DWP urges people not to miss out on extra £201 a week

Ryan Beatty has been working at it for over a decade and we love to see him blossoming now. He’s only 27!

Twitter users should brace for a big change coming to the app this week as the company begins phasing out the iconic blue check marks.

Whether you’re topping up on everyday essentials, looking to improve your health and wellbeing or finding the latest beauty product, Boots are there to help you look and feel better. When you head into any Boots store, you’ll find a fantastic range of deals across beauty, hair care, healthcare, sun care and lots more. Advantage Card customers can access exclusive lower prices through Price Advantage in store. Inside Thursday and Friday's Daily Record, you'll find the following incredible offers:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Peter Murrieta served as an executive producer and the head writer of Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” for its first three seasons, and he confirmed on the latest episode of the “Wizards of Waverly Pod” podcast that it was the creative team’s intention to make Selena Gomez’s main character openly bisexual. Gomez’s Alex had several male love interests during the show’s run, including Mason (Gregg Sulkin) and Dean Moriarty (Daniel Samonas), but Murrieta wishes she would’ve had a female love interest with the introduction of Stevie Nichols (Hayley Kiyoko) in Season 3. “Easy, easy, easy, easy,” Murrieta said when asked what storyline he wished he could’ve explored. “I wished we could have played more with what was quite obvious to a lot of us was the relationship between Stevie and Alex. But we weren’t able to in that time…it was pretty clear to all of us what that relationship was. That would’ve been fun.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Jesse Rutherford, singer-songwriter-producer of the Neighbourhood, has signed a new solo deal with Atlantic Records. Operating under the name Jesse®, returns with two new songs, “Joker” and “Rainbow,” that will be live at 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The new songs are the first releases from the musician’s new solo chapter with Atlantic Records. “It’s been a minute since I’ve shared anything,” Jesse® said. “It feels like I moved away from home & got a new phone number. This is my message letting you know I’m back in town & trying to get together.” “Joker” arrives with a companion visual directed by Ramez Silyan; the songs will be followed by another, “Me & Universe,” on April 28, with a full-length album due out later this year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery has taken a divide-and-conquer strategy when it comes to “Impractical Jokers.” The show, a programming mainstay on the cable network TruTv for ten seasons, has been airing on both Tru and TBS since launching its most recent cycle in early February of 2023. During that run, the show has largely seen viewership increase on TBS week over week, according to data from Nielsen, except for the week of March 2. While its run on Tru has been a little choppier over its first month on air, viewership of the episodes has widened noticeably when viewership over a three-day period is taken into consideration. The launch of the tenth season has also boosted viewership of linear repeats as well as streams on HBO Max, according to Nielsen data reviewed by Variety.

Gareth Gates faced his fear of stuttering on live TV appearing on BBC Breakfast to talk about his new role starring as Squidward in the UK’s tour of The SpongeBob Musical.

Voters have been warned to ensure they have the correct ID before local elections.

website, the school not only seeks to educate students but instill strong religious values in them, holding daily services at the school’s chapel and emphasizing service-learning, in which students apply knowledge and critical thinking to address pressing community needs.Drake said investigators found a manifesto, maps of the school, and writings from Hale indicating that the shooting was deliberately planned out.“We have some writings that we’re going over that pertain to this date the actual incident,” he said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.”Metro Nashville police have declined to release any additional information about a possible motive for the shooting.“There’s right now a theory that we may be able to talk about later, but it’s not confirmed,” Drake told reporters on Monday afternoon.According to NBC News, when asked specifically if Hale’s gender identity may have factored into a potential motive, Drake replied, “There is some theory to that, we’re investigating all the leads.”Although The Covenant School’s doors are usually kept locked, Hale was able to enter the school by shooting through a side door and opened fire while walking up a flight of stairs leading to the school’s second floor, reports The National Desk.Hale was heavily armed, and was carrying an assault rifle, a AR-style handgun, and a handgun during the attack, according to Metro Nashville police.

