10 h. ago Disgraced lawyer forced to pay back just £130k after raking in £1.7m through money laundering

David Lyons, 74, will payback less than £130,000 as that was all Crown lawyers could recover at this time.

Economics

12 h. ago Events planner with 'rejection sensitivity' who was 'triggered' when her boss told her to 'get back in your work box' wins £12,000 payout

Sophie Stone, a neurodivergent events freelancer, was left 'triggered' when her boss Julie Knox made the remark at work.

Economics

27 h. ago I quit my job as a lawyer to work as a scaffolder – I’ve almost DOUBLED my salary and I’m so much happier

A LAWYER has quit her job to become a scaffolder — and she’s almost doubled her salary. Mollie Pollard, 33, said she struggled to live on her pay after seven years in the legal industry. Mollie, who is paying off a £45,000 student debt, claimed she was putting “blood, sweat and tears” into her legal...

Society

51 h. ago Alex Scott rakes in £800,000 from BBC Football Focus and Sky Sports roles as presenter closes in on Laura Woods’ salary

FOOTIE presenter Alex Scott is making £800,000 a year from her presenting roles on Sky Sports and Football Focus. The 41-year-old former Arsenal and England star enjoyed a bumper year according to fresh accounts - and she handed herself a £380,000 dividend pay out. Paperwork from her company, AVS Media — set up in 2015...

Economics

55 h. ago BT worker gets £10,000 payout for unfair sacking after calling Dundee United fan an 'Arab'

A BT worker won a £10,000 payout for being unfairly sacked after he called a Dundee United fan an 'Arab' and bosses raised concerns.

Economics

3 d. ago Indian couple win $200,000 payout for 'food racism' after college told them to stop microwaving pungent curry lunches in office

Aditya Prakash and his fiancée Urmi Bhattacheryya were handed the sum after accusing the University of Coloradoat Boulder of discrimination and retaliation.

Society

3 d. ago Coronation Street’s Beverly Callard’s financial misery revealed as company faces £100k tax bill

Coronation Street star Beverly Callard’s private firm JMBJ Limited has failed to pay £98,000 in taxes owed after it went bankrupt. Its tax debt, revealed by liquidators in a ‘Final’ insolvency update filed at Companies House, the tax debt part of £101,000 of bills left unpaid by the collapse of her firm in 2023. With...

Economics

3 d. ago Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest addedHelen Lambert borrowed £57,000 to go to university and began repaying her student loan in 2021 after starting work as an NHS nurse.Since then she has repaid more than £5,000, typically having about £145 a month taken from her pay packet. But everything she hands over is dwarfed by the £400-plus of interest that is added to her debt every month, thanks to rates that have been as high as 8%. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago UAE ordered to pay £260,000 to trafficking victim exploited by diplomat in London

High court ruling marks first time a foreign state has been held liable for domestic servitude by its envoy on UK soilThe United Arab Emirates must pay a victim of human trafficking more than £260,000 after being exploited by one of their diplomats in London, the high court has ruled.Lawyers representing the woman said it was unprecedented for a court to order a foreign state to pay for domestic servitude by a diplomat on UK soil. Continue reading...

Economics

5 d. ago DWP £80 weekly payment not being claimed by 910,000 pensioners

Nearly one million pensioners are failing to claim a benefit worth an average of £4,300 a year, according to DWP data

Economics

6 d. ago Super rich woman offers to pay £85,000 a year to 'lady in waiting' personal assistant

A unique opportunity to work from your employer's home and accompany her to lavish social events has opened up

Economics

6 d. ago Council ordered to pay job applicant almost £3,000 in compensation over hurt feelings

The judge said the job posting, specifying that applicants should have 10 years’ managerial experience, had been discriminatory

Economics

6 d. ago Number of employed people in UK falls again as wage growth slows

Shops, restaurants and hotels particularly hit by slowdown in hiring, as unemployment remains at 5.1%Business live – latest updatesThe number of employed people in the UK has fallen again, particularly in shops, restaurants and hotels, reflecting weak hiring, while private sector wages grew at the slowest rate in five years, official figures show.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of employees on payrolls fell by 184,000 in December compared with a year earlier, to 30.2 million. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Council ordered to pay failed job applicant £3,000 compensation for hurting his feelings when rejecting him

James Sheehy, 29, applied for the position of town clerk in March 2024 at Lymington and Pennington Town Council in Hampshire.

Economics

7 d. ago Fraudster phone boss ordered to pay almost £200,000 or face two years in prison

The phone company boss fraudulently obtained Covid "Bounce Bank" loans

Economics

7 d. ago Indian students receive $200,000 payout after university staff member complains about ‘pungent’ food

What started as a dispute over kitchen etiquette spiralled into disciplinary action against an Indian student couple, loss of funding, and a legal battle that ended in a sizeable settlement. Shahana Yasmin reports

Society

9 d. ago One cool cat! Man pays £16,000 to have dead pet feline cryogenically frozen at Swiss clinic

Finance worker Mark McAuliffe, from Newcastle, was so grief-stricken by Bonny's deteriorating health that he paid the eye-watering sum to have her frozen once she died.

Economics

1 week ago Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans

Politics

1 week ago Nurses take on Trump for downgrading training as not ‘professional’ and costing them thousands in student loans

As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare

Politics

1 week ago Are Trader Joe’s tote bags the last vestige of American soft power? | Dave Schilling

No one wants to visit us any more – but they might pay $50,000 for a bag you could get here for $3There aren’t many escapes from the grim onslaught of terrible news these days. You can stare at a blank wall, obsessively count the hairs on your arm, or, in a true moment of desperation, ponder the state of global fashion. I prefer the last one. I love being on the cutting edge of style, peacocking out in the decaying slopfest that is our planet. A crisp, well-made suit is a cure for all manner of emotionally trying times. I relish being hyper-aware of the goings-on of fashion, so I was one of the first sorry souls to learn of the current global obsession with flimsy canvas Trader Joe’s shopping bags.For those unaware, Trader Joe’s is an American grocery store chain known primarily for its affordable prices, whimsical tropical branding, and heart-attack-inducing parking lots – apparently designed to be small because the stores themselves are so tiny that they can’t justify more spaces....

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