Two Republican Senators have blasted President-Elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks, suggesting they might try to block the nomination process after January’s inauguration. In tweets Sunday, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas hit out at Biden’s potential picks for Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director … Read more
Princess Märtha Louise praises ‘beautiful’ daughter Leah, 15, on her confirmation and says her late father Ari Behn would have been ‘so proud’ Princess Märtha Louise of Norway wished daughter Leah a happy confirmation Celebrated the ‘wonderful’, ‘talented’ and ‘beautiful’ teenager on Instagram Said she inherited artistic touch from father and he ‘would have been so … Read more
She’s believed to be back on with rumoured ex Michael Clarke and has recently been spotted out with the retired cricketer and looking VERY cosy. And on Wednesday, fashion designer Pip Edwards appeared to confirm their romance with a rather telling Instagram post. The 40-year-old P.E Nation co-founder shared a mirror selfie on her story … Read more
President Trump said there is no confirmation that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is gravely ill during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. ‘I can only say this, I wish him well,’ the president said from the podium. ‘Because if he is in the kind of condition that the reports say, that the news is … Read more
Name-checking fraud prevention system has already reduced bank transfer scams by 31%, says Lloyds It alerts those sending money if recipient’s name doesn’t match account details Lloyds was the first bank to roll it out in full with other banks doing so now It said it had seen a 31% drop in fraud among those … Read more
An anti-fraud measure designed to help protect customers from losing hundreds of millions of pounds to bank transfer scams is set to be delayed until 30 June due to coronavirus. The UK’s six largest banks were supposed to roll out a system called Confirmation of Payee by 31 March, but the payments regulator has extended … Read more
Metro Bank has come under fire for not introducing a new fraud prevention scheme, despite last year signing up to a code which said banks ‘should’ bring it in. The bank, which launched a decade ago, said it had ‘no current plans’ to implement a system called Confirmation of Payee, designed to alert anyone making … Read more