First Nectar, now More: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. D.R. writes: I had saved my More points from shopping at Morrisons, intending to use them for my … Read more

Health system investigates photos taken in operating room

Doctors under investigation for posing with patients’ organs and tissue on Instagram during operations and playing the ‘Price is Right’ or ‘guess the weight’ Spectrum Health in Michigan has launched a probe into the social media posts   Doctors posed with  fibrous tissue and an organ removed during an operation ‘Longest one wins! Good work,’ was … Read more

CMA investigates Apple over ‘anti-competitive’ terms for app developers in UK

UK competition watchdog investigates Apple over ‘unfair and anti-competitive’ terms for app developers Critics say Apple uses its market dominance to impose unfair terms  Concerns raised by developers to Competition and Markets Authority  Watchdog says Apple may restrict competition and make customers pay more  By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:05 GMT, 4 March 2021 … Read more

UK competition watchdog investigates Apple over ‘anti-competitive’ terms for app developers 

UK competition watchdog investigates Apple over ‘unfair and anti-competitive’ terms for app developers Critics say Apple uses its market dominance to impose unfair terms  Concerns raised by developers to Competition and Markets Authority  Watchdog says Apple may restrict competition and make customers pay more  By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:05 GMT, 4 March 2021 … Read more

UK watchdog investigates Ryanair’s ‘jab & go’ ad

UK watchdog investigates Ryanair’s ‘jab & go’ ad after complaints that it was ‘misleading’ and ‘trivialised the pandemic’ The ad promoted flights to European destinations and offered seats for £19.99 It said: ‘Vaccines are coming, so book your Easter and summer holidays today’  ‘Vaccines will mean an end to Covid travel restrictions in mid-2021,’ said … Read more

Georgia investigates an ‘issue involving reporting’ as Trump campaign files suit in Arizona

Georgia’s secretary of state has announced that votes in Fulton County, home of Atlanta, are being rescanned after officials ‘discovered an issue’, as the Trump campaign filed a law suit in Arizona and Lindsey Graham urged an investigation in Pennsylvania. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, said at 5:38pm on Saturday that the count was … Read more

Twitter investigates its ‘racist’ photo preview algorithm

Twitter is looking into allegations that its algorithm which chooses a preview image for a large photo is racially biased.  Tests of the algorithm done by users on the social media site over the weekend led to several examples of a preference for white faces from the automated system.  Hundreds of thousands of retweets grabbed … Read more

Coronavirus UK: HMRC investigates 27,000 ‘high-risk’ furlough claims

HMRC investigates 27,000 ‘high-risk’ furlough claims after it emerged Government paid out £3.5billion to fraudsters exploiting the Covid-19 jobs protection scheme HMRC bosses revealed 5-10% of payments may have been stolen or paid in error PM’s spokesman insists ‘everything possible’ would be down to claw back cash Furlough scheme is winding down and will be … Read more

Government investigates the use of auto lane-keep ‘Level 3’ systems on UK roads

Fully autonomous cars are taking a step closer to reality after the Government announced today that it will investigate the use of Automated Lane Keep Systems (ALKS) in vehicles that could be on the road as early as next year. The Department for Transport has launched a call for evidence to determine if ALKS should … Read more

Police watchdog investigates after teenager dies in car crash

Police watchdog investigates after girl, 17, dies when Suzuki Swift carrying six hits tree with patrol car nearby A  Suzuki Swift crashed into a tree on Mundy Bois Road in Egerton on Saturday The crashed car was found by police after they had decided to follow the vehicle As there was police contact before the … Read more