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Apple's upcoming iOS 14 may let users sample apps by scanning QR codes before they buy them

Acording to 9to5Mac, code examined in early builds of iOS 14 show that the operating system would allow users to sample parts of third-party apps without actually installing them.




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Pope calls for global solidarity over coronavirus in streamed service from empty St Peter's Basilica

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - who normally presides over a congregation of 1,500 at Canterbury Cathedral - delivered his Easter service on his iPad at his London flat




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Violent thief threatened MP 'I'm going to murder you' then punched him in the face

Robert Largan, 32, was punched in the face in Broadbottom, Hyde, when he tried to pursue Leslie Thorley, who had grabbed his £800 iPhone X during 'a tussle' on a train journey from Glossop.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: New Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to make his mark...by improving our pensions

With the smell of a spring Budget in the air comes the rumour of yet more restrictions on the tax relief available to boost our pension saving. But how will Mr Sunak treat pension savers?




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NORTH AMERICAN INCOME: The fund that Trump needs to succeed 

Not even the somewhat conservative portfolio underpinning investment trust North American Income has protected shareholders from the sharp market correction.




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Chinese vase sold for just £1 in a charity shop is revealed to be a rare £80,000 Emperor's treasure

The Qianlong Emperor's vase made its way to a charity shop in Hertfordshire where it was picked up for £1 and then listed on eBay for a pittance.




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V&A bids for snippets of fashion history on eBay

The museum's display of work by 1960s fashion designer Mary Quant (pictured) includes more than 200 garments and accessories, including previously unseen items.




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Excitable Edgar £15 toys are already being flogged on eBay at bumped up prices

The official soft toy is on sale at John Lewis and Waitrose for £15, but is already being advertised for nearly four times that price - despite the commercial itself not even airing on TV until Saturday.




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How a teenage tradie turned his 'hobby' selling products on eBay into a $25MILLION hair care empire

In 2012, Anthony Nappa, then 19, was juggling a university commerce degree with a part-time labouring job. But the ambitious teen was always looking at ways to scrape together extra money.




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Father who runs family business making festive jumpers reveals they start making them in February

Mohammed Rafiq, 58, from Manchester, who is now locally known as 'The King of Christmas,' started the company in 2012, when he saw the trend in Christmas jumpers emerge.




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Thrifty homeowner transforms her bathroom using vinyl flooring from B&M and stickers from eBay

Rachael Abberley, from Staffordshire, has told how she transformed her bathroom using bargain £39.99 vinyl flooring from B&M and £2.79 stickers from eBay.




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Male model faces jail time for impersonating police officer in uniform he bought online

Jordan David Hans Gill, 29, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he also admitted to sending threatening emails to a police officer.




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Mother-of-seven shares her back to school station complete with bags, shoes and a bookcase

An Australian mother-of-seven has shared an image of her family's school bag station on social media, which helps her children stay organised during the term.




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Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioning controversial off-the-shoulder dress on eBay

Labour MP for Batley and Spen, West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, 58, sparked outrage this week after her black off-the-shoulder dress slipped down her arm at the despatch box.




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Question Time audience slams Labour MP Tracy Brabin's off the shoulder dress

The guest (pictured) said what Tracy Brabin wore at the despatch box in the House of Commons 'looked like a disco outfit and not like a politician'.




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eBay sellers ramp up cost of hand gels by up to 5,000% with 49p Lidl sanitiser sold for £29.99

Online market place sellers looking to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK are selling hand sanitiser products for more than 5000 per cent their recommended retail price.




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Savvy mother transforms her 'toy dumping ground' Wendy house into an incredible outdoor cafe

Becky Alice, believed to be from Preston, Lancashire, upcycled her children's Wendy house - using leftover paint, flowers from eBay and old plastic chairs, which she decorated.




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Married At First Sight: Michael Goonan lists wedding ring and Stacey Hampton picture on eBay

Michael Goonan is selling his Married At First Sight memorabilia on eBay, which means fans can now own a piece of reality TV history.




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Patrick Ewing reveals his two Olympic gold medals and 1984 NCAA title ring were STOLEN

Knicks legend Patrick Ewing revealed Tuesday that his two Olympic gold medals and his 1984 NCAA championship ring were stolen from his New York home, but later replaced and reclaimed.




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Virgin Atlantic's bumper credit card sign up bonus ends today, should you sign up now?

Virgin Money is currently running a bumper sign-up offer on its Virgin Atlantic Rewards+ credit card - enough points to get a free return flight to New York. but it ends at 4pm - should you sign up now?




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M&S Bank new deal offers £7,500 loan at rate of just 2.8% - but your credit history must be spotless

The rate means someone borrowing £7,500 over 36 months will repay £217.32 a month and end up paying a total of £7,823.52.




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Klarna: The company that lets you pay for your shopping a month later - is it a trap?

The Swedish start-up claims to offer flexibility and a solution to sizing issues for those shopping online. But does the ability to 'buy now pay later' encourage users to spend what they can't afford?




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Mastercard will force companies to tell subscribers when their free trials end

Companies using free trials to rope customers into paying subscription fees face a crackdown under new rules announced by one of the world’s biggest payment providers.




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MPs call for better regulation of the bailiff industry to better protect vulnerable people

The Government should introduce new regulation for the bailiff industry ‘to stop unfit enforcement agents and companies from practising’, MPs have said.




