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The Daily Mail's Weekend magazine has reached yet another magnificent milestone - this month we turn 30! We asked you to share our top ten TV shows so we could compile our definitive list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows voted for by you.

What would Arthur Daley - the loveable Cockney wheeler dealer in 1980s and 1990s TV comedy Minder - think of Lloyds Bank's controversial decision to kill off the treasured savings passbook? I expect he'd be spitting feathers, as the bank continues to ban them from its branches.

With more strikes coming down the road, treatment and diagnosis will continue to frustrate those dependent on the National Health Service for their medical care. A parlous state of affairs. Given the tumultuous backdrop, it's understandable that more people are decreasing their reliance on the NHS by buying medical insurance (PMI) that ensures prompt access to healthcare if necessary. Fairer Finance, a consumer advocate, is releasing ratings of the providers' plans in the wake of a surge in PMI demand.

It's been described as the Davos of banking. Instead of skiing, the main after-hours activity for the 120 or so central bankers and economists who attend the Jackson Hole Symposium is hiking or fly-fishing. Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell (pictured) has been the most aggressive in raising rates since March, taking them up by 225 basis points.