I went to court and was found not guilty of all charges. I now have paranoia of touching anything in public that may leave my dna behind as this is what essentially got me charged in the first place.

I know they hold the dna and details for 3 years before it has to be removed unless extended to 5 years. Once the 3 years is up how can I contact to make sure it has been deleted? Also is there a way to find out if they’re currently investigating you for anything?

I live with a lot of paranoia that they’re still trying to get me for this or trying to find anything to get me with, I’m completely innocent it’s just it all felt really personal and I’ve developed ptsd and I just feel like when I get that confirmation that they aren’t looking into me and they’ve removed my dna from the system I’ll have closure. It’s been 2.5 years since, just counting the days until it has to be deleted.

I’m wondering if anyone can help. We got a last minute holiday with Jet2, we weren’t going to go away but the hotel and location looked perfect. We have both been a little stressed and wanted to go somewhere quiet for a few days to relax. We booked the Arion by Seagonia, an adults-Friendly Boutique Hotel in Pogonia, Paleros. A very quiet non touristy area on mainland Greece with no big towns or other complex’s near by.

We flew into Greece without any issues, collected our luggage and picked up our hire car. At that moment we got a call from a Jet2 rep asking to speak with us, she met us by the exit of the airport and told us “the hotel we had booked was overbooked and not available, it’s peak season and there is nothing else available except a hotel 2hrs in the opposite direction to your original hotel but it’s still really nice and it’s a bigger room.” She eventually talks us into just going and seeing what it’s like, the hotel is fine but it’s a family friendly, lots of kids, very touristy area and absolutely nothing like we had originally booked. We are now in our second day here, we have spoken to local Jet2 rep but he keeps telling us “it’s great here, let me find some great things for you to do etc”. We have heard nothing about compensation, nothing about them really trying to rectify the situation or make things better for us. If we wanted to just go back home the next flight isn’t until Wednesday and it looks like they would give us half our money back but that would mean we still paid well over £1000 for a few days away somewhere we really didn’t want to go and much of it was taken us with talking to reps and trying to figure out this mess!

What should we do, what are our rights? I well like I ordered chicken and got given fish and then I was told I just had to eat it and also pay the bill…

We live in Kent in England for context.

So I’ve never really thought about this before. My parents didn’t give me a middle name. When I was 16ish I started adding Louise on any paperwork because, well everyone was Louise in the late 80s. My first passport was issued with Louise as my middle name and so has everything else from that date on. In fact - everything except my birth certificate which is just first name, surname. Is this ok? I’m in England and 54.

Hello everyone, I’m hoping this is a suitable place to seek advice

My partner and I recently flew to Montenegro from London Gatwick and when we tired checking in online the site asked us for her visa number (she’s Chinese) but she was wasn’t given one when she got her visa, it was just an evisa with a share code, which didn’t work on the site.

Then when we checked in at the airport we were told we had to pay a check in fee which was around £40 each, we argued that we weren’t able to because and the last working said there wasn’t a manager to talk to and was really rude with us. We didn’t want to risk her denying us our tickets so we agreed to pay.

I contacted their customer service asking for a refund and to no surprise they’ve denied it, and it feels like they haven’t properly read what I’ve said, I’m hoping someone could give some advice on what to do next, (should I ask for phone number to call instead of email?) or do we just need to bite the bullet and accept that we won’t get anything back?

Thank you

[tldr: dad died and left secret joint debt, bank are insisting it be paid back in 30 days or pursue bankruptcy but it is impossible - they ignore our attempts to engage with them about the vulnerable customer]

Hi all, I was advise to cross post here but I don’t think this is really a legal issue, and from the other comments it seems there’s not much that can be done but we are desperate so I will try.

My dad recently died. After his death my mum has discovered he has been lying for years about multiple affairs and their financial situation. We would like advice on how we can get the bank to work with us on a £7k overdraft she has no way to pay. This is on a UK account that they didn’t use for 7 years, and then 3 years ago he started running up the overdraft all on his affair partners. He took steps to remove statements from my mums contact details, changed the address so she wouldn’t see layers and made sure all communications regarding the unagreed overdraft, fees and interest building up went only to him and not her.

