IAN HERBERT: Looking back now, those last few innocent days in the Cotswolds seem extraordinary - faintly comical you might even say, were it not for the gravity of all that followed.

I am a partner in my family's farming business. We received a cheque for £23,256 for shares in Dairy Crest. But after it was deposited in the business account, Lloyds Bank rejected it.

I had a letter from HSBC saying it had decided to close my beauty salon's business account. I rang the bank and was asked to complete a lengthy online form, which I did as best I could.

My husband died in September 2016, after putting his affairs in order. In February 2017, Interactive Investor was instructed to transfer my late husband's shares Isa to mine.

My Tesco credit card has been blocked since January. I am a deaf lip-reader so cannot contact the bank by phone. I wrote asking if we could communicate by different means but was refused.

Have you bought someone a Christmas present they didn't like, received one you've already got, or bought something in the sales and realised it's not quite right?

As a multiple victim of the implosion of the Woodford investment funds, facing heavy losses, I can't but think that the response of Bailey and the FCA to early warnings was dilatory and timid.

In just the past ten days I've battled with my home insurer after the price of my policy was hiked by 30 per cent for no reason, chased my old energy supplier for a £174 refund.

My father bought a house in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in 1971. Several years ago, a tenant tried to seize ownership by claiming squatter's rights.

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I took my mother to a TSB branch to open an account because she has been told she can no longer receive her state pension via the Post Office. We took several documents showing her address.

I transferred some money to someone who was doing some work in my garden and unknowingly and rather stupidly managed to get the account number wrong.

P.S. writes: I am secretary of a not-for-profit charity. ScottishPower for some reason reduced the utility payments for our premises from £748 a month to just £1.

I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.

S.A. writes: I think some scammers are operating off the back of Beside Asset Management Limited, which you have written about before.

My flight to Cambodia has still not been cancelled but I cannot go. I booked through a third party but not sure if this means I can get a voucher in lieu of flights or a cash refund?

I moved flat last weekend, thankfully just before the Government lockdown. Will I still be able to get my deposit back from my old flat, once I leave, within 10 days?

For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band.

Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months.

The fitness guru, 33, tried his hand at comedy with a hilarious sketch featuring a lazy pizza ordering PE teacher during BBC's charity fundraising event, Big Night In, on Thursday.

Bannatyne, 71, joked that his ex Dragons' Den co-star Peter Jones had been told by 'his mum' he was the biggest star of the BBC show. However, Jones hit back at Bannatyne, saying the joke was in 'bad taste'.

Speaking to Tamzin Outhwaite about a new menopause drama, the Radio 2 Breakfast star listed the symptoms the menopause is throwing at her, including 'rage, sobbing, heat and anxiety.'

The Cold Feet actress, 21, who plays Marianne in the adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel, joked that she's worried about her grandparents viewing the scenes as her boyfriend was left 'gritting his teeth'.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The board want youth, Zidane wants French stars and fans want a return to signing most expensive players. Sportsmail asks what Zidane will be allowed to build next term.

Patrick Holland, controller of BBC Two, spoke after the BBC told its staff that the corporation will have to make savings of £125 million this year after coronavirus affected its income.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

Duelling is illegal in Britain, but that didn't stop Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller going musket to musket in 2011. PATRICK MARMION reviews the National Theatre performance.

Despite plans still being up in the air, the presenter, 49, has insisted producers will do whatever it takes to get the BBC favourite to return to screens in the coming months.

The Strictly Come Dancing professional pulled on spandex shorts and a curly wig complete with a vibrant pink hairband as she got into character for the high-energy, aerobics based class.

Normal People tells the story of Marianne (right) and Connell (left), who fall in love in sixth form, and charts their on-off relationship through university. The series is being hailed as 'perfect'.

Don't the older generation realise that the enforced coronavirus lockdown is proof that the elderly are valued, that the nation is trying to protect us and keep us safe, ESTHER RANTZEN, 79, writes.

BBC viewers were shown heartbreaking images of gibbons in tiny cages on Primates. It focused on trade in Malaysia, where the capture of gibbons is decimating the wild population.

Sadiq Khan is at the mercy of militant unions which are demanding a new deal for workers amid warnings London's transport network will be 'rapidly overwhelmed' once the lockdown eases.

Speaking to People on Monday, the Punisher star, 38, spoke candidly about the age gap between his character Benjamin Grenne and Julia Day (played by Julia Ormond) in the drama.

Sim Harris, 64, had been waiting for a visa at the embassy in South Kensington, West London, when six armed men stormed the site and took him and 25 others hostage.

The actor, 43, made his name playing the sadistic Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock and feared he would become typecast as the villain.

Coronavirus has placed footballers, managers and clubs in limbo - but that is a state Paul Pogba, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United are used to regarding the future of the midfielder.

Whilst Rakitic, who has been in and out of the starting XI this season, hopes the season can be concluded, he believes Barca should be awarded the title if play cannot continue this summer.

James Rodriguez, Lucas Vazquez, Mariano Diaz, Alvaro Odriozola, Alphone Areola and Nacho Fernandez will also be shipped out. Zinedine Zidane is hoping to raise £105million.

Spain's top-flight clubs have been told they will be able to return to training provided they comply with the strict protocols that have been laid out by the Spanish government. 

Although Gareth Bale would likely draw a hefty sum, Real Madrid reportedly want to hang on to him for now as they make preparations for a season without a major acquisition.

Barca will consider playing their remaining LaLiga fixtures at the 6,000 capacity Johan Cruyff Stadium if Madrid go ahead with plans to play at the 6,000 capacity Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.

The Moroccan has thrived on loan at the Bundesliga side, providing 10 assists and finding the net three times in 25 league appearances this season.

Paris Saint-Germain are interested in summer moves for two full backs with AC Milan's Theo Hernandez and Real Madrid's Achraf Hakimi both on their radar, according to reports.

The Croatian has a release clause of £52million but Inter are desperate to tie him down to a new deal so they can raise their asking price.

Paris Saint-Germain are digging their heels in over Kylian Mbappe as he continues to be linked with a move to Real Madrid. The striker has been a long-term target of the Spanish giants'.

Ronaldo has been integral to Juve's Serie A charge this term as they were standing top of the table one point ahead of Lazio before the coronaviurs pandemic halted sport across the world.

Bale became one of the world's best wingers in north London before leaving Spurs for the Bernabeu in the summer of 2013 for what was then a world-record transfer of £86million.

Totti said it had been his dream to stay at the Serie A side forever but considered leaving to win more silverware.

Paul Pogba has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford when the transfer window next opens, with former club Juventus and LaLiga giants Real Madrid heavily interested in signing him.