Energy bills set to increase by almost £100 from April for 15m households across UK

five wings of Forest Bank prison in Salford are in lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak.That outbreak disrupted proceedings at Manchester Crown Court with one high-profile trial and two sentencing hearings having to be postponed due to defendants not being produced from Forest Bank due to the lockdown.The latest data from the Ministry of Justice shows that there were 846 positive Covid-19 cases among adult prisoners for the week ending 15 February in the UK, down from 1,005 the week before.The

Freddy Syborn, a writer and co-exec producer on Disney+’s upcoming Ms. Marvel series and co-creator of Jack Whitehall comedy drama Bounty Hunters, is adapting Daniel Cole’s Ragdoll for AMC and UKTV network Alibi.

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energy suppliers to raise prices on standard tariffs, comparison and switching website, energyhelpline.com, is calling on the UK Government to overhaul the Cold Weather Payment scheme so that it supports more people in need during the winter months.Almost 3.65 million people are eligible for the £25 payment and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that more than 700,000 payments have been made so far this winter across the UK.The Cold Weather Payment scheme offers people

Tina Turner documentary, titled Tina, will be released in the UK this April.The film has been described as “the ultimate celebration of a global superstar” and was directed by Oscar-winning directors Dan Lindsay and T.J Martin.An official synopsis for Tina reads: “From her early career as the queen of R&B to her record-breaking sell-out arena tours of the ’80s, Tina Turner draws back the curtain to invite us into her private world in a way she has never done before.“Revealing her inner-most

TV licence from April this year, it has been confirmed. The UK Government, who is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee, announced that it would rise in line with inflation for five years from April 1, 2017.

link!Mr Gray said: “Since the pandemic began, we in the SNP, along with several consumer groups, have repeatedly warned that an increase in energy bills due to the coronavirus lockdown could leave more and more families at risk of fuel poverty.“I have joined the call for the UK Government to assist households with meeting energy costs through a package of financial measures for the self-employed, increasing UK Statutory Sick Pay to the EU national average, increasing Child Benefit and making the

direct to your inboxSupermarket giant Asda's petrol stations could soon see huge changes under new ownership - if agreed by the regulators.Asda stores are now back in British ownership for the first time in years following a £6.8billion deal last year.Now billionaire petrol station tycoons, the Issa brothers, have agreed to buy Asda's forecourts in a deal worth £750million.The move comes just months after the Euro Garages (EG) group - owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa - and private equity firm TDR

direct to your inboxMillions of people in the UK will be affected by a hike in their energy bills from April as the regulator, Ofgem, removes a price cap on bills.

direct to your inboxEnergy bills could go up by almost £100 for 15 million households across the UK after the regulator, Ofgem, said suppliers could pass on the cost of rising gas and electricity prices to customers.The regulator said that its price cap for the UK's 11 million households that are on their supplier’s default tariff could rise by £96 to £1,138 from April 1.A further four million households with pre-payment meters could see their bills jump by £87 to £1,156.“Energy bill increases