Brits living mortgage free after leaving the UK and buying new home for just £7k

The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels have announced a UK and European co-headline tour for this autumn – find all the details below.The run of joint dates is set to kick off in Paris on September 21 before the two bands head to Brussels, Den Haag, Utrecht and Berlin ahead of a stop-off at Cannonball Festival in Copenhagen.From there, The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels will head to the UK and Ireland for concerts in Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol at the end of September and into early October.Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST this Friday (April 5).

The Streets, Maisie Peters and Ghetts are among artists that have been announced in the next wave of acts for Boardmasters 2024.Professor Green, Cat Burns, Future Utopia and Sammy Virji are also set to perform at the Cornwall surf and music festival from 7-11 August, joining the previously announced Stormzy, Sam Fender, Chase & Status, Becky Hill and more.The latest wave of acts completes the 2024 line-up, where hundreds of acts will perform across 11 stages at two sites on the Cornish Coast – Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach.The DJ line-up for this year is completed by Ewan McVicar, Eliza Rose, Hedex and Eskman, Andy C, Hannah Laing and more.Other artists set to perform at the 2024 edition include Bicep, Nia Archives, Tom Odell, Soft Play, English Teacher and Katy B.Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. Check out the full line-up below.A post shared by Boardmasters (@boardmasters) Stage splits for the festival have also now been announced, which attendees can check out on the website.This year, the festival has been granted permission to expand its capacity from 53k to 58k.Last year’s headliners for Boardmasters included Lorde, Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine, and the event ran between August 9-13.

Inbetweeners star Theo James left some fans gobsmacked when they heard his real accent during a promotional interview for Netflix's The Gentlemen.The 39 year old actor played American characters in the hugely popular HBO show The White Lotus, and also in the Divergent film series, so his Buckinghamshire origins came as a surprise to many of the new series' fans.Theo recently appeared on Capital Breakfast to chat about The Gentlemen, created by Guy Ritchie, and clips from the interview have since been flying around on TikTok. One clip shows him talking about his time at Nottingham University, and fans couldn't believe his real accent.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Production designer Martyn John recalls showing filmmaker Guy Ritchie at least 24 English country houses for the 2019 film “The Gentlemen.” Ritchie eventually chose the stately home of Basildon Park, Berkshire in the U.K. for that film. When it came to filming the Netflix spinoff series of the same name, Ritchie sought a home that was an exceptional piece of architecture with faded grandeur.

Megan Thee Stallion has announced UK, European and North American dates for her ‘Hot Girl Summer’ 2024 tour.Stallion’s tour will consist of 32 dates across North America, Europe and the UK set for the spring and summer. The first show will kick off at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that by the end of August 2023, there were more than 1.5 million older people receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance, including over 136,200 living in Scotland. The payment is worth either £68.10 or £101.75 each week and is designed to help people of State Pension age with daily living expenses.

The royal family has lost all their credibility!

McDonald's has reportedly suffered an IT outage which has left restaurants unable to accept food orders.

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed has described the script for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael as “startlingly disingenuous”.Michael has been confirmed to receive a theatrical release in the United States on April 18, 2025, per production house Lionsgate. A UK release date is yet to be announced.Given the project’s connection to the Jackson estate, it is unclear whether the film will explore the most controversial aspects of the singer’s life, including the allegations of child sexual abuse.However, according to Reed, who has read a draft of the script, the film makes a point to discredit Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two men who allege that Jackson sexually assaulted them in the 2019 docuseries Leaving Neverland.“Jackson is only ever seen caring for children with childhood cancer, or dancing with a little girl in a wheelchair, or tucking up multiple little boys, mostly his nephews, at sleepovers,” Reed said of the script (via Variety).

A family from the UK are now living mortgage-free after selling their house and moving to Bulgaria. Laura Phoenix, 33, and her husband Anthony, 32, wanted to buy a rural home but couldn't afford the soaring house prices and cost of living in the UK.

Jamie Carragher is still of the opinion Manchester City are the team to beat as the business end of the Premier League season approaches.

Darts has experienced a surprising boost in the last year, with players becoming household names. It's a phenomenon that seems to be down to Luke Littler.

The most affordable areas in the UK for first-time buyers have been revealed, and Scotland dominates the list.

The BBC has announced it will broadcast a host of short films created by Aardman Animations which have been voiced by viewers from across the UK - including a father and son duo from Paisley.

EXCLUSIVE: #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Dave is teaming with her husband Josh Singer, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter currently nominated for Maestro, to adapt her forthcoming novel The Night We Lost Him into a feature for Netflix.

Romy has spoken to NME about being back in the studio with The xx, and revealed if she has plans for more solo material. Watch our interview above.The dance artist spoke to NME on the red carpet of the 2024 BRIT Awards, where she was nominated in the Best British Dance Act category on the night.

Guy Ritchie fans don't have long to wait until the director's latest gangster series drops on Netflix. The Gentlemen will deliver the same grit and bite of its 2019 film counterpart to a new set of unassuming characters.

Love Island’s Nas Majeed and Eva Zapico have split after four years together.

A plan to build nearly 300 new homes in Salford is set to be decided on next week. The council's planning panel will vote on developing two plots of land off Robert Hall Street and West Park Street.

Girls Aloud are making a huge comeback and have teased their brand new single, ahead of their big tour around the UK and Ireland, which kicks off this summer.The famous girl group, which started on the TV show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, is bringing back their album from 2004 called What Will The Neighbours Say? next week.This special version for the 20th anniversary will have thirty songs, including some that weren't on the original album. On the Girls Aloud Instagram page, fans were able to hear a snippet of their new track, name Disco Bunny.The lyrics include: ""Disco Bunny, On the floor, Give 'em more, Because it's not over/Disco Bunny, Let off steam, It's a dream, But that's ok." The caption reads: "Disco Bunny...