New plan to cut daily standing charges could see households save over £183 on energy bills each year

People across the country are still feeling the pinch on their wallets from the cost of living.

Taylor Swift had a fright at her £39.5 million New York City flat when a pan on her stove burst into flames. Her friend Gracie Abrams videoed the scare and posted it on Instagram of Taylor combating the blaze with an extinguisher.Taylor fretted: "What do I do about this?" before nabbing the fire extinguisher, adding: "So I cut this with a knife? I think we're going to die." With Taylor fumbling to release the foam from the extinguisher, Gracie guided her: "Just press it." Taylor then jokingly named the device a "b****" before she successfully doused the fire, reports the Mirror. Once they were safe, Taylor noticed: "Our purses are ruined.

Bill Maher stumped tonight on Real Time for the U.S. release of The Apprentice, the Cannes Competition title starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Emmy-winner Jeremy Strong as Trump’s onetime firebrand lawyer, Roy Cohn.

Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin has been spotted filming scenes in the city centre for an upcoming drama for Amazon Prime.

Ellie Leach has said she's 'already dreaming' of when she can next ditch the UK after enjoying a well-earned break alongside her mum. It's fair to say that the actress has been non stop since taking part in and winning Strictly Come Dancing 2023.

Vito Coppola and Ellie Leach have been left speechless as they were given some joint news months on from winning Strictly Come Dancing. As fans of the pair know, the professional dancer and the actress lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy back in December.

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Earlier this week the Conservative Party confirmed in its manifesto that if elected as the next UK Government, it will press ahead with welfare reforms which include a new Fraud Bill. This will be in addition to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill which was announced last year and due to the General Election has not progressed beyond the second reading in the House of Lords to the Committee Stage.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one in the European M&A world. Beta Film has taken a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of Carol and Living producer Number 9 Films.

Radical plans to abolish the Greater Manchester mayor’s role and for Leigh and Atherton to be ‘cut adrift’ from Wigan council control have been put forward by a Conservative candidate. Former Wigan town mayor Michael Winstanley is vying to replace Tory MP James Grundy, who is not seeking re-election in the seat he took from Labour in Leigh and Atherton for the first time ever in 2019.

one of the venues that faced pressure from the Music Venue Trust (MVT) last year to invest back into grassroots music spaces or else not be allowed to open.Back in February 2023, the MVT shared its 2022 annual report, which highlighted the grave danger that venues and UK face without urgent action. It showed that audience numbers were at 89 per cent of their 2019 level at about 21million, and urged for larger venues to invest back into grassroots spaces to keep the UK’s live music scene afloat.It was one of eight new arenas proposed to be built and opened in the UK at the time, including Manchester’s now-opened Co-op Live.

Warner Bros Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language feature debut, The Room Next Door, for release in a host of key international markets including the filmmaker’s home turf of Spain.

Stockport could get a new industrial estate and community accessible park under plans to develop a plot of land in Bredbury.

The 1975′s Matty Healy is engaged to girlfriend Gabbriette Bechtel.

The latest figures from the Scottish Government show that at the end of March this year, some 461,550 people were receiving a Council Tax Reduction (CTR) of around £800 on their annual bill. The data indicates that one-in-five households are being supported through the scheme, which is not available anywhere else in the UK.

Hozier brought Lucy Dacus on stage with him to perform ‘I, Carrion (Icarian)’ in New York City on Friday (June 7) – check out the footage below.Last September, Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers invited Hozier on stage at a Boygenius show in Boston to perform ‘Salt in the Wound’. Now, the Irish singer-songwriter has returned the favour.Hozier wrote on Instagram after the show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, “Thank you so much to the incredibly gifted Lucy Dacus for joining me.

EXCLUSIVE: A key principle underpinning DreamWorks Animation‘s The Wild Robot — directed and written by Chris Sanders, produced by Jeff Hermann and starring Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of Roz the robot — is that kindness matters, say the filmmakers.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared a new version of Led Zeppelin‘s classic track ‘When The Levee Breaks’.The live cut of the song, which you can listen to below, is their first single since their second collaborative album ‘Raise The Roof’ was released in 2021.This version, which the pair have been performing on their recent North American tour, features guitarist JD McPherson, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Krauss.During the tour, the pair have also performed Zeppelin classics ‘The Battle Of Evermore’ and ‘Rock And Roll’, as well as a medley that includes ‘Gallows Pole’.Their tour will continue until September 1 where it wraps up in Vail, Colorado. You can purchase any remaining tickets here.The duo last toured together in 2022, which itself was their first complete tour in 12 years.Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Led Zeppelin’s long awaited documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is finally set for a cinema release.The authorised film, which was first announced in 2019, has been acquired for release by Sony Classics Pictures in a number of countries including North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia (except for Japan) and the Middle East.

The Killers have covered the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ hit track ‘Maps’ during their headlining set of Governors Ball 2024.Brandon Flowers and co closed out the second night of the NYC weekend fest at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturday (June 8). They kicked off their set with classics such as ‘Somebody Told Me’, ‘Spaceman’, ‘Smile Like You Mean It’ and ‘For Reasons Unknown’.Towards the end of the 11th song of the night – ‘Runaways’ – the band performed a stripped-back rendition of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 2003 hit song ‘Maps’.Guitarist Ted Sablay stood on a platform on stage right and began playing the guitar part to the pre-chorus with Flowers joining him singing “Wait, they don’t love you like I love you / Maps / Wait, they don’t love you like I love you.”@thekillers covering NYC indie legends @YYYs hit ‘Maps’ at @GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/y8PF4vpqfZ— NME (@NME) June 9, 2024This is not the first time they pay homage to a NYC iconic band at Gov Ball.

The Killers have played ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time in seven years at their surprise intimate gig in New York City – watch fan-filmed footage below:The band unveiled their last-minute concert just days ago, which was to take place on the same day as their 20th anniversary for their seminal debut album ‘Hot Fuss’.Now, The Killers have played their concert at the 500-capacity Bowery Ballroom, which saw them perform ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time since 2018. ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ originally appeared as the sixth track from ‘Hot Fuss’.Not only that, the Las Vegas band performed several ‘Hot Fuss’ classics including ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘Somebody Told Me’, and ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’.Check out footage of The Killers playing ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ below:The Bowery Ballroom show is a warm-up gig for their upcoming UK and Ireland tour later this June, which will see the band stop off at London’s O2 Arena for a whopping six dates.