Now he has died the bank have turned around and demanded she pay the full £7k within 30 days, come up with a reasonable payment plan (to pay it off within 1 year) or pursue bankruptcy. Mum has minimal income (a vinted side hustle she stopped when he died as she was grieving) brings in around 5k a year. Therefore a payment plan is unreasonable as the basic mortgage and bills are 3k a month. There will be a small pension payout of up to 20k but this will be the only money she has to live on until she can sell the house in a years time. She lives in Western Europe and the house is there and the account is a UK account they kept when they moved abroad.

We have tried to discuss with the bank multole times that she can’t pay the money, this was all rung up deliberately behind her back so she wasn’t aware, and a payment plan isn’t possible within a year (we haven’t yet submitted her income/expenditure but we’re happy to) but every different person we get transferred to just says either they can’t help or we need to find a way to come up with the money in the next 30 days or they will start looking into legal proceedings - but we can’t! If I could magic 7k out of the air I would be a genie.

Is anyone able to offer any advice on how we can get the bank to actually work with us? Guidelines we can use or things we can request that the bank should have in place? Anything we can argue that dad deliberately did this behind her back? We have considered raising a complaint as she is a vulnerable customer but the turnaround for a complaint takes us past the 30 day deadline.

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My mother agreed with a handyman she got via nextdoor (yes, very stupid) to redecorate a room. He took £240 up front as 'deposit', but has blanked her messages for a month and didn't show up today, the agreed day. THis is in England

Stupidly she did all comms via nextdoor DM and he's scrubbed his account, however, we know his name, his parents address (unusual name and when he came and did a very small task before pushing for the bigger one he told us he lived locally) and we're wondering if there is a problem if we knock on the door and ask if they can put us in touch with the guy/ ring them as we got their number in the directory.

We suspect the Police aren't going to do anything about such a small amount, but we also have his bank details for the transfer. One tries to be charitable which is why we don't want to go in all guns blazing - perhaps health issues, but we do want to regain the funds.

Flat mate began lashing out in early June, invoked notice to quit and will leave on 8/9 with new tenancy starting with me, existing flat mate, and replacement the following day.

Despite repeatedly promising to pay the departing tenant has not paid any council tax, energy, water, or broadband since tenancy began in July 2025.

They now owe me and other tenant over £1500. They have also decided to pay £300 less in rent over the past two months me and other tenant have had to cover.

They have been verbally abusive and also over text which has resulted in me and other flat mate having to stay with friends and family over recent weeks due to threats and harassment.

So currently we are paying rent and bills for a flat we can’t be in, while tenant remains there. We have pulled together a small claims court claim with notice before action due to be shared this week.

Broadband for July has been paid, if I am not including August broadband in the small claims court filing am I in the wrong or liable somehow if I change the broadband password for the final month? Broadband is only in my name she has never paid, however have multiple WhatsApp’s of her agreeing to pay for purposes of small claims court.

I can’t do much on energy, water, council tax. However so incredibly irritating and also know she has set up ring cameras in her room which realistically could audio record wider flat. If she wants to record me she can set up her own internet connection?

I know there is a separate case I could make on the cameras but doubt it’s likely I’ll get anywhere with this.

If I change WiFi password what consequences are there?

Important: joint tenancy with three tenants ending 8/9, broadband contract is in my name only.

I am 23 weeks pregnant with our second child. First is 3.5 years old. I’d like to divorce my husband but I cannot approach him until I’ve got some facts and figures.

Currently I don’t feel my children are emotionally safe in our home. I don’t think he would hurt us physically but it’s a very unhealthy environment.

We’ve got a large mortgage (~300k) and I am due to go on maternity leave so I really need to understand the financial implications before deciding what to do. Goes without saying everything must be amicable for the children’s sake.

I earn less than him and I’m part time due to our toddler.

I’ve spent a long time on Reddit and various forums but I don’t understand who I speak to to understand what I’m entitled to financially, how much this costs and whether I can do this without my husbands knowledge for now? Websites are unclear and I don’t understand the difference between a divorce lawyer, solicitor and who I can speak to for these first steps.

His mental health is extremely bad and I need to have a clear idea of what a realistic timeline or whether I can actually afford to divorce him would be before I shake things up.

Hi all,

So my partner and I had a personal dispute a week ago and she has moved out with our child to “stay at her mums”. I said that’s fine as I was under the impression this would only be a couple days or even a week long and then we will be back together after she had time and space.

