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Daily Mirror
12-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Martin Lewis issues alert as three banks paying up to £175 to open accounts
Banks and building societies often offer cash incentives to new customers willing to make a full switch from their existing current account Martin Lewis has issued an alert as three major UK banks are now paying customers to open bank accounts. Banks and building societies often offer cash incentives to new customers willing to make a full switch from their existing current account. Martin issued the alert in the recent Money Saving Expert (MSE) newsletter. The Co-Operative Bank has launched a brand new switching offer. The new offer joins First Direct's switching incentive which is also paying £175, and Natwest which is paying £150. However, it's important to note that Natwest's offer is only for those who switch to its Reward Accounts, which have a monthly fee. To get the incentive when switching banks, you need to close and switch your current account using the Current Account Switch Service (CASS). This free service will move your balance, direct debits, and salary to the new bank within seven days. To get the bonus from the Co-operative Bank you must switch your account to a Co-op Standard Current Account, Current Account Plus, Privilege, Privilege Premier or Everyday Extra account. New customers will get £100 completing a bank switch to Co-op, and £25 each month for three months, giving a total of £175. To receive the first £100 payment, you will need to deposit a minimum of £1,000 into your accounts within 30 days. This can include balances transferred as part of the switch. Get the best deals and tips from Mirror Money WHATSAPP GROUP: Get money news and top deals straight to your phone by joining our Money WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. You must also transfer two active direct debits and make a minimum of 10 card transactions. You must also register for Co-op's online or mobile banking service. To get the extra £75 - so three payments worth £25 a month - you must deposit a minimum of £1,000 into your account each month, have two active direct debits, and make a minimum of 10 debit card or digital wallet transactions. If you have received a switching incentive from the Co-operative Bank after November 1, 2022, you will not be eligible for the bonus. Join Money Saving Club's specialist topics For all you savvy savers and bargain hunters out there, there's a golden opportunity to stretch your pounds further. The Money Saving Club newsletter, a favourite among thousands who thrive on catching the best deals, is stepping up its game. Simply follow the link and select one or more of the following topics to get all the latest deals and advice on: Travel; Property; Pets, family and home; Personal finance; Shopping and discounts; Utilities. However, even with the new offer Martin Lewis - who regularly encourages households to take advantage of bank switching deals - says that First Direct is still the "overall top pick". In the MSE newsletter, he explained: "As well as giving newbies a free £175, it's top rated for service (92% 'great'), has a top debit card for using abroad, a linked 7% regular saver, and a £250 0% overdraft for many." To get the incentive with First Direct, you will need to deposit at least £1,000 and open two direct debits or standing orders from the account within 30 days of opening it. You must also register and log onto digital banking within 45 days of the account opening, and make five debit card payments.
Daily Mirror
08-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
High street bank to charge thousands extra £36 a year to access bank accounts
The Everyday Extra account functions like a regular bank account, but as you have to pay for it, it is slightly different from a traditional one, as it gives customers additional benefits The Co-operative Bank will be increasing the price of one of its popular packaged bank accounts within weeks. From July 1, the high street bank's Everyday Extra account will be rising from £15 to £18. The Everyday Extra account functions like a regular bank account, but as you have to pay for it, it is slightly different from a traditional one, as it gives customers additional benefits. This includes mobile phone insurance, worldwide travel insurance and UK and European breakdown cover. Currently, customers who have this account pay £180 a year for the benefits. From July, the yearly charge will rise by £36 to £216. The Co-operative Bank - which was taken over by Coventry Building Society in January 20225- says the price hike is due to supplier price rises. A spokesperson for the bank said: "The subscription fee on our Everyday Extra product has remained constant since its launch in 2017. "But due to the costs levied by our suppliers increasing during this time, we've had to make the decision to increase the fees that our customers will pay from July 1, 2025." Co-op Bank has about 2.5m retail and business customers Get the best deals and tips from Mirror Money WHATSAPP GROUP: