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British banks and lenders have been spared a huge bill as the Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that could have meant millions of motorists were due compensation for mis-sold car finance.However the court sided with one of the claimants, Marcus Johnson, and awarded him individual compensation due to the circumstances in his case – but on other points the court overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that the customers had a case. The judgment is likely to significantly limit the scope of potential payouts to motorists after the Court of Appeal last year ruled “secret” commission payments to car…

Some of the world’s leading tech companies are betting big on very small innovations.Last week, Samsung released its Galaxy Z Fold 7 which – when open – has a thickness of just 4.2mm, one of the slimmest folding phones ever to hit the market. And Honor, a spin-off from Chinese smartphone company Huawei, will soon ship its latest foldable – the slimmest in the world. Its new Honor Magic V5 model is only 8.8mm thick when folded, and a mere 4.1mm when open.Apple is also expected to release a foldable in the second half of next year, according to a…

Andrew Flintoff has praised the “love and compassion” of “superhero” staff in a visit to the hospital that treated him after his crash.The cricket legend was seriously injured during the incident on the Top Gear track in Surrey in December 2022. He was airlifted to St George’s in Tooting, with a surgeon calling Flintoff’s injuries some of the most complex he’s seen.”I just want to say a massive thank you to all the staff at St George’s,” Flintoff said, as he returned to the London hospital.”I came here probably the lowest I’ve ever been, in need of help and the…

The UK’s Supreme Court is set to deliver a landmark ruling today that could have billion-pound consequences for banks and impact millions of motorists.The essential question that the country’s top court has been asked to answer is this: should customers be fully informed about the commission dealers earn on their purchase? However, the Supreme Court is only considering one of two cases running in parallel regarding the mis-selling of car finance.Here is everything you need to know about both cases, and how the ruling this afternoon may (or may not) affect any future compensation scheme. Image: PA file pic What…

The Scottish Government has given approval for what is being called the world’s “biggest offshore windfarms” just days after US President Donald Trump pressured Scotland’s First Minister to scrap renewable projects.The US president branded the turbines a “con-job” and described those along Scotland’s coastline as “some of the ugliest you’ve ever seen”. Mr Trump raised the issue during face-to-face talks with Scottish First Minister John Swinney on the president’s visit to Aberdeenshire on Tuesday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 6:30 What happened during Trump’s private Scotland visit? The lobbying by Trump appears to have failed…

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have called for him to be acquitted of prostitution-related offences, or given a new trial on the same charges.Combs, 55, was found guilty of two counts of transportation for engagement in prostitution at the end of his high-profile trial in New York earlier this month – for flying girlfriends and male sex workers around the US and abroad for sexual encounters referred to as “freak offs”. However, he was cleared of more serious charges of racketeering, conspiracy and sex-trafficking. Image: Marc Agnifilo is one of the lawyers on the defence team. Pic: Reuters The hip-hop…

The owners of the RAC roadside recovery service are preparing to offload the company in a deal which could value it at up to £5bn.Sky News has learnt that CVC Capital Partners, the Singaporean sovereign investment fund GIC and Silver Lake Partners have been in discussions about plans to launch an auction or a stock market listing of the company. The RAC, which was founded in 1897, is one of the world’s oldest roadside assistance companies.Money latest: Next benefits from M&S cyberattack disruptionIt now has about 14 million members, making it nearly as large in customer terms as the AA,…

The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died from complications of measles has urged parents to have their children vaccinated amid a surge of cases.Renae Archer was too young to have the MMR vaccine when she caught the infection at just five months old. A decade later, she was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a very rare brain disease. She died in 2023.Her mother Becky believes Renae might not have caught measles if more people had inoculated their children. Image: Renae and Becky Archer The warning comes as rates of vaccine uptake continue to fall. The recent death of a…

Disgraced hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a judge to release him on a $50m bond as he waits to be sentenced for prostitution-related offences.Combs’s lawyer has argued that conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn are dangerous and noted that others convicted of similar offences were typically released before sentencing. “Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct,” Marc Agnifilo said in a court filing on Tuesday.”In fact, he may be the only person currently in a United States jail for being any sort of John, and certainly the only person in jail for…

J Sainsbury, the supermarket chain, was on Wednesday racing to resolve an issue with the card payments giant Visa which was impacting customers’ ability to pay for their online grocery orders.Sky News understands that Sainsbury’s is working with Visa to address the issue after a number of shoppers reported that their card payments had failed. The retailer ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack and said its website and app were functioning normally, with no direct impact on customers.Money latest: The best places to retire in Britain The issue nevertheless illustrates the extent to which the industry is on high…