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Customs warn US shopping - Bargain-hunting Brits flocking New York have been warned they will be met with Customs crackdown when they fly back with goods Radical planning changes proposed - Homeowners may be able make major alterations homes without having apply for full planning permission



Customs warn on US shopping  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Bargain-hunting Brits flocking to New York have been warned they will be met with a Customs crackdown when they fly back with their goods
Radical planning changes proposed  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Homeowners may be able to make major alterations to their homes without having to apply for full planning permission
Market report: Tuesday latest  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
12.00:Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, up 8p at 1797p, was today being seen as one of the big tips for 2007
HSBC sees debt-crisis worsening  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest bank sees more consumers choosing to go bankrupt or apply individual voluntary arrangements rather than pay off their debts
Chancellor wants fuel bills cut for elderly  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has been pressing electricity and gas companies to cut pensioners' fuel bills for this winter
Millions still paying for last Christmas  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
As they gear up for this year's spending spree, more than 4m credit card users have still not cleared debt from last Christmas
Homeowners hit by dual tax  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Millions of homeowners face a 'double whammy' of taxes from the soaring property market, a report warns today
Piggy bank saving as you spend  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB customers will be given the opportunity to automatically save their small change in a 21st century piggy bank
Woolies warns of Xmas crisis  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Woolworths today sent shockwaves through the retail world as it issued an emergency Christmas profit warning and said sales were down more than 6%
Your bill rises as gas prices fall  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Special report:Families face yet higher power bills in the coming months even though the wholesale price of gas has plummeted. Find out why
BT TV to screen top football  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
BT took on Sky today with a pledge to broadcast live peak-time Premiership games, as the centrepiece of its new 'down-the-phone-line' pay TV service
Dubai closes in on Liverpool FC  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Liverpool are on the verge of becoming the sixth Premiership club in foreign hands after a Dubai state firm confirmed they are in exclusive takeover talks
£183m to be spent online today  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
If you're planning to do a spot of Christmas shopping on the internet after reading this, you won't be alone
Car supermarkets 'a rip-off'  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Rip-off car supermarkets are conning customers into paying over the odds for their vehicles, say fair trade watchdogs
Farepak vouchers sent out  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Victims of failed Christmas club Farepak will this week start to receive vouchers from the charity fund set up to help them
Court fight over retirement law  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
New laws that allow employers to force staff to quit at 65 will be challenged in the High Court today
Towns where families can't buy  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Half of all potential first-time buyers have been priced out of the property market by the housing boom, research revealed yesterday
Quarter of Brits will be dollar millionaires  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
A quarter of all households in the UK will be dollar millionaires within a decade, it was claimed today
Website warns kids on premium-rate calls  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
A service to make children more savvy about calling premium rate telephone lines is officially launched today
Inflation 'four times' official rate  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The real inflation rate is up to four times as high as the official level, researchers claim - with escalating household bills and petrol prices hurting families
Wholesale gas prices down by 40%  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Wholesale gas prices have fallen by 40% since March, prompting a consumer watchdog to call for an inquiry into the high cost of household gas
What the Pre-Budget Report ought to say  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Monday view:As Gordon Brown prepares what could be his last Pre-Budget Report Shadow Chancellor George Osborne paints a picture of the UK economy under the Tories
House details sold in secret  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Estate agents are secretly passing on details of million of homes to council tax inspectors under a deal with property website Rightmove.co.uk
BT takes to the airwaves  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Having established itself as a reliable and player in broadband, BT is seeking to repeat the trick in digital TV - It is a tough challenge.
30 Second Guide to...PSNB  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team look at the fancy new name for the hole in the UK economy's accounts.
Take note... this is a sticky business  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The ace investigator takes a closer look at an American-based scheme that claims to offer help with Government Assistance Programmes
Midas: Reits are still looking good  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail stockpicker takes a look at how the change of tax status of property companies will affect share prices in the sector
A robust bequest from Brown  [12/05/2006 01:17 PM]
We may never know when or why Brown came down against abolishing the pound. The fact that he did may well be his most enduring legacy