Abbey in bank holiday meltdown
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Taking 'bank holiday' too literally Abbey's business banking systems have taken an extra long weekend and been completely unavailable since yesterday, leaving customers unable to fulfil critical payments ahead of the spring bank holiday.â¦
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Business & money: Banks and building societies start withdrawing products in response to Thursday's bank rate rise.
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Crisis-hit bank's stock hits all-time low after Treasury warns it will not protect new customers.
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The Bank of England (BoE) said Friday that it has frozen the assets of a suspect accused of plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier, and those of four others accused of terrorism offences.
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Fears grew on Saturday that panic among savers at British bank Northern Rock  will see a run of withdrawals after reports that 1 billion pounds had already been taken out.
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HE crisis at British Airways deepened after the airline cancelled 14 flights yesterday and warned it was ready to axe more over the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Refunds are promised to thousands whose holidays were cancelled when a travel firm collapsed.
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High St bank Abbey is struggling to cope with the amount of people attempting to transfer money into its postal ISA.
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Oyster cards and TomTom are no-go It might be the summer bank holiday across most of the UK, but at least two services to aid travellers are unavailable this Friday afternoon.â¦
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Northern Rock faced another day of customers withdrawing their savings and share price drops on Monday after an emergency bail-out from the Bank of England last week.
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Business & money: Three lenders pull 'irresponsible' mortgages after Northern Rock comes under fire over similar deals
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Business & money: Bank of England governor blames risky behaviour by banks for current financial turmoil.
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Banco Santander is making an attempt to seize back the initiative in its Â£8.3bn takeover of Abbey National, speeding up its bid timetable while rival bidders continue to circle the UK bank.
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The Gatecrasher nightclub in Sheffield is reported to be collapsing as a massive fire takes hold.
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HOUSANDS of British Airways passengers are threatened with Bank Holiday misery after the airline cancelled more flights. The news will heighten fears of pandemonium in the coming days as BA struggles to cope with the staff shortage at Heathrow.
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Tens of thousands of commuters, holidaymakers bound for Heathrow and last minute Christmas shoppers suffered travel chaos today as striking Tube train drivers crippled services on the Piccadilly line.
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STUNNED Abbey National staff will be told today that 4,500 jobs could be axed within three years if Spain - s Banco Santander emerges victorious from its bruising 8.2 billion bid battle for the UK mortgage ...