DWP boss gives new indication when State Pension age rise to 68 is likely to happen

The Duke of Sussex is expected to return to the UK to give evidence in the latest of his legal battles against British newspaper publishers. Harry will be in London next week for a High Court trial, just over a month after he attended the coronation of his father, the King.

Royal Blood have announced a series of North American tour dates set to take place later this year.The shows will be in support of their recently announced album ‘Back To The Water Below’, which is set for release on September 8.Split into two parts, the first leg of the tour will see the duo venture to New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now festival on September 16 to kick off the live dates. From there they will make stops in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and more, before wrapping up in New York on October 3, supported by Bad Nerves.For the second part of the North American tour, Royal Blood — comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher — will head to Los Angeles for a show at The Wiltern on November 9.

Queens Of The Stone Age debuted a new song, ‘Negative Space’, at Boston Calling on Sunday night (May 28) – check it out below.The song is taken from the band’s upcoming new album ‘In Times New Roman’, which is set to arrive on June 16.

While it's nothing new, and we're certainly not complaining, Harry Styles' name is inescapable right now.

Sam Faiers jetted off for a flying visit to the big apple to celebrate the American launch of her hugely successful supplement brand.The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 32, revealed to fans on her social media that she had spent just two nights in New York. Although she couldn’t stay for long, Sam called the US launch “a dream come true” and shared that it had “always been my goal.” Sam, who admitted that she felt emotional leaving her kids behind in the UK, is partnering with Saks, a department store headquartered in New York that boasts 42 locations across the country, to bring her brand to a brand new audience.To celebrate the collab, Sam posed in a bright pink pantsuit outside of Saks’ most famous store which is located on New York’s iconic fifth avenue. The former reality star thanked her “amazing team” for the feat and paid tribute to her business partner, John Bailey.

Hayley Kiyoko has returned with her first new music of 2023 – listen to vibrant new single ‘Greenlight’ below.The single follows the singer’s recent second album ‘Panorama’, which landed last year.Discussing the new track in a statement, Kiyoko said: “I’ve spent a lot of time and energy trying to prove my worth to people but have realised that if a situation in life is stopping you from moving forward or making you feel trapped, it’s okay to pivot in a new direction.”She added: “Once I embraced that mindset, so many new doors opened. ‘Greenlight’ is about making an active decision to put your energy into the things that are working.“Of course, there will be roadblocks along the way, but we become our best selves when we surround ourselves with people who challenge us in a healthy way, encourage us to keep digging deeper and support our overall journey.”Listen to ‘Greenlight’ below.Kiyoko is currently finishing up a huge ‘Panorama’ world tour, which has taken her to 33 cities in the UK, Europe and North America across the bulk of April and May (and the first couple days of June).See the remaining tour dates below.MAY 2023 30 – New York City, Irving PlazaJUNE 2023 1 – Boston, House Of Blues 2 – Silver Spring, The FillmoreEarlier this month, Kiyoko claimed she was threatened with legal action before her performance with drag queens at her concert in Nashville, Tennessee.The singer took to Instagram to share a video in which she explained that she was told since her shows are all ages if she were to bring out drag queens, she could face legal action.

Queens Of The Stone Age have hinted that they’re set to make a surprise appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2023.The band, who will release new album ‘In Times New Roman’ next month, played their first live show in three years on Friday night in Ohio, and will continue their comeback across Europe in June.Three UK gigs in Halifax, Cardiff and Margate are already announced as part of the run, and today (May 28) the band teased a fourth gig in the run, at Glastonbury, on their Instagram Stories.In the three cities on their short UK tour, the band took photos of posters reading ‘long live the Queens’, before a fourth photo was shared of a poster stuck on the wall at Glastonbury Tor.Also included in the post was a location tag for Castle Cary, a nearby town to the festival and site of the train station attendees arrive in to.See the post below.Having been teasing their return this week with online videos and billboards in London, the band recently revealed details of the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains‘ with their eighth album ‘In Times New Roman’ arriving on June 8 via Matador Records.Described by QOTSA as “the sound of a band creating the music its own members want to hear, while giving the rest of us a sonic forum in which to congregate”, ‘In Times New Roman’ was recorded and mixed at Homme’s own Pink Duck studios, with additional recording at Shangri-La.

Ashnikko has shared a new track from her upcoming debut album ‘WEEDKILLER’ – watch the video for ‘Possession Of A Weapon’ below.The singer will release their first LP on June 2 via Parlophone (pre-order here), and has so far shared the single ‘Worms’ and the album’s title track.On the new song, she discusses the overturning of Roe vs. Wade last summer, singing: “It’s just flesh, I can be grotesque / Move my body like chess.”In a statement, they said: “The human body has become a political chess piece in a game we cannot see.

