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How to make a PPI claim with just one month left until the deadline

Households have just one month left to make a PPI claim with their bank or credit provider. And with the clock ticking, PPI sharks have ramped up their campaign to get a chunk of your money.




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PPI final countdown: Just over 24 hours left until August 29 deadline

The final deadline for making a complaint about payment protection insurance (PPI) is midnight tomorrow (August 29).




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Glint app that lets customers pay with gold goes into administration

For five days after it went into administration the company did not mention the matter on its website. Glint says its app still works as normal and users could still deposit money into it.




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Hundreds of Saga customers receive surprise payout after platinum credit card mishap

Hundreds of customers of Saga have received an unexpected windfall following its admission that it badly handled the axeing of its popular platinum credit card last year.




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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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Virgin Money credit card customers hit by charges thanks to minimum payment default

Some longstanding Virgin Money credit cardholders have been left with charges on their accounts after discovering they had only been making minimum direct debit payments.




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Virgin Money customers hit with credit card interest charges will be refunded

Virgin Money is refunding loyal customers hit by interest charges after they unwittingly only made minimum payments on their new Virgin Atlantic credit cards.




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Five credit ratings myths busted: We reveal the true cost of a poor credit score

Paying a £3,000 credit card bill over two years could cost £1,979 more in interest to an appliccant with a bad credit rating, according to data from TotallyMoney and Moneycomms.




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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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New Visa incentive for shops to give cashback to customers 

Visa's scheme marks the first time all the UK's banks will pay small stores to offer cashback. Beccy Soper (pictured), of Beccy's Greengrocers in Stockbridge, Hampshire, said: 'It's a win-win'.




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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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240,000 Santander customers ask for credit card and mortgage holidays

The UK arm of Santander revealed its pre-tax profit fell 58 per cent to £114million in the first three months of 2020.




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Amex credit card customers given more time to spend for bonus points

Newcomers to American Express now have more time to rack up points bonuses for their credit card spending, with the card provider doubling the length of some of its welcome offers.




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Virgin Money customers' credit cards suspended during lockdown

Customers of Virgin Money rounded on the bank after it suspended their credit cards, despite many of them not struggling with their repayments and clearing their balance in full.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Brighthouse let down customers

I’m all for being thorough, but the sooner redress is given the better chance there is of getting those who are mistreated back to the position they would have been in.




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Some straight-talking advice for British Gas customers

Navy Retired, in Merseyside says: ‘If you are a British Gas customer, you might as well put £200 - 300 down the nearest drain. Switch - it is so easy.’ I think he or she is bang on the money.




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Dividend Heroes 2020: Investment trusts boosting income since Light My Fire

If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it's now. And among the stock market capitulation, a ray of light has arrived with the latest list of Dividend Heroes.




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I'd back an investment trust over fixing a cash Isa for 7 years at 1.65%

Whenever I see such rates I feel compelled to ask: 'Why if you have money that you don't need for seven years would you not invest it for a better return?'




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White House Correspondents' Association moves annual dinner to August

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will go on, with organizers swapping a late April date for one in August, the White House Correspondents' Association announced.




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Tiger King: Meet Australia's big cat keepers risking their lives to look after endangered animals

Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia.




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The 10 most popular movies and shows on Netflix Australia right now

Viewers still can't get enough of the bizarre underworld of big cat breeding in Tiger King, along with supernatural thriller Code 8 and feel-good comedy Love Wedding Repeat.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas video calls her Holocaust-survivor grandmother

Unorthodox star Shira Haas shared a picture of her family's video call to her grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day. 




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Too Hot To Handle: Haley Cureton has 'literally no idea where Australia is'

The contestants on Netflix dating show Too Hot to Handle aren't exactly known for their intellectual gifts.




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The Last Dance on Netflix Australia shows Michael Jordan was selfish, mean and a bore off the court

Michael Jordan is a bore. Not with a basketball in his hands obviously. On the court he was arguably the most exciting, brilliant, exhilarating player of all time.




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Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows as customer projections have doubled

Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows and has most programs for 2020, and much of 2021, filmed, plus is working on more than 200 projects, says Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.




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Calls for Australian sport to follow the American NBA after Michael Jordan Netflix documentary

AFL legend Warren Tredrea believes the sport would benefit from allowing greater media access to players both to promote the sport and humanise its players.




