October 2025
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Shoplifting offences have risen by 13% in the past year, with 529,994 incidents reported, according to the latest Office for National Statistics figures. A major trade body has warned, however, that the “true scale” of the crime is even bigger. Theft is costing shops more than £2.2bn a year, according to the British Retail Consortium. …
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You can get a £100 Amazon gift card for opening a new Santander current account with a new deal. Unlike usual bank incentives, there is no need to shut down your old account or switch to get the voucher, but you do need to open the account in a specific way. You can claim the…
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Pensioners around the country are receiving their winter fuel payment letters – but many are still confused about how it works and why and how some people have to pay it back. (Most of the information in this guide covers England and Wales – you can find out the situation in Scotland and Northern Ireland…
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Influencers be warned – free products aren’t always tax-free. That’s the message from Lee Murphy, managing director of The Accountancy Partnership, as the content creator economy booms. If you receive a free product or service with the obligation to post about it, you should be paying HMRC, he says. “It’s considered a form of payment, just not…
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Marks & Spencer and Morrisons are the big winners of an annual Christmas supermarket taste test, which crowns the best shopping destination for everything from turkey to pudding. Set up by Good Food, the test had judges blind taste 185 Christmas products entered by 13 supermarkets across 17 categories. While many categories were won by M&S,…
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Broadband, TV and mobile customers could save hundreds of pounds by switching or haggling, new research reveals. Mobile switches were the most lucrative, followed by TV and broadband packages and broadband-only products, according to a Which? survey of 5,000 people. Mobile Mobile customers who switched networks and swapped a phone contract for a sim-only deal…
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Popular Nigerian actress, Regina Daniels, has acquired a new house just days after accusing her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko, of domestic violence. MEZIESBLOG reports that the actress made the allegation on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in a viral video on social media. Reacting to the allegation, Senator Nwoko, in a lengthy post on his Instagram…
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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has hinted that a poor refereeing decision cost his team in the 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday. The hosts scored the only goal through Matty Cash, who got on the end of a controversial corner-kick. The result leaves City six points behind leaders Arsenal, who won 1-0 at…
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Real Madrid have won the first El Clásico of the season, beating Barcelona 2-1 at the Bernabéu. Los Blancos came into the game with revenge on their minds, having lost all their fixtures against their arch-rivals last season. Kylian Mbappé gave Madrid the lead with a fierce drive from distance. But Fermín López continued his…
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At least three Arsenal players picked up knocks as they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday. The Gunners went four points clear at the top of the table, thanks to Eberechi Eze’s first-half volley. However, William Saliba failed to emerge after the break and was replaced by Cristhian Mosquera. As the…
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Victor Osimhen continued his impressive scoring form, helping Galatasaray to a 3-2 win over Göztepe at the RAMS Park on Sunday. Efkan Bekiroğlu stunned the home fans by handing Göztepe the lead after just six minutes. Osimhen capitalised on a defensive error to equalise for Galatasaray in the 19th minute. It was the Nigeria international’s…
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Spanish police had to separate players from Real Madrid and Barcelona after Sunday’s El Clásico. Players from both teams clashed at full time after Madrid won 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu. The incident occurred after Pedri was shown a red card in the 100th minute of play. Pedri was sent off after catching Camavinga moments…
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Quick intervention has averted another loss of lives as a fuel tanker heading to Kano from Lagos allegedly overturned in Takalafiya community, along the Lapai Lambata road in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, early Sunday morning. It was learnt the incident occurred around 8:00 a.m. However, it was gathered the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida…
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, says it will begin an indefinite nationwide strike starting November 1, 2025. This was contained in a statement released by NARD President, Mohammad Suleiman, on Sunday. The statement noted that the strike directive was issued after the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum earlier given to the Federal Government…
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A common suggestion whenever winter comes around is that it’s cheaper to leave your heating on low all day than to put it on when you’re cold. But that’s just not true for most people. We spoke to Ryan Willdig, heating expert from Heatforce, who said he was concerned Britons don’t have the correct information to…
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The price of oil jumped as European and US sanctions hit Russian production. After hitting a five-month low on Monday, the benchmark oil price rose 3.4%. A barrel of Brent crude now costs $64.73, a high last seen nearly two weeks ago. Donald Trump sanctioned Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, last night…
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