Mini-budget: Live music, nighttime and hospitality industries react

Scots Love Island star Laura Anderson revealed that she has 'fallen in love with three hunks' as the filming for Celebs Go Dating continues.

Ian Blackford has accused Liz Truss of "ignoring the damage and the chaos" of her mini-budget that plunged the markets into turmoil due to her unfunded tax cuts.

The 1975 covered Take That‘s 1992 single ‘A Million Love Songs’ in the Live Lounge today (October 11) – check out the video below.Matty Healy and co. recorded a special session for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month ahead of releasing their fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, this Friday (October 14).To begin, The 1975 played their recent single ‘I’m In Love With You’.

Jordan Moreau Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus are reuniting as Blink-182 for the first time since 2015 for a new international tour. The band is also dropping a new song on Friday, titled “Edging,” which marks the first time the trio has been in the studio together in a decade. The international tour will include Turnstile in North America, Rise Against in Australia, The Story So Far in United Kingdom and Europe and Wallows in Latin America. Tickets for Blink-182’s tour go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17 at blink182.com. LATIN AMERICA

Last week’s episode of the Great British Bake Off, which aired both in the UK and the US, has left fans with a poor taste in their mouths.

Britain’s favourite cookery show has been accused of cultural appropriation by some of the country’s top Mexican chefs.

Calvin Harris' fiancée Vick Hope gushed how important "love" is in a relationship. The world-famous DJ popped the question at his home in sunny Spain earlier this year, following just five months of dating, and it's clear the BBC Radio 1 DJ has fallen head-over-heels in love with the hunky chart-topper. She told Closer UK: "Love is the most important thing to me in a relationship.

Paige Thorne has deleted all trace of Adam Collard from her Instagram account, following rumours that the couple have called it quits. Paige, 25, and Adam, 26, met in the Love Island villa back in the summer and despite appearing smitten with one another after returning to the UK, their romance is said to have recently hit a rocky patch.

Love Island winner Paige Turley has responded to rumours suggesting that she has broken things off with her boyfriend Finley Tapp. Back in 2020, Paige Turley starred on the first winter series of Love Island and was eventually crowned the winner with partner and semi-professional footballer Finely Tapp. In recent months, the 25 year old singer, who reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent, has documented her travels on Instagram since jetting off around the globe.

Liz Truss has admitted she could have done a "better job" over her tax-slashing mini budget that plunged the UK economy into turmoil.

James Bond franchise film producer Michael Gregg Wilson revealed that one specific scene is used to test all actors aspiring to play the role of the iconic British spy. Wilson explained that would-be 007s always audition with the classic bedroom scene from the 1963 film "From Russia With Love" starring Sean Connery as Bond and Daniela Bianchi as his love interest, Tatiana Romanova.  "We always use the same scene … and that’s the one in ‘From Russia With Love’ where Bond comes back to his room after the assassination, and he starts taking off his shirt, goes into the room to bathe.Then he hears something, takes his gun, goes in and the girl’s in the bed," the producer told the audience at an "In Conversation" event, according to Deadline.

James Bond film producer Michael G. Wilson, who runs Eon Productions with Barbara Broccoli, has revealed that a seduction scene from the 1963 thriller From Russia With Love is always used to test those aspiring to play Ian Fleming’s ruthless spy.

Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted that it will be a “difficult winter” for the UK hours before the new energy price cap came into force from today (Saturday, October 1). But she defended the mini-budget revealed earlier this week despite the “disruption” the plans caused.

Anna Marie de la Fuente “Money Heist” star Alvaro Morte is attached to star in “Talkies,” from “Luis Miguel” producer Gato Grande, which will be presented at the Iberseries inaugural Co-Production & Financing Forum on Sept. 28. “Talkies” covers the period between 1930 and 1934, an unusual time when foreign-language versions were shot on the same sets where the original English-language films were shot before dubbing or sub-titling technology existed.  Helmed by “Money Heist” director Alex Rodrigo and co-developed with Catalonia’s Veranda (“Merli”), the 8 x 45” series centers on the making of Spanish-language ‘talkies’ some of which, like the Spanish version of Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula,” were considered far superior. Morte will play the actor Carlos Villarias, who took on the Dracula role in the Spanish version.

Marta Balaga Finnish helmer Tiina Lymi has found the cast for her upcoming period drama “Stormskerry Maja,” set in the 19th century. “Thin Blue Line” star Amanda Jansson will play the headstrong lead, with Linus Troedsson cast as Maja’s husband Janne. Jonna Järnefelt, Tobias Zilliacus, Amanda Kilpeläinen Arvidsson will also star, joined by Tony Doyle and Desmond Eastwood, who appeared in “Normal People.” The film will be shot in Swedish and English. Based on a series of novels written by Anni Blomqvist, “Stormskerry Maja” tells the story of Maja and her family as they move to a barren and remote island. Their everyday life is a relentless battle for survival, but Maja stands her ground. Despite all the setbacks, she stays in Stormskerry, where her roots are.

The UK Government has a new prime minister in Liz Truss and a new Chancellor in Kwasi Kwarteng.

The chancellor has this morning set out the government's plan to 'solve the riddle of growth' and to help people with the cost-of-living crisis with widespread tax cuts for the highest earners in a 'new era'. Kwasi Kwarteng delivered the government's mini budget to the House of Commons as he announced expected caps to rising energy bills and lifting the cap on bankers bonuses.