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Watchdog set for crackdown as it emerges Amigo ramped up risky lending before flotation

Regulators at the Financial Conduct Authority are taking aim at the industry, which allows hard-up consumers to borrow money provided a friend or family member agrees to pay it back if they default.




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Credit card deals worsen amid regulator clamp down on UK households' spiralling debts 

Periods of free borrowing on best-buy balance transfer cards have shortened by nearly 20 per cent in a year, according to figures compiled by data company Moneyfacts.




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M&S takes on Klarna by introducing its own payment installation service

M&S.com has partnered with Clearpay on the new service with the payment option due to be available to all UK M&S.com customers from mid-November.




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Virgin Atlantic Reward credit card offering bumper bonus points

Frequent fliers after air miles towards their next holiday could take advantage of a new sign up bonus which could get them to three continents, provided they're happy to pay a fee.




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Wonga mis-selling victims to find out compensation figures in days

Almost 390,000 people who successfully complained about unaffordable loans from collapsed payday lender Wonga will soon find out their compensation.




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Loqbox claims to improve your credit rating by saving every month

Having a good credit score is vital when it comes to being accepted to borrow and getting the best rate. A new tool claims to be help improve your credit history by saving instead of spending.




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Hastee Pay and Creditspring: two companies trying to solve Britain’s high-cost credit crisis 

Households are increasingly saving less and getting into more debt and a payday loan crackdown hasn't solved the problem. This is Money rounds up some of the start-ups trying to help




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Banks hit by 20,000 PPI complaints every day before deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority said many were encouraged by the publicity blitz it launched in the summer of 2019 to warn consumers that they had limited time left to make a complaint.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Here's how we can simplify tax

Party manifestos are not exactly known for their jokes. But as I trawled through them all over the past few days there were two lines that at least made me snigger.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: It's time to maximise our impact as investors

As consumers we endlessly battle to reduce our impact: take the train instead of driving, decline plastic straws, eat free range. As investors we can maximise our impact, using our cash to do good.




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Rylan Clark-Neal impersonates Tiger King star Carole Baskin in hilarious TiKTok video

The presenter, 31, donned a blonde wig and a funky leopard print ensemble as he impersonated Tiger King's Carole Baskin in a hilarious TikTok video.




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Joe Exotic's husband Dillon says his partner was 'excited' by Donald Trump's support

Joe Exotic's latest husband Dillon Passage has revealed that his partner felt 'excited' after President Trump said he will 'look' at pardoning his prison sentence.




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Ricky Gervais 'boosts his companies' earnings by £2 million after huge Netflix deal for After Life'

The comedian, 58, gave himself a '£1.5 million cash windfall' after he secured a huge deal for a second series of the dark comedy, which is set for release on April 24.




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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings saw his pay package increase by 16 per cent to a total of $38 million in 2019, including $37.4 million in options awards, according to a a new SEC filing.




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TOWIE's Samantha Faiers uploads hilarious impersonation of Tiger King's Carole Baskin

Sam Faiers, 29, who first came to screens on The Only Way is Essex, uploaded a video of herself lip-syncing to Baskin's famous greeting to her internet followers.




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Roger Stone says he is 'praying for a pardon' from Donald Trump to save him from jail

Stone said Friday that the president's public comments have been 'encouraging'. On February 20, he was sentenced to three years and four months in prison.




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Ricky Gervais praised for 'not complaining' about work being cancelled

Ricky Gervais, 58, was praised by This Morning viewers for saying he 'won't complain' about his world tour being cancelled while NHS nurses endure 14-hour shifts fighting the coronavirus.




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Kylie Jenner poses seductively for a 'Trolls & chill' session while quarantining with Travis Scott

Kylie Jenner posed flirtatiously in a new photo that showed her midriff. She suggested a 'trolls&chill' session, which is Stormi's favorite movie, though it may have been a euphemism.




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Joe Exotic's ex-husband stars in ad campaign for tiger-themed emergency kit

Finlay featured in the wildly popular Netflix documentary alongside his then-husband Joseph 'Joe Exotic' Maldonado-Passage.




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Joe Exotic's legal team are planning to ask Trump to pardon convicted zookeeper

Joe Exotic's lawyers are preparing to send his case to President Trump in an attempt to get the convicted zookeeper pardoned.




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Trump’s 'social insecurity' Bill

With the American elite focused on itself, there is little chance that it will cough up resources to power the Indo-Pacific alternative Tillerson has spoken off, writes Manoj Joshi.




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Supreme Court set for final hearing over Ram temple

A specially constituted bench of CJI Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer will be hearing a total of 13 appeals filed against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgement.




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Calls for Ram temple hearing to be delayed until 2019

The case took a new twist on Tuesday with lawyers for the Sunni Waqf board and Babri Masjid Action Committee urging the Supreme Court to defer the hearing until after 2019 Lok Sabha polls.




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Government orders Uttar Pradesh cops to clamp down on ISIS

'We are keeping a close tab on self-radicalised youth and their activities. We have arrested about 18-20 people in recent months' said UP's top officer.




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Girl, 6, raped & tortured to death with 24cm wooden stick

A post-mortem report also found bruises on the girl's shoulders and waist, injuries on nose and throat and intestinal bleeding.




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Police clamp down on Gurugram's illegal sex industry

Six women and a man were arrested on Saturday for allegedly operating a prostitution ring from a spa. Activists say some girls are lured, duped or forced into sexual slavery by traffickers and pimps.