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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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ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it

I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.




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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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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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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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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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ASK TONY: We waited two weeks for Morrisons order, then RBS blocked it

My wife and I received a message from our bank saying there had been an 'unusual' request for payment on our account and it had declined to pay it. The payment was to Morrisons.




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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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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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ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! 

Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Please help...we just want to stop living in fear of Scottish Power'

My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than 18 months, as it insists we owe more than £7,000. The company claims we have not paid since 2013




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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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£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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ASK TONY:I got a £994 bill... years after I left my student digs 

In June 2014 I moved out of a student house I had been living in for two years while at university. The accounts were in my name. We always paid the full amount of our energy bill on time.




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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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Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller do the monster mash: PATRICK MARMION reviews Frankenstein

Duelling is illegal in Britain, but that didn't stop Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller going musket to musket in 2011. PATRICK MARMION reviews the National Theatre performance.




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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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Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 review: It's brilliantly orchestrated here by the BBC Philharmonic

Shostakovich's 11th Symphony here receives a performance of exceptional eloquence from the Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic under their chief guest conductor, the Finn John Storgårds.




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Heartbreaking images of baby images chained up in tiny cages leave BBC viewers distressed

BBC viewers were shown heartbreaking images of gibbons in tiny cages on Primates. It focused on trade in Malaysia, where the capture of gibbons is decimating the wild population.




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PATRICK MARMION: You can't beat the Queen of the Nile for raunch in Anthony & Cleopatra

PATRICK MARMION: Okonedo is a shrill, manipulative Cleopatra, queen of the 'treat 'em' mean, keep 'em keen' school of seduction.




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Real Madrid could ditch the Bernabeu and move to tiny 6,000-seater Alfredo Di Stefano stadium

Real Madrid are weighing up playing their remaining home fixtures at the ground of their reserve side Castilla - with a capacity of over 75,000 fewer seats than their iconic Bernabeu.




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Barcelona consider following Real Madrid's lead by playing LaLiga fixtures in tiny stadium

Barca will consider playing their remaining LaLiga fixtures at the 6,000 capacity Johan Cruyff Stadium if Madrid go ahead with plans to play at the 6,000 capacity Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.




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Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus to battle for Ajax's Donny van de Beek

Real Madrid, Man Utd and Juventus are the clubs with realistic chances of landing the 23-year-old. Reports have suggested that Madrid have already agreed a pre-contract with the Holland international.




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Kylian Mbappe 'demands release clause be inserted in any new contract'

Any buy-out clause is likely to eclipse the world-record fee of £198million that PSG paid Barcelona to sign Neymar. The Ligue 1 champions are understood to be happy with that arrangement.




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Andy Murray crashes out of Winston-Salem Open with defeat by American Tennys Sandgren

Andy Murray continued his singles comeback with a straight-sets defeat by Tennys Sandgren at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina on Monday night.




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Tennis news: Andy Murray in rant at his team during loss to Tennys Sandgren

The former World No 1 put together a good performance during the first set but went on to lose it on a tie-break 10-8, while he was broken towards the end of the second set and lost 7-5.




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Andy Murray reaches second round of Zhuhai Championships by beating Tennys Sandgren

The Scot displayed both agility and stamina in defeating America's Tennys Sandgren, the world number 72, 6-3 6-7 6-1 in a gruelling battle that lasted two hours and 41 minutes.




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How Anthony Joshua's Hollywood story has turned him into a social media star

If you're unfamiliar with the story of Anthony Joshua, it begins with an unruly boy from Watford, born to Nigerian parents, who swapped selling drugs for boxing gloves before becoming world champion.




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Eugenie Bouchard's Playstation crashes as too many fans add her after she put out a challenge

Eugenie Bouchard challenged her followers to a game of Tennis World Tour. The Canadian is preparing for an online tournament featuring the likes of Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal.




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Coleen Rooney dons a skimpy bikini as she and husband Wayne enjoy sunny Dubai break after WAG War

She recently sparked a bitter WAG War with Rebekah Vardy, after public accusing her of leaking stories about her to the press.




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Wayne Rooney insists he is not planning to retire any time soon as he prepares for his Derby debut 

Wayne Rooney has set his sights on playing as long as he can as he prepares to make his debut for Derby County.




