State pension increases today - how much you will get and what it means

Musical theatre fans have once again had their say on a topical debate following a recent incident in Manchester city centre. Social media users have responded after This Morning presenter Alison Hammond apologised for comments she made on the show regarding audience members singing during the performance of The Bodyguard at Palace Theatre.

Damon Hay (Ciaran Griffiths) in Coronation Street, Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) tells Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) that she’s ready to try for a baby…despite the fact a few weeks ago, she said she didn’t want anymore children. Sarah is somewhat in denial about the chemistry she has with Damon due to the fact he was responsible for dealing drugs through the Bistro deliveries and ruining Nick’s (Ben Price) life.

Suga has discussed his thoughts on his 2016 debut mixtape ‘Agust D’.The BTS member recently spoke to Billboard where he reflected on some of his past releases, such as the mixtapes ‘Agust D’ and ‘D-2’. The interview came shortly after the release of Suga latest single ‘People Pt.

K-pop girl group Kep1er have unveiled a new music video for their latest single ‘Giddy’.Today (April 10), the nine-member act dropped the music video for ‘Giddy’, the lead single off their fourth mini-album ‘Lovestruck!’. The full record will be officially released later today at 6pm KST.In the new music video, the members of Kep1er are mesmerised by the sight of a glowing heart in the sky, which bursts into pieces and enters their bodies.

Management for Bandcamp contacted Topshelf Records on Friday (April 7) and asked them to cease its support for the music platform’s nascent union, Bandcamp United, according to a statement from the record label’s official Twitter account. Topshelf says that the label was “petitioned to cease supporting [Bandcamp United],” a request they declined.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again has made some major moves from house arrest in Utah, switching labels from Atlantic to Motown, sharing albums like January’s I Rest My Case, and keeping his crown as the king of rap YouTube with the help of some truly excellent exclusives. Today, he reunites with Nicki Minaj for “WTF,” a new track that marks their third collaboration.

Two members of staff at a top Lanarkshire confectionery firm with nearly seven decades of combined service have hailed the "wonderful team ethic" as the company look to fill some key roles.

Dan Casey believes there’s more to come from Motherwell, and hopes they hit their peak before the end of the season.

Today, Chapel Street is a feast for the senses.

A poll has shown that ambulance delays have left one in three people to make their own way to hospital. The survey, carried out by Savanta, showed that a third of adults who said they have called for an ambulance in the last year for either themselves or a family member made their own way to hospital due to the lengthy waiting time.

“The Goldbergs,” announced his death in an Instagram post shared Sunday afternoon.“We lost a legend last night. It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was, and how influential he was to me,” Sam wrote.

Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt are ensuring Easter is a family affair.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been released, starring Jack Black.Released via the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel, ‘Peaches’ sees Jack Black dressed in a shiny green suit with a red headdress, paying tribute to Bowser, the character he voices in the Super Mario Bros. animated film.Watch the music video below.Directed by Cole Bennett, the music video for ‘Peaches’ places Black in a peach-coloured mushroom hut as he belts out his ballad for Princess Peach, portrayed in the film by Anya Taylor-Joy.In a statement, per Rolling Stone, the film’s co-director Aaron Horvath revealed: “Jack Black is an incredible singer and musician, so we spent a night writing the song and sent the demo to Jack.

Stonewalling, co-directed by Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji, was the big winner at Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), taking home three prizes including best film in the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) of the Firebird Awards. 

