Banks race to fix security flaw in contactless cards as it's revealed that thieves can use them for MONTHS after they’ve been reported stolen

Banks have refused to say how many times a card can be used after it has been cancelled, citing security reasons.

Some indicated the cards could only be used for a ‘low number’ of purchases up to the value of £50.

But lawyers say banks’ failure to warn customers about the security risk means they could be breaching industry regulations. Watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority said it was ‘urgently’ working to solve the problem.

A spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘In a limited number of circumstances, it is possible for a cancelled contactless card to be used by fraudsters. While there are controls in place and the overall risk is low, the FCA has been urgently working with card schemes and banks to ensure this issue is fixed.’

The use of contactless cards has soared in recent years and ‘tap and pay’ now makes up one in four of all card payments.

There is a grey area regarding who takes responsibility for money that goes missing from a customer’s account after a contactless card is stolen. In theory, the bank should pick up the transactions and refund the money automatically, but it seems some expect the customer to spot them.

Tanzania jails notorious elephant poacher

Tanzania's most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed "The Devil", has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Boniface Matthew Maliango was responsible for killing thousands of elephants, a conservation organisation said.

He was arrested in Dar es Salaam in September 2015 after a year-long manhunt.

His crimes were the focus of a Netflix documentary film, The Ivory Game, produced by actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Maliango's nickname, Shetani, means devil in Swahili.

Drunk Ed Sheeran Hit Justin Bieber in the Head With a Golf Club

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber once took their fun a little too far. While vacationing in Japan, the musicians hit up a dive bar where the British singer imbibed some alcohol while Bieber sipped water all night. Afterwards, they decided to hit up a golf course.

“We were in Japan. We’d been out to a dive bar. He just drank water and I got hammered,” Sheeran shared with The Guardian. “Then we went to a golf course, and he lay on the floor and put a golf ball in his mouth and told me to hit it out of his mouth.”

Woman, 2 children blow selves up in failed suicide bombing

The multiple explosions that rocked Borno State yesterday killed a woman and two children and destroyed three petrol trucks at M Baba filling station,opposite Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Quarters along the NNPC depot on Damboa Road in Maiduguri.

The state’s Police Command confirmed the casualty andand expressed joy that no person was killed aside the three suicide bombers. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, said: “About seven trucks loaded with petrol were parked in a vicinity while there was also a bus and a Volkswagen saloon car and a coaster.”

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that, “three suspected suicide bombers comprising an adult male and two teenage girls laced with explosives sneaked to the place and found their way into the clusters of the vehicles’’. “They detonated their explosives one after the other after attaching themselves each to a truck,” he said.

He said the three trucks exploded with the fuel inside, “and the bombers were roasted to death and the trucks destroyed’’. “The fortunate thing is that only the bombers died, no other person was lost.

Do women REALLY want chaps to last longer? As a scientist invents a spray to prolong male performance, our fearless writers from both sides of the gender divide tackle a delicate question

As the world well knows, it’s a simple matter of biology that the sexes will never be equal. In matters of conjugal relations, the Earth never moves at the same speed.

This week it was announced that scientists have created a new drug designed to prolong men’s sexual performance.

Professor Mike Wyllie, one of the team of scientists who developed Viagra in the Nineties, has created a spray-on medication, called Fortacin, which is said to help men last up to ten times longer in the bedroom

But while some may relish the opportunity for increased enjoyment, others will be turning pale at the thought.

Here, nine unabashed writers ask whether it’s what men — and women — really want?

GO FOR LONGER? NOT WHEN THERE’S LAUNDRY TO DO

Brian Viner, Daily Mail film critic

Apple's redesigned iPhone might not be ready in time for a September launch

Here's the current state of iPhone rumors: Apple is expected to launch three iPhone models this fall. Two are successors to the current iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, but one model will be completely redesigned, and could cost over $1,000. 

That last one is the phone Apple fans will probably want — the "10th anniversary" iPhone, with a better "OLED" screen, redesigned fingerprint sensor, and likely other cutting-edge technologies that haven't even been rumored yet.

But it now sounds like it could release later than September. Multiple supply chain watchers in recent weeks have said they believe production on the "OLED iPhone" will not start until September, which suggests the high-end iPhone "8" may not go on sale in September, as has been the case for years.

'Oh my God, our ambassador is not a spy' - 'Angry' Russia reacts to U.S claims in Jeff Sessions controversy

Russia has reacted angrily to claims by U.S intelligence that the Russian Ambassador to the U.S, Sergey Kislyak is one of Russia's top spies and spy-recruiters in Washington.

The allegations were made in a Washington post report on Thursday, claiming that U.S Attorney General, Jeff Sessions had meetings with Kislyak during the  electoral campaign period to discuss electoral matters, an allegation Sessions has since denied (read here )

Russia, through it's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, has angrily reacted to the 'spy recruiting' allegations against Kislyak claiming he is a well 'respected statesman'

'Kislyak is a well-known, world-class diplomat." she told CNN Moscow.

