LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - British sub-prime lender Provident Financial (Other OTC: FPLPY - news) boosted its 2013 pretax profit before exceptional items by 9.9 percent to 196.1 million pounds ($326.1 million), helped by strong growth from Vanquis Bank.
Provident said on Tuesday that it had raised its total dividend per share by more than 10 percent to 85 pence and that it had made a strong start to the first two months of 2014.
A BBC Breakfast host has announced that there is to be a schedule shake up at BBC News that means one useful segment for viewers is being taken off after 30 years on air
A man has explained how he got sweet revenge on the mum - and her face was 'priceless'
A road rage driver who was filmed screaming abuse at a female motorist after she beeped at him for cutting her off is facing a potential jail sentence.
The Kirk Sutherland star reacted after news of the actor's death was revealed over the weekend by his agent
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An Indian judge has dismissed a woman’s complaint that her husband committed “unnatural sex,” because under Indian law it’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts.
Craig Revel Horwood has revealed the one former Strictly Come Dancing star he considers to be an 'enemy', branding the professional dancer 'mouthy' in a shock new interview
Prince Harry last visited following King Charles’s cancer diagnosis
"I'm heartbroken at the moment," designer Amaia Arrieta, a friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales, said in a new interview.
Emily Ratajkowski just hit the 2024 Met Gala almost totally naked wearing a sparkly see-through Versace backless dress. We are *so* in love with this look!
The brown envelopes will be sent out throughout this month
The Princess of Wales was pictured dancing with Prince Harry at Peter Phillips' wedding in 2008 wearing a daring sheer wedding guest dress from Issa, who created her engagement dress.
Savannah Kriger laid her wedding dresses on her bed and shot her wedding portraits, police say
Man United lost 4-0 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday night and Eriksen spoke after the game.
Lopez serves as co-chair for this year's glam event
Kendall Jenner attended the 2024 Met Gala looking incredible in a dress with bum crack cut-outs. Her vintage archival Givenchy gown has never been worn before.
EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry has landed in the UK without his wife Meghan Markle - and a source tells OK! that the couple may be on very different pages when it comes to their return to Britain.
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Vladimir Putin began his fifth term as Russian president at a palace in Moscow in front of a crowd of faces - including actor Steven Seagal and the leader of a biker gang. At the ceremony in the gilded Grand Kremlin Palace, Mr Putin placed his hand on the Russian Constitution and vowed to defend it as a crowd of hand-picked dignitaries looked on. The US actor, known for films such as Under Siege and On Deadly Ground, is an ally of Mr Putin.
Neal Katyal also summed up the latest defense by the former president's legal team in his hush money trial as "atrocious."
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