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Virgin Money u-turns on decision to suspend credit cards

Virgin Money apologised and reversed its decision, saying that everyone who had their card suspended will be able to use them to make purchases again from Saturday 9 May.




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Best credit cards for cashback, airmiles and points from work expenses

Travel a lot for work? We have crunched the numbers to help you choose the most lucrative credit card offering air miles, reward points and cashback to use for work expenses




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Virgin Money credit card customers hit by charges thanks to minimum payment default

Some longstanding Virgin Money credit cardholders have been left with charges on their accounts after discovering they had only been making minimum direct debit payments.




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Virgin Money customers hit with credit card interest charges will be refunded

Virgin Money is refunding loyal customers hit by interest charges after they unwittingly only made minimum payments on their new Virgin Atlantic credit cards.




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More than two-thirds would have second thoughts about dating someone in debt

Nearly three quarters of women said they'd think twice about someone if they debts, compared to 69 per cent of men, according to research from comparison website Finder.




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Virgin Money agreed to refund some credit cardholders but wouldn't give me back my £200

A long-standing Virgin credit cardholder has accused Virgin Money of 'purposely misleading people for financial gain' after it refused to refund interest charges he incurred on his account.




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Unfair Cifas marker froze my bank account over a phone upgrade I asked for

Dave Parr, 38, rang up Three in June to ask for a phone upgrade. Because he asked for a different delivery address, they thought it was fraud and when they couldn't contact him filed a fraud marker.




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Five top tips when checking your credit report for the first time

Have you ever checked your credit report?  If the answer is no, the likelihood is: someone else has. We reveal five top tips for those who have never cast an eye on their financial CV.




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Credit card borrowing fell in November for the first time since July 2013

Britons paid back more on their credit cards than they borrowed in November - the first time this has happened in more than six years, according to official figures.




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FCA: Banks must help customers in debt and not cancel their credit cards

The Financial Conduct Authority has told banks to help customers get out of debt, amid concerns of a potential wave of credit cards being scrapped under new rules.




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Avios points: What should I use them on during coronavirus?

The Foreign Office has now advised against all overseas travel, it's likely cancelling holidays is further up people's priorities than booking new ones - so what can air miles be spent on?




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Britain's £69bn credit card debt pile falls year-on-year for the first time ever

Households paid back a whopping £3.8bn more than they borrowed in March, the biggest figure on record, as households shunned their credit cards in the face of the coronavirus crisis.




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Virgin Money customers' credit cards suspended during lockdown

Customers of Virgin Money rounded on the bank after it suspended their credit cards, despite many of them not struggling with their repayments and clearing their balance in full.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Why tuition fee rates are unfair

Interest on tuition fees is now more expensive than some commercial loans. Here are four more reasons why this isn't fair on this cohort of graduates.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS:Energy cap kill directory enquiries?

Guess what has experienced inflation ten times higher than house prices, gold, petrol or even a pint of beer in central London? Directory enquiries.




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Five tips for investors when a crisis like coronavirus hits

There's nothing to sharpen the investing mind like being down thousands of pounds, but if you had panic sold on Friday you would have missed this week's rebound. So what can investors do?




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Dividend Heroes 2020: Investment trusts boosting income since Light My Fire

If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it's now. And among the stock market capitulation, a ray of light has arrived with the latest list of Dividend Heroes.




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Airlines don't want to give coronavirus refunds, what can we do?

What is galling for me and many of my fellow Britons due to fly, is quite how awkward airlines are being in allowing us to get our money back.




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How will Britain pay its furlough and coronavirus bill?

Britain has been busily taking on its own emergency loans to deal with coronavirus. What do we do to pay all this extra borrowing off?




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Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock'

Fans of Tiger King: Murder Mayhem And Madness have come up with a shock theory that suggests Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock.




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Tiger King: Meet Australia's big cat keepers risking their lives to look after endangered animals

Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia.




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Twitter goes wild for Unorthodox star Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapiro

Twitter has gone wild for rising star Amit Rahav after he shot to fame playing Yanky Shapiro in Netflix series Unorthodox. 




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Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski's sexually 'fluid' dating life has inspired new Netflix rom-com

Porowski has developed the story, called Girls And Boys, alongside Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, according to The Hollywood Reporter.




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Americans are streaming eight hours of content a day during coronavirus lockdowns, study finds

Millions of Americans are under a lockdown during the coronavirus and are turning to Netflix and other streaming services to pass the time -.the average person is streaming eight hours of content per day.




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Ben Affleck's girlfriend Ana de Armas shares dirty blonde on-set snap of herself in Netflix's Sergio

Her new movie Sergio starts streaming this Friday on Netflix .




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Netflix is now worth more than Disney as the streaming giant cashes in on coronavirus lockdowns

U.S. streaming giant Netflix saw its share value climb to an all-time-high on Wednesday as more people around the world subscribe to the service as coronavirus lockdowns continue to keep people in.




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Kelly Osbourne engages in VERY flirty exchange with Unorthodox star Amit Rahav

Kelly Osbourne engaged in a very flirty and playful exchange with Unorthodox star Amit Rahav on Instagram on Thursday, joking: 'I think I'm pregnant and it's yours.'  




