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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK’s super-rich are moving offshore The number of super-rich residents who pay no UK tax on their offshore accounts has fallen to its lowest level ever, according to Treasury figures. Last year, there were 78,300 non-domiciled taxpayers, or “non-doms”, in the UK compared with 98,500 in 2016-17. And […]

Image copyright Newscast Thousands of Nationwide’s overdraft customers are being refunded £6m after the building society failed to send them the correct text warnings. Bank customers must receive a text alert before they are charged for entering unarranged overdrafts. A total of 320,000 customers were affected and are now in line for a reimbursement of

Image caption Andy Chadwick says he was not warned about the scheme Former soldiers who fear their pensions have been lost are calling on the government to pay them back. The group, who had all left the armed forces, were persuaded to transfer dormant pensions into a risky scheme by unregulated salesmen. They said the

Image copyright Three Three Ireland has apologised after adding bogus roaming fees to customers’ bills. In some cases, subscribers had been told they had been charged more than €160 ($179; £147) for large amounts of data use that exceeded their allowance. Many were alerted to the charge by a series of text messages from the

Image caption The 2 Sisters Food Group is to close the site on Freebournes Road A chicken factory has ended production ahead of its permanent closure. Poultry giant 2 Sisters Food Group is closing the site in Witham, Essex, with the loss of 400 jobs. The company, which employed 528 at the site on Freebournes

Image copyright Getty Images No new 1p and 2p coins were produced by the Royal Mint last year. It is the first time in decades that it stopped making the coins, as the Treasury said there were already enough in circulation. There are an estimated 10.5 billion 1p coins and around 6.3 billion 2p coins

Image copyright Getty Images A US investor who sparked a collapse in the share price of a London-listed firm has defended his role to the BBC, admitting he is financially motivated. Carson Block has taken a bet against Burford Capital, a litigation funder, causing a 66% fall in the shares. He has criticised the accounting

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChina’s economic slowdown explained Chinese exports rose unexpectedly in July, beating expectations for a fall, as trade tensions with the US continued to simmer. Official figures showed exports rose 3.3% last month, compared to forecasts for a 2% drop. Imports fell 5.6% in July, less than the

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Microsoft-owned Skype allows for voice and video calls via the internet Microsoft workers occasionally listen to real Skype conversations that have been processed by translation software, it has been revealed. According to tech site Motherboard, some contractors for Microsoft review such conversations to check the quality of translations. However,

Image copyright Zara I am seeing spots. More specifically polka dots, on a white maxi dress. Three women have walked by me – all wearing the same identical dress – in the half hour I’ve been sitting outside this café. I know it’s from Zara, I’ve tried it on, and now I’m seeing those spots