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'Rich List' tycoon is jailed for £350m fraud involving 324 bogus companies
Three businessmen at the centre of one of the biggest and longest-running frauds in banking history received stiff prison sentences yesterday after their £350m edifice of deceit was brought tumbling down by a fax sent to the wrong office.
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Loan protection policies 'are £1.4bn con'
Friday, 6 June 2008
Banks are overcharging customers by £1.4bn a year for loan protection policies that many will be unable to claim on, the Competition Commission has ruled.
Freedom Of Information: Guantanamo Briton uses Freedom of Information law
Friday, 6 June 2008
British diplomats have been working behind the scenes to secure the release of Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident, who claims to have been tortured during his six-year detention by the United States, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Soldiers should be paid more, says Army chief
Thursday, 5 June 2008
The head of the British Army called for more money for troops today.
BA transfer to Terminal 5 off to a flying start
Thursday, 5 June 2008
British Airways' transfer of some long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5 started well today with the first two planes arriving on time.
Bikers hold up traffic in fuel protest
Thursday, 5 June 2008
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Brown urges more knife crime prosecutions
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Gordon Brown today urged prosecutors to take more 16 and 17-year-olds to court if they are caught carrying a knife.
Bookmaker suspends betting on BBC's goals
Thursday, 5 June 2008
The BBC was facing fresh scrutiny last night after it emerged that a bookmaker had closed betting on Match of the Day's "Goal of the Season" competition when unusually large sums of money were placed on one particular entry.
Teenager died playing in flood waters
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
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Man killed by roof collapse
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
A man died after the roof of a town centre building collapsed.
David Moyes accepts libel damages over Wayne Rooney allegation
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
David Moyes, the manager of Everton, accepted "substantial" undisclosed libel damages yesterday over a "wholly untrue" allegation in Wayne Rooney's autobiography that he leaked details of a confidential conversation with the striker.
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