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Victoria Beckham pokes fun at husband David for neatly laying his clothes out every night

It seems Victoria Beckham has evened the score between her and husband David, with her latest Instagram post.




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Optician left suicidal by her stalker ex-husband after he used a phone app to follow her

Salma Akbar, 29, was subjected to controlling and violent behaviour by company director Shabaz Khan (pictured), 30, over their five-year relationship.




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Reserve Bank of Australia expects coronavirus to weaken the economy, be worse than SARS

The Reserve Bank fears the coronavirus will hit Australia's already fragile economy and be much worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak in China. Apple is also expecting a global iPhone shortage.




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Philip Weickhardt banned from teaching after making sexual comments at Mandurah school

Philip Weickhardt, 53, a teacher at Foundation Christian College in Mandurah around 70km south of Perth was found to have made inappropriate comments between 2017 and 2019.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks not covering themselves in glory as we all struggle for survival

Holding businesses to ransom through the imposition of onerous interest charges on emergency loans is despicable. As is leaving customers hanging on the phone for hours.




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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Coronavirus no excuse for axeing banks

The trend towards greater online banking and less reliance on hard cash is irrevocable. Indeed, Covid-19 has helped the banks in pursuing these dual goals.




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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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Nationwide BS to scrap cashback scheme in April - which alternative banks offer the perk? 

Nationwide is scrapping a scheme allowing credit and debit cardholders to earn cashback on their spending after the building society admitted it wasn't worth the time and resources.




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Mastercard bans conversion con on its prepaid cards

Tourists are routinely offered a chance to pay in their 'home' currency at restaurants, shops or hotels abroad in a process called 'dynamic currency conversion'.




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Shopping at your fingertips: We test the UK's first biometric bank card

Contactless technology already allows shoppers to spend up to £30 without having to enter their Pin. But, with NatWest's new card, there will be no need to enter a Pin at all.




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True cost of those zero % credit cards: Banks hike rates in time for Christmas 

Shoppers now pay an average of 25.1 per cent on credit card purchase. It means that a customer who borrowed £3,000 and paid off £100 a month would pay £1,463 in interest overall.




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Tandem Bank scraps 0.5% cashback card and will replace it with a premium option

Smartphone bank Tandem is axing its cashback credit card for new customers, and from January those who want to use its successor will have to pay a membership fee.




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Banks refusing to unblock credit cards in branches as customers must phone

Lloyds, Santander, Nationwide, NatWest, Virgin Money, HSBC and Barclaycard all confirmed staff cannot unblock credit cards in branch.Some banks say it must now be done by a specialist team.




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Bank like a local with Transferwise's new borderless debit card

It’s aimed at those travelling, living and working abroad to give them more flexibility when spending and sending money and to lower their overall costs.




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Is the Starling Bank personal loan any good?

Starling Bank is offering its current account customers personal loans of up to £5,000 from 11 per cent APR. We give our verdict on whether they are worth considering.




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Unfair Cifas marker froze my bank account over a phone upgrade I asked for

Dave Parr, 38, rang up Three in June to ask for a phone upgrade. Because he asked for a different delivery address, they thought it was fraud and when they couldn't contact him filed a fraud marker.




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Lloyds Banking Group credit card customers could have cards cancelled in February

Britain's largest banking group, which owns Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, spelled out changes aimed at those in 'persistent debt' for 36 months.




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Banking with Lloyds for 40 years helped it uncover my £12k PPI payout

In an unusual case, four decades of sticking with Lloyds Bank was the main reason behind a Hertfordshire man obtaining a £12,000 mis-sold PPI payout.




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FCA: Banks must help customers in debt and not cancel their credit cards

The Financial Conduct Authority has told banks to help customers get out of debt, amid concerns of a potential wave of credit cards being scrapped under new rules.




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HSBC and Tesco Bank don't offer credit card soft searching

People applying for credit cards with two major UK lenders have to roll the dice to check if they will be accepted, putting their credit score at risk in the process.




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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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Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock'

Fans of Tiger King: Murder Mayhem And Madness have come up with a shock theory that suggests Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock.




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Florida sheriff says more than one person killed Carole Baskin's missing second husband Don Lewis

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister says he believes more than one person killed Carole Baskin's second husband Don Lewis and money was likely involved as motivation.