Kelly Ripa is about to get a new co-host in her daytime talk show and it’s her husband Mark Consuelos.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic God only knows it was a matter of time until the Recording Academy picked the Beach Boys as the recipient of one of its annual all-star tributes, and the group’s legacy isn’t done any shame with “A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys,” airing Sunday night at 8 ET/PT on CBS (and for on-demand streaming on Paramount+). No wrong harmonies are struck, literally or figurative, in a two-hour show that starts out feeling a little bit by-the-numbers but eventually lands on a series of knockout covers fit for a Wilson. Are you surprised that Brandi Carlile would be the highlight of a tribute special? Then come out from under your rock and do stay up late enough to catch both of her performances on the show, since she is one of a handful of artists granted both solo and duet slots in the setlist. First in the running order, she has a version of “In Your Room” that can’t really be considered “solo,” since she’s joined by bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth for an arrangement that has their modern mastery of three-part harmony paying homage to the Boys’ sub-incarnation as a balladic vocal trio. You hope for something transformative in tribute performances like these, and you know you’re getting the moment Carlile lends her perfectly subtle vibrato to the “roo-oo-oom” and “a-frai-ai-aid” to some of the opening lines. She and the Hanseroths make the bridge feel you’re doing a gentle waltz while enveloping yourself in a self-assuring hug, before the falsetto ending spoils that warmth with a chill down your spine. Yeah, it’s that good.

Star Wars film, which he says is about “the discovery of the Force”.This week (April 7) Star Wars confirmed that three new films are in the works for the franchise, the first of which will be directed by Mangold, who has also directed this year’s upcoming Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny.According to LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who appeared at this year’s Star Wars Celebration in London, the film will explore “the first Jedi to wield the force”.Speaking to Empire, Mangold has opened up more about the film and when it will be set.He said: “It takes place 25,000 years before Episode IV, and it’s about the discovery of the Force.“I told Kathy [Kennedy] I wanted to make a kind of Bible movie, a kind of Ten Commandments of Star Wars – kind of a Cecil B DeMille film about the arrival of the Force, and that’s what I’ve been pecking away at between press events. That’s the idea.”He continued: “It’s a movie that both connects to the worlds we know, but is also far enough away from it that I think there’s a lot of opportunities to tell a story freely, also…and not be so incredibly tied in by the knots and different story strands that are already in place.”A post shared by Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) The second new Star Wars film will be directed by The Mandalorian co-creator Dave Filoni.

Stray Kids have added concerts in Los Angeles, Japan and the Philippines to the upcoming 2023 leg of their ‘Maniac’ world tour.On November 7, the group shared a string of announcements unveiling additional dates for their 2023 ‘Maniac’ world tour. These include a series of “encore” shows in Los Angeles and the cities of Tokyo and Osaka in Japan.

Detour Discotheque (via MixMag) who have previously worked on events at “the edge of the world” in Iceland.Running for two nights from September 22 and 23, music lovers wanting the club can do so by taking the CalMac ferry from Oban.Names alreaady announced to play the venue include Auntie Flo, Free Love and the Cosmic Ceilidh Band, who are made up of musicians from Coll.Organiser Jonny Ensall said in a statement to DJ Mag: “Detour Discotheque is back for another spellbinding weekend.“The event is a wormhole that opens in unexpected places around planet Earth, and this year that cosmic phenomenon is happening on Coll – a tiny Scottish island famous for its star-filled skies.“It’s all about community – bringing disco-lovers and Coll residents together for two nights of unabashed joy, amid plenty of stunning nature and with the Milky Way to admire above us.”You can buy tickets to visit the world’s “most remote” nightclub here.Last year, a study said that the UK could soon be left with just 5,000 nightclubs in operation across the country.The findings were made by two hospitality-focused software companies, Stampede and StoreKit, using data obtained from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The results showed that, despite an uptick in registered hospitality businesses since 2019, the UK’s nightlife sector is in decline. Between 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, the number of pubs, bars and clubs in the UK dropped, continuing a trend that has seen businesses in the sector shutting in high numbers for a decade.According to the ONS, there were 10,040 registered clubs in the UK in 2010.

Noname has today (April 9) unveiled details of her new album, ‘Sundial’.The Chicago rapper announced the much anticipated follow up to ‘Room 25’ on Instagram and revealed that it would arrive in July.In the post Noname also thanked fans “for everything” – you can see it below.A post shared by noname (@nonamehiding)Noname released her second album ‘Room 25’ in September 2018.In 2019, she shared the tracks ‘Song 31’ and ‘Song 32’ before working with Saba and Smino on track ‘Häagen Dazs’ as Ghetto Sage.After that, she confirmed that fans could expect a new album called ‘Factory Baby’ at some point in 2021, but later cancelled the release of this.“Most days I’m not sure if I’ll ever make music again,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time, as reported by HotNewHipHop. “The last time I was consistently making songs was four years ago.

