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New train rule means passengers could be handed £700 in compensation

One train passenger says she got £700 in compensation after her trains were delayed or cancelled.

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Teen driver arrested after 'car veers on wrong side of road to evade police'

Two knives and class A drugs were uncovered as police searched the car

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EDF to give customers 64 hours of free electricity

EDF is rolling out four “free electricity” Sundays

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Nationwide 'working on' new app feature after customers requested it

Nationwide has revealed that online customers will be able to receive notifications for incoming payments as part of an upcoming update.

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New CCTV car rolled out on Midlands streets and will fine drivers £70

Leicester City Council will begin using its CCTV camera-fitted vehicle to tackle poor parking.

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Lucy Letby 'terrified she's top kill target after Ian Huntley death'

It comes after double child killer Ian Huntley was attacked in jail

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Bungling drug dealer was sitting on toilet when police stormed his home

Tobe Ojukwe tried to flush his drugs down the toilet

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Men arrested over girl's crash death bailed as police investigation continues

Further enquiries are being conducted while the two arrested men have been released on bail

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HMRC set to punish UK households over £916 payments into bank accounts

. Fiscal drag is quietly dragging ordinary households into the clutches of HMRC.

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Man found dead in Midlands home as police issue statement

Emergency services were called to the scene

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HMRC may have £2,000 for people born in these years

Thousands of young adults and teenagers may have forgotten money sitting in their accounts.

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Boy, 17, rushed to hospital with serious injuries after Good Friday stabbing

Police have launched an investigation

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Teens charged with murder appear in court after fatal stabbing

Zeshan Afzal, 18, suffered stab injuries near a mosque on Oldbury Road in Smethwick, Sandwell, on February 20

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Wolverhampton boy, 4, fighting for his life after iron deficiency turned out to be brain tumour

Courtney McNally said her son Finley started projectile vomiting daily

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Key DWP State Pension changes in April as workers urged to plan ahead

There are a number of changes taking place

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Labour rejects calls to give families more time to pay in inheritance tax shake-up

Government said it would maintain "existing, longstanding deadlines which ensure tax is collected quickly and efficiently".

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Punter lay on pub floor as blood poured from neck after Midlands stabbing

Daniel O'Hagen, 44, has now been jailed over the stabbing

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Uncle's chilling 999 call minutes after raping and killing 12-year-old niece

Unemployed John Maden subjected young Tia Rigg to a horrifying ordeal

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Carer daughter stole £40K from mum with Motor Neurone Disease and avoids jail

Michelle Moore was handed control of her mother Lynne Mill's finances after her husband passed away and she was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2019. The 39-year-old admitted defrauding her vulnerable mother of more than £40,000 over three years.

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Police make £14k discovery in crackdown on 'rogue traders' selling these items

Officers seized hand-rolling tobacco worth £14,000 and 12,000 illegal cigarettes during the operation