17 h. ago Calls for phone snatching law change – but expert warns it may not go far enough

Labour MP Dawn Butler is seeking an amendment that would require tech giants to block stolen phones

Events

21 h. ago The good news is, you’re owed a tax refund. The bad news? It’s a scam

170,000 fraudulent phone calls, texts and messages offering a refund, or threatening legal action over tax owed, were reported to HMRC up to July Tax calculations can be, well, taxing, so a message from HMRC saying that there’s been a mistake may not ring too many alarm bells. Some bring good news: you have overpaid and are owed a refund, but others claim you owe money. In both cases there’s an imminent deadline to act – sometimes with the threat of legal action, or penalties if you don’t.Scammers are taking advantage of people’s fears over bills to steal personal and banking information. Automated phone calls, and messages sent by text and email, typically tell you that you need to click on a link and log in to make a payment or claim a refund. Continue reading...

Economics

28 h. ago Helen Flanagan worries friends will stop answering her phone calls amid her 'anxiety' over co

The former Coronation Street star, 35, who shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, with ex Scott Sinclair, took to her Instagram on Saturday.

Politics

39 h. ago Body found in pond ends distraught mother's two year nightmare

Police confirm human remains uncovered earlier this week belong to a 34-year-old woman who disappeared more than two years ago after making a phone call to her mum asking for a lift home

Politics

47 h. ago REVEALED: 'Difficult' phone call as England boss Thomas Tuchel AXED Trent Alexander

Trent Alexander-Arnold made the move from boyhood club Liverpool to Real Madrid over the summer, but has been dropped by Xabi Alonso at the Bernabeu recently as he adapts to Spanish life and a new system

Politics

59 h. ago Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’

Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beaten and teargas was firedGuards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday.The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra removed from office over call with ex

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has disqualified suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethical misconduct over a controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader, Hun Sen.

Politics

68 h. ago Kasper Dolberg to Celtic accelerates as key phone call sparks unmissable transfer truth about £8m striker

Anderlecht crashed out of Europe on Thursday night now the Premiership champions want to sign the Danish international

Economics

3 d. ago Expert urges Brits to check their change coins for 'super rare' piece worth £4,000

A coin collector has urged Brits to check their change for a 'super rare' piece that could be worth a small fortune. The 1934 Full Crown is believed to be 'super rare and valuable'

Economics

3 d. ago Brits have been eating Jaffa Cakes wrong for years as expert confirms correct way

A grocery expert has issued a simple hack that will change the way you eat Jaffa Cakes forever.

Politics

3 d. ago Expert says simple change can slash energy bill in time for October price cap rise

Ofgem announced that the price cap will go up from the start of October

Science

4 d. ago Football quiz: test your knowledge of the game’s most remarkable phone calls

Following Mikel Arteta’s claim that Eberechi Eze called him to ask about an Arsenal move, here are more examples of the humble telephone’s big role in football Continue reading...

Sport

5 d. ago Tommy Fleetwood's wife's phone call with Justin Rose after missing Tour Championship win

Tommy Fleetwood's wife Clare missed his historic triumph at the Tour Championship at the weekend, but was able to join in the celebrations thanks to Justin Rose

Events

5 d. ago PIP assessment tips as DWP confirms most consultations conducted over the phone

PIP assessments can be conducted in-person and by phone or video call.

Economics

6 d. ago Cold case detectives hunt killer of mum Vera Anderson found with throat cut 34 years ago

Vera Anderson received a phone call, then left her son with a neighbour - five hours later she was found dead in her car just five minutes from her house

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6 d. ago Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly’s lost Gibson and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth PaltrowNorman Harris’s career as a guitar dealer went stratospheric one day in 1973, when he received a phone call from a friend. “He said he was with someone who needed a Les Paul,” recalls the man who runs what is probably the world’s most famous guitar shop. “But he wouldn’t tell me who it was. I went over to meet them and it was just my friend there. I said: ‘You made me ride all the way down here? You made it sound so important.’ And then in walked George Harrison with Mal Evans.” Evans was the Beatles’ former road manager. They had been next door getting pizza.The business founded in 1975 by Harris – or Norm as he is known to his starry regulars, awestruck window-shoppers and legions of viewers of his YouTube channel – has grown exponentially. It is located on a strip mall in the Tarzana neighbourhood of Los Angeles, alongsid...

Economics

6 d. ago Mum stabbed 34 times received chilling phone calls before horrific crime

Irene White, a mum-of-three, was brutally murdered in her own home in 2005 and it would take eight years for any kind of breakthrough in the case - with questions still remaining

Events

1 week ago Palace boss Oliver Glasner believes Eberechi Eze has played his final game for the club

Glasner said he received a phone call from Eze on Thursday morning saying he was not feeling well enough to play in the Conference League play-off

Society

1 week ago Oliver Glasner makes honest admission after Eberechi Eze phone call forces late U

Eberechi Eze sat out of Crystal Palace's Conference League first-leg play-off against Fredrikstad at Selhurst Park on Thursday night after calling manager Oliver Glasner

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1 week ago Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far

Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone callsRefugee support organisations have been forced to install safe rooms in their premises, relocate to less visible sites and in some cases close their offices in response to the threat of far-right violence.Half of NGOs and charities supporting people seeking refuge have faced threats, a “hostile environment” of protest and safety concerns since the riots of 2024, according to research documents seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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