Naman Ramachandran Hollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has revealed for the first time why she quit her native Bollywood industry in India and started fresh in the U.S. Speaking on the “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard” podcast, Chopra Jonas, who was a huge star in Bollywood before she moved to the U.S., said: “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry. I had people not casting me for reasons… I had beef with people. I was tired of the politics. I was just like, ‘I need a break.'” The break came in the shape of a music career in the U.S. In 2011, Universal Music Group signed Chopra Jonas to a worldwide recording agreement with DesiHits, and part of the deal was that her first studio album would be released by Interscope Records in North America and by Island Records in the rest of the world.

The 2023 Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland being was unveiled earlier this week, bringing the total number of Scottish restaurants to possess much-coveted Michelin stars to 12.

Tesco has excited shoppers with a budget-friendly chocolate egg hunt kit that they're snapping up just in time to celebrate Easter.

Here are 10 celebrities that are reportedly richest celebs in the world in 2023. Including a popular TV talk show host and the man who made Star Wars. They art makes the word go around – and indeed it is true that without music, film and those creative forces that change the world, life would indeed be different.

Best friends forever. Ashley Tisdale gushed over Austin Butler’s ability to be a great uncle amid his whirlwind journey as an actor.

Taylor Swift loves “dumb ideas.”

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced the 2023/24 timetable for new cost of living payments aimed at helping millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and high energy bills. The first part of the £900 means-tested payment is worth £301 and will start to land automatically in over eight million bank accounts from April 25 until May 17, 2023.

BTS member Jung Kook has just been announced as the new global brand ambassador for Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein Underwear!

Martin Lewis has issued a warning to anyone in the UK who is paying council tax. The founder of Money Saving Expert has urged everyone to check their council tax band as he says up to 400,000 people are in the wrong band.

Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin was hailed for his energy after his full Australia debut saw him play through the pain barrier of a bloody head knock.

Naman Ramachandran Village Roadshow Pictures has teamed with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment for the U.K. release of the live-captured version of hit West End production “Heathers: The Musical.” The live-event style distribution strategy marks a first for both companies and will see a series of events premiering at more than 320 screens across the U.K. and Ireland from March 28 through May 6. In addition to screening the musical, each event will feature a bonus 10-minute special titled “Behind the Scenes at The Other Palace,” named for the London venue where the musical was filmed in 2022 as a Roku original for the North American market. Sky VIP also ran a preview screening on March 21 in 30 Vue cinemas across the U.K.

There is only one Lana Del Rey. 

A former Conservative minister has said that lowering the age threshold for automatic pension enrolment could make young workers £30,000 better off in retirement. Tory MP Jonathan Gullis said his plans to reduce the age of Auto-Enrolment to 18 would be “transformative” for future pensioners.

A series of payments and DWP benefits will be uprated from next week as we enter a new tax year.

The winners of the first ever So.Co Music Photographer Of The Year Awards were revealed at a ceremony in London yesterday. With awards spread across six categories, the top Music Photographer Of The Year prize went to Neil Lupin.“I am honoured to have won the first So.Co Music Photographer Of The Year award”, says Lupin.

Following a six year break from music to focus on her mental health and raise her two children, VV Brown has announced that she will return with a new album this year. Out now is first single ‘Black British’.“The last six years have been a difficult mental health journey for me, but I came to the realisation that I need music to feel alive”, she says.

MusicBird has acquired a stack of music rights from Midge Ure, covering over 300 songs from his solo catalogue, work with bands including Ultravox and Visage, and Band Aid single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ The deal includes the ‘writer’s share’ on Ure’s songs as well as royalty and remuneration rights in relation to his recordings.“It is a significant moment for me as an artist and songwriter to see my songs find a new home at MusicBird with people who are genuinely passionate about music”, says Ure. “I think this team will take the songs to new audiences and I am excited to be working with them on that!”MusicBird CEO Paul Brown adds: “This is an important deal for MusicBird.

