Nasty Nick
Nicholas van Hoogstraten is having his photograph taken when I arrive, but exclaims when he sees me, 'Are you the writer? They usually send dolly birds - I'm glad they se...
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Going private can seriously damage your health service
It is becoming increasingly clear that the model being imposed on the health service is the wrong one. The strategy isn't working. NHS trust deficits have reached nearly ...
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Prescott to repay thousands in council tax
John Prescott was forced to apologise today and repay several thousand pounds of council tax after what he described as a "genuine misunderstanding" over his grace-and-fa...
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Must I pay a bank charge?
Q My bank has charged me £25 for a direct debit of £13.77 which was not paid due to insufficient funds.
Why do I have to pay this? The bank has done nothing - ...
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Sage buys US credit card processor for £184m
The accounting software group Sage yesterday spent £184m buying the US-based payment-processing company Verus Financial Management from privately-owned Financial Te...
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Pins put paid to pens
Although most of us have had chip and pin cards for over a year now, we have still been able to sign for goods and services when using our credit or debit cards in shops ...
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Brown urged to give Nigeria back its cash
Campaigners are urging Gordon Brown to return a £900m repayment Britain received from Nigeria on Friday.
Africa's most populous state struck a historic deal with P...
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Maiden faces £2m bill after court case
Maiden, the outdoor advertising group put up for sale after breaking banking covenants last year, faces a £2m bill after losing a high court case.
The ruling deals...
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Leeds face £5m charge if they get back into the Premiership
Leeds will face a heavy bill should they achieve promotion. The Elland Road club will have to pay £5m to the consortium of creditors known as the bondholders on the...
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Soviet threat to pension funds
Perhaps it was just another productive day down the Kazakhstan copper mines. Kazakhmys gained 2.5% yesterday, making it 7% since joining the FTSE 100 index on Monday this...
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Computers, Software 
