ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn’t PayPal paying up?

I received texts from PayPal at 3.17am and 5.17am on August 6 about a suspicious transaction.  It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE.  I replied at 10.21am with a ‘2’ to signify it was an unauthorised transaction. PayPal responded saying that texting was unavailable for this service!  One reader was left out … Read more

Company creates social distancing ‘scoreboard’ that ranks states on adherence to isolation rules

Company creates social distancing ‘scoreboard’ that ranks states on their adherence to isolation rules by using GPS data collected from phones The maps made by Unacast show how well each state is doing using GPS data It judges locations based on reduction in distance traveled Wyoming had the worst score, an ‘F’, while Nevada scored … Read more

Elyse Knowles slammed for sharing an ‘insensitive, tone deaf’ Instagram post amid coronavirus 

Elyse Knowles is slammed for an ‘insensitive’ and ‘tone deaf’ Instagram post about her ‘magical week’ camping with boyfriend Josh Barker amid the coronavirus pandemic By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:16 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 23:34 GMT, 24 March 2020 Elyse Knowles has sparked a backlash for boasting about her … Read more

Ex-girlfriend of ‘Babes in the Wood’ child murderer Russell Bishop is charged with perjury

Ex-girlfriend of ‘Babes in the Wood’ child murderer Russell Bishop is charged with perjury over evidence in trial that saw him acquitted 31 years before he finally faced justice Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and killed Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows  The murderer was wrongly cleared at a trial in 1987, a year after the murders  … Read more

How to survive a stock market meltdown: Experts share their top tips

Investors watching in horror as the value of their pensions and investments plummet will be wondering what on earth to do. Here, Money Mail has asked eight influential experts who have invested through previous crashes to share their top tips on surviving the coronavirus pandemic-hit stock market.  Investors watching in horror as the value of … Read more

SpaceX approved to build 1 MILLION ‘user terminals’ that connect people to its Starlink internet

SpaceX is approved to build 1 MILLION ‘user terminals’ that will connect people to high-speed internet provided by its satellite constellation The company has FCC approval to build terminals for its Starlink project Terminals will connect users on Earth to its constellation of satellites  Elon Musks says the terminals will look like ‘poles with little … Read more

The Walking Dead Season 10 finale delayed until later this year due to the coronavirus epidemic

The Walking Dead has become the latest TV series to become impacted by the spread of the coronavirus, with the upcoming Season 10 finale being delayed. AMC announced Tuesday (via The Walking Dead Twitter) that the season finale, originally scheduled to air on Sunday, April 12, has been delayed indefinitely. While no replacement air date … Read more

Sarah Ferguson ferries Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack on secret coronavirus mercy missions

Sarah Ferguson ferries Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack on secret coronavirus mercy missions to provide food and essentials to NHS angels By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail Published: 22:25 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 22:42 GMT, 24 March 2020 While Prince Andrew continues to be in social purdah following his fall from … Read more

From gas an elelectricity to the internet… don’t get cut off at home

As the coronavirus crisis intensifies, many households are concerned about how they will top up their energy meters and mobile phone credit if forced to self-isolate for months on end.  Some readers are also worried about the extra costs they might face when using telephones and the internet much more than usual to stay in … Read more