Новости за 29.05.2015

There could hardly be a more picturesque setting in which to launch a comeback than Götzis, nestling in the Austrian Alps, a ski jump away from the Swiss border. Into this bucolic landscape, home to the weekend’s Hypo-Meeting, parachutes Jessica Ennis-Hill for her first appearance in the heptathlon since winning Olympic gold in London and the subsequent birth of her son, Reggie, 10 months ago.

Dina Asher-Smith became the fastest British woman in history last weekend when she broke the national 100m record.

If you were born in the 1950s and are female, you could be facing a much worse retirement that you hoped for. That's the fear of people fighting to redress an inequality that has built up because of the changes to the state pension retirement age.

The amount you can stash away in Premium Bonds is climbing to £50,000 on Monday. That may be beyond your pocket – it's certainly beyond mine – but it's a reminder of the government-backed scheme that hands over two £1m jackpots.

Thanks for all your stories about problems with Scottish Power. I'll include details of some of the more shocking in a future issue, but this week I tackled one of the company's senior managers about the problems.

Food, in varying forms, is the dominant feature for the No Pain, No Gain portfolio this week. Two constituents – Booker and Patisserie – have provided the ingredients for some healthy share performances by unveiling remarkably good fortunes.

Figures from the Payments Council reveal that 1.16 million people moved banks in 2014, up 120,000 on the previous year but still disappointingly low, with most people sticking with their existing provider.

Q. In August last year we ordered three of the ceramic poppies from the special installation at the Tower of London marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. We paid for them by card.

The idea of consistency is usually misplaced when it comes to active investing. For a fund to be truly active, it must position itself differently to the rest of the market. This inevitably means that at times it will be out of sync with its peers.

Looking for a cheaper way of sending items? Or a chance to make some extra money? Newly arrived on our shores this month from Norway is the social delivery service Nimber, which could help in both ways.

If you have a credit card with the Halifax you may have been sent a letter recently headed: "A new way to work out your credit card interest rate." In the way of these things, it looks like helpful information and, as there won't be any change to the cost of borrowing on the card, you'd be forgiven for filing it away.

Booking event tickets can be expensive – even if you agree to do most of the hard work. Not only are you regularly charged a premium for booking online, but some organisations also levy extra fees to print your tickets at home.

Is it getting easier to get a loan?

In the 18th century, young men of David Cameron’s background used to round off an extensive and expensive education with a “Grand Tour” of Europe. They would take in the Continent’s cultural centres and archaeological sites and return to England with broader horizons.

Sepp Blatter’s unruffled demeanour and calm pronouncements over the past few days have given the impression of a man barely touched by the storm raging around him. His re-election as Fifa president might explain his composure.

On Thursday morning’s front page we took the liberty of describing this week’s revelations about Fifa as the “greatest scandal in sporting history”.

If you think of circus shows as pure spectacle - think again. Shelter Me is the new show from Circumference, whose mission is to “to take circus as an artform and to use it to express a social narrative, to reflect our society,” explains performer Aislinn Mulligan.

We asked the experts to pick out everything you need – from tongs to griddles – to become a BBQ master