77 minutes ago Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating customers; UK interest rates ‘to fall to 2.75%’ next year – business live

Volkswagen Finance has agreed to pay over £21.5m in redress to around 110,000 customers who may have suffered harm because of its failings.Volkswagen Financial Services has apologised for the failings identified by the FCA, saying (via Reuters):“We are in the process of concluding our remediation efforts as we continue to provide goodwill payments to affected customers and apologise for any detriment caused.” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Pensioners' fury after being slapped with £60 fine for overstaying in a car park... by just 11 SECONDS

It was Brenda Reed's first time back in the UK in 60 years when she received the fine after parking in Margate's Lido Car Park in Kent.

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3 hours ago Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating UK customers in financial difficulty – business live

Volkswagen Finance has agreed to pay over £21.5m in redress to around 110,000 customers who may have suffered harm because of its failings.Volkswagen Financial Services has apologised for the failings identified by the FCA, saying (via Reuters):“We are in the process of concluding our remediation efforts as we continue to provide goodwill payments to affected customers and apologise for any detriment caused.” Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Charles Leclerc wins United States F1 GP as Norris’s battle with Verstappen erupts

Verstappen third, Norris fourth behind Ferrari duoNorris drops place after taking five-second penaltyThat there is a real title fight on the cards still to come this season was illustrated in the finest fashion of the kind Formula One deserves with a gripping, dramatic and controversial wheel to wheel contest between the two protagonists Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the US Grand Prix. But pity then poor Charles Leclerc, whose dominant victory in Austin and Ferrari’s resurgence with a one-two alongside Carlos Sainz was all but overshadowed in the Texas sunshine.The season, a two-horse fight between Red Bull’s Verstappen and McLaren’s Norris, has long demanded a full-on head to head between the pair and they finally delivered with a humdinger, albeit not for the lead. After vying fo...

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27 hours ago Expert's 65p food to fix winter mood disorder and three other seasonal woes

Vitamin D is a crucial nutrient for a variety of systems and processes within the body and when the winter chills set in, people become more vulnerable to physical and mental illnesses which can be solved with one 65p can

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28 hours ago Drivers could be fined £100 for making phone call after their car has broken down

Motorists have been warned about calling a motoring organisation if their vehicle has broken down

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36 hours ago Verstappen wins US Grand Prix sprint race, but Norris snatches pole position

Red Bull driver extends lead in title race to 54 pointsNorris is first on the grid for Sunday, Verstappen secondIt was first blood to Max Verstappen, as the Formula One championship run-in opened with the Red Bull driver enjoying his first win since June and his most comfortably controlled drive since then, with a victory in the sprint race at the US Grand Prix. However, his title rival Lando Norris returned fire later in the day, taking pole position for Sunday with Verstappen second on the grid.The sprint race was an impressively dominant victory at the Circuit of the Americas. After beating Norris into third, Verstappen extended his championship lead and demonstrated the Red Bull is once more on fine form. Norris lost second place to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the final lap but made u...

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