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price is higher when necessary add­ons are factored in.

These tactics, while legal, are catching shoppers off guard and leading to serious buyer’s remorse.

At a time of mounting financial pressures on households, these online shopping traps cost consumers almost £2.1 billion last year through purchases they did­

Robber bitten by police dog

A VIOLENT thief who stole a motorcycle is taking police to court after he was apprehended and bitten by a police dog.

During a police chase, 24­year­old career criminal, Sonnie Stow sustained a broken leg and an open wound. He later required muscle reconstruction, a skin graft and treatment from a plastic surgeon according to a news source on Tuesday, July 11.

In an effort to bring Stow to a halt, police officers in Hull deliberately knocked him off his bike, where he was then repeatedly bitten by one of the force’s dogs.

Stow and his accomplice, Dawid Kajzer, 18, both from Hull were reported riding around the Orchard Park area on a stolen motorcycle. The pair had earlier been involved in a serious attempted robbery that left a bike owner with a ‘nasty’ leg fracture, which required surgery.

On the night of the incident, Stow was riding the motorcycle with Kajzer riding pillion. Their erratic driving was deemed by police to be a danger to members of the public.

Police managed to bring them to a halt by tactically knocking into the motorcycle. Stow resisted arrest and tried to escape but was brought down by a police dog.

Both men have extensive criminal records. This latest judgement saw Stow jailed for four­and­a­half years and Kajzer sent to a young offenders’ institu­ n’t want, need or came to regret.

Worryingly, two­thirds of those who fell victim to these traps said it negatively impacted household finances (an estimated 5.6 million customers).

It’s costing people time as well as money, with people spending, on average, one day per year dealing with the consequences of these features, including chasing refunds or making a complaint afterwards.

BRITISH AIRWAYS has proudly assisted customer Brian Hickman to take his first flight in 15 years, accompanied by his service dog Lily, after he got in touch with the airline to ask for help fulfilling his dream of flying again, and showing others that flying can be accessible to everyone.

Brian suffered life­changing spinal injuries 15 years ago whilst on duty as a police officer.

With the help of the charity Dog AID, Lily the cockerpoo was trained to become a fully qualified and certified service dog. Lily helps Brian with day­to­day practical tasks and supports his independence by alerting him of any nearby dangers such as trip hazards, meaning Lily is essential to Brian when travelling.

Brian was keen to embark on his first flight since his accident, to understand the end­to­end journey of flying with a service dog, regain his confidence to take to the skies and raise awareness to other service dog users that flying with additional requirements can be a stressfree experience.

Following his successful journey to Newcastle, Brian now has the confidence to fly again with Lily by his side.

With the government already targeting subscription traps in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, Citizens Advice is calling for proposals to go further and ban auto­renewing subscriptions.