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direct to your inboxLast week Rishi Sunak announced that fuel duty had been frozen for the tenth year running - something which came as music to the ears of many British drivers.What the Chancellor failed to mention, though, was that road tax will still rise for millions of drivers in the UK - meaning owning a car will become more expensive from April.The rise in road tax is one of many big changes drivers will notice from next month.
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Lawrence Chaney has been named the Drag Race UK 2021 winner. After a final lipsync which saw the queens perform to Elton John's I'm Still Standing, RuPaul announced that she had scooped the title.The 24-year-old couldn't believe that she had been crowned the winner.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that there are now around six million people across the UK claiming Universal Credit.The benefit payment is intended to help those out of work or on a low income with the costs of daily living.There are changes coming in April which will see an increase of 0.5 per cent across all DWP-delivered benefits, including Universal Credit.The rise in payments also affects additional elements including child, carer and work capability paid to claimants receiving
Amazon Hiring Head Of UK Originals Amazon is on the hunt for a UK head of originals, according to a job advert posted by the streaming giant. The successful candidate will report to Georgia Brown, the director of European originals at Amazon Studios. Amazon’s UK slate includes The Grand Tour and James May: Oh Cook, but the company has made clear that it is not planning a giant Netflix-style push into the British market. UK trade Broadcast first spotted the job ad.
EXCLUSIVE: Passion Pictures has hired Pixar veteran David Park as Head of Production for Long Form Animation.
Godzilla Vs Kong will be made available for UK fans to watch next month.Set to be released in US cinemas on March 31, as well as on streaming service HBO Max for a month on the same day, the monster movie has now been given a UK release date of April 1, available as a home Premium VOD rental.Two of cinema’s most legendary monsters clash in this megabucks mash-up of the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, starring Millie Bobby Brown, Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry.A
Rebecca Davis editorTensions between China and the U.K. flared this week after Beijing summoned Britain’s ambassador to China to chastize her for an article she wrote defending the role of independent foreign press in the country.The latest tussle comes amid a backdrop of strain between the countries over matters such as human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the deteriorating political situation in Hong Kong, and lately, differences on the role of the foreign press.
Catfish – check out a preview below.The US version of the reality series, which delves into “the truths and lies of online dating”, has run for eight seasons since premiering back in 2013.Today (March 11), it has been revealed that Catfish UK will air on MTV UK next month for a run of four, hour-long episodes.Hosted by former Apple Music presenter Julie Adenuga and journalist/author Oobah Butler, the show will return to UK screens for a further six episodes later this year.
coronavirus outbreak and abuses against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, and the British governments decision to open a pathway for residency and eventual citizenship for millions of Hong Kong residents.China last month banned the BBC from the small number of hotels, residential compounds and offices where it had been shown, in apparent retaliation for its reporting on China and Britain's revocation of the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN.Britain has condemned a Chinese crackdown on
the government’s gradual ‘roadmap’ out of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. The aim is for all social restrictions to be lifted by June 21.A post shared by Rough Trade (@roughtrade)“Our shop floor teams are excited to be back and open in full force, with hundreds of new releases and recent highlights across music and books to shout about,” Rough Trade wrote.
Manori Ravindran International EditorThere are some things you just don’t do on British television, and slamming the Royal Family tops the list. But in the course of two momentous hours, an unwritten, invisible code of conduct that quietly permeates most Royal-centric programming in the U.K.
The Mirror has compiled a list of all the branches set to open from April 12.
Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit are a vital source of additional financial support for thousands of claimants across the UK.The ‘legacy’ benefits are gradually being phased out and being replaced by Universal Credit.