police when we first joined as a deposit for our first home. This has to be paid back when my husband retires next year. Is there anything I can do about this?

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Crypto investors in fresh crackdown as HMRC ramps up tactics on traders suspected of underpaying tax

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Spring launches a best-buy savings account paying 5% - should you shift your money?

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The Astra has been on sale in Britain since 1980 (Mk1 model pictured top right) is the fifth most common car on Britons' driveways. In the 2000s, Vauxhall was selling over 120,000 Mk5 Astras (bottom right) a year. But its popularity has evaporated more recently and you barely see the latest eighth-generation car on our roads. Vauxhall is trying to change that by giving the once-formidable family hatch a mid-life facelift. Motoring editor Rob Hull has driven it to find out why more of us aren't buying them.

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How many more times can EV sales targets change? Motorists have no idea where they stand

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Fuel retailers accused of holding back petrol price cuts as wholesale costs fall by competition watchdog

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Mike d'Abo rose to fame in 1966, replacing Paul Jones as lead singer of Manfred Mann and notching up seven top-ten hits. He also wrote The Foundations' hit Build Me Up Buttercup, the iconic Cadbury's Finger Of Fudge TV jingle, and Handbags & Gladrags, later used as the theme tune to the BBC's The Office and an early-2000s hit for Stereophonics. He's still working with several bands, including The Manfreds.

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Rayner's flawed housing plot: Market slump means builders are unlikely to rush to help, says ALEX BRUMMER

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When Maria Esposito placed her mother Kathleen in a care home in 2008, she knew she would need help covering fees of thousands of pounds every month. She feared she would have to sell the family home to cover the cost. So when she asked the care home about funding available through the NHS to those with a so-called 'primary healthcare need', Maria was hopeful that Kathleen, who was 77 at the time and had Alzheimer's, would qualify.

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Buy-to-let investors use faltering property market and cash reserves to haggle £50,000 discounts off homes

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Your car's MOT test price could almost double to £95 under new proposal

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YOU could be missing £38,000 from a 'lost pension' pot - here's exactly how to check

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State pension set to rise £500 and top £13,000 a year from next spring - but with an income tax sting

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HM Land Registry have taken two years to register our new house: It made our home unmortgageable and £6,105 out of pocket

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Confidence plunges in blow to Burnham: Households most gloomy since 2023 amid fears for jobs

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Ferrari Luce sells for $40m: 'Chassis 0' is the first of the controversial electric supercars produced

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Property asking prices in Britain's richest borough drop by nearly £100,000... in a month

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Our neighbourhood WhatsApp group has turned toxic... do we have tell the people buying our home?

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Uncertainty over upcoming budget could 'snub out' UK growth, Andy Burnham warned

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Mike Ashley buys Harvey Nichols and saves department store from collapse

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Morrisons debt pile swells to £7.5bn - what's happening at the troubled supermarket?

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We bought a tired Victorian home and spent £250k renovating it... now it's doubled in value and we are downsizing

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I paid extra voluntary contributions into my pension but the scheme denies they existed

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Why am I still waiting for my civil service pension after almost two years?

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My wife's NI number has changed after 50 years, will it affect her pension?

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Will my Lloyds final salary pension be hit by inheritance tax?

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My daughter's employer stopped paying into her pension - so why is it still taking money from her salary?

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Why did ReAssure give me three wildly different pension values?

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Why will my state pension be more than my wife's despite us both having 35 years of contributions?

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My forecasts all said I would get a FULL state pension, so why must I pay extra?

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My sister bought a £400,000 house with our late father - can she really keep it while we are disinherited?

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New build asking prices rise despite sluggish housing market as Wales sees 13% jump in a year

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Home building falling well short of Labour's 1.5m target - as property giant warns completion rate is set to worsen

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My husband has inherited half a house but his stepbrother is ignoring him - what can we do next?

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Turning pubs into homes or offices is now harder under Rayner's new rules

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Monzo banking app is down leaving some customers unable to access accounts

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NS&I boosts Premium Bonds rate again to 4.35% meaning 95 monthly £100,000 prizes

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Sky TV customer's bereaved family say they were charged £115 to cancel contract

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