fun An Inspector Calls: Recreating Four Weddings And A Funeral (with a few glitches) at The Crown in Amersham By Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:54:45 +0000 The Crown in Amersham has a claim to fame - it was the setting for a key scene in Four Weddings And A Funeral. Nice - but this pricey bolthole could, and should, be better, says our hotel inspector. Full Article
fun Jennifer Garner pokes fun at herself by sharing cheesy photo of her at 21 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:04:29 GMT Jennifer Garner had a bit of fun this Flashback Friday. The 47-year-old shared an Instagram snap of herself at 21, spliced alongside Adele's album cover from when the singer was that age. Full Article
fun Adele flaunts weight loss as she cosies up to Drake after gushing over her 'kind and funny' pal By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:49:03 GMT Adele continued to show off her incredible weight loss as she cosied up to her good pal Drake during his 33rd birthday bash. Full Article
fun The Voice contestant puts a funny quarantine twist on Adele's hit song Hello By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:21:39 GMT Chris Mann, 37, recorded his version while stuck at home. The former contestant on The Voice gets increasingly restless throughout the video, during which he looks longingly out a window. Full Article
fun Ryanair tells outraged customers they cannot get flight refunds until coronavirus crisis is over By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:46:58 GMT Customers wanting a full refund will be put in a queue until the pandemic passes. Ryanair has recommended customers use a refund voucher which are 'readily available.' Full Article
fun UK's biggest airlines and travel operators are 'flouting the law' by delaying refunds, says Which? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:26:34 GMT A survey of the UK's 20 biggest travel firms found that none are refunding customers within the legal time frames. Millions have had holidays cancelled after Britons were advised against all global travel. Full Article
fun Travel agencies face legal action after blocking up to £7billion of refunds for cancelled holidays By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:52:26 GMT The Competition and Markets Authority said it will take companies to court. Jo Lemmon Sparkes, 39, and wife Kirsty, 33, from Cambridge, are fighting Ryanair for a £700 trip. Full Article
fun Holidaymakers face six-month wait for refunds as airlines struggle with backlog with £7billion owed By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 23:58:48 GMT Millions of travellers are owed money for cancelled flights amid the coronavirus pandemic. EU laws say customers should get refunds in seven days but backlogs mean they are waiting longer. Full Article
fun UK holiday letting firms reported to competition regulator by Which? over denying Covid-19 refunds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 00:15:20 GMT Frustrated customers got in touch with the consumer champion saying they were struggling to secure their money back from companies such as Skyes Holiday Cottages and Hoseseasons. Full Article
fun Former Liberal MP charged with assaulting fellow member during boozy parliamentary function By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:30:25 GMT Sam Duluk is accused of slapping SA-BEST upper house member Connie Bonaros on the backside at a pre-Christmas party in 2019. Full Article
fun Rose Adam reveals why she struggled to 'have fun' on MasterChef as she's eliminated By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 12:08:29 GMT On Tuesday's episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win, Rose Adam was eliminated after a tough pressure challenge. Full Article
fun Decorated policewoman killed in a car crash on Anzac Day is farewelled at Adelaide funeral By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 08:19:41 GMT Police including officers on horseback lined the streets of Adelaide's inner-south on Friday to pay a final tribute to Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan, a much-loved mother of two. Full Article
fun Next to sell Leicestershire HQ to boost virus lockdown funds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:05:18 GMT The fashion retailer has appointed agents to sell its head office and warehouse in West Yorkshire. The sale and leaseback deals are part of a strategy announced at its annual results last week. Full Article
fun Banks are failing to explain why fraud victims have not been refunded By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:35:34 GMT A damning review by the Financial Ombudsman of an anti-fraud code which came into force last May has raised numerous concerns about the way banks are treating victims who have lost millions. Full Article
fun TONY HETHERINGTON: Watchdog is dead loss for victims of funeral scam By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:23:41 GMT I took out two Equitable Lifecare Limited funeral plans. The sales agent assured us repeatedly that we could cancel the plans at any time. I've tried to cancel them both but have had no reply. Full Article
fun ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:12:26 GMT My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer. Full Article
fun ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:15:45 GMT Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week. Full Article
fun ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:42:44 GMT My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess. Full Article
fun ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:32 GMT 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. Full Article
fun Can I get a season ticket refund now Covid-19 makes me work at home? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:47:54 GMT I have an annual train season ticket which cost just over £5,000. However, I now have to work from home until June 2020. Can I get a refund or delay the ticket until I am back to work? Full Article
fun I booked my BA flights through a third party. Am I still able to get a voucher or a cash refund? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:52:31 GMT My flight to Cambodia has still not been cancelled but I cannot go. I booked through a third party but not sure if this means I can get a voucher in lieu of flights or a cash refund? Full Article
fun NORTH AMERICAN INCOME: The fund that Trump needs to succeed By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:49:06 GMT Not even the somewhat conservative portfolio underpinning investment trust North American Income has protected shareholders from the sharp market correction. Full Article
fun TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 08:04:33 GMT '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.' Full Article
fun I am struggling to get a refund for a takeaway. What are my rights? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:13:24 GMT 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? Full Article
fun Prince William Zoom call with Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett in Big Night In TV fundraiser By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:43:59 GMT Lord Melchett paced around his office impatiently waiting for the Duke of Cambridge to call in, quipping: 'I thought Germans were meant to be punctual'. Full Article