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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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Louis Theroux says Joe Exotic told HIM that he thought Carol Baskin had fed her ex husband to tigers

Speaking to Zoe Ball on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Theroux said that Joe Exotic, star of Netflix series Tiger King, had told him he thought arch rival, Carole Baskin, had killed her former husband.




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'There's no question he was murdered': Lawyer for Carole Baskin's ex-husband says he was killed

Carole Baskin's first husband Don Lewis was murdered and would not have left his big cat sanctuary without force, his lawyer Joseph Fritz claims.




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Carole Baskin's missing ex-husband was 'strangled and thrown out of an airplane', his lawyer claims

Don Lewis' former lawyer Joseph Fritz claims that his client was murdered and was likely lured to the airport over an aircraft deal, but was then strangled and thrown out of a plane.




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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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Fired-up youngsters demand wedding cracker ban in Delhi

The children are concerned about their health, and have told the Supreme Court that their lungs and nervous system are put at risk when there is large-scale setting off of firecrackers in Delhi.




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Chinese banks 'ditch' Adani’s Australian coal mine project

The $16.5 billion coal mining project has run into trouble after China's two major state-run banks revealed that they have no plans to finance the venture, according to reports.




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MY BIZ: Government extends date for banks to link Aadhaar

The deadline for the linking of Aadhaar to support services such as banking and welfare schemes will be extended till 31 March 2018 from it's original date of 31 December.




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MY BIZ: Jaitley kills buzz on bank failure

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government will fully protect bank deposits of the public in an attempt to allay fears over a clause in the new financial resolution and deposit insurance Bill.




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Assembly Polls 2016 results: Celebrations outside Mamata Banerjee's house as TMC leads trends

Supporters gathered outside Mamata's house and chanted slogans like Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool'




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Mamata Banerjee remains the queen of Bengal

Banerjee's current triumph comes even as multi-crore scams like Saradha and Narada have dented the image of her party




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Kolkata polls: Celebrations outside Mamata Banerjee's house as TMC leads trends

Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead in 200 of the state's 294 seats in West Bengal




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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016: Here's what worked in Mamata Banerjee's favour

Despite the Narada sting and Saradha scam, the TMC government sailed through due to its laser-like focus on primary areas




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People have rejected slander and lies: Mamata Banerjee

For the first time in 49 years such a massive mandate has been given to a single party, says Banerjee




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Assembly polls: BJP in Assam, Mamata Banerjee are real winners

BJP has finally achieved its objective of capturing power in Assam, a goal which it had been pursuing since the 1980s




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Congress-Left tie-up a blunder: Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal CM said that there was an attempt to create fear among people but they overcame and voted fearlessly




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CPI(M) decision to align with Cong greatest blunder: Mamata Banerjee

Referring to charges of corruption against her party, she dubbed it as 'a propaganda by a section of media and that Bengal is a corruption free state'




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PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi likely to be invited for Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in

Banerjee will take oath for her second tenure as CM on May 27




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Mamata Banerjee to be sworn in on Red Road

Dignitaries including Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Farooq Abdullah to attend the ceremony




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Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM for second time

Mamata Banerjee's, who took the oath of office for a second consecutive term, will head a 42-member Cabinet




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Mamata Banerjee faces development challenges in her second stint as CM

Allegations of corruption dented image of her party and opposition made it a prime issue during elections




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Airbus developing electronic odor detector to sniff out bombs and banned substances in airports

Starting in the fourth quarter of 2020, Airbus will begin using a new odor detector in airports to help screen passengers for dangerous chemicals, based on a processor with integrated biological cells.




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Skincredible! Researchers create a electronic bandage that helps wounds heal FOUR TIMES faster

A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.




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Ancient sphinx sculpture with head of a ram discovered at 3,000-year-old abandoned workshop in Egypt

The ancient workshop is thought to date back to the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep III - King Tut's grandfather. The sphinx and hundreds of hieroglyphic fragments were found at the site.




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The 'urban forests' of New York revealed: New study finds the city has five MILLION trees

Most visitors think of New York's Parks as the only place to find trees. However, a new study found New York City has  over 5 million 'forested natural areas' along with 666,000 street trees.




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BLACK DOG: David Cameron gets his just desserts - from Farage bankroller Arron Banks 

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.




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World league table of monthly broadband costs 2020

Thanks to lower average speeds compared to much of Europe, Britain came 23rd out of 29 countries in Western Europe for value for money with a cost of 82p per 1Mbps of bandwidth, per month.