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A free national financial advice service is being launched by the government.

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The Professional Footballers Association confirm they have been advising Southend United’s players over the club’s financial problems.

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The Professional Footballers Association confirms Southend United’s players have been paid.

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Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.

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Housing affordability has remained at a seven-year high, despite the cost of
property rising during 2009, research has showed.

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Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits such as insurance may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned.

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Thirty-two staff at Northern Rock have been paid bonuses of more than £25,000
despite the mortgage lender losing £257m last year, as the controversey over
bonus payments at loss-making nationalised banks continues.

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A 42-year-old man is arrested and charged following a crackdown on money laundering and fraud in Edinburgh and East Lothian.

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Northern Rock says that it made “good progress” in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.

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Northern Rock chief executive Gary Hoffman has defended paying staff bonuses
despite the mortgage lender failing to make a profit last year.

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Europe is set to release its first non-native “biological control” species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.

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Only one in four people planning to buy a home are first-time buyers.

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Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.

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Housing market on hold as home buyers and sellers adopt a “wait and see”
approach in the run up to the general election.

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A woman is jailed after admitting fraud offences totalling £450,000, including siphoning off more than £60,000 from her employer.

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Homebuilder Bovis returned to profit in 2009, but sales were far below pre-recession levels, the company says.

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Paying off a mortgage before retirement is not always the best idea.

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