Benefit claimants await court decision over possible £1,500 backdated payments from the DWP

More than 12.4 million older people across the UK are currently receiving regular monthly payments through their State Pension, including 981,399 Scots.

1. In January, Olivia Rodrigo's Drivers License claimed the UK’s highest number of streams ever in a single day for a non-Christmas song. The track racked up 2.407m streams in 24 hours on Tuesday, January 12. Ed Sheeran's Shape of You previously held the 24-hour record in 2017, with 2.274m streams.

Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John The song is a sausage roll-themed charity rework of Sheeran and Sir Elton’s own new festive single Merry Christmas, in aid of The Trussell Trust food banks. The record was officialised by Guinness World Records who congratulated LadBaby on Twitter.

Congratulations to LadBaby, who have won the Official Christmas Number 1 for 2021 with Sausage Rolls For Everyone ft. Ed Sheeran & Elton John, setting a new all-time Official Chart record, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

My earliest memory of Christmas music is listening to the Official Chart on Radio 1 and being so excited about who might be the Christmas Number 1. 

With only a couple more days to go before the UK’s Christmas number one is announced, the Official Charts Company has published its weekly Trending Chart. It shows which songs are rising up the charts the fastest.

Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has topped the US singles chart for the third year in a row, breaking a record in the process.The iconic Christmas song, which hit Number One in the UK charts for the first time ever in 2020, is now the first song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US on three separate occasions, dropping out of the charts completely between each.The song first hit the Top 10 on the Hot 100 in December 2017, before finally hitting top spot in 2019 and

More than 12.4 million older people across the UK are currently receiving regular monthly payments through their State Pension, including 981,399 Scots.

Residents living at Balhousie Care Group homes are getting joy from visiting professional actors and musicians from Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT).

CAR buyers can find some real bargains with major automotive retailer Arnold Clark right now.

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced a pre-Christmas interest rate hike from 0.1% to 0.25%, after figures released earlier this week showed a bigger than expected leap in inflation to 5.1% in November, which added weight to the argument for a rise.

The UK Government has announced new plans to give a £510 million cash injection to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help it crack down on Universal Credit fraudsters lying about their benefit claims.

Prince William and Kate have shared a gorgeous family picture with their children, which has featured on their 2021 Christmas card.

Adele’s 30 reigns supreme on the Official Albums Chart this week, holding at Number 1 for a third week.

The Voice UK star Lydia Lucy has shared the gorgeous first photos of her adorable daughter Dottie-Mai exclusively with OK! after giving birth to her last month. Although she says motherhood is "amazing", 28 year old Lydia suffered quite the ordeal as she prepared to give birth, spending four days in labour and having to be induced three times before her waters finally broke.

More than 5.9 million people are currently claiming Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance, benefits designed to help support those out of work or on a low income cover the costs of daily living.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas has become the UK's Number 1 Trending Song.

Kate Garraway has shared the sweet card husband Derek gave her for their anniversary.The Good Morning Britain presenter, 54, appeared as the special guest on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, where she spoke about husband Derek Draper and their family. Viewers were moved to tears by the emotional conversation, which saw Kate speak about how she has been acting as a carer for Derek as he continues to suffer from complications of Covid-19, after contracting the virus last year.