Rita Ora was at the right place at the right time to snag a Today co-hosting gig last week!
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KNEECAP have accused the UK government of attempting to “silence” them after a last-minute funding block.The accusation against the UK government comes after they blocked the group from receiving British Phonographic Industry (BPI) funding award – issued under the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) to support the expansion of bands in global markets.According to the group, the decision may have been due to their provocative 2019 tour poster, which they allege “pissed off the Tories”.“We’ve just been informed that our application to the ‘Music Export Growth Scheme’ (MEGS) was independently approved and signed off by the selection board. It was then blocked directly by the British Government who overruled the independent selection board,” KNEECAP shared on X/Twitter.“We’re told that our 2019 Farewell to the Union poster pissed off the Tories.
Once again the British government is trying to silence voices from West Belfast – once again it will fail!”KNEECAP STATEMENTWe’ve been blocked from receiving significant music funding because a Tory Minister doesn’t like our art. F*ck the Tories pic.twitter.com/xWWUdGNj5l— KNEECAP (@KNEECAPCEOL) February 8, 2024The scheme is funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), with investment from the UK recorded music industry.
Rita Ora was at the right place at the right time to snag a Today co-hosting gig last week!
A new online petition is urging the UK Government to “commit to not increasing the State Pension age above 68” following the publication of new research by the International Longevity Centre, which suggested that the State Pension age will need to rise to 71 by 2050 to keep up with projected longer life expectancy.
Keir Starmer has said helping boot out Humza Yousaf from office will be one of his early goals as a Labour Prime Minister.
David Tennant and his wife of 13 years, Georgia Moffett, shared a sweet moment on the BAFTAs red carpet, ahead of his presenting duties at the awards ceremony on 18 February.The 52 year old Doctor Who actor and his 39 year old wife didn't have a care in the world who saw them as they shared a tender embrace, with David planting a kiss on Georgia's lips.They then stared into one another's eyes, with David grinning from ear to ear, before they held hands and had a chat. David looked dapper in an emerald suit, printed with gold patterns, whilst Georgia coordinated his look in a stunning Grecian-inspired gold dress.
Sistine, 25, told The Post ahead of the Season 2 premiere of “The Family Stallone,” on Feb. 21.“If they’re casual then, okay, it’s not going to be an issue.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are all students at Lambrook School in Windsor which is located just a stone's throw away from the family's home at Adelaide Cottage. Lambrook - which caters to students from the age of three to 13 - charges an increasing annual fee as the children go through the school, meaning that the three Wales children's education will cost an approximate £62,979 a year.The school's ethos is all about being kind to one another, as well as having courage and integrity - something which will certainly serve the three royals well as they grow older.
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Prince Harry has finally opened up about his father King Charles III‘s scary cancer diagnosis.
This Morning hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary had an awkward moment when a guest mentioned the show's reported new presenter while live on air. The presenters were fronting the ITV daytime show at the time as they continued to take on the full-time main host gig.
“In light of this urgent situation, the NTIA demands that the government takes immediate action to provide financial relief to struggling nightclubs. Central to this relief is the imperative for the government to reduce VAT to 12.5 per cent across the board, failing which further closures across the sector are inevitable.”The recent report follows claims by the NTIA back in March, which saw the association claim that the UK government was “intentionally” closing down nightclubs and venues across the country, as it saw the nightlife sector as “a burden on policing and local government”.Similarly, in August the association shared that over 100 independent nightclubs across the UK have been forced to close down over the past year.The strain put on local music spaces across the UK is by no means a new issue.
EXCLUSIVE: UK agency Bodhi Talent has been accused of exploiting the acting dreams of children by charging their parents potentially unlawful representation fees worth hundreds of pounds.
It's Musicals Week on Dancing on Ice, where viewers will see the celebrities and their professional skating partners perform routines to some hit tunes from the stage. The remaining nine contestants will attempt to impress the judges to soundtracks from the likes of Moulin Rouge, Sunset Boulevard, Little Shop of Horrors and Matilda.
On Monday night, chefs, restaurateurs and food critics descended on the Midland Hotel in Manchester for the prestigious Michelin guide ceremony for Britain and Ireland. Despite being on hosting duties, the city walked away empty handed.
22 Kids and Counting's Sue Radford jumped to defend herself online after a troll suggested that she was "rubbing people's noses" in her lavish holidays. The proud mum of 22, fired back at the Instagram follower on Friday after they accused her of "showing off" about the family's many holidays during a Q&A with fans.The reality star took to her page to ask fans what they were up to during half term and revealed she currently had no plans for the children.
A Scottish Lib Dem MP has predicted that his party could be in the Scottish Government after the next Holyrood election.
British socialite Lady Colin Campbell has claimed that Prince Harry's reunion with King Charles was only 12 minutes long. It comes after reports suggested that the meeting had been between half an hour and 45 minutes long, with the Duke of Sussex quickly flying back to California afterwards. However, Lady Colin has now claimed that the meeting was even shorter than this, with the royals only speaking for a short 12 minutes.
Prince Harry briefly met with his father, King Charles, on Tuesday, following the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis. Harry is said to have been personally informed of his father's health condition by the King himself, and jumped on a plane from the US, where he lives with wife Meghan Markle , just hours after receiving the news.
Prince Harry has been spotted at Heathrow Airport as he prepares to jet back home to the US, after spending just 25 hours in the UK.The Duke of Sussex flew back to the UK on Tuesday, 6 February, after being informed of his father, King Charles' cancer diagnosis by the King himself. He is believed to have spent just 30-45 minutes with the King when they were reunited on Tuesday, after spending more than nine months apart.
Prince Harry is believed to have switched flights following his brief UK visit in order to get home quicker to LA to be with Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex is reported to be back in California with his wife and their two kids as he was spotted leaving a Delta flight that landed at LAX at 6.16 pm local time on Wednesday.
Guinness World Record for the most Taylor Swift songs identified from their lyrics in one minute.Bilal Ilyas Jhandir of Pakistan, a self-proclaimed “die-hard fan” of the pop star, named 34 of her songs, which broke the record previously held of 27.“I have been listening to Taylor Swift since my childhood,” Jhandir, 20, told Guinness World Records.“I have listened to each and every song of hers. I can identify almost any song of hers from the lyrics.”Bilal had to identify each of Swift’s songs — which were taken from the list of her top 50 best-selling tunes — from its beginning lyrics, read aloud by a man without any music in the background.