Daily Express :: The Crusader Feed

Scrap boss gives £21,000 to repair looted memorial

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A SCRAP metal dealer was so disgusted when thieves plundered a war memorial that he picked up the £21,000 bill to repair it.

Good call for Doreen

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A CUSTOMER started off paying £80 for a new phone but after a run of rogue handsets she faced having to settle for a second-hand one.

Seeing the light over solar deal

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A HOMEOWNER was expecting a surge in income after investing £11,000 having solar energy installed but months later he was still waiting to be plugged into the system.

Seeing the light over solar deal

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A HOMEOWNER was expecting a surge in income after investing £11,000 having solar energy installed but months later he was still waiting to be plugged into the system.

In doghouse over pet cover blunder

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AN extraordinary pet insurance policy blunder left a couple with a new puppy footing hundreds of pounds in vets' bills.

Sandra's auction bid was no fun

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WHEN a grandmother's bid to buy a gift from an auction website failed she got nothing but still ended up paying more than £50. Sandra MacNeill's encounter with bidfun.com proved a wretched business and she was no match for its convoluted system where offers are linked to paid- for bidding tools such as points.

Putting Dennis in the digital picture

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HIS television picture was in pieces and so was Dennis Jackson as attempts to switch his set over to a digital signal were repeatedly bungled.

Get a grip on road safety

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

DRIVING became more of an ordeal for Catherine Ellerker after heavy snow and a terrifying skid on an icy road forced her to abandon her car last winter.

Delivering justice to the tune of £150,000

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A £14,900 payout looks set to make 2012 the best year in a long time for Elizabeth Bastow whose experience was one of the most traumatic and complex Crusader has tackled.

Know the rules to avoid too many unhappy returns

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE risk of getting stuck with unwanted goods rockets from today as more than three-million shoppers are expected to loosen their squeeze on budgets briefly and head for the stores.

Shopping around for a mobile phone deal is a good call

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SINCE teenager Daniel Latus put a mobile at the top of his christmas wish list, his mother christine has been feeling the pressure.

Car warranty wrangle drove Ron to despair

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A driver's efforts to solve a creeping corrosion problem with his car stalled at every turn.

Saved from a rainy day

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

RAINWATER leaking through a roof turned out to be a bigger drain than expected on a homeowner's finances when he organised a repair.

Washer got June in a lather

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

CHRISTMAS will have some extra sparkle this year for June Gray now her dishwasher problems have been swept away.

A red card for claims company

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SIX months after a claims management company stung her out of £250 Liz Belton has got her money back. The way Liz was led into giving her credit card details is, we think, one of the worst cases Crusader has come across.

Chased for a rogue debt

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

IT WAS just a simple tube of hand cream but Glennis Lucas heartily regrets ever buying it after the distress it caused her and husband Frank.

Beyond contempt, sick yobs who raided memorial garden

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SCRAP metal thieves who ripped out memorial plaques to the dead from a cemetery were branded "beyond contempt" by police yesterday.

Lights go out on energy plans

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

HUNDREDS of homeowners who paid £500 each for a green energy deal promising "free" solar panels, fitting and electricity for decades have been left in the lurch with neither the system nor a refund after being told they now don't qualify.

Pet owners face costly bills over insurance changes

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of pet owners, cast adrift after major insurers withdrew their policies recently, may never be able afford cover again and face footing any future costly vets' bills alone.

Pet owners left barking mad

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of pet owners who were cast adrift after major insurers withdrew their policies recently may never be able to afford cover again and face footing any future costly vets' bills alone.

Crusader paves way for family's £3,000 pay out

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THEY have waited a year to get it and now a £3,000 grant Crusader helped sort out is giving the Green family - dad Ed, mum Lynsey and their two sons Caleb and Ethan, plenty to smile about.

College grant wrangle resolved

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

MATURE student Ed Green thought he had it all arranged so he could go to college and still have enough income to take care of his wife Lynsey and sons Caleb, three, and Ethan, 15 months.

Leave illegal gypsy camps in peace say the eurocrats

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MEDDLING Euro politicians sparked fury last night by demanding that illegal camps like the Dale Farm site should be left in peace to flout British laws.

Leonard sounds a note of caution as refund is secured

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ALARM bells should have rung for a homeowner the first time he was let down over a service call.

Closure for window saga

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

RETIRED lighthouse engineer Colin Wortley has a sharper eye than most for spotting leaks.