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TPS Protect is a new app that can help you avoid nuisance and scam calls on your mobile. You can use it to register your mobile number with the Telephone Preference Service – the opt-out register to help stop unsolicited sales and marketing calls and register complaints about dodgy calls. Available on Android and Apple – and it’s free.

Travelodge is celebrating the opening of its fifth hotel in York by releasing 15,000 rooms for £35 at travelodge.co.uk. York Layerthorpe is the company’s 547th hotel and makes Travelodge the biggest branded hotel provider in Yorkshire’s county seat.

The number of payments made using cards soared to 1.4 billion in June, a record high and up 12% over the past year. A total of £57.1billion was spent, up 7% on June last year, and the average value of a purchase via plastic was £41.36, according to trade body UK Finance. Contactless payments accounted for 34% of all card transactions, while 13% were made online.

Nationwide Building Society has chopped rates on some of its two, three and five-year fixed-rate mortgages. Two-year deals now start at 1.29% with a £999 fee, or 1.69% with no fee on 40% deposits. Rates on three-year fixes have been reduced by 0.1% with loans on 15% deposits starting at 1.74%, £999 fee. Five-year fixes start at 2.09% with a £999 fee or 2.29% fee-free.