Queens Of The Stone Age gave a live debut to their new single ‘Emotion Sickness’ as part of their first live gig in three years this weekend – see footage below.On Friday (May 26), the band played their first full show since January 2020 at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, Ohio ahead of a performance at Boston Calling tomorrow (May 28).During their 11-song set, the band played their biggest hits, opening with ‘No One Knows’ and closing with ‘A Song For The Dead’.Sandwiched in between was a first performance of ‘Emotion Sickness’, which was shared earlier this month as the first preview of the band’s new album, ‘In Times New Roman’.See footage of their comeback show and the full setlist below.WE’RE BAAAAACK!!! pic.twitter.com/Tx10qTqbAw— QOTSA (@qotsa) May 27, 2023‘No One Knows’‘The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret’‘My God Is The Sun’‘If I Had A Tail’‘The Evil Has Landed’‘I Sat By The Ocean’‘Emotion Sickness’‘Little Sister’‘Sick, Sick, Sick’‘Go With The Flow’‘A Song For The Dead’Having been teasing their return this week with online videos and billboards in London, the band recently revealed details of the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains‘ with their eighth album ‘In Times New Roman’ arriving on June 8 via Matador Records.Described by QOTSA as “the sound of a band creating the music its own members want to hear, while giving the rest of us a sonic forum in which to congregate”, ‘In Times New Roman’ was recorded and mixed at Homme’s own Pink Duck studios, with additional recording at Shangri-La.

Creeper have announced their third album ‘Sanguivore’ and new UK tour dates – see the list of gigs and watch the video for new single ‘Cry To Heaven’ below.The Southampton band will release the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’ via their new label home Spinefarm on October 13. It follows last year’s ‘American Noir’ EP.Discussing the new single, vocalist Will Gould said in a statement: “Keeping in line with the band’s ethos of aggressive musical progression, the song is once again an ambitious departure from previous works.“‘Cry To Heaven’ turns the key and unlocks a door to a new world of decadent excess.

New Jersey concerts this weekend, the track has her fans absolutely convinced that she's singing about former flame Joe Alwyn, 32.  Confessional as ever, the 12-time Grammy winner, 33 – who is currently being romanced by Matt Healey – chronicles the end of her relationship, lamenting about whether or not she should finally pull the plug and hinting at what brought the relationship to an end.  Taylor brought on the waterworks with her bridge, singing: 'I wouldn't marry me either/ A pathological people pleaser/ Who only wanted you to see her.

Louis Tomlinson's career has truly soared to new heights since he wrapped up his first-ever solo tour last year. In November 2022, he secured his first solo Number 1 album with Faith In The Future, going on to give fans a raw insight into his life in the Charlie Lightening-directed documentary All Of Those Voices and announce 2023's The Away From Home Festival, Italy.

The latest figures from the Scottish Government show there are estimated to be around 850,000 people with hearing loss in Scotland and of those, 70 per cent are over 70. It is projected that figures could double over the next 20 years, with a delay of up to 10 years before people address their hearing loss.

Newly updated research has discovered that during the ongoing cost of living crisis, people in the UK claiming their State Pension entitlement only just break even despite a record-breaking increase to weekly payment rates in April. The research, conducted by pension advisors Almond Financial, looked at the uprated State Pension in comparison to the average cost of living in the UK.

over 11 seasons, an indomitable walker-killing mom and onetime leader of the Hilltop Colony, is venturing into NYC with Negan (former Alexa cover star Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the reformed baseball bat-wielding maniac and killer of Maggie’s husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun). It’s an inspired pairing, and things are gonna be awkward: In the “Walking Dead” finale, Maggie tells an apologetic Negan she can never forgive him.For a performer who’s spent more than a decade steeped in fictional death and destruction — yes, the walking dead on the show can be metaphorical, but also, there’s a lot of killing — Cohan really comes alive talking about the experience.

A trucking boss who led a double life as drugs baron has been ordered to pay back £630,000. Thomas Maher, aged 42, was sentenced to 14 years and eight months in prison in December 2020 for moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made demands that the photo agency which was allegedly involved in the 'near-catastrophic' car chase. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - who were in New Yok City the night of the alleged chase - have demanded the photo agency hand over the footage snapped by photographers.

Love Island's Tasha Ghouri was left in tears on Saturday as romantic boyfriend, Andrew Le Page, who she met in the ITV2 villa, surprised her.Taking to her Instagram Stories, Tasha, 24, posted a loved-up snap with Andrew, 28, as they both beamed to the camera.Tasha captioned the post with: "This one came home early to surprise me!!! Love you" to which she tagged Andrew and added a crying emoji. Andrew had been away exploring Texas, in America, on a getaway and had shared several snaps from his holiday to Instagram.

K.J. Yossman The heads of Britain’s four main public service broadcasters gave their verdicts on the current industry climate and the future of PSBs at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference in London on Thursday afternoon. The BBC’s director general Tim Davie, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon and Maria Kyriacou, Paramount Global’s president of international broadcast and studios (which oversees Channel 5), spoke on a variety of topics including the Media Bill, digital supremacy and even slug sex. Read on for some more highlights from the panel:

The official Spring bank holiday falls on Monday, May 29 which means payments delivered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), including Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance, due on that date will be made early on Friday, May 26. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is expected to announce similar changes to scheduled payment also due on that date.