I'm with Barrie and Beth on this. I certainly do not feel that any man accused of this type of crime should be named before being found guilty, especially just on spec of an accusation. People do lie, even teens. For some, sadly, by the time the truth comes out, the so-called perpetrator has either gone through hell in prison, or worse, committed suicide.

I'm in the sae minority Beth & agree wholeheartedly.

The "not proven" verdict was officially abolished for all new criminal trials starting on or after January 1, 2026. He was found not guilty of those two counts which some may have doubts on but if so you could equally have doubts about the guilty verdicts, especially with the way trials are conducted by the media and the police witch hunts these days.

I know I’m in a minority but I still feel that there are women who have jumped on the bandwagon and know how to put on the waterworks, the words to use, and are totally indifferent to the suffering of an innocent man, as long as they get the fame and social media ‘friends’ telling them how wonderful and brave they are, and how they deserve compensation. I am not saying Russell Brand is innocent - I have no idea and I’m not interested - but I know at least three men who were falsely accused.

Actually, Scotland has dropped the not proven verdict from it's cases.

Very true Chris.

Grumpy grandad

That's an interesting one. Chip have actually increased rates by 0.25% so it's possible the 2.25% is for some other reason. If you hold a certain amount in some of their accounts it can increase, certain referrals might increase it etc but highly unlikely if not impossible in my opinion that they'd just increase by 2.5% without an underlying reason. Mine was just increased by 0.25% but I'm already on higher due to other reasons.

Now I've corrected my comment, it makes me wonder was yours increased by 2.5% or actually 0.25%? Whichever they were very quick to increase after the BoE increase.

I certainly wouldn't mind if the ad is removed...as I bought a full set of picks a couple of year ago. I think they're a good idea to learn to use them save a massive amount if you get locked out of your own house. You do need to leave them somewhere safe outside the house or you won't be able to get in. If anyone needs advice about where to keep them I keep mine hidden next to my spare key. 😂

When I was working in a service station one of the car parts reps came offering a set of tools to get into any car at the time. I was a bit shocked about that at the time.

It is not illegal to sell them, or buy them, or own them.

It could be illegal to carry them on your person, away from your home or workplace - known as "going equipped for burglary or theft" (section 25 of the 1968 Theft Act).

They're sold openly on Amazon with tutorials on YouTube of how to use them.

Enver has sent us screenshots. We will report it to our advertising partner. Hopefully they will find and remove it.

Obviously aimed at the discerning burglar!😲

Or someone who doesn't like carrying a big bunch of keys?🤔

It's been showing for a few days now

Google really is shameless.

I saw that too, a little rectangular device on the end of what looked like a key with a slider.

Google ads obviously knows how annoying they are. But still, you'd think that they wouldn't want to put themselves out of business.

I have not browsed for ad blockers. Of course I have now typed the words ad blockers so can expect to get more!

Some can be based on your browsing history.

@ Beth. This looks very much like a multi-year penalty. If you were locked into a 2-year or 3-year fixed ISA at a rate of around 5.4% or 5.5% (which were common peak rates recently), and Virgin Money charged a 730-day (2-year) or 540-day interest penalty for breaking it early, the deduction would land exactly in this £1,200+ region. You need to get a statement from Virgin which would show any closing penalties. Do not accept that they can't access that, as they can.

As people have said could be penalties etc, or some banks have 'bonuses' as well as 'interest' and although they sti get transferred they can be handled differently so could take longer. I've just transferred around £25k from one ISA to another so certainly no limits.

I switched to First Direct a few years ago when they offered money to do so. I would definitely recommend this bank.

I've been with First Direct for a few years, and am very happy with them (though I don't have a lot of money 😀) I can recommend their Regular Saver account.

Can't comment on your missing money Beth, but, as Lol63 has said above, you won't be disappointed with First Direct. We changed over to them from TSB in 2024 and it went like clockwork. Obviously we had a few queries to start with and each time, they were dealt with very quickly and explanations were in simple terms.

Hope everything gets sorted soon.

Maybe your ISA didn’t run the full term so you do get an early release penalty for doing that maybe ?

@Beth. Don't know where you got the idea that you can only transfer £10k from Beth? Maybe you are thinking about CASH DEPOSITS which can be as little as a couple of hundred pounds depending on where you pay the CASH in. Kitten recently transferred £10k to me no questions asked & he recently had £47k transferred to his VM account. It seems as if someone has mistyped the amount. If you did the transfer & you VM account shows the correct amount then VM should be interested in knowing where the other money is. Unless.... the transfer is being done in two transactions which I wouldn't expect at all. Good luck secret sib! Oh, you haven't had some direct debits paid which you've forgotten have you?

@Enver. We tend to use our cash ISAs as normal savings accounts, withdrawing money if we need it & we've been told that we can't put any money in which would take the total deposits over £20k each in any tax year. So, we can withdraw £10 but can only put in £10k if it doesn't take us over the annual allowance. Mr Tom & I have different ISA types too. Mine is instant access & his is limited withdrawals but the limit is still £20k paid in p.a.

Fixed-Rate Cash ISAs Withdrawals or closing/transferring the account before the maturity date typically incur an early closure charge equivalent to 60 days' loss of interest on the amount withdrawn.

Easy Access / Flexible ISAs: You can make withdrawals at any time. If it is a flexible ISA, you may replace the withdrawn cash within the same tax year without it counting toward your annual £20,000 allowance.

Faster Payments (UK-to-UK): The official industry limit for Faster Payments is up to £1 million per transaction (if banks do it). If you do it yourself - bank-to-bank transfer limits in the UK vary depending on your bank, the transfer method used, and whether you bank online, via a mobile app, or in a branch.

In my experience, First Direct are very good (as far as banks go.) Virgin less so, although I never had any major problems.

If there were any funds which hadn't finished clearing into the Virgin account, it may take a few days for them to appear with First Direct.

Was your ISA worth around £1100 to £1200 ? It could be that they haven't finished calculating the interest and therefore closing balance yet.

By the way you shouldn't close an ISA unless you are ready to spend the money straight away. ISAs can be transferred between providers and you retain the tax-free allowance from previous years.

To go on from what Choc said, "all switches backed by CASS are covered by the Current Account Switch Guarantee. If an error occurs, any charges or lost interest incurred on your old or new account must be refunded by your bank."

Were you using the Current Account Switch Service? There's no restrictions on the amount with that.

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