Get money news and top deals straight to your phone by joining our Money WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Last week the Co-operative bank launched a switching offer of £175. Banks and building societies often offer cash incentives to new customers willing to make a full switch from their existing current account. To get the bonus, you must switch your account to a Co-op Standard Current Account, Current Account Plus, Privilege, Privilege Premier or Everyday Extra account. New customers will get £100 completing a bank switch to Co-op, and £25 each month for three months, giving a total of £175. Join Money Saving Club's specialist topics To receive the first £100 payment, customers will need to deposit a minimum of £1,000 into their accounts within 30 days. This can include balances transferred as part of the switch. Customers must also transfer two active direct debits and make a minimum of ten card transactions. They must also register for Co-op's online or mobile banking service. There are a few more hoops to jump through to receive the additional £25 payments in the first three months. The £25 monthly payments will not start until 30 days after the switch is completed and after switchers receive the initial £100 payment. Customers must deposit a minimum of £1,000 into their account each month, have two active direct debits, and make a minimum of 10 debit card or digital wallet transactions. If you have received a switching incentive from the Co-operative Bank after November 1, 2022, you will not be eligible for the bonus.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sally Magnusson: I need the stimulation of work but it has always been family first
Sally Magnusson has always maintained an air of calm authority and professional serenity during 27 years presenting Reporting Scotland. She has interviewed everyone from royalty to first ministers and high-profile celebrities on BBC Scotland's flagship TV news programme. There have been elections and referendums aplenty, human tragedies and national celebrations. But, as she steps down from the programme, she admits that juggling a hugely successful career with bringing up five children carried one great fear - blurting out a children's bedtime story at the most inopportune moment. "Bedtime was like a military operation and all the children would be in bed by seven," she tells BBC Scotland's Scotcast. "But I remember I would be sitting with one of the children singing Goodnight Darling and they would say, Mummy – do octopuses fart. "You'd struggle with that and then the phone would ring downstairs and they'd say it's Breakfast TV here and we've got the chancellor of the exchequer on tomorrow. "There would then be this list of financial facts and figures to get your head round and I would think – goodness, what kind of life have I got? "I was always afraid of going to a dinner and finding myself sitting next to the director general and asking if he'd like Mummy to cut his meat for him." So do octopuses fart? "I've never found the answer to that – I'll look it up!" The journalist and author will present her final edition of Reporting Scotland on Friday, having joined the programme in 1998. Before that, her career in journalism began at The Scotsman newspaper in 1979. Her mother, Mamie Baird, was a newspaper journalist in Glasgow and her father, Magnus Magnusson, was a print journalist, historian and broadcaster best-known as the presenter of the BBC's Mastermind. She started in television on BBC Scotland's Current Account programme and then on network news programmes including Sixty Minutes and Breakfast. Then came her return to Scotland to present Reporting Scotland two days a week. Other television programmes she has fronted include Newsnight Scotland, Panorama and Songs of Praise as well as Sunday Mornings on BBC Radio Scotland. She anchored many major stories for the corporation, including the deaths of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II. Family has always come first though. "It has to," she says. "You don't go and have five children and commit to family if you don't put that first. I come from a big family myself and I always thought I would replicate that. "I was doing Breakfast TV for the 10 years that I was having children. "Of course it was knackering and I spent the entire time just dreaming of sleep. "But all young mothers, and older mothers, do that anyway so I don't think it would have been any worse for me." Surely you can't put yourself under that kind of pressure without being hugely ambitious? "I don't think I am particularly ambitious and I often think I could have been more so," Sally says. "I was once offered the BBC London Six O'clock News gig, which was the big one, and I turned it down because I wanted to be home for bathtime. I now think, really Sally? "But I turned down things without a huge deal of angst or anguish. I was just in that mode and that's what I did. "But I found that I had to work. I found that as much as I adore my children – and had a great propensity for giving birth to them – I've always longed to be stimulated and have