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Contactless limit raised to £45 to help cut down on cash usage

Payment providers across the UK have upped their contactless payment limits from £30 to £45 in an effort to help customers cut down on cash usage. 




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Banks hit by 20,000 PPI complaints every day before deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority said many were encouraged by the publicity blitz it launched in the summer of 2019 to warn consumers that they had limited time left to make a complaint.




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240,000 Santander customers ask for credit card and mortgage holidays

The UK arm of Santander revealed its pre-tax profit fell 58 per cent to £114million in the first three months of 2020.




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Amex charged me a foreign exchange fee on my holiday refund

Banks and credit card providers may levy fees on refunds as well as purchases, meaning a double whammy of charges on trips hit by coronavirus.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Here's how we can simplify tax

Party manifestos are not exactly known for their jokes. But as I trawled through them all over the past few days there were two lines that at least made me snigger.




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Why you shouldn't have to opt out of spam on applications

Filling out a simple application form can feel like running a gauntlet of spam. One wrong move and you could be pelted with ‘special offers’, junk mail and interrupting text messages for eternity.




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A Vanguard LifeStrategy fund can make pension investing cheap and easy

I don't have a Vanguard account, but if someone said they wanted an easy and cheap way to build their wealth, opening one and picking a Lifestrategy fund would be near the top of my list of things to try.




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The pound's short-lived Boris bounce shows cautious optimism is wiser

For all the confidence-boosting talk of a Boris bounce for the economy, shares, and the property market, it is the pound that tells the real story.




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Pension tax relief cuts would be another bad intergenerational deal

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.




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Halifax hiked my home insurance by 29% but couldn't tell me why

Halifax's renewals team are not blessed with the ability to explain why you are being asked for an extra £59, so I made a complaint and this is what happened next.




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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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Dangerous Lies trailer follows Camila Mendes as a kind caregiver who gets pulled in a web of murder

Camila Mendes plays a kind caregiver who gets much more than she bargained for in the new trailer for Netflix's Dangerous Lies.




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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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Hannah Gadsby announces the release of her second Netflix comedy special Douglas 

Hannah Gadsby became a global sensation after the release of her 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette.




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Group of Aussies recreate version of I Saw A Tiger from popular Netflix series Tiger King

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.




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The little-known easy hack that allows you to stream Netflix on hotel televisions

An Australian man currently living in 14-day quarantine has shared an ingenious hack for streaming Netflix and YouTube on a hotel TV, and it only requires two pieces of technology.




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Alison Brie says working out consistently helped with her relationship to her body 'times a million'

She stars as Ruth Wilder in the Netflix hit comedy/drama series Glow. And Alison Brie opened up about how training for her character and the physical element of the role 'helped.'




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The 10 most popular movies and shows on Netflix Australia right now

Viewers still can't get enough of the bizarre underworld of big cat breeding in Tiger King, along with supernatural thriller Code 8 and feel-good comedy Love Wedding Repeat.




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Robes and slippers for every occasion in quarantine that don't sacrifice style for comfort

From working from home to lounging on the couch and binge-watching another Netflix show, the right robe and slippers can make life in quarantine a lot better.




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Glow actress Alison Brie reveals her battle with depression which runs in her family

'When I've been in a really serious depression, I'll drag myself to a yoga class - even if I don't want to be around people - tears streaming down my face,' said the star.




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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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Netflix users targeted by cybercriminals since COVID outbreak 

US cyber security company BrandShield says it has discovered more than 600 fake web domains containing the word 'Netflix' that try to scam users by taking their payment details.




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Kristin Chenoweth channels Tiger King's Carole Baskin in music video for parody song Little Pieces

Written by composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, the song tells the story from the perspective of Baskin, who may or may not have fed her husband Don to a tiger.




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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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Netflix's Too Hot To Handle Aussie star Harry Jowsey previously on ANOTHER reality TV show

Netflix recently dropped a trailer for their newest dating reality series, Too Hot to Handle - launching Friday, April 17 at 5pm.




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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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Ricky Gervais 'boosts his companies' earnings by £2 million after huge Netflix deal for After Life'

The comedian, 58, gave himself a '£1.5 million cash windfall' after he secured a huge deal for a second series of the dark comedy, which is set for release on April 24.




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From Ricky Gervais' After Life to Defending Jacob and Liar: The best on demand TV this week

On hearing that his dark and, at times, almost unbearably moving comedy had been recommissioned, Ricky Gervais said, 'I have never had a reaction like this before. It's been insane.'




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Chris Hemsworth says action scenes in Netflix film Extraction were the most intense of his career

Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth has described the action scenes in his latest Netflix film Extraction as some of the most intense and physically demanding of his entire career.




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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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Ricky Gervais says After Life's success means fans talk to him about grief

The writer and comedian, 58, is promoting the second series of his Netflix show After Life, which shows his character going through the grieving process.




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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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Too Hot To Handle: Haley Cureton has 'literally no idea where Australia is'

The contestants on Netflix dating show Too Hot to Handle aren't exactly known for their intellectual gifts.




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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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Tracey Cox tells why forbidding sex could revitalise your relationship 

Sex expert Tracey Cox reveals why forbidding sex could actually help your relationship and says a ban on intercourse could make it more appealing to both you and your partner in the long run.




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The Last Dance on Netflix Australia shows Michael Jordan was selfish, mean and a bore off the court

Michael Jordan is a bore. Not with a basketball in his hands obviously. On the court he was arguably the most exciting, brilliant, exhilarating player of all time.




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Maddie Ziegler documents a day in her life during lockdown

Maddie, 17, has given her fans a behind-the-scenes look at how she passes the time while in quarantine in her latest YouTube video.




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Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows as customer projections have doubled

Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows and has most programs for 2020, and much of 2021, filmed, plus is working on more than 200 projects, says Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.




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Chris Hemsworth admits he's struggling to homeschool his hyperactive children  

Even Hollywood's hottest celebrities can't escape the stress that comes with homeschooling their children during the coronavirus pandemic. 




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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings saw his pay package increase by 16 per cent to a total of $38 million in 2019, including $37.4 million in options awards, according to a a new SEC filing.




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Calls for Australian sport to follow the American NBA after Michael Jordan Netflix documentary

AFL legend Warren Tredrea believes the sport would benefit from allowing greater media access to players both to promote the sport and humanise its players.




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Mike Tyson admits Tiger King star Joe Exotic could have supplied him with his big cats 

Tyson bought the Bengal tigers in the 1990s, and following the release of the hit Netflix documentary Tiger King, the 53-year-old has been pondering the origin of his big cats.




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After Life fans binge-watch and praise Series Two within hours of its release

The new series was branded 'a phenomenal piece of art' by adoring followers, while one fan deemed the show: 'Heartfelt, heartwarming and heartily laughing'




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Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini try to cover up a murder in Dead to Me season 2 trailer

Stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini are returning to the small screen in their hit roles as Jen and Judy. The trailer for season two, released Friday, catches up with the unlikely friend.




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Aussie basketball star reveals truth about Michael Jordan after success of Netflix 'The Last Dance'

The hit show gives a behind-the-scenes look at Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls in 1997-98.




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Chris Hemsworth goes from Marvel hero to killing machine: BRIAN VINER reviews Extraction

Brian Viner reviews the new Netflix film Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth playing a former 'special ops' soldier, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, now working as a freelance troubleshooter.




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Idris Elba's DJ sitcom Turn Up Charlie is 'axed' by Netflix after just one series

The sitcom, created by the actor, 47, depicted a has-been DJ trying to turn his fortunes around.