Man branded 'selfish' by family after refusing to pay restaurant bill for 17 people

A Fort Myers TV station continued to provide reports on social media and other platforms about the extent of damage from Hurricane Ian — which made landfall as a Cat. 4 storm on a nearby barrier island — even after Ian’s destruction forced it off the air.

Liz Truss has been accused of leaving it to working people to pick up the tab for the cost of living crisis.

Liz Truss will set out a plan to save households and businesses from financial ruin as a result of soaring energy bills tomorrow.

Young parents who run a popular tapas restaurant say they are fighting for their business' survival after being hit with an eye-watering bill increase of more than £6,000 a month. Campo Blanco in Whitefield has seen their bills soar to between £8,000-£10,000 a month - leading them to reduce their opening hours.

A "loving" mum tragically took her own life after a bitter dispute between neighbours in Lincolnshire, an inquest has heard.

Manchester council is set to open public libraries as 'warm banks' this winter as the city faces a grim combination of falling temperatures and rising energy bills.

@zerlinashow on 9/15 next week will also be my last day at @msnbc,” she tweeted.She thanked her team, adding, “I was able to use our show and my voice to put the spotlight on black and brown communities that are not often considered in mainstream conversations. I am really excited about the next chapter and I’m looking forward to moving into a space at the forefront of where the media is headed!”Maxwell did not specify what her next media job will be.The departure comes after the news last Wednesday that both “Zerlina” and Ayman Mohyeldin’s Peacocks shows were being cut.

Council chiefs have been urged to keep public buildings open every day in winter so Renfrewshire’s vulnerable can stay warm.

Unions have called off strikes which were set to leave schools closed and bins unemptied across Stirling this week.

Phillip Schofield has hit back at This Morning viewers after they were left divided during Monday's show when it was announced one prize on Spin to Win was to pay someone's energy bills for four months, amid the cost of living crisis.

This Morning viewers hit out at ITV again on Tuesday morning after the Spin to Win game returned. The ITV daytime show was bombarded with criticism on Monday after making a 'tone-deaf' change to its popular prize segment.

World leaders are tagging the wrong Liz Truss on Twitter when trying to send congratulations on her appointment as Prime Minister.

A video of a young Liz Truss calling for the monarchy to be abolished has resurfaced on the day she is due to be appointed Prime Minister by the Queen.

Citizen's Advice has seen a 50% annual rise in people being referred for crisis support, and is now ‘helping more than two people every minute’.

A consumer group has provided some money and energy-saving tips after issuing a warning that households will soon face skyrocketing bills this winter.

Edwina Currie left Susanna Reid doing a double take as she appeared on Good Morning Britain. The former MP and Minister for Health appeared live on Monday's edition of the ITV news programme via video link from her home in the Peak District.

The cost of living has been at the forefront of many people's minds across the country, with yet another energy price cap rise in October set to rock households ahead of winter.

The man whose infant image graced the cover of Nirvana’s multimillion-selling Nevermind album has seen his lawsuit about that photo tossed by a Los Angeles judge.

Liz Truss has said tax cuts that favour the rich are “fair” and promised only vague action on energy bills in a week’s time. Truss is the racing certainty to be declared the new Conservative leader and Prime Minister on Monday but has still to say how she would deliver help on the winter energy crisis.

Families all over the UK are desperately trying to cut down on their energy bills. With the new price cap of £3,549 a year set to come into force on October 1, it can be handy to know exactly which appliances in your household are using up the most money, so it's easier to cut down.

There’s no hope in John McDonald’s eyes. “I haven’t eaten in three days,” he says, glancing down at the floor. “I’ve been on the streets since my mum and dad died four years ago.”

A desperate Irvine mum has launched a last-ditch fundraising campaign to save her beloved Guinea pig's life.

Council chiefs have made a revised pay offer to staff in a bid to avert strikes that are set to close schools

People who receive certain benefits or tax credits are entitled to two payments to help with the current cost-of-living crisis.

Brits only have one month left to use their 'old' £20 and £50 bank notes.

Finally, a small business story with a happy ending!

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed earlier this week that around 1.1 million families receiving Tax Credits will get their first Cost of Living Payment from Friday, September 2. This £326 UK Government payment will be made automatically into eligible Tax Credit-only customers’ bank accounts between September 2 and Wednesday, September 7.

Zack Sharf J.K. Rowling recently told Graham Norton that her new novel, “The Ink Black Heart,” is not based on her own experience being slammed as transphobic despite featuring a character who finds herself in a similar social media firestorm (via Rolling Stone). The new book, published under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, is part of Rowling’s “Cormoran Strike” crime thriller series and includes a character named Edie Ledwell, a “creator of a popular YouTube cartoon who sees internet trolls and her own fandom turn on her after the cartoon was criticized as being racist and ableist, as well as transphobic for a bit about a hermaphrodite worm.” As reported by Rolling Stone, the character in the novel is “doxxed with photos of her home plastered on the internet, subjected to death and rape threats for having an opinion, and is ultimately found stabbed to death in a cemetery. The book takes a clear aim at ‘Social Justice Warriors’ and suggests that Ledwell was a victim of a masterfully plotted, politically fueled hate campaign against her.”

The manager of Renfrewshire Foodbank has said she thinks people will freeze this winter as the cost of living crisis bites.