fun Celebrities including Wayne Rooney and Jimmy Carr could get tax refund over data centres By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:55:14 GMT A host of famous faces ploughed money into a scheme which allowed them to claim tax relief if they invested in the building of two data centres in Tyneside, north-east England. Full Article
fun Coronavirus UK: Wayne Rooney questions why footballers are being targeted by government for funds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 12:24:37 GMT There were calls earlier this week, most notably from Matt Hancock, for players to give up a chunk of their wages, with the health secretary urging Premier League footballers to 'do their bit'. Full Article
fun American hedge fund Citadel in £275m bet against UK grocers By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:02:28 GMT The move by Citadel suggests Britain's supermarket chains might not be immune to the coronavirus outbreak, even though their shares have held firm so far. Full Article
fun Ski firm Sunweb faces legal fight over ticket refund plan By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 15:54:56 GMT Sunweb is said to have initially offered customers a full refund by March 31 after Tomorrowland Winter at the French resort Alpe d'Huez, was called off because of the coronavirus. Full Article
fun TOM UTLEY: As a student, Monty Python made me howl. So why do I find it unfunny these days? By Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:54:25 +0000 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. Full Article
fun Weather fear triggers rush for ethical investments as inflow for ESG funds jump from £3bn to £10bn By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:43:05 GMT Shareholders more than trebled their ethical investments last year, according to analysts Impactvesting. Full Article
fun Is your fund manager gambling on companies he doesn't understand? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:43:53 GMT Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market. Full Article
fun Smaller funds could beat the big names in your portfolio By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:26:26 GMT Size is the big issue of 2020. Not so long ago, it felt hugely comforting to be an investor in an extra large stock market fund, run by a star manager. But then came Neil Woodford. Full Article
fun Woodford investors to get as little as 46p per share from wrecked fund By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:54:33 GMT The money comes from a sell-off of the liquid part of the portfolio carried out by US investment bank BlackRock and is believed to represent about 70 per cent of the fund at its present value. Full Article
fun Neil Woodford's Income Focus fund will reopen on February 13 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:29:26 GMT The £270million fund has been overhauled since being taken over by Aberdeen Standard Investments at the end of last year. Full Article
fun Going green really can pay dividends: Clean up by putting your money into ethical funds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:59:44 GMT Sections of the investment community have been campaigning for years for companies to incorporate environmental, social and governance criteria into the way they do business. Full Article
fun Funds Woodford investors could try now they have some money back By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:15:28 GMT For investors who entrusted their savings to Neil Woodford, their financial nightmare is at a close. As investors finally get some of their cash back, we ask the experts where to turn next. Full Article
fun Most savers want their pension funds to invest ethically By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 07:53:58 GMT Savers want to prioritise responsible investing for retirement, but 'default' funds - which staff are automatically opted into - are not yet reflecting this, according to the report by pensions consultant LCP. Full Article
fun Are fast-moving tech stocks still a wise bet? UK funds that have gambled on Elon Musk racing ahead By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:25:07 GMT Before you jump on the bandwagon, it is worth remembering that a company's fortunes - especially one so closely linked to its boss - Elon Musk - can change quickly. Full Article
fun Invest in the 5G future with these tech-friendly funds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:28:26 GMT Although it may take a while to spread its tentacles fully into our lives, make no mistake, the introduction of state-of-the-art 5G mobile network technology is going to be transformative. Full Article
fun Respite for investors trapped in Neil Woodford's Income Focus fund By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:09:25 GMT Savers in the fund will be allowed to start placing buy and sell orders today at noon. Renamed the LF ASI Income Focus, it will officially reopen tomorrow at midday. Full Article
fun Woodford shamed again in infamous 'Spot the Dog' fund list By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 11:19:55 GMT In a major red flag with hindsight, the report called out Woodford's investment firm last year as one of the 'main culprits' for disappointing returns, four months before his flagship fund was suspended. Full Article
fun Why a 'best buy' fund isn't always the sure bet it seems By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:37:58 GMT The investment tip lists have faced scrutiny after investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown backed Neil Woodford's doomed fund on its Wealth 50 list. Full Article
fun My investing firm won't let me move half of my funds to a rival By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:19:08 GMT I am now being held to ransom and am a prisoner of the old firm. I can transfer the whole amount but I want to spread my investments, and see how the new ones perform and what the service is like. Full Article
fun Funds and trusts that rose as stock markets fell on coronavirus fears By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:08:21 GMT While investors watched their portfolios with concern as stock markets dropped on coronavirus fears, some funds and trusts climbed significantly. Full Article
fun Neil Woodford plots £500m private fund By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:10:10 GMT Disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is in talks about making a spectacular comeback just months after being sacked in one of the City's biggest investment scandals. Full Article
fun UK property funds suspend dealing amid coronavirus market panic By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:14:57 GMT A number of asset managers have suspended trading on their open-ended property funds as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic. Full Article
fun Funds to recession-proof your investment portfolio By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:57:44 GMT The UK economy is highly likely to fall into a recession due to coronavirus. We look at funds to protect your wealth. Full Article
fun Can you claim an inheritance tax refund on shares which have lost value? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:33:23 GMT Markets have plummeted over the past month, meaning some heirs could have 'overpaid' inheritance tax when they were at peak value. Full Article
fun How is Fundsmith's Terry Smith handling the great crash? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:49:04 GMT Tight controls haven't inhibited Terry Smith in running his well-honed Fundsmith investment empire that spans London, Connecticut and Mauritius, where he lives. Full Article