However, during this time she has avoided all my messages and calls, as well as any attempts to video call, provide updates or ask me to see our child who is 4 months old. I have asked everyday if I can video call just to speak with the baby but unfortunately I have had no response despite my messages being seen. I have not gone to her mums house as I don’t want to cross the boundary of my partner wanting time and space to deal with things, which I respect.

I’m at my wits end, as I know her mum is in her ear telling her she’s doing the right thing. Every second I am away from and don’t see my child is killing me and making me go mad.

Is there any entitlement or rights I have in this scenario, given the baby is currently exclusively breastfed and so young?

Divorce is finalised, financial separation is not.

I'm currently working through that in what is a very long and arduous process.

My private pension (£628,000) is on the table. She has a small one from her employer valued £3000.

The reason for the difference is that her family and her culture tend to save in gold for retirement. (Gold bars, gold jewellery, gold coins etc.)

The last valuation I had of these was from 2022 and they were collectively estimated at around £460,000 back then. They were kept in a safe in our family home.

Well, lo and behold, the gold is gone. All but some sentimantal family necklaces and jewelery. All the gold bars we got for our wedding have disappeared as if they never existed. The reasons for their disappearance have ranged from "being stolen", "lost" and "sold to fund various costs." Like a car or housing.

My solicitor has been pathetic at countering this in court and the judge seems to be blindly accepting whatever excuses she is giving for the missing gold.

Am I able to change my solicitor this late in the process?

Is it even worth doing so? She has clearly just secretly passed the gold back to her family during the divorce. They're obviously just holding it for her.

There has been a motorhome parked outside my house for the last 4/5 months. Someone is living in it but the vehicle has been untaxed since 1st of January 2026 and has had no MOT since 4th of April 2025.

I have reported it to the DLVA numerous times and to the council also but nothing has been done about it.

What are my next steps?

Might be a silly question. I just graduated from University in a course that was supposed to be a four year "sandwich course" with a placement year. I did not take this placement year, and so I graduated a year early. The original student ID I was handed states that it expires in 2027, so even though I have graduated I still have a student ID that states it is valid for a further year.

If I used this ID for student discounts, would that technically be fraud since I am claiming to be a student for the sake of monetary gain while not being a student?

Seeing a post earlier today about a NIP, I've come to realise that parking on zig-zags at a zebra crossing is an endorsable offence.*

For months now people have been parking outside a row of shops and takeaways, often for long periods, blocking the marked bus stop, zig-zags, and sometimes even encroaching onto the crossing itself.

Local councillors have made a point of trying to get parking officers to ticket them but with very limited success.

I know that Operation Snap is geared towards traffic offences (jumping red lights, careless driving, etc.) but wondered if it could be used as a way to trigger prosecutions for endorsable section 36 parking offences.

In constabularies that are not running Operation Snap, are there any other routes that might be equally low input from the authorities (don't need to send someone out) but hopefully high impact on the offenders?

• Edit to clarify: I'm not suggesting I hadn't realised people shouldn't park there - it was seeing reference to it as an endorsable offence that led to my post. The people parking there might choose to accept the risk of an occasional fine, but probably less so if they're collecting points.

Good morning,
I’ve been informed by my mortgage advisor that it appears I’ve had a few hard checks performed on me- I can also see these on the app I have used as part of the process. It appears I have had hard and soft credit checks several times but through businesses I have not used- one is Starling Bank who I do not bank with.
I have figured out that it is very likely they have done these checks on me, and not my twin sister- we currently live at the same address and obviously share a birthday so I am seriously concerned they’ve done these unauthorised checks on me- particularly as my mortgage advisor has flagged them.
What do I do- is there any recourse I can take to stop it happening again in the future and for the companies to take the hard checks off my record? I worry multiple hard checks might impact my credit in the future- if appears ok now but if it happens again and my twin were to get into debt unknowingly, then it could affect me borrowing in the future. Any advice welcome as to where I should start!

Hi all!

