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Screwfix fixed a shower the right way: Consumer Fightback

Abigail bought a shower from Screwfix for £119.99 and when Triton refused to repair it, the retailer stepped in and treated the customer right. Here's how to get the same result




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I received shock £1.7k bill for a day's mobile phone use abroad

I checked my bill from O2 and found a charge for £1,710 which was taken for 285MB worth of data usage while in Saudi Arabia. But it won't tell me what it was used on.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: ScottishPower's billing shambles may bankrupt us

P.S. writes: I am secretary of a not-for-profit charity. ScottishPower for some reason reduced the utility payments for our premises from £748 a month to just £1.




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It was a brutal week for investors but patience pays (in the end)

What a week. As a money commentator for more than 30 years standing, that was as disheartening as times go. But patient, long-term investing will win through in the end.




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ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.




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Tui wanted me to pay £100 to postpone my holiday to Italy?

I am trying to defer my holiday with Tui to Italy until next year when the coronavirus outbreak will hopefully be over - but Tui have said if I do that, I will have to pay a £100 fee.




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ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up?

I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised.




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I moved flat last weekend, during the coronavirus outbreak. Can I get my deposit back in 10 days?

I moved flat last weekend, thankfully just before the Government lockdown. Will I still be able to get my deposit back from my old flat, once I leave, within 10 days?




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TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam - and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed

I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any money. I have filled in several withdrawal forms, but it never happenes.




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Chelsea Bonds and Infinity Bonds paying 27% - are they too good to be true?

We have a chunk of cash we want to tuck away for up to five years. I have seen two bonds advertised through Google. One is named Chelsea Bonds, the other is Infinity Bonds.




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ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus

For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band.




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I need to cancel my TV licence but the website says I can't do that. Can I cancel my Direct Debit? 

I need to get a TV licence refund but online it says that it isn't possible to request a refund at the moment due to coronavirus. Can I just cancel my direct debit with the bank instead?




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TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm

'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.'




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From dentist bills to holidays: Your key coronavirus questions answered

Can your employer force you to take your eight outstanding days of holiday amid the lockdown? Sarah Bridge talks to the experts to get the answers.




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Can work force me to take a pay cut without reducing my hours?

My employer has told me to take a 20 per cent pay cut due to the impact coronavirus is having on the business, yet I still have to work full-time. Is this allowed and what can I do if I'm not happy?




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ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments

My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month.




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I am struggling to get a refund for a takeaway. What are my rights?

I am a vegetarian and ordered a veggie pizza from a large chain but when it arrived, I found it had chicken on it - why has it taken so long to get a refund?




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Can I get a divorce maintenance payment holiday due to coronavirus?

I run three rural pubs which are all closed and may not open again. I cannot afford to keep up my payments. What can I do?




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£186 vanished after my Wayfair account was hacked: ASK TONY

The homewares website Wayfair emailed to inform me my account details, including had been changed. I tried to check my account but my password had been changed.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland

I have received a letter from Lowell Portfolio, claiming an alleged debt of £599 which it says I owe to PayPal. But I rang PayPal and was told that in fact no money is owed on my account.




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Should we take a mortgage holiday and save or invest the money?

Both me and my partner are still working and able to meet our mortgage payments, but we were discussing whether we should ask for a mortgage holiday anyway.




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Is a final financial order on divorce always final?

The court made 40,000 financial orders last year. There will be a concern that allowing some people to reopen their financial order now will lead to hundreds or thousands of similar claims.




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Peter Kay thanks NHS staff and key workers for taking part in Amarillo remake

The comedian, 46, has thanked NHS staff and key workers for taking part in the Amarillo remake as he prepares to reunite with Tony Christie for epic an Big Night In performance on BBC 1.




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Forensic scientist, 46, wins case after her boss asked if she didn't like him because she is gay

Jo Millington (right), one of Britain's leading forensic scientists, was 'upset and embarrassed' when Joe Arend confronted her and brought up her sexuality, an employment tribunal in Reading, Berkshire heard.




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Computer says YES! Little Britain revival has BBC Big Night In viewers demanding a new series

The BBC's Big Night In kicked off on Thursday evening to raise funds for Children In Need, Comic Relief and the battle against COVID-19.




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The Big Night In viewers express concern over Peter Kay after he 'looks unwell'

The comedian, 46, appeared in a clip from his Bolton home to introduce his track Is This The Way to Amarillo.




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A minute-by-minute account of VE Day

News of the German surrender spread around Britain during the afternoon and immediately bunting and flags appeared in the streets.




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Government adviser says pubs should re-open as long as they don't get overcrowded

Pubs have been shut since the UK went into lockdown on March 23, but Professor Robert Dingwall (pictured) said it is time to relax the rules.




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Germany's intensive care bed capacity been key to country's low death rate says foreign minister

Germany's foreign minister Andreas Michaelis has revealed that the country has 40,000 intensive care beds, 30,000 of which could be used with ventilators.




