'People can't believe what we were forced to do because of Brexit - it's ridiculous'

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for 12.6 million people across Great Britain, including around one million living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £203.85 per week for the full, New State Pension or £156.20 per week for the Basic State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

The TV licence is a fee that almost every single household across the UK has to pay for - and it is set to increase by at least £10 next year. The UK Government is responsible for setting the price of the fee, and announced recently it will be increasing by 6.7 per cent from April 1, 2024.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt are attached to star in Peter Greenaway‘s drama “Lucca Mortis,” which has started filming in the Tuscan city of Lucca. The new film by the 81-year-old iconoclastic British filmmaker and artist — known for arthouse hits such as “The Draughtsman’s Contract,” “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” and “The Pillow Book” — is the tale of a New York writer (Hoffman), who in in 2001, following the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, takes a sabbatical to visit Lucca in search of his distant Italian origins.

Society of the Snow, directed by Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona and Spain’s submission into the 2024 Oscar race, is based on the true story of the 1972 Andes flight disaster in which a flight carrying Uruguay’s Old Christians Club rugby team for a match in Santiago, Chile, crashed on a glacier at the Valle de las Lágrimas (Valley of Tears).

Nick Holdsworth At the closing ceremony of the 3rd edition of the Red Sea Film Festival Thursday, which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in front of an audience that included Hollywood stars Nicolas Cage, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Jason Statham and Adrien Brody, the Golden Yusr for best film and a $100,000 cash prize went to Pakistani-Canadian horror film “In Flames,” directed by Zarrar Kahn. The director said that the indie movie was shot for “just $300,000 — the size of a Red Sea Fund production grant.” He urged “everyone who gets a grant to go make a movie, because this was made for nothing.” The Silver Yusr prize for best feature film went to Tarsem Singh for “Dear Jassi.” The film, an India/Canada/U.S.

A statement from Prince Harry was read aloud in court today as he fights to have UK protection restored for him and his family.

British Gas is giving people an extra special gift on Christmas Day by offering customers half price electricity on December 25 through its PeakSave scheme. The extra day of savings comes in addition to the recent extension of its PeakSave Sundays, offering customers half price electricity every Sunday between 11am and 4pm this winter - including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Keeping Up Appearances was one of the UK's most popular sitcoms in the 1990s that is still very much loved to this day.

EXCLUSIVE: Aislinn Clarke is set to direct Hellish Nell, the genre thriller for Studiocanal and The Picture Company.  

Strictly Come Dancing star Krishnan Guru-Murthy has said it was a 'big decision' as he's been forced to swap dance partners. The Channel 4 News presenter impressed viewers of the BBC One dance contest during his time on the show.

Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams has opened up about being in the dance-off at the weekend, admitting 'my best isn't good enough.' The BBC dancing show contestant and his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin found themselves in the bottom two for the first time this series alongside Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu.

Amy Dowden has said she 'doesn’t want anyone's pity' as she opened up about her cancer battle. The Strictly Come Dancing star recently finished chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May.

Angela Scanlon was left in tears as she opened up about her Strictly Come Dancing exit for the first time. The Irish TV presenter was the ninth celebrity to exit the BBC One dance contest alongside her professional dance partner Carlos Gu on Sunday night (November 26).

Manchester United's players had been on the ground in Istanbul for a matter of minutes when they got their first taste of what awaited them in November 1993. As Sir Alex Ferguson's squad made their way into the arrivals hall at the city's airport, they were greeted by a deafening din from a few thousand Galatasaray fans keen to greet them. "Welcome to Hell", said the banners as Ferguson, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, Peter Schmeichel and co put their passports away.

Fans have been left confused by Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden's latest social media post as they asked 'what's the connection' amid an X-rated blunder. The dancer, who has been unable to perform in the BBC One dance contest this year due to cancer treatment, was seen in the ballroom on Saturday night (November 25).

BBC “Newsnight” interview he did with journalist Emily Maitlis has inspired an upcoming miniseries, per Variety.The three-part event, titled “A Very Royal Scandal,” is currently in production in the United Kingdom and will star Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis.The official synopsis reveals that the show will chronicle “Emily Maitlis’ professional and personal journey as a Newsnight journalist, leading up to her acclaimed interview with Prince Andrew.”Joanna Scanlan, Alex Jennings and Éanna Hardwicke will also star in the series, which doesn’t have a release date yet.The episodes will be in the similar vein of Amazon’s “A Very English Scandal” (2018) and “A Very British Scandal” (2021). The “car crash” of an interview with Andrew, 63, and Maitlis, 53, was meant to discuss the former’s affiliation with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent São Paulo-based activist producer Maria Farinha Films, behind Globoplay hit “Aruanas” and one of the global South’s key impact entertainment companies, has boarded Marcel Beltrán’s mystery drama “Moa,” a big double winner at Locarno’s 2022 Open Doors. Produced by Paula Gastaud at Cuba’s Mediocielo Films, “Moa” is now set up as co-production with Mediocielo Filmes, also in São Paulo, and Maria Farinha Films, and the Dominican Republic’s Stems Group.

A travel warning has been issued for people visiting parts of North America by the UK Foreign Office. Guidance for the USA and Canada was updated on Wednesday evening (November 22) after two people were killed when a car crashed and exploded at the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls.

EXCLUSIVE: The shape of Blue Ant Media‘s combined studios and rights business is coming together.

Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson are leading the cast of A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video‘s upcoming limited series about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, in which he explained his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.  The series is currently in production in the UK.