Disgraced former Intercept reporter accused of making at least 8 bomb threats to Jewish community centers

The FBI has arrested former Intercept reporter Juan Thompson in connection with bomb threats made to at least eight Jewish community centers, schools, and the Anti-Defamation League's Manhattan headquarters, authorities said Friday.

Thompson is accused of making some of the threats in the name of an ex-girlfriend as part of a "sustained campaign to harass and intimidate" her, according to a criminal complaint. He has also been charged with one count of cyberstalking.

In the complaint, authorities cited tweets from Thompson that mentioned the ex-girlfriend as well as bomb threats.

Liberia in tears as young and promising musician, Quincy B dies in fatal car crash

Liberia has been thrown into mourning following the death of promising recording artist, Quincy L.  Burrowes, fondly called Quincy B, in a ghastly motor accident in the early hours of Friday, March 3rd.

The talented singer was returning from a gig at Anglers bar and restaurant when his car lost control and summersaulted  opposite the Monrovia City Hall.
Two of his colleagues, who were in the car suffered broken legs while others went unscathed. His body has been moved to a funeral home.

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KYLIE JENNER BARES BUTT TO PROMOTE T-SHIRTS BRAND

There seems to be something about the Jenner-Kardashian clan and butt display right?  Reality star Kylie Jenner shared a topless photo of herself on Instagram while baring her butt. 

Horrific Photos from the scene of the gruesome murder of mother & her 3 children in an uncompleted building in Ikorodu

 

A mother and her three children were killed in an uncompleted church building at Agbowa, near Ikorodu in Lagos state today March 1st.

Lagos state Commissioner of Police disclosed this at a press conference held at the state police command headquarters today. According to Owoseni, the police was called to the murder scene at about 4:30am.

“The incident happened at about 3 am this morning at Agbowa in Ikorodu. The three murdered children were aged four, five and nine. The mother of the children was also wounded and later died in the hospital’’ he said.

The Commissioner said the police was still investigating the motive behind the killings, promising that the culprits will be apprehended and prosecuted.

THE RUFF RYDERS ANNOUNCE A REUNION SHOW

DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve, and The LOX announce a Ruff Ryders reunion show

The Ruff Ryders are about to shut down the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a reunion show. In celebration of the imprint’s 20th anniversary, DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve, The LOX and Drag-On are all on board for the Ruff Ryders reunion show on April 21 at the Barclays Center. DMX shared a post on IG captioning, “April 21st will be a night to remember #letsgetiton.”

Brooklyn !! Barclays April 21st will be a night to remember !!! #letsgetiton 

A post shared by Snapchat: DMX (@dmx) on Feb 28, 2017 at 6:32pm PST

If this Double R reunion show is anything like the “Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour,” The FADER says “a full-blown reunion tour may not be far behind.” What started off as a one night celebration for Biggie, turned into a reunion tour that included The LOX, Ma$e, Faith Evans, and Lil Kim. DMX later joined the tour in September 2016 after he made a guest appearance the first night. In January, X released his comeback track, “Bane is Back,” with Swizz on the track, of course. Most recently Swizz premiered an unreleased collab with DMX, Jay Z, Jadakiss and Nas.

Tickets for the Double R concert go on sale March 3.

See what they did to Nicki Minaj's butt in these photos

Just because Remy Ma claimed in her diss song that Nicki Minaj's butt implant popped, someone went to Photoshop these photos from the scene of her music video shoot in Miami to make it look like her butt is really distorted..Hiss!

THE OSCARS FIRE THE PWC ACCOUNTANTS Behind Best Pic Fail

The PricewaterhouseCoopers employees who were responsible for the biggest Academy Awards flub of all time won't make the mistake again ... because they've been booted from working future Oscars.

The film academy president says Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz have been permanently relieved of their duties of handing out the award envelopes. As we reported ... Brian was the guy who handed Warren Beatty the wrong envelope for Best Picture, possibly because he was distracted while tweeting like crazy.

Sources close to PWC tell us ... Brian and Martha are still keeping their jobs with the firm, and won't face any further punishment. We're told Brian and Martha are devastated over the screwup, but call it an "honest mistake."

Our sources also say Brian's use of social media was approved and actually encouraged by the Academy.

RACHEL DOLEZAL MY NEW NAME'S PRETTY NKECHI

Rachel Dolezal -- the white former NAACP leader who believes she's black -- is doubling down with a legal name change to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

The 39-year-old filed to adopt the West African moniker in Washington State ... according to Daily Mail. Nkechi is short for Nkechinyere in the Nigerian language of Igbo, and translates to "gift of god."

Her new last name, Diallo, comes from the Fula people of West Africa and means "bold" ... which seems all too fitting for the artist formerly known as Rachel.

Nkechi maintains she still identifies as a black woman. Her baby boy's name already reflects that, and now hers does too.