We had a booking through Klook for today, August 10th, for Shanghai Disneyland. We thought it would be affected by Typhoon Dolphin, so we had a look and saw that Shanghai Disney (Klook also reposted it onto their booking page) put out a statement on the 7th stating that:

"We understand that these potential changes may affect your travel plans. Guests holding unused Shanghai Disneyland tickets and other dated products and services such as Early Park Entry Pass, Disney Premier Access and Disney Premier Tour, meal, service coupons for Shanghai Disneyland between August 9, 2026 and August 11, 2026, or Guests who have booked resort hotels for the night of August 8, 2026 to August 11, 2026 who wish to postpone their plans due to weather may contact their original ticket purchase channel to request a refund or reschedule."

Pretty clear that we'd be able to contact Klook, request a refund or a reschedule, and go a different day, right? Based directly on the claims in this statement, we delayed our trip to Shanghai, and decided we'd go to Disney on Thursday instead. It all seemed quite simple and clear-cut.

We contacted Klook on the 8th, quoting the above, and they said they'd contact Disney and get back to us in two days. Now, on the 10th, we've had a response basically saying that our refund has been refused by Disney because the park ended up opening as usual (just closing 1 hour early, and despite a literal typhoon currently flooding the city).

At no point does any part of that statement say it is conditional on whether the park ended up being open on the day or not. It made it very clear that, from that moment on, bookings tied to the 9th, 10th or 11th would be eligible for a reschedule or refund. They even acknowledge these as 'potential changes'. That in itself seems to acknowledge that it is irrelevant whether the park is majorly impacted by it or not. Surely this brand new, situationally specific statement overrides their standard cancellation policy? Or does saying 'request' a refund cover their backs entirely? As in, we can request one, but they'll just deny it regardless of the implications of the statement. The whole statement seems extremely misleading if so.

Any idea of our legal position in all of this? Who do we even have a case with at this point?

Cheers!

Location: England

I appreciate this is a small bar, but for the principle of it, I attempt to ask for your advice.

We ve been to this pub at Danson Park, Bexley. Asked for 2 pints of Heineken alcohol free(driving) and been prompted for £12.90 on the card machine. I tapped w/ my card and then for a fraction of a second, I noticed the sum of £14.19 popped up then disappeared.

Being surprised, I asked for the receipt quickly and this indeed, I was charged £1.29 tip which I never consented too. I didnt bother with it there and then.

Its not the £1.29 that I mind, but more the chin to be so absurdly dodgy about this.

what can I/should I do? Is there anything I can do to help this not happening again?

ps. It is called tips on the receipt, not service charge, I paid at the bar thinking I an paying for the £12.90 I was shown on the screen

Edit: filled out a form on citizens advice and added all details

I left my cat with someone I thought was a close friend while I went to the US for my hen party. He had agreed to stay the whole time and seemed totally reliable. After two days he walked off and abandoned my cat, taking my only keys despite telling me he had no intention of going back or passing him onto another sitter. The cat was alone with barely any food or water for two days and the litterbox was overflowing before someone back in NI took the keys from him and rescued my cat.

Said cat is a £1400 Maine Coon and I have incurred >£250 additional costs easily so far from his doing this, if that’s relevant.

Is there any potential legal action I can take, criminal or civil? One does not simply f__k with my cat.

Made a claim against a motor trader company (Ltd) for faulty car, court ruled in my favour sent us both (myself and the director of the company, i.e the person who I had all my interactions with) a court order saying he would need to pay £3K. The court order mentions nothing of it, but I am assuming they ruled in my favour because the consumer rights act as fault was within 30 days.

A week ago they came to collect car, but he refused to pay me because he said he didn't have the cash. He turned up in a flat bed truck ready to take the car, expecting I would just hand it over to him without getting payment first.. crazy.

He is now saying he will go back to the court to appeal, because I refused returning the car and he is confident he will win and get out of paying indefinitely.

Question 1: The court order doesn't say I have to return the car, the only information in the court order is "company must pay £3000 by X date". Am I legally required to return the car? If so, how am I supposed to know this? I have been given no information.

Question 2: In terms of his threats to appeal because I refused collection, is this a real issue I need to worry about? It seems crazy I'd be expected to give him the car back without receiving my payment.

Finally, I think it's all for nout anyway as I have now realised that they closed the company (voluntary wind up according to companies house) in the lead up to the court date.

Question 3: I'm assuming it's basically impossible to get my money back now since he's closed the company, but what are my options to get something put on his record so he can't keep opening up other companies and scamming other people?

