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• BA sorry for sending flight cancellation email to wrong passengers

  24-08-2019 22:58
  ‘Error’ meant some customers were incorrectly told their flights were cancelled after strike announcementBritish Airways has apologised after an “email error” meant some passengers were wrongly told their flights were cancelled following the announcement that pilots would strike for three days next month.Weddings, honeymoons and holidays of a lifetime have been thrown into doubt by the walkouts, which will see a number of flights cancelled on 9, 10 and 27 September. Conti
  
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• Behind the scenes of Karl Lagerfeld’s last show for Chanel – in pictures

  24-08-2019 18:00
  After meeting Karl Lagerfeld several times, artist Jean-Philippe Delhomme was invited behind the scenes of the spring/summer 2019 show for Chanel: The Making of a Collection (3 September, Abrams). With illustrations that chart the process from concept to runway, Delhomme set out to ‘paint the unknown worker of a button factory with as much attention as the models and public figures’.Continue reading...
  
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• How a trio of PPI first ladies made millions from clients’ compensation

  24-08-2019 17:00
  Data from Companies House shows a bonanza for three female claims company directorsThey are the three queens of PPI, the owners of giant claims companies that have banked hundreds of millions of pounds in fees from the PPI saga. But none of them appears in newspaper rich lists, and little is known about their vast fortunes.Lisa O’Neill, at 39 the youngest of the PPI multimillionaires, is listed as the 100% owner of Warrington-based Gladstone Brookes, which boasts on its website that it has
  
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• The £45,000 deposit for our first home was stolen and the banks did nothing

  24-08-2019 08:00
  Imagine the horror of losing all to fraudsters who hacked emails and diverted the cash to a bogus accountBack in March, everything was looking good for Nikhil Dudeja. He and his wife Richa were about to buy their first dream home with the £45,500 deposit they had saved up with significant help from their parents, and the purchase was progressing well. While they were away on holiday Nikhil received an email from their solicitor asking for their deposit money to be paid. He went into his Ll
  
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• Struggling to get through the month? Get paid a day early

  24-08-2019 08:00
  App-based bank Monzo says it will let customers access their salary the day before it is due to arriveGet paid a day early – for free. That’s the tempting proposition from one of Britain’s fastest-growing banks that will particularly appeal to those who often struggle to get through the month.App-based bank Monzo says it will now let people get their hands on their salary at 4pm the day before it is due to arrive. Normally the earliest you would be able to get at your cash woul
  
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• Is my iPhone about to be become obsolete?

  24-08-2019 08:00
  I bought it just three years ago and I won’t be very pleased if Apple stop supporting itEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.I’ve just discovered that my iPhone 6s, which I bought for £300 only three years ago, won’t be getting any iOS software updates after September. Is this something I should be worried about, or will it c
  
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• If you're heading for university, which account can you bank on?

  24-08-2019 08:00
  There are a lot of tempting offers. We look at the best deals from freebies to overdraftsHeading to university in September? HSBC has been named as the best bank for students by MoneySavingExpert, with Nationwide and Santander following closely behind.HSBC gets the thumbs up for the free £100 it gives students opening a new account by the end of this year, plus the £1,000 interest-free overdraft for the first year, with the option to potentially increase this to £2,000 in the s
  
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• 'I craved stability and wasn't getting it from modelling'

  24-08-2019 08:00
  Vanessa’s ‘lightbulb moment’ was making African inspired lampshades – on her own termsName: Vanessa Agyemang
  Age: 30
  Occupation: Artist and online retailer
  Income: £32,000I’m definitely good with money. My grandmother was an excellent saver and ended up building a mansion in Ghana. On the other hand, my parents were terrible with money. I saw how they handled financial situations and I just thought that can’t be my life. So I chose my grandmother as my r
  
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• £50,000 for being hit by a rugby ball: when compensation culture goes mad

  24-08-2019 08:00
  Stadium managers are facing a new world of spectator litigation – with talk of nets having to be placed around pitches to avoid potentially huge claimsImagine you bag some tickets to watch England play rugby against Ireland at the magnificent Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Should a loose ball spin out and hit you in the arm, what’s the proper response? Throw it back to a ball boy or girl on the sidelines? No, the thing to do is go straight to a solicitor, preferably a no-win, no-fee one, a
  
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• Funeral costs MAPPED: Are you facing spending £1,000 more due to where you live in UK?

  24-08-2019 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  FUNERAL arrangements can be costly, with the average cost of a funeral in England amounting to thousands of pounds, according to new findings. However, it seems that the amount a person pays could depend on where they live.
  
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