Some companies are signing up customers for store cards - giving them hundreds of pounds of credit - or putting them in debt - without their knowledge.
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A Victorian toilet block gets a revamp as part of restoration work of Grade II listed building. The Hayes public toilets in Cardiff were originally opened in the 1890s.
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High Street banks should be banned from paying "significant" cash bonuses, and only be allowed to give out large bonus payments in the form of shares in the company, shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.
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Coup-plotter Simon Mann has returned to Britain after being pardoned in Equatorial Guinea. Mann is urging UK prosecutors to file charges against others, including the son of former British Prime Minister Thatcher. (Nov 04) ... "isl eqg-mann-20091104i" africa coup-plotter mann uk
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Police have released a new video about Madeleine McCann, the young girl who went missing from a Portuguese resort in May, 2007. The video includes new computer generated images of what she might look like as a six-year-old. (03 November 2009) ... "isl uk-madd-20091103i" video on missing uk girl ...
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The British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, has appeared on Question Time after hundreds of protesters tried to stop him entering BBC Television Centre in west London. During the programme, Mr Griffin argued that he was not a Nazi and never had been.
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Dame Vera Lynn has launched the 2009 Poppy Appeal. For the first time the appeal focuses on supporting troops wounded in Afghanistan and the families of those killed there.
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