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Too Hot to Handle: Harry Jowsey reveals why he broke the rules first

Aussie star Harry Joswsey quickly become a breakout star of Netflix's newest dating series, Too Hot to Handle.




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Actor Patton Oswalt mocks coronavirus shutdown protesters

Patton Oswalt sneered at coronavirus protesters in a snarky tweet on Saturday, tweeting in part: 'There are people risking viral death by storming state capital buildings & screaming, ''Open Fuddruckers!''




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Netflix Too Hot to Handle was inspired by racy SEINFELD episode

Show developer Laura Gibson has revealed that she was first inspired to create the addictive new series after re-visiting the classic Seinfeld episode "The Contest" three years ago.




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Google searches reveal American's concerns have shifted amid the coronavirus pandemic

Google searches from April 2019 reveal Americans were interested in solving a Rubik's cube, but now people are searching for toilet paper and other necessities during the coronavirus.




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Oil price crashes into negative for the first time in history as demand dries up

The cost to have a barrel of US crude delivered in May fell to minus $37.63 on Monday as demand dried up and storage tanks neared capacity, meaning traders paid to have barrels taken away.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas video calls her Holocaust-survivor grandmother

Unorthodox star Shira Haas shared a picture of her family's video call to her grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day. 




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Netflix's Too Hot To Handle cast who already had their five minutes of fame revealed

The new Netflix smash-hit Too Hot to Handle, which features a number of faces who have already had their brush with some level of fame.




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Chloe Madeley and James Haskell share their love for Netflix phenomenon Tiger King

The seven-part documentary charting the rise and spectacular fall of zoo owner Joe Exotic has been a distraction for Brits as they adapt to lockdown laws put in place to halt the spread of COVID-19.




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Jerry Seinfeld takes a joy ride after giving a first look of his first comedy special in 22 years

Jerry Seinfeld appeared to be enjoying some alone time, as he took a solo cruise in the Hamptons after sharing the first look of his upcoming comedy special on Netflix




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The best ways to use your Qantas and Virgin Frequent Flyer points when you're not flying

An Australian mum is buying new luxury appliances, free gift cards and boxes of wine with Frequent Flyer points after her travel plans were cancelled due to the pandemic.




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Carole Baskin's missing ex-husband was 'strangled and thrown out of an airplane', his lawyer claims

Don Lewis' former lawyer Joseph Fritz claims that his client was murdered and was likely lured to the airport over an aircraft deal, but was then strangled and thrown out of a plane.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas recalls shaving her head on the first day of filming and learning Yiddish

The Israeli actress, 24, plays Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman who runs away from her Ultra-Orthodox community in New York City to start a life in Berlin in the Netflix drama.




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Director of 'Last Dance' about Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls explains absence of Australian player

The seven-foot-tall centre from Fremantle in Western Australia played for the Chicago Bulls during Michael Jordan's second stint with the team, including his final season in 1997-98.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas sings Hallelujah in previously unseen audition video

Unorthodox star Shira Haas shared her previously unseen audition video on Instagram on Wednesday as she took on the role of Esty Shapiro for the first time. 




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Too Hot To Handle star Chloe Veitch reveals Aussie star Harry Jowsey had a 'secret girlfriend'

Too Hot To Handle's power couple Harry Jowsey and Francesca Farago soon became fan favourites when they debuted on the Netflix dating show in April.




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Extraction 2 confirmed with Chris Hemsworth expected to star and Joe Russo returning to write

Just over a week after it's debut, where it's already poised to become Netflix's most-watched feature film ever, a sequel to Extraction is happening.




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Ricky Gervais 'confirms' third series of Netflix hit After Life

The Netflix show starring Gervais as grieving widower Tony Johnson returned with a second series on Friday, prompting unanimously glowing responses from viewers.




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How Ryan Murphy's new Netflix hit Hollywood was inspired by the real life tragedy of Peg Entwistle

Ryan Murphy's latest hit show Hollywood is inspired by true life events of the Golden Era, including the heartbreaking tale about Peg Entwistle, a struggling actress who took her own life in September 1932.




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Malia and Sasha Obama share their admiration for their mother Michelle in new Netflix documentary

Malia, 21, and Sasha, 18, appear in the new Netflix documentary 'Becoming,' which chronicles Mrs. Obama's 34-city tour for her memoir of the same name.




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Disney's profits plunge 91% by $4.9 BILLION in coronavirus pandemic

Profits for the quarter ending in March dropped 91 percent to $475 million, down from $5.4 billion a year earlier. Overall, the company said costs related to COVID-19 cut pretax profit by $1.4 billion.




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Too Hot To Handle Aussie star Harry Jowsey's 'secret girlfriend' EXPOSED in deleted Instagram photos

Too Hot To Handle star Chloe Veitch let slip that Harry Jowsey had a 'secret girlfriend' between filming the Netflix series and getting back together with Francesca Farago.




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British film industry's plan to continue shooting safely during coronavirus crisis is revealed

The British Film Commission's 30 page document outlines how to protect cast and crew from a coronavirus outbreak on set. The plan was drawn up by Netflix, BAFTA, Disney, HBO and Bectu.




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Michelle Obama says she had to give up her 'aspirations' to have kids

The documentary was released on Netflix on Wednesday and sees the former first lady narrate parts of her life from when she was a child to meeting Barack, their time in the White House.