stuff going on with my brain. And that's what has driven me." Sally says getting the tone right while delivering different types of news stories has been "absolutely crucial" throughout her career. "I've tended to use my own judgement and think, how am I reacting to this? And if I can trust that, I can let it be part of what I conduce to the viewer. "I don't want to say this the wrong way but when Prince Philip died and we were doing that on Reporting Scotland, I remember thinking that he was an old man and he'd had a great life. "He had reached his mid-90s and we can celebrate that. "We don't need to have our faces tripping us and we can smile a bit." Sally admits the closest she came to letting the human emotion of an event get to her was as she covered the aftermath of the Dunblane shootings in 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and a teacher. "I don't think it is our job to be emotional," she says. "I think we can convey the emotion of an occasion without actually giving in to it ourselves. "But that was the nearest I came to not quite achieving that." As well as her TV presenting career, Sally has also turned her hand to making television documentaries. Her latest for BBC Scotland was Alzheimer's, a Cure and Me, about her mother having Alzheimer's, which aired last year. She is also an acclaimed author. Among her books is a biography of the Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell, an account of her mother's dementia, and three novels. She is the founder of the charity Playlist for Life, which promotes the use of music to help people with dementia. She was awarded an MBE in 2023 in recognition of her charity work. Gary Smith, head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, has paid tribute to Magnusson and her work on Reporting Scotland. "Sally is an outstanding journalist, broadcaster and writer," he said. "She has skilfully guided viewers through countless big and sometimes difficult stories and the teatime audience will miss her hugely - as will all of us who have worked with her over the years." Sally Magnusson to leave Reporting Scotland Will I be diagnosed with Alzheimer's like my mother?
BBC News
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sally Magnusson: I need the stimulation of work but it has always been family first
Sally Magnusson has always maintained an air of calm authority and professional serenity during 27 years presenting Reporting has interviewed everyone from royalty to first ministers and high-profile celebrities on BBC Scotland's flagship TV news have been elections and referendums aplenty, human tragedies and national as she steps down from the programme, she admits that juggling a hugely successful career with bringing up five children carried one great fear - blurting out a children's bedtime story at the most inopportune moment. "Bedtime was like a military operation and all the children would be in bed by seven," she tells BBC Scotland's Scotcast."But I remember I would be sitting with one of the children singing Goodnight Darling and they would say, Mummy – do octopuses fart."You'd struggle with that and then the phone would ring downstairs and they'd say it's Breakfast TV here and we've got the chancellor of the exchequer on tomorrow."There would then be this list of financial facts and figures to get your head round and I would think – goodness, what kind of life have I got?"I was always afraid of going to a dinner and finding myself sitting next to the director general and asking if he'd like Mummy to cut his meat for him."So do octopuses fart? "I've never found the answer to that – I'll look it up!" The journalist and author will present her final edition of Reporting Scotland on Friday, having joined the programme in that, her career in journalism began at The Scotsman newspaper in mother, Mamie Baird, was a newspaper journalist in Glasgow and her father, Magnus Magnusson, was a print journalist, historian and broadcaster best-known as the presenter of the BBC's started in television on BBC Scotland's Current Account programme and then on network news programmes including Sixty Minutes and came her return to Scotland to present Reporting Scotland two days a television programmes she has fronted include Newsnight Scotland, Panorama and Songs of Praise as well as Sunday Mornings on BBC Radio Scotland. She anchored many major stories for the corporation, including the deaths of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth has always come first though."It has to," she says. "You don't go and have five children and commit to family if you don't put that first. I come from a big family myself and I always thought I would replicate that."I was doing Breakfast TV for the 10 years that I was having children."Of course it was knackering and I spent the entire time just dreaming of sleep. "But all young mothers, and older mothers, do that anyway so I don't think it would have been any worse for me." Surely you can't put yourself under that kind of pressure without being hugely ambitious?"I don't think I am particularly ambitious and I often think I could have