Is there love already in the air for Taylor Swift following her breakup with Joe Alwyn?

As the world reacts to Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn's breakup after six years of dating, eagle-eyed fans question if the songstress hinted at the split in her Eras Tour setlist. On Saturday, ET exclusively revealed that the «Lavender Haze» singer and the British actor broke up a few weeks ago. ET learned that the split was amicable and «it was not dramatic.» The source shared that «the relationship had just run its course.

The impressive Gold State Coach creaks like an “old galleon” as it rolls along, but runs a lot smoother than it used to, the man in charge of its care has revealed. Martin Oates, senior carriage restorer at the Royal Mews, will walk behind the four-tonne carriage in the King’s coronation procession and act as the “brake man” pulling the hand-held T-bar at the back to secure it in place when it stops.

Some winners are going to Disney World. Some can’t wait to find their family.

The Los Angeles Lakers did their job in today’s game, beating the Utah Jazz 128-117. But they needed a loss by the Golden State Warriors to avoid falling into the NBA’s play-in tournament.

Tuff is still doubting Valeria’s intentions following her surprise return to the McMurray Ranch on Hallmark‘s Ride.

Making moves! Shortly after Tristan Thompson purchased a new residence nearby ex-girlfriend Khloé Kardashian’s pad, he inked a deal to swap basketball teams too.

A psychology high school teacher was fired in Florida after recently asking his students to write their own obituaries ahead of an active shooter drill.

Karl Bradley with videos of the disruptive theatergoers. “Completely ruined #TheBodyguard, singing over the actors, to the point of them cancelling the show & police being called,” Bradley added.I’m new to the world of theatre.

Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Cannes Jury Prize Winner and Independent Spirit international film winner Joyland led New York’s Film Forum to one of its biggest opening weekends for a foreign language film in nearly a decade, taking in north of $21k on one screen, the distributor said. Buoyed by strong reviews and strategic marketing, the film by Saim Sadiq sold out nine showtimes, with the theater adding additional shows.

A woman who was told by her partner on their very first date that he had spent time in prison over a decade ago for 'shoving' an ex-partner, took his honesty as a sign he had changed. Theo and Eve - not their real names - met on Tinder and, after their first date, the relationship moved quickly.

Orville Peck is currently seen alongside Jimmie Allen and Mickey Guyton on the country-music talent competition “My Kind of Country”, and in a new interview with People he opens up about getting to experience his dream collab when he teamed up with Shania Twain for their 2020 single “Legends Never Die”.

Martha Stewart has officially dubbed Pete Davidson and his girlfriend, Chase Sui Wonders, a «very cute couple!» The unlikely trio was together at Stewart’s farm in New York over Easter weekend. Taking to Instagram to share a photo with Davidson and Wonders, Stewart wrote, «They were out looking at our beautiful town of Bedford. I showed them around the farm and inside the winter house where the Easter Bunnies were getting ready for Sunday. Very cute couple !!!!» A post shared by Martha Stewart (@marthastewart48)Davidson and Stewart have been friends since they both teamed up to roast Justin Bieber in a Comedy Central special in 2015.

Jennifer Garner refuses to pay attention to any of the media buzz surrounding her ex-husband, Ben Affleck!

directing a feature film set in the New Republic era. Filoni already writes, directs and executive produces multiple series on Disney+, including the currently streaming “The Mandalorian,” its spin-off “The Book of Boba Fett” and the upcoming “Ahsoka.”With his deep ties to these storylines and characters, Filoni is the one man who can bring them all together on the big screen. But he’s also just that — one man.

Amanda Bynes is still getting care, but plans are already being made for what happens once she leaves the mental health hospital.