Money expert shares five ways to start saving this month to help finances stay on track until summer

Who are the winners and losers in the SAG-AFTRA strike post-mortem? It might be a bit simplistic but given the box office for films like “The Marvels” that didn’t have its cast to help promote it, and all the studios that pushed some of their projects into 2024, giving them a bit more runaway to work with, you could argue the winners are all those who waited out the strike. Take Focus Features.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is almost at an end, but there are still films to screen in the online portion of the festival and, almost as importantly, awards to hand out to happy independent filmmakers. The big winners at this year’s awards ceremony were Alessandra Lacorazza’s “In the Summers” which won the Grand Jury Prize U.S.

Carlos Aguilar A backyard swimming pool tells part of the story in Colombian American writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s “In the Summers.” As it goes from refreshing site of joyful congregation to an ignored eyesore in mounting disrepair, the recreational amenity establishes itself as a potently grave motif for the passage of time in this unsentimental, and yet immensely affecting debut feature about a complicated parent-children relationship. Told in four elliptical segments, it spans roughly two decades.

Swimming legend Michael Phelps has welcomed his fourth son with wife Nicole and shared a sweet photo of their newborn, along with his name. Michael, 38, who is the most successful Olympian of all time, shared the happy news on Instagram on Monday, 22 January in a joint post with Nicole, also 38. The couple posted a photograph showing a topless Michael holding their newborn son, while Nicole lovingly gazed at the tot, who they have named Nico Michael.

If you've ever had period pain before, you'll know that sometimes a simple bubble bath and early night will help your pain.

Due to many of us having busy schedules such as taking the kids to school and going to work, we often get into a routine.

As the Met Office released multiple weather warnings in wake of Storm Isha, knowing what to look out for and how to care for your car during this weather is essential.

Paving slabs from Albert Square will be re-used at the newest park to come to the city — which will mark the end of Ancoats’ regeneration.

Gloves are an absolute essential when it comes to keeping yourself warm during the ever-dropping winter temperatures, but there’s nothing more annoying than finding yourself having to constantly take them off every time you want to use your phone. With regular gloves making swiping and tapping almost impossible, we’re usually forced to choose between ignoring our phone until we get indoors or dealing with frosty fingers while we try to text someone back.

Plans to slow cars down to 10mph to discourage motorists from driving on a key city centre route have been met with scepticism.

It can be a difficult thing to develop serious connections with people as an adult, as people often overthink or second-guess that someone actually wants them around or not. Thankfully, one expect has shared the six different psychological signs to spot if someone dislikes you, reports the Mirror.

Millions of employees are set for a boost in their take-home pay from this month after the main rate of class 1 National Insurance (NI) deductions was cut from 12 per cent to 10 per cent on Saturday, January 6. The change will mean an average worker on a salary of £35,400 will get a tax cut of more than £450 in 2024/25, while an employee earning £50,000 will pay £3,743 in National Insurance after the change, saving about £749.

Many people tend to stay clear of their gardening duties in the winter months, particularly if there has been heavy snowfall. The bitterly cold temperatures have also continued to plummet making for icy conditions.

Health experts have explained the unusual health benefits that come from giving up the booze throughout the month of January.

Michelle Trachtenberg first made a name for herself way back in 2000, when she was cast as Dawn Summers in the American supernatural drama, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. At the time of joining the show, Michelle was just 15 years old, however, she had already starred in an array of TV shows and films before her big break in Buffy. From her starring role in the Nickelodeon series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, plus, the network's 1996 comedy film, Harriet the Spy, Michelle was also cast in the 1997 CBS sitcom, Meego.

BBC archival equipment and vinyl is set to take place this month.Run by Omega Auctions – who have been granted access to the BBC archives – the listing is filled with rare vinyl, equipment and BBC memorabilia, ready for a hefty series of online sales. The auction is a treasure trove for vinyl collectors and BBC fans.Things on offer include hard-to-find analogue kits and essential LPs which have been sourced from one of the best music archives in the world.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed just before Christmas that around 11.9 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments - worth over £4.8 billion - have been made across the UK. This means around 99 per cent of all eligible pensioner households have received up to £600 in tax-free cash to help with energy bills and household budgets this winter.

Dog owners are being warned not to feed their furry friends certain foods that could be mistaken as good for them.

If your New Year's Resolution is to live a healthier lifestyle and lose some weight, then sorting out your nutrition is a huge contributing factor.

Immortality is coming to PlayStation 5 later this month, it has been announced.READ MORE: 15 huge games that we can’t wait to play in 2024Half Mermaid Productions, the developer behind the game, announced yesterday (January 9) that the game will be released on January 23, retailing at $19.99. This release will include both haptic and controller speaker features and also comes with a Platinum Trophy that can be unlocked.In a statement, game director Sam Barlow spoke about the process of bringing the game to a new platform.“From the inception of this project, the goal has been sharing Marissa Marcel’s life and work with as large an audience as possible.