been more so," Sally says."I was once offered the BBC London Six O'clock News gig, which was the big one, and I turned it down because I wanted to be home for bathtime. I now think, really Sally?"But I turned down things without a huge deal of angst or anguish. I was just in that mode and that's what I did."But I found that I had to work. I found that as much as I adore my children – and had a great propensity for giving birth to them – I've always longed to be stimulated and have stuff going on with my brain. And that's what has driven me."Sally says getting the tone right while delivering different types of news stories has been "absolutely crucial" throughout her career."I've tended to use my own judgement and think, how am I reacting to this? And if I can trust that, I can let it be part of what I conduce to the viewer."I don't want to say this the wrong way but when Prince Philip died and we were doing that on Reporting Scotland, I remember thinking that he was an old man and he'd had a great life."He had reached his mid-90s and we can celebrate that."We don't need to have our faces tripping us and we can smile a bit." Sally admits the closest she came to letting the human emotion of an event get to her was as she covered the aftermath of the Dunblane shootings in 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and a teacher."I don't think it is our job to be emotional," she says."I think we can convey the emotion of an occasion without actually giving in to it ourselves."But that was the nearest I came to not quite achieving that."As well as her TV presenting career, Sally has also turned her hand to making television documentaries. Her latest for BBC Scotland was Alzheimer's, a Cure and Me, about her mother having Alzheimer's, which aired last is also an acclaimed author. Among her books is a biography of the Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell, an account of her mother's dementia, and three is the founder of the charity Playlist for Life, which promotes the use of music to help people with dementia. She was awarded an MBE in 2023 in recognition of her charity Smith, head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, has paid tribute to Magnusson and her work on Reporting Scotland."Sally is an outstanding journalist, broadcaster and writer," he said."She has skilfully guided viewers through countless big and sometimes difficult stories and the teatime audience will miss her hugely - as will all of us who have worked with her over the years."
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sally Magnusson to leave Reporting Scotland after 27 years
Reporting Scotland presenter Sally Magnusson is to stand down from the programme after 27 journalist and author joined the news programme in 1998, when it was broadcast from the BBC Scotland's former headquarters in Glasgow's Queen Margaret will continue to present until April and then work with the BBC as a described leaving Reporting Scotland as a "real wrench", adding "I'll miss the buzz and challenges of live news". She was part of the team that moved to BBC Scotland's new building at Pacific Quay and anchored many major stories for the corporation, including the deaths of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth started in journalism at The Scotsman newspaper in 1979. Her mother, Mamie Baird, was a newspaper journalist in Glasgow and her father, Magnus Magnusson, was a print journalist, historian and broadcaster best-known as the presenter of the BBC's started in television on BBC Scotland's Current Account programme and then on network news programmes including Sixty Minutes and returned to Scotland to present Reporting Scotland two days a week. Other television programmes included Newsnight Scotland, Panorama and Songs of Praise as well as Sunday Mornings on BBC Radio most recent television documentary for BBC Scotland was Alzheimer's, a Cure and Me which aired last is also an acclaimed author. Among her books is a biography of the Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell, an account of her mother's dementia, and three is the founder of the charity Playlist for Life, which promotes the use of music to help people with dementia. She was awarded an MBE in 2023 in recognition of her charity work 'A real wrench' Magnusson said standing down from Reporting Scotland did not mean she was retiring."Leaving Reporting Scotland will be a real wrench after 27 years. I'll miss the buzz and challenges of live news presentation, which I've always adored," she said."But although my focus now turns to a growing writing career, an expanding family and my work around dementia, I'm also looking forward to maintaining links with the BBC as a freelance broadcaster."Gary Smith, head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, paid tribute to Magnusson and her work on the programme. "Sally is an outstanding journalist, broadcaster and writer," he said. "She has skilfully guided viewers through countless big and sometimes difficult stories and the teatime audience will miss her hugely - as will all of us who have worked with her over the years."