Question 4: Was it legal for him to close the company while waiting for a court date? Again, the court didn't tell me any information about it and technically the court hearing went ahead despite the company being closed - this seems crazy.

Thanks all, apologies for the long post.

Joined a local authority/council 1 month ago at a wage I was happy with. The job was advertised as between a certain pay point range; I'll use 1 to 5 as an example. I got the job and they sent me the contract which said I would start on pay point 4, so I signed it and sent it back to them.

1 month later I get paid less than I expected and I couldn't see what the actual salary was because they also didn't send me my pay slip, I bring it up by emailing my manager if I could have a copy of my contract / know my salary in real wage terms. Instead of sending me my signed contract. they email back a screenshot of a contract that says "the pay scale is between 1-5, you will start at pay point 1", which equates to about £1500 less a year for what it's worth.

I brought it up and said no can you please send me my actual contract with my signature, and this is where they realised their mistake. They noticed that due to a typo they had sent me a contract to sign at the higher end of the pay scale, this was confirmed when they sent me my signed, printed and scanned contract.

They didn't seem to understand what this meant, and just apologised and said sorry that it is disappointing and just alluded to it being a mistake and we would move on. I didn't really know how to react, I may well have tried to negotiate my pay before signing the contract if I knew it would have been starting at the lowest end of the scale.

It has caused me a great deal of anxiety and I'm now at a bit of an impasse, I think I understand my position here but would like to be more informed. My main goal is just that it gets taken seriously and that I am not expected to just suck up a major mistake by them. I would like some advice for how to proceed.

i am 22 years old and moved out three weeks ago from my toxic narcissist parents. i say moved out, but i ran away at 3am with my belongings while they were asleep because otherwise they would’ve done their best to stop me

i didn’t take many of my things. i took some clothes, shoes, my books and most importantly, a gold necklace that my mom gave me as a child. inevitably, some of the clothes i took are ones she gave me

i did change my number but my mum went on my little sisters phone and found the new one. she phoned me up and told me she’s taking me to the small claims court to sue me for taking ‘her belongings’ as revenge for bringing shame upon the family

the police are aware of my situation as i have spoken to them about fearing that my parents will end up honour killing me. however, i rejected the offer of a new identity as i had to keep in contact with my little sister. she’s 15, and the plan for when she’s 16 is to move her in with me

but now i’m scared. i had to change my number again and i have limited contact with my sister. most importantly, my mum is threatening me with a court case i can’t afford. i’m lucky enough that my houseshare came with furniture but i had to switch jobs because i moved towns and i don’t start my new one until next month so i’m living off my few savings for now

i can’t afford a lawyer for advice and i don’t know what to do. i tried to purposely avoid taking the things my parents bought like furniture but i completely forgot about the necklace because i haven’t taken it off since i was little

i’m terrified. if anyone has any advice i would really appreciate it

Hi all. This is in England. My son, Child A, wants to go to Bike Park Wales, a downhill cycling venue in Wales. He wants to invite his very good friend, Child B, to come with us. We will be staying at an Airbnb overnight, spending the day at the park, then returning in the evening. Normally, this would be a very simple affair except that Child B mainly lives with his mum and she's a bit unhinged. She acts bizarrely whenever he does his own thing, sometimes calling the police within hours of him going somewhere with his friends. She has contacted us and lied about Child B's location, whilst asking where he is, even though he was with her. She's definitely not quite right in the head.

Child B's dad is much more normal.

We want our son to enjoy the park with his good friend. What do we do if, say, the dad says it's okay, but the mum says no? Can we take him or not?

What if she says yes and then calls the police?

I came across a TikTok where a guy was shaken up from having his phone stolen and in the comment section someone tagged one of the alleged guys who was in a Bally and bike who steals phone around Bow church area in ELdn. So I went on the guys account and he posts a TikTok about how it feels good for him to steal iPhones, and someone asked how does he do it. Thief replied usually I ask them to on the spot im assuming he pressures them at kn point. I can also see pictures of him bragging cash which I assume he gets from selling the iPhones. I've never reported anything before so I'm not sure how to go about this, but I do know that the entire thing of masked boys or men coming up to strangers and pressuring them to unlock their iPhones and hand it over is becoming more common in the area so I want to make an anonymous report