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An Inspector Calls: Recreating Four Weddings And A Funeral (with a few glitches) at The Crown in Amersham 

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.




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Jennifer Garner pokes fun at herself by sharing  cheesy photo of her at 21

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.




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Adele flaunts weight loss as she cosies up to Drake after gushing over her 'kind and funny' pal

Adele continued to show off her incredible weight loss as she cosied up to her good pal Drake during his 33rd birthday bash.




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The Voice contestant puts a funny quarantine twist on Adele's hit song Hello

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.




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Ryanair tells outraged customers they cannot get flight refunds until coronavirus crisis is over

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.'




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UK's biggest airlines and travel operators are 'flouting the law' by delaying refunds, says Which? 

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.




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Travel agencies face legal action after blocking up to £7billion of refunds for cancelled holidays

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.




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Holidaymakers face six-month wait for refunds as airlines struggle with backlog with £7billion owed

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.




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UK holiday letting firms reported to competition regulator by Which? over denying Covid-19 refunds

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.




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Former Liberal MP charged with assaulting fellow member during boozy parliamentary function 

Sam Duluk is accused of slapping SA-BEST upper house member Connie Bonaros on the backside at a pre-Christmas party in 2019.




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Rose Adam reveals why she struggled to 'have fun' on MasterChef as she's eliminated

On Tuesday's episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win, Rose Adam was eliminated after a tough pressure challenge. 




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Decorated policewoman killed in a car crash on Anzac Day is farewelled at Adelaide funeral

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.




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Next to sell Leicestershire HQ to boost virus lockdown funds

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.




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Banks are failing to explain why fraud victims have not been refunded

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.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Watchdog is dead loss for victims of funeral scam

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.




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ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund

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.




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ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450

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.




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ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017

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.




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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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Can I get a season ticket refund now Covid-19 makes me work at home?

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?




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I booked my BA flights through a third party. Am I still able to get a voucher or a cash refund?

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?




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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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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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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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Prince William Zoom call with Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett in Big Night In TV fundraiser

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'.




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Celebrities including Wayne Rooney and Jimmy Carr could get tax refund over data centres

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.




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Coronavirus UK: Wayne Rooney questions why footballers are being targeted by government for funds

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'.




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American hedge fund Citadel in £275m bet against UK grocers

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.




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Ski firm Sunweb faces legal fight over ticket refund plan

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.




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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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Weather fear triggers rush for ethical investments as inflow for ESG funds jump from £3bn to £10bn

Shareholders more than trebled their ethical investments last year, according to analysts Impactvesting.




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Is your fund manager gambling on companies he doesn't understand? 

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.




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Smaller funds could beat the big names in your portfolio 

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.




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Woodford investors to get as little as 46p per share from wrecked fund

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.




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Neil Woodford's Income Focus fund will reopen on February 13

The £270million fund has been overhauled since being taken over by Aberdeen Standard Investments at the end of last year.




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Going green really can pay dividends: Clean up by putting your money into ethical funds

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.




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Funds Woodford investors could try now they have some money back

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.




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Most savers want their pension funds to invest ethically

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.




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Are fast-moving tech stocks still a wise bet? UK funds that have gambled on Elon Musk racing ahead

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.




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Invest in the 5G future with these tech-friendly funds

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.




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Respite for investors trapped in Neil Woodford's Income Focus fund

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.




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Woodford shamed again in infamous 'Spot the Dog' fund list

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.




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Why a 'best buy' fund isn't always the sure bet it seems

The investment tip lists have faced scrutiny after investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown backed Neil Woodford's doomed fund on its Wealth 50 list.




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My investing firm won't let me move half of my funds to a rival

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.




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Funds and trusts that rose as stock markets fell on coronavirus fears

While investors watched their portfolios with concern as stock markets dropped on coronavirus fears, some funds and trusts climbed significantly.




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Neil Woodford plots £500m private fund

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.




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UK property funds suspend dealing amid coronavirus market panic

A number of asset managers have suspended trading on their open-ended property funds as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic.




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Funds to recession-proof your investment portfolio

The UK economy is highly likely to fall into a recession due to coronavirus. We look at funds to protect your wealth.




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Can you claim an inheritance tax refund on shares which have lost value?

Markets have plummeted over the past month, meaning some heirs could have 'overpaid' inheritance tax when they were at peak value.




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How is Fundsmith's Terry Smith handling the great crash?

Tight controls haven't inhibited Terry Smith in running his well-honed Fundsmith investment empire that spans London, Connecticut and Mauritius, where he lives.