Rapper Jianbo has released his first new music since his ‘Yellow Peril’ EP, which came out a year ago. It’s a collaboration with Babii titled ‘Home Is Where The Food Is’.It’s “a track about the sanctity and privacy of a home, and its meaning to me as a product of a dysfunctional family life”, he says.

Ticketmaster has launched crypto wallet integration on Avenged Sevenfold’s upcoming US tour, allowing members of the band’s Death Bats NFT-based fan club to access priority tickets ahead of the general public.“We have integrated Death Bats Club into Ticketmaster, assuring that fans get the best tickets at the best prices without bots, scalpers and long wait-times”, says the band’s frontman M Shadows.Avenged Sevenfold launched the Death Bats Club in 2021 with a collection of 10,000 NFTs, providing fans who purchased them with access to various perks, including giveaways and meet-and-greet opportunities. Now early access to tickets has been added to that.Ticketmaster itself has also got involved in Web3 and NFT stuff in recent years, offering commemorative tokens for various events.

GOT7 member BamBam has unveiled his first full-length album ‘Sour & Sweet’, along with a music video for the lead single of the same name.Today (March 28), the Thai K-pop idol made a comeback with his debut studio album ‘Sour & Sweet’. The release was accompanied by a music video for its lead single, featuring the singer playing cat and mouse with a potential love interest.“It’s sour then it’s sweet / Sometimes, I could be more than what you see / This tastes like fantasy, fantasy / Dare to taste or fall into my recipe / It’s sour then it’s sweet,” he sings on the dance-pop song.‘Sour & Sweet’ features eight tracks, seven of which – including the title track – were co-written by the GOT7 singer.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indie sales agency All Rights Entertainment has achieved a string of pre-sales on “Lendarys,” a family adventure animation film that is currently in advanced stages of production and set for delivery later this year. The film was licensed to KMBO (France); Flins & Piniculas (Spain); Another World Entertainment (Denmark and Norway); Njuta Films (Sweden); Outsider Films (Portugal); Blitz Film (Ex-Yugoslavia), Five Stars Distribution (Israel), Selim Ramia and Co. (Middle East and North Africa), The Film Group (Greece & Cyprus), Kino Swiat (Poland), Nashe Kino (CIS excluding Baltics), ACME Film (Baltic States) and Madness Entertainment (Mexico).

A top energy expert is warning that “a few thousand” people over State Pension age only have until the end of this week to claim winter heating bill help, worth up to £600. Malcolm Grimston, Senior research fellow for Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College London, said that millions of pensioners have already received the payment automatically, but two specific groups may not - and they need to make a claim before March 31, 2023.

Big Bang member Taeyang will be releasing new music next month, The Black Label has confirmed.On March 28, several South Korean news outlets reported that the K-pop idol would be releasing a new solo album in April, citing industry insiders.His agency The Black Label has since confirmed the reports, saying that the singer will release a solo record next month, per EDaily. However, it also noted that “nothing [regarding the release] has been decided in detail yet.”The upcoming release will be Taeyang’s first since January this year, when he released the collaborative single ‘Vibe’ with BTS’ Jimin.

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform for US president Joe Biden and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol at an upcoming state dinner.According to a report by South Korean news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, the pop stars have been invited to perform at an upcoming US state dinner between US president Biden and South Korean president Yoon.Yoon is set to make a state visit to the US on April 26, which will feature a joint cultural event at a state dinner with the US president. The dinner will reportedly begin with an opening ceremony, at which BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform at.YG Entertainment has since confirmed that the girl group have received an invitation.

Becky G seemingly made a subtle reference to the status of her relationship with Sebastian Lletget when she attended the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night (March 27).

Leona Lewis is singing the original theme song “One Step Closer” for the new Apple TV+ series Jane and you can listen to it here!

Christine McGuinness has shared why a grey hoodie is a support to her. The model and autism campaigner has been flooded with praise in recent weeks following the release of her first solo documentary.