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Idris Elba's DJ sitcom Turn Up Charlie is 'axed' by Netflix after just one series

The sitcom, created by the actor, 47, depicted a has-been DJ trying to turn his fortunes around.




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Director of 'Last Dance' about Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls explains absence of Australian player

The seven-foot-tall centre from Fremantle in Western Australia played for the Chicago Bulls during Michael Jordan's second stint with the team, including his final season in 1997-98.




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Dare Me canceled after just one season on USA Network

USA Network has canceled its cheerleading drama series Dare Me after just one season, though there may be a second life for the show elsewhere.




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Chris Hemsworth's latest film Extraction is set to be a Netflix blockbuster

Chris Hemsworth has starred in a slew of blockbuster films throughout his esteemed career. 




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Seven to premiere TV special 'Tiger King: What Really Went Down?' exclusively in Australia

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, a Netflix docu-series, quickly became the most popular title on the platform when it launched in March. 




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British film industry's plan to continue shooting safely during coronavirus crisis is revealed

The British Film Commission's 30 page document outlines how to protect cast and crew from a coronavirus outbreak on set. The plan was drawn up by Netflix, BAFTA, Disney, HBO and Bectu.




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Sam Barnett dubbed the Australian Tiger King orders two tigers from Joe Exotic for Kununurra zoo

Sam Barnett, the 30-year-old son of former state Premier Colin Barnett, is in the midst of planning a zoo that will house up to 42 exotic species in Kununurra, in far north Western Australia.




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Why India needs robust space law

A long-awaited draft on Indian space law has finally been unveiled. It is called the Space Activities Bill, 2017, and its main objective is to 'promote and regulate space activities in India.'




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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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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.




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Outraged mother of raped daughter demands faster justice

The need for speedy redress comes as Delhi waits for those convicted of the brutal December 16, 2012, gang-rape of a medical student on a bus to be hanged till death.




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Ex-Australia captain Kim Hughes slams 'pathetic' England

Former Australia captain Kim Hughes has blasted England's approach to dismissing Steve Smith in the third Ashes Test at the WACA, saying 'all the backroom staff should be sacked.'




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Selena Gomez's mum 'hospitalized over Justin Bieber'

Selena Gomez, 25, happily cheered on her man Justin Bieber, 23, as she watched him play a game of ice hockey in Los Angeles on Monday.




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Chelsea starlet Ethan Amapdu admits there's 'been lots of frustration' during loan at RB Leipzig

Chelsea midfielder Ethan Ampadu says he has been left frustrated by his season on loan at RB Leipzig, a spell in which he has made just seven appearances.




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John Terry opens up on difficult relationship with Rafa Benitez at Chelsea: 'We just didn't get on'

Benitez spent six months at the Blues in the 2012-13 season, winning the Europa League. Despite the trophy success, Terry admits he didn't get on with the Spaniard from the very start.




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After bust-ups with Keane and THAT Hazard interview, Darrell Currie can't wait to get back to it

The 37-year-old has been the figurehead of BT Sport's coverage of the Scottish game for eight years and their impact has been akin to the Glasgow kiss of the city that produced him.




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Frank Lampard insists frontline NHS staff must get coronavirus tests before Premier League stars

Frank Lampard also admitted he understands the burning desire to see Premier League action return but insisted it cannot come at the price of putting people's lives further at risk.




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NASA satellite captures new image of Marree Man, an Australian carving of an ancient human

This week, NASA released a new image of the infamous Marree Man, an enormous 'geoglyph' in the South Australia that's puzzled scientists for decades and which nearly disappeared in 2016,




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Australian bushfire smoke has reached South America, satellites show

Devastating bushfires burning across Australia have generated massive clouds of smoke that can be seen from outer space. 




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Satellite images shows New Zealand and South America are shrouded with Australia's bushfire smoke

Smoke from Australia's bushfires has drifted 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, shrouding New Zealand .




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A nation on fire: Astonishing graphic shows the true scale of bushfires across Australia

The brightest spots on the graphic are in New South Wales and Victoria, where more than 2,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the raging infernos.




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Satellite photos of the bushfires Kangaroo Island South Australia

Satellite photos have captured the enormous scale of the devastating bushfires on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. 




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NASA satellites reveal smoke from Australian bushfires will take MONTHS to disperse

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.




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Alarming before and after photos reveal the true impact of bushfires across Australia's east coast

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.