On the subject of short selling, I rang my broker (Nat West)re my last 2 purchases (ever, I should think) 5000 shares on 10 Oct and 5000 on 11 Oct.
They say the transactions were fully completed and settled, although I don't know which MM.
Anom - you mentioned that some transactions may not have been completed - are there many? Perhaps I should contact Capita direct with my contract numbers in case Nat West are fibbing.
Trying to remortgage on interest-only with added borrowing to cover this mess. Tragically only just remortgaged with a £4K penanlty on redemption if I have to switch lenders to fix this. A hard lesson indeed.