The death today of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, prompted an outpouring of remembrances and tributes from politicians, musicians, film & TV personalities, sports franchises and cultural institutions.
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COVID pandemic unless the government takes immediate action.Earlier this week, five organisations representing the UK hospitality sector penned an open letter to the UK government, highlighting “rocketing energy prices” that are forecast to become “a matter of existential emergency” later this year – and demanding that the government act soon to prevent a catastrophe to UK culture.In the hospitality sector, operators are facing average annual bill increases in the region of at least 300 per cent, meaning that many businesses and jobs in the sector are “at grave risk”.Now, Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd has spoken to NME of the true threat posed by the looming price rise, comparing it to the COVID pandemic which at one point saw 93 per cent of the UK’s grassroots music venues were under threat of being closed forever due to losses caused by restrictions.“Without action from the government, we are now modelling that this will close more venues than the pandemic,” he argued. “We don’t see any other outcome.”He continued: “It feels weird to say it, but unlike during COVID when you could go, ‘OK, we need to raise some money now because in a year’s time the venues will be open’, we can’t do that now because they’ll have to pay another electricity bill next year and the year after that, obviously.
I can’t see any end to this unless venues put their prices up.”The Energy Crisis: The Numbers. The Grassroots Music Venue sector is facing a potential additional £90 million a year in energy costs.
The death today of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, prompted an outpouring of remembrances and tributes from politicians, musicians, film & TV personalities, sports franchises and cultural institutions.
Following the shocking death of Queen Elizabeth II, Her Majesty’s son Charles, 73, has immediately been named King, as is the custom.
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International sales and production veteran Cécile Gaget has been appointed as Head of Film at leading European indie studio Wild Bunch, as it expands under the leadership of CEO Ron Meyer and co-CEO Sophie Jordan.
Peacock continues to expand its offerings in the reality show space and recently added the British series Made in Chelsea. The NBCUniversal streaming service released Season 18 through Season 22 on August 25 of the E4 reality series produced by Monkey Kingdom.
Rylan Clark hit back at viewers who accused him of being 'too rich' to understand the energy crisis as he hosted ITV's This Morning alongside Ruth Langsford on Friday morning. It came as the pair reacted to the news that the energy price cap would soar by around 80 per cent to £3,549 from October.
Rylan Clark was forced to hit back at This Morning viewers on Friday after many suggested that he didn't need to worry about the rising price of energy bills. Rylan, 33, has been hosting the ITV show alongside Ruth Langsford, 62, over recent days while Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby continue to enjoy their summer break. On 26 August it was announced that the energy price cap is set to increase again from 1 October, and Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis appeared on Good Morning Britain, This Morning and Lorraine to provide advice.
Like the rest of the country today, This Morning hosts Rylan Clark and Ruth Langsford reacted to the rocketing energy price cap amount that was confirmed earlier by Ofgem.
Sky has unveiled seven original comedy shorts at the Edinburgh Television Festival written by and starring the likes of Rosie Jones, Desiree Burch and Jordan Stephens, while ordering Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (working title) and greenlighting a fifth season of Brassic.
There a few things the Made in Chelsea lot love more than a champagne brunch or a night out at Raffles, but a summer holiday to a sought-after location like Croatia, Ibiza or the Cotswolds is definitely up there.This year, the cast are off on to Mallorca on their annual holibobs and there are not one, not two, not three, but FOUR new cast members joining all of our usual faves like Miles Nazaire, Tristan Phipps, Olivia Bentley and Ruby Adler.One of the newbies is international party boy Malek Amro, who is joining the cast with his pal Willow Day.Wanna know more about Malek? Well, you’re in luck as we’ve got all the juicy deets.Malek Amro is the latest addition to the Made in Chelsea cast. He’s joining the show for series 24, which is set in Mallorca.Malek is 31 years old.Malek is originally from Bath but moved to the United Arab Emirates when he was 10 as his father got a job there.