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DANNY MURPHY: My Liverpool and Manchester United Dream XIs... with class acts all over the pitch

DANNY MURPHY: Eric Cantona or Wayne Rooney, Luis Suarez or Fernando Torres, Peter Schmeichel or David de Gea? Do you agree with his selections?




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Divisive tennis legend Margaret Court won't present ANY trophies at this year's Australian Open

Court won all four grand slams in 1970 and also holds the record for the most grand slams won by a female player at 24 titles. Serena Williams is one grand slam title away from equally Court's record.




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Boris Becker emerges on his balcony to join nation in clapping for the NHS

The former tennis player, 52, emerged solo on the balcony of his west London penthouse apartment promptly at 8pm to show his appreciation for healthcare staff during Clap For Our Carers.




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Man Utd news: Alexis Sanchez could be set to stay after Anthony Martial's injury

Manchester United's plans to sell Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan look set to be placed on hold while the club waits for news on Anthony Martial's thigh injury.




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'You won't find anyone like him': Alexis Sanchez heaps praise on Inter team-mate Romelu Lukaku

The pair moved from Manchester United to Inter Milan. Lukaku was the first out the door, leaving for £72million and then Sanchez followed, signing on a season-long-loan deal.




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DANNY MURPHY: Manchester United must stand by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

DANNY MURPHY: You can't push all the blame for Manchester United's woes on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He has only had one transfer window and I think most would say his signings smart ones.




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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang may 'walk out the door' as Tony Adams admits Arsenal are a 'selling club'

The Gunners have sold the likes of Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri and Alexis Sanchez in recent years while Aaron Ramsey left on a free transfer last season.




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TOM UTLEY: As a student, Monty Python made me howl. So why do I find it unfunny these days?

TOM UTLEY: This week's very sad news of Terry Jones's death, after his long decline into dementia, took me straight back to the JCR at my Cambridge college in the early 1970s.




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Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua's next fight could be at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Anthony Joshua's defence of his world heavyweight titles will 'almost certainly' be in the UK against Kubrat Pulev, according to boxing promoter Eddie Hearn.




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Kaz Crossley and Anthony Joshua don their glad rags to attend Krept's 30th birthday celebrations

Caz Crossley and Anthony Joshua donned their finery on Saturday night to attend rapper Krept's 30th birthday celebrations in London.




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Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua is 'just a straight coward'

Deontay Wilder has hit out at heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua, calling the British champion 'just a straight coward'. The pair have been feuding for over three years but are yet to meet in the ring.




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Tottenham Stadium is 'front runner' to host Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev

Tottenham Stadium is the 'front-runner' to host Anthony Joshua's mandatory clash with Kubrat Pulev in the summer. 




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Kubrat Pulev fires warning to Anthony Joshua ahead of proposed world title clash

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has emerged as a frontrunner to stage Joshua's first defence of the titles he recaptured last year after exacting revenge on Andy Ruiz Jnr in Saudi Arabia.




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Anthony Joshua lives out teenage dream and performs alongside So Solid Crew

The British heavyweight, who will take on Kubrat Pulev next in London, was filmed at Garage Nation - and impressed the capacity crowd by rapping along to the former UK No 1.




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Arsenal 'battle it out with rivals Tottenham to host Anthony Joshua's fight' with Kubrat Pulev

Arsenal and Tottenham usually battle it out on the pitch but now they competing off the field as the north London duo are competing to host Anthony Joshua's next fight. 




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Anthony Joshua insists any mega-fight against Tyson Fury would have to take place in the UK

Promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed Saudi Arabia would be willing to offer a staggering £150million to have the potential bout staged in the Middle East, should Fury beat Deontay Wilder on February 22.




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Deontay Wilder jokes about Anthony Joshua's 'pitty pat' punching style

Deontay Wilder has taken a swipe at heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua as he steps up preparations for his rematch with Tyson Fury by mocking his boxing style.




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Daisy Lowe joins Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall for dinner hosted by boxer Anthony Joshua

The model, 31, looked sensational in her dark fitted dress as she attended the dinner with Jade, 27, and several other stars in London's Amazonico restaurant on Thursday,