3 h. ago Fury as UK council spends £200,000 reprinting tax bills due to minor typo

Bristol City Council dispatched 239,143 letters last month to clarify a "typographical error" on this year's council tax bills - despite the mistake having absolutely no effect on the amounts households are required to pay

Economics

54 h. ago Government claws back just £74m from excessive profits made by firms running asylum accommodation

The Home Office has recovered £74m from the companies that have contracted to house roughly 32,000 illegal migrants in more than 200 hotels.

Economics

3 d. ago HMRC to send out thousands of letters to people about major tax change in April

HMRC is sending out more than 200,000 letters to people who will be affected by changes to the tax system next year

Politics

3 d. ago Cowboy builder who swindled homeowners out of £200,000 is jailed for four years

James Morgan, 39, who ran Prestige Home Improvement (East Anglia) Limited was reported Norfolk County Council's Trading Standards Team by a number of unhappy customers

Economics

3 d. ago Cowboy builder who swindled homeowners out of £200,000 and chased woman for cash as her father died is jailed for four years

James Morgan harassed and intimidated terrified customers into handing over payments during a two-year period, bombarding them with messages or lurking outside their homes.

Economics

3 d. ago Tycoon who founded £35million Cake Box bakery chain loses appeal over £200,000 fine for chopping down 132 trees on his estate so he could build a driveway

Sukh Chamdal axed the trees - including dozens that were protected - to make way for a driveway to what he described as his 'super-duper house' at his Essex estate.

Economics

4 d. ago Bella Culley arrives back in the UK with her mother after pregnant Brit 'drugs mule' was freed from Georgian prison

The suspected drugs mule, 19, flew in from Tbilisi after spending five months in jail following her arrest for smuggling £200,000 of marijuana and hashish from Thailand to the ex-Soviet state.

Events

5 d. ago HMRC sending important letters to thousands of people about income tax change in April

Around 200,000 people will receive the letter over the next week.

Politics

5 d. ago GPs axing up to 200,000 appointments each week due to new online booking forms

Doctors say they have had to reduce the number of consultations they offer so they have time to trawl through the influx of messages, leading to increased waits for patients.

Politics

5 d. ago Will Ferrell’s Elf costume could fetch up to £200,000 at auction

The film about a man raised as one of Father Christmas’s elves is considered to be one of the top festive films of all time.

Economics

7 d. ago British teen drug mule Bella Culley toasts bread over a candle and makes salt and pepper chicken behind bars, her mother claims

The British teenager has spent five months behind bars after she was found with £200,000 worth of cannabis in her luggage when she arrived in Tbilisi in May.

Events

9 d. ago Ford recalls over 200,000 cars due to safety issues. Here are the vehicles impacted

Some Econoline vans have inoperative defrosting systems

Politics

1 week ago Widow of man crushed to death by giant urinal sues employer for £200,000

The retractable toilet unit has become an increasingly familiar sight in London’s West End and is designed to be lowered below ground during the day then raised up for use by revellers at night

Economics

1 week ago I want to buy a £180,000 flat but is the £2,200 service charge too high? DAVID HOLLINGWORTH replies

I've seen a one-bedroom flats priced at £180,000. The service charge is £2,200 and the ground rent is £250. Will that put mortgage lenders off?

Economics

1 week ago TikTok star Ben Bader’s girlfriend pays tribute after influencer dies aged 25

Bader - who had more than 200,000 followers - passed away in Miami, his girlfriend Reem said

Events

1 week ago North Sea oil and gas firm Petrofac files for administration putting 2,000 British jobs at risk 

A NORTH Sea oil and gas firm filed for administration yesterday, putting thousands of British jobs at risk.  Petrofac employs about 2,000 people at its UK base in Aberdeen, including 1,200 offshore employees and a further 800 training and operational roles.  The oil services group is tumbling into insolvency after a planned restructure collapsed last...

Society

1 week ago Family's bizarre $200,000 legal saga takes yet another turn after 26 dirty mattresses were dumped on their driveway as payback for a bad review

An Aussie family's fight against a rubbish company has turned into their worst nightmare.

Economics

2 w. ago Welsh Council to spend £200,000 asking for advice about a pond

The overall project has a budget of £4.6million

Economics

2 w. ago NFL hands down $315k in fines over Giants’ concussion protocol violations

Giants fined $200k over concussion protocol breachDaboll docked $100k and Skattebo $15k for misconductLeague: violations created ‘perception’ of interferenceThe New York Giants, head coach Brian Daboll and running back Cam Skattebo have been fined for violating the NFL’s concussion protocol during an evaluation of rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart in the team’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, the league and NFL Players Association announced Friday.The Giants were hit with a $200,000 fine for breaching the protocol, while Daboll was fined $100,000 and Skattebo $15,000 for conduct detrimental to the league. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago 'Cowboy builder' arrested after fleecing customers out of £1.25m

Mark Killick had managed to scam customers out of over £1million to fund his life of luxury and gambling habit before he was eventually dobbed in and arrested by police

Economics