Drivers caught speeding will face tougher penalties of up to 175pc of their weekly income under new rules introduced on Monday. Fines for serious offenders will start from 150pc of their weekly income rather than the current level of 100pc. The fines are split into bands from A to C. The penalty depends...

Man, 101, guilty of 21 historical sex offences against girls - thought to be oldest person convicted in England.

Jurors found Ralph Clarke from Erdington, Birmingham, guilty of 21 counts of abusing the girls in the 1970s and 80s.

He will be sentenced on Monday.

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Apparently , there are certain things that you do not need to disclose to an insurance company unless either asked directly or it is in the list of assumptions.
Recently I took contents insurance with Yorkshire Bank and it was done over the phone. Once the paperwork came through I thought I should...

I am at the end of my tether and seriously thinking about whether to carry on with this charade, 24 years down the line and I feel like the hired f-ing help, get moaned at when things aren't done or tidy or whatever and I think (and often say), I work full time and do everything. What I also want to...

This thread is posted as a warning.

Historically my MOT expired at the same time as my road tax. This meant that I had to get an MOT and ensure insurance was renewed before I rolled up at the post office to get the tax disc.

On my latest car the MOT ran past both the tax...

Broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls including one as young as nine.

The 83-year-old from Wilmslow, Cheshire pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to the offences, involving 13 victims, which occurred between 1967 and 1985.

A further...

OFT acts against leading payday lenders

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th March 2013 10:08.

The OFT is giving the leading 50 payday lenders, accounting for 90 per cent of the payday market, *12 weeks to change their business practices or...

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Motorists to be hammered with further insurance increases

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd January 2013 09:33.

*......as firms fear bigger court injury payouts* Young drivers could see hundreds of pounds added to their insurance premiums as re-insurers......

In my stupidity back end of september and begining of October I parked in a place I should not have, don't get mad, but 14 times. This is because I opened a Lloyds basic account and their cards are restricted to Lloyds only, so had to travel and park in the main city centre.
I wrote to my kocal...

HSBC joins hall of shame after revealing it is to be fined $1bn for money laundering offences

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th July 2012 22:52.

Britain’s biggest and most profitable bank last night joined the hall of shame when it was revealed it is to...

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I just wondered if someone could clear this one up for me....does Bankruptcy show on an enhanced CRB check?

I've searched the net for the answer and on the whole the answer comes up as a 'No' as Bankruptcy isn't a criminal offence. However, are there any circumstances...

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Of course, there is no "Slavery and Servitude Act 2010" - that as just some piffle thought up by the police spokes-wallah who fed the story to the BBC. The actual offences...