Hundreds of thousands of people still on breaks from their mortgages and unsecured debts face a potential ‘lender lottery’ from next month as blanket protections are removed. Banking body UK Finance said financially vulnerable people benefiting from 323,700 payment holidays across mortgages, credit cards and personal loans will be offered help ‘tailored to their individual … Read more
‘Rollover Romeo’ lottery winner who scooped £11m jackpot in 1996 and is now worth £22m divorces his childhood-sweetheart wife – who is set to get half his fortune Karl Crompton took home his enourmous £11million win aged just 23 in 1996 He was formerly dubbed Britain’s most eligible bachelor and ‘Rollover Romeo’ But he married Nicole Roach … Read more
Britain’s largest building society has launched another savings lottery, giving those who lock at least £100 away for 18 months a one-time shot at winning £10,000. Launched a week after National Savings & Investments announced it would slash the number of non-£1million Premium Bond payouts from December as part of a range of cuts to … Read more
Elaine Thompson is a recent convert to the delights of Lidl. She ventured in because she likes to park in the supermarket’s car park when she makes her weekly trip to Slimming World, and ‘it’s only free if you buy something’, she says. ‘I would recommend its flavoured water, four for £1,’ Elaine, 64, adds, keen … Read more
Family Building Society has brought back its Windfall Bond savings account which gives those with £10,000 a better chance at winning £50,000 than the Premium Bonds draw. But there is also the possibility no one could end up winning, unlike with NS&I’s Premium Bonds draw that doles out prizes each month. The Epsom-based mutual has … Read more
A lottery winner who picked up a £2.7 million jackpot 25 years ago is still stacking shelves at a supermarket because she wants to be a good role model for her children. Elaine Thompson, 64, from Killingworth, north Tyneside, works at Marks & Spencer, starting her shifts at 2am and finishing at 9am. She became … Read more
A series of special lottery draws are due to take place in September, with hundreds of millions of pounds up for grabs. Changes are also being made to one of the nation’s most popular draws, the Lotto, where players will now be in a chance of winning an extra fiver, according to Camelot. The operator … Read more
A couple have won £1million just 24 hours after the husband was made redundant – following a tragic year that saw him lose both his brother and sister-in-law and his wife suffer a life-changing diagnosis. David and Shelley Adams, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, hit the jackpot when they won the Lotto prize last weekend, hours … Read more
That spectral sound you can hear is the ghost of Margaret Thatcher saying ‘I told you so’. This image came to me when reading the Sunday Times’s revelation of how a ‘loophole’ had allowed children of 16 and 17 to gamble up to £350 a week in pursuit of National Lottery jackpots on their laptops … Read more
Two million dental plan customers face lottery on securing payment breaks and refunds By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 09:10 BST, 8 July 2020 More than two million dental patients face a lottery on securing payment breaks More than two million dental patients face a lottery … Read more