BBC will increase TV licence fee by £1.50 from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1

BBC will increase TV licence fee by £1.50 from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1 TV licence fee to be increased by £1.50, from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1 New cost, set by the Government, equates to 43p a day, the BBC confirmed  Comes as around 750,000 pensions are refusing … Read more

Pensioners pressured to pay licence fee twice amid delays and system chaos then can’t get refunds 

The great licence fee farce: Pensioners are pressured to pay twice amid delays and system chaos… then can’t get refunds Pensioners pressured into paying the £157.50 fee twice due to processing delays They have also been left out of pocket for months as refund requests are ignored Around 4.2million pensioners were claiming free licence when … Read more

TOWIE restaurant stripped of licence after hosting party for 170 people in lockdown

TOWIE hotspot restaurant in Essex is stripped of its licence after hosting party for 170 people in November that was raided by police and breaking Covid rules at least 13 times The Melin restaurant in Chigwell, Essex, is popular with reality television stars   It breached restrictions on at least 13 occasions between May and … Read more

Pensioners who paid twice for a TV licence wait months for a refund 

Pensioners pressured into paying twice for a TV licence forced to wait months for a refund By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 Pensioners pressured into mistakenly paying twice for their TV licence are being forced to wait months for a refund. … Read more

Heartless’ BBC hounded more than 520,000 over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the pandemic deepened 

Heartless’ BBC hounded more than 520,000 over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the pandemic deepened BBC chased more than 520,000 over-75s to pay TV licence by end of November Letters told recipients to ‘arrange payment’ or apply for a free licence if entitled Free TV licences are now restricted to those people receiving … Read more

Celebrity stylist Elliot Garnaut rides an electric scooter after losing his driver’s licence

Celebrity stylist Elliot Garnaut rides an electric scooter around Melbourne after losing his driver’s licence By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:57 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 04:57 GMT, 7 January 2021 Celebrity stylist Elliot Garnaut has showed fans his new set of wheels after reportedly losing his driver’s licence.  According to … Read more

BBC is slammed for ‘wasting’ £26.6m of licence fee money making 310 staff redundant

BBC is slammed for ‘wasting’ £26.6m of licence fee money making 310 staff redundant – with £100,000-plus packages for SCORES of people Over the last eight months BBC spent £26.6m making 310 employees redundant  Average of £100,661 each was given to 221 staff who took voluntary redundancy 93 were handed an average of £46,773 in … Read more

School bus driver, 63, keeps licence after injuring 12 children by slamming on the brakes

School bus driver, 63, who injured 12 children by slamming on the brakes after pupils wouldn’t stop ringing the bell can carry on driving coaches after keeping his licence Roger Wells, 63, hit the brakes, injuring school pupils on the bus he was driving  Wells claimed the pupils wouldn’t stop ringing the bus’ bell before … Read more

Speeding BMW driver faces 107 POINTS on his licence after activating THIRTY-TWO speed cameras

Speeding BMW driver faces 107 POINTS on his licence after activating THIRTY-TWO speed cameras before being stopped by police at 83mph on the M6 A motorist was stopped in a white 7 Series BMW on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent He sped through a stretch of 60mph roadworks at 83mph in thick fog Activated 32 speed … Read more

Not paying BBC licence fee is STILL a crime: Plans to decriminalise non-payment are delayed

Not paying BBC licence fee is STILL a crime: Plans to decriminalise non-payment are delayed amid fears bailiffs will target the elderly Ministers have postponed a move to decriminalise non-payment of licence fee  The alternative would be a switch to a civil rather than a criminal system There are concerns this could be worse as … Read more