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Image caption Seema Misra was pregnant when she was jailed Seema Misra was pregnant with her second child when she was convicted of theft and sent to jail in 2010. “If I hadn’t had been pregnant, I definitely would have killed myself,” she said. “It was the worst thing. It was so shameful.” Seema is […]

Image copyright Balvinder Singh Gill Image caption Kashmir Gill was given a suspended sentence for false accounting after taking over a post office in Coventry with husband Gurnan Sub-postmasters say being accused of theft, fraud and false accounting has destroyed their health and reputations. More than 550 ex-Post Office workers are to get a share

Image copyright Getty Images Haggling could save households £120 a year on broadband, but 45% of customers have not asked their current provider for a better deal, according to Which? The consumer group found that 78% of people who negotiated were offered an incentive, discount or a better deal. More than 5,000 customers were asked

Image copyright PA Media Rail passengers are being urged to check their train times before they travel from Sunday as a new winter timetable comes into effect. The plan is that journey times will be cut, services increased and new routes added across the country, after infrastructure and carriage investment. Train timetables are changed twice

Image copyright Facebook/Quadriga Image caption Gerald Cotten was the only person who had passwords to QuadrigaCX digital wallets Lawyers representing users of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are asking Canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. They say they want an exhumation given “questionable circumstances” surrounding his death. Gerald Cotten died suddenly last year

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Money may go further for those on Christmas holidays overseas this year As the country contemplates the election results, people’s thoughts will turn to the potential effect on their finances. Money matters are often to the fore at this, expensive, time of year. The December election is likely to

Image copyright Getty Images The US and China have announced a preliminary trade agreement. The so-called phase one deal will see billions of dollars in tariffs removed or delayed. US stocks hit a fresh record on hopes there will be a continued softening of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. A fresh wave

Image copyright Getty Images Viagogo’s $4bn (£3.1bn) deal to buy rival ticket reseller StubHub is to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will look at whether the deal will lead to “a substantial lessening of competition” in ticket selling. It is inviting “interested parties” to comment on the

Image copyright Getty Images Business groups have urged Boris Johnson to begin work negotiating the terms of the UK’s future relationship with the EU after Brexit. Following Mr Johnson’s victory in the election, which he won on a promise to “get Brexit done”, businesses have called on him to avoid no-deal. They are concerned the

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Neil Woodford has been removed as the fund’s investment manager Stricken investors in Neil Woodford’s former flagship fund will receive their first payments on 20 January as the fund is wound up by its administrators. Individuals and institutional investors will be told by letter on 13 January how much they