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Britain's oldest football referee William Hardy diesBritain's oldest football referee, who officiated matches until he was 88, has died.William "Harry" Hardy started overseeing matches in 1959 but only retired in the 2015/16 season after a fall. He refereed more than 3,000 football matches.The Erewash Valley Referee Society said he died on Wednesday - two days before his 92nd birthday.
New code to offer help to consumers tricked into fraudulent money transfersPeople who are tricked into transferring money to a fraudster could get more help to get their money back under a new draft code.The voluntary code proposes the principle that where the victim of such a crime has met their requisite level of care, they should be reimbursed.Under current rules, when payments are fraudulently made without customers’ authorisation, banks are generally obliged to give a refund.However, at present, when someone has been tricked into making a payment themselves, known as an authorised push payment (APP) scam, the rules are different – and banks are not obliged to refund payments which have been authorised by their customer.This means that people can be tricked out of their life savings by sophisticated scams and may never see their money again.
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World to be hit by scam-call epidemic as phones barraged with fake 'robocalls'Nearly half of all calls to mobile phones next year will be made by scammers, according to new research.So-called robocalls and call spoofing has exploded in recent years, with the number of mobile scam calls rising from 3.7 per cent in 2017 to 29.2 per cent in 2018. If this trend continues, it is estimated that 44.6 per cent of all calls come from scammers in early 2019.The issue has become so severe... that people are now conditioned to not answer their phone if they do not know who is calling.
