Toby Walne

4 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Toby Walne

It would have been one of the most notorious heists ever. A gang planned to take £350million worth of diamonds from the Millennium Dome on November 7, 2000. They had planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exhibition, which was held in the riverside Dome. They then planned to escape via the Thames on a speedboat. But it was foiled by the Metropolitan Police as a result of information from Kent Police, who already had the gang members under surveillance.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Toby Walne |Lucy Evans

Not since the pandemic have our finances faced such a sudden shock. Global financial markets have plummeted precipitously since President Donald Trump announced tariffs on all goods coming into the US. The obvious immediate impact has been on pensions and investments – as we report over the next four pages – but the trade war has left millions in Britain concerned and confused about the consequences for the economy and the cost of living.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Toby Walne

President Trump’s so-called Liberation Day last Thursday saw chaos in the financial markets with some £2trillion wiped off the value of stocks as panic spread among investors in London, Europe, Asia and Wall Street. The mayhem continued this week – with the FTSE 100 initially falling 6 per cent on Monday after the president described his tariffs as ‘medicine’.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Toby Walne

Motorists who buy their car insurance too close to their renewal date can now end up paying a whopping 42 per cent penalty, Money Mail can reveal. Experts say the huge spike in the cost is being driven by a pernicious trend among criminals who make fraudulent claims within 48 hours of taking out a policy. But as insurers try to crack down on this, they are inadvertently penalising honest drivers who leave it late to shop around on comparison sites.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Toby Walne

When retired restaurateur Adrian Cox was invited with his wife Christine to a family wedding in Italy next year, he decided to open a savings account to set aside funds to pay for the trip. So far, so simple. Except the 83-year-old was baffled and outraged in equal measure when the bank he has used for the past five years, Starling, blocked him. ‘I already have a current account with Starling,’ says Adrian, ‘so I can’t imagine what the problem is. 'To be honest I felt absolutely astonished.