23 h. ago We paid woman we trusted £12k for fake wedding. She still hasn't paid us back

'We all welcomed her... It turned out she was taking money from us for a wedding that didn't exist'

Economics

5 d. ago Bogus bride conned family out of £12,000 for fake foreign wedding to pay off her bingo debts

Estate agent Charlotte Blackwell, 31, forged flight documents and hotel bookings so guests would hand over money.

Economics

7 d. ago India’s latest party trend: Extravagant fake wedding parties

From Delhi rooftops to Hyderabad clubs, fake weddings allow young urban Indians to experience the glamour of fancy marriage celebrations without the exorbitant costs or expectations of the real thing. Shahana Yasmin reports

Society

9 d. ago The kindness of strangers: a woman paid for my groceries when I couldn’t

I was trying to move money over quickly but the banking app was down. Plus, I had a toddler and a baby with me, and one had started screamingRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesAt the Aldi checkout I was having trouble paying for my $100 grocery shop. It wasn’t that I couldn’t afford to pay, I’d just forgotten to transfer money into our everyday transaction account. I was trying to move the money over quickly at the checkout but the banking app was down. I had my two little kids with me, a toddler and a baby, one of whom had started screaming.With a growing queue of other customers behind me, the checkout guy set aside my receipt for the scanned groceries and saved it, then went on to serving other people. Frantically, I called my husband and asked him to come down to the supermarket with his bank card and pay, as it didn’t seem that I was going to be able to. While I was on the phone to him, a lady in the line paid for her groceries – then told the checkout guy, “I’ll pay ...

Politics

9 d. ago Music and marigolds: Inside India’s extravagant fake wedding parties

From Delhi rooftops to Hyderabad clubs, fake weddings allow young urban Indians to experience the glamour of fancy marriage celebrations without the exorbitant costs or expectations of the real thing. Shahana Yasmin reports

Politics

2 w. ago Woman at centre of Christian Horner scandal 'paid millions to leave Red Bull'

The unnamed woman who was at the centre of the Christian Horner scandal has reportedly been paid millions to leave Red Bull just months after the former team principal was sacked

Science

2 w. ago Woman at centre of Christian Horner sex texts scandal is paid HUGE fee to drop her allegations, as he looks to move on with wife Geri Halliwell

EXCLUSIVE: The employee, whose identity is protected by legal anonymity, has agreed to move on and drop her allegations in return for the fee.

Politics

2 w. ago Bloke's bizarre excuse as he's caught romping with woman in back of speeding truck

The woman was 'paid by the Russian 1,000 baht [£22.90] to film content together for his Instagram channel'. Georgy Dzugkoev, 23, has hundreds of thousands of social media followers

Events

2 w. ago Tributes paid to 'beautiful' woman, 21, who died suddenly in tragedy

Isabella Clark has been remembered as a "beloved" daughter and friend who "touched the lives of everyone she met"

Events

2 w. ago Met Police officer boasts ‘I’ve paid good money to see things like that’ after woman in police fancy dress arrested

A police sergeant at the Charing Cross police station in London has been caught making misogynistic comments about a woman who was arrested while wearing a fancy dress costume.

Events

3 w. ago 'I bought £4 Too Good To Go bag from Morrisons but contents left me fuming'

A woman who paid £4 for a Too Good To Go bag from Morrisons shared the contents of her bag online as she was unhappy with what she got - but others said she 'won'

Economics