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Queen will address nation at 9pm on May 8 for 75th VE Day anniversary

As part of the revised plans to mark the 75th VE Day anniversary during the coronavirus lockdown announced today, Her Majesty's words will be broadcast on May 8 on BBC One at 9pm.




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Zoe Ball, 49, says her menopause symptoms include 'terrible anxiety and sobbing' 

Speaking to Tamzin Outhwaite about a new menopause drama, the Radio 2 Breakfast star listed the symptoms the menopause is throwing at her, including 'rage, sobbing, heat and anxiety.'




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Strictly bosses may AXE the live studio audience for 2020 to adhere with social distancing

Strictly Come Dancing may go ahead this autumn without its usual studio audience cheering on the performers.




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Family TV viewing is back thanks to Covid-19 crisis, says BBC Two boss

Patrick Holland, controller of BBC Two, spoke after the BBC told its staff that the corporation will have to make savings of £125 million this year after coronavirus affected its income.




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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: BBC's Sir Humphrey Burton lays bare the secrets of biggest names in memoir

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.




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Deborah James says she's enjoying lock-down as people understand 'health anxiety' she endures daily

BBC presenter Deborah James, 38, from London, who has incurable stage four bowel cancer, told yhr White Wine Question Time podcast she's 'weirdly enjoying' the coronavirus lock-down.




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JOHN HUMPHRYS says the coronavirus crisis has been a tragedy but has had many benefits

JOHN HUMPHRYS: The pandemic has changed our way of life dramatically and we're starting to get the hang of it and even, dare I say it, enjoy it.




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Maya Jama keeps things casual in a pale grey tracksuit and bucket hat as she leaves the BBC studios

The presenter, 25, cut a casual figure in a pale grey tracksuit and black bucket hat as she was seen leaving the BBC studios in London on Friday.




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The betrayal of Harry Dunn

HARRY COLE: During a TV documentary about life in the Foreign Office, the head of the Diplomatic Service, Sir Simon McDonald, made it clear that he relished his position of power.




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Steve Coogan says his heavy cocaine use affected the second series of I'm Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan has revealed the second series of I'm Alan Partridge would have been funnier if he wasn't snorting so much cocaine.




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Normal People actress Daisy Edgar-Jones says she's proud of the way the show portrays consent

Speaking to Evanna Lynch and Riyadh Khalaf on the BBC's Obsessed With... podcast sexpert Alix Fox said Normal People's portrayal of sex often left her 'wincing' and were 'ominous'.




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Man who feeds people living on the street every day reveals his mother was homeless when he was born

Jonathan, from Glasgow, told how homeless charities and street groups 'stopped going out' when the coronavirus hit in March in new BBC Three documentary Stacey Dooley: Lockdown Heroes.




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Naked hypocrisy: How Professor Lockdown's mistress was telling the public to stay at home

PAUL BRACCHI: Antonia Staats, the girlfriend of Professor Neil Ferguson, was telling the general public to 'Stay at home' during lockdown, while she visited the Prof's flat twice.




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Line Of Duty's Vicky McClure pays tribute to co-star Martin Compston on their JOINT birthday

They star together as DI Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott in Jed Mercurio's BBC police TV series Line Of Duty. 




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Trains will return to running at 70% of normal timetable in 10 days

TfL, who operate London's underground network, are 'running the maximum frequency' of services possible. Fewer trains means commuters have been forced to cram into over-crowded carriages.




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BBC 'may not award Sports Personality of the Year' for 2020 due to coronavirus crisis

The broadcaster may be forced to hold off on awarding the gong for this year with what promised to be an action-packed calendar severely disrupted due to the pandemic.




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The Queen recalls 'happiness and relief' of VE Day in interview

In an unearthed interview shared on the Royal Family's Instagram page today, the Queen, 93, recalled being 'swept along on a tide of happiness' during VE Day celebrations in London.




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Son surprises dad on 70th birthday with tune on piano after learning to play in secret for a decade

TV producer and chief executive of WhizzKid Entertainment Malcolm Gerrie, from Newcastle upon Tyne, had no idea why he'd been invited onto BBC Breakfast until his son Olly surprised him.




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Katherine Jenkins joins Strictly's Anton Du Beke and Helen George for VE Day 75 celebration

BBC celebrated the 75th Anniversary of Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) with a star-studded celebration live from Buckingham Palace on Friday.




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Wayne Rooney sides with David Beckham and picks Lionel Messi as best player ever

Current Derby player-coach Rooney set aside his personal friendship with Juventus talisman Ronaldo and reasoned that Messi is the better player due to his ability to 'torture' his opponents.




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Can Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba actually play together in Manchester United's midfield?

Coronavirus has placed footballers, managers and clubs in limbo - but that is a state Paul Pogba, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United are used to regarding the future of the midfielder.