Some older people may not automatically receive Winter Fuel Payments of up to £600 due to bank account type

Shawn Mendes and his much older girlfriend Charlie Travers have taken a big step in their rumored romance!

A new online petition is calling for the points system used to determine whether or not someone is eligible for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to be revised to enable more people with health conditions to benefit from additional financial support of up to £691 every four-week pay period.

Maya Jama and her boyfriend Stormzy put on a loved-up display for fans everywhere last night as they attended The British Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Maya, 29, and Stormzy, 30, rekindled their romance earlier this year following their split back in 2019, and in doing so, delighted their combined 6.4 million Instagram followers.

British Gas is giving people an extra special gift on Christmas Day by offering customers half price electricity on December 25 through its PeakSave scheme. The extra day of savings comes in addition to the recent extension of its PeakSave Sundays, offering customers half price electricity every Sunday between 11am and 4pm this winter - including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

New figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that by the end of October, nearly 18,000 widowed older people, mostly women, have received an average of £12,383 in backdated State Pension payments following a review of their entitlement to the contributory benefit.

Nadine Shah has released ‘Twenty Things’, the second single from her upcoming full-length, ‘Filthy Underneath’. Upon a hypnotic groove, dramatic piano stabs and a gloomy sonic atmosphere, Shah recounts various colourful characters who appear to hide darker secrets. In the second verse, she sings: “They’re laying flowers by the bus stop / Some poor old junkie’s lucks up  / Took a man and woman on the same day  / His right leg shorter than the other / The second eldest brother  / Goes to see his mother every Sunday ”. In a press release, Shah expressed that the sombre track was inspired by a slate of characters she encountered “whilst in recovery”.

A new alert issued for the UK means that the northern lights may be viewable in the skies tonight (December 1).

Virgin Media O2 is helping more people in need across Scotland access free mobile data this Christmas by rolling out the National Databank to 26 Scottish O2-owned stores, alongside increasing the amount of data available to help those who need it to get online and stay connected to loved ones.

Sub-zero temperatures have swept the UK this week, including parts of Greater Manchester. This weekend will see temperatures slip below freezing once again.

Ministers have faced questions about whether new data powers could be used to look at the bank accounts of older people in receipt of the State Pension. Conservative former minister David Davis claimed that measures aimed at tackling fraud in the benefit system within the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill would allow the state to “put people under surveillance without prior suspicion”.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May have = decided to end Prime Video's The Grand Tour, according to reports. The much-loved trio launched the show in 2016 after they departed from BBC's Top Gear.

British singer Tom Odell has tied the knot with his Georgie Somerville in a stunning traditional ceremony.The happy news was shared on Instagram by friend of the couple, singer-songwriter Tom Rosenthal, who attended the nuptials on Saturday, November 25. Sharing a rather blurry photo on Instagram, Tom said: "Congratulations to the brilliant duo @meme.devil and @tompeterodell.This is the only shot I got but I think we can all agree I nailed it." Tom's snap showed his pal and fellow singer, who is best known for his smash hit Another Love, standing in a church dressed in a black tux and dickie bow, alongside his stunning bride, who wore a long-sleeved ivory dress, and accessorised with a cool head piece.

While representation is improving in television and film, one deaf actress says that more needs to be done to ensure more people like her are seen on screen. Vilma Jackson, 33, who has been on Coronation Street, is working to change the narrative about being Deaf in television and film. The actress and film director played the role of Charlie while she was on the cobbles, a British Sign Language (BSL) tutor, who was supporting parents Chesney Brown (Sam Aston) and Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) with their deaf son Aled.

There was some good news for Greater Manchester in the autumn statement today (November 22), but local leaders have warned that many people will still face a difficult winter. Jeremy Hunt announced changes to pensions, benefits and national insurance in his speech this afternoon, telling MPs the country has 'turned a corner' after a turbulent time which saw some 'difficult decisions' made.

On the sixth anniversary of the tragic death of British camera operator Mark Milsome and two years after Halyna Hutchins died, a survey has found nearly three-quarters of UK below-the-line crew feel their safety has been compromised at work.

Boris Johnson wanted to let Covid “rip” despite the fact people would die, while Rishi Sunak also thought that was “okay”, the public inquiry has heard.

Like many of us, Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones was obsessed with Disney as a child. It was his dream to work for them - a wish that got lost along the way, but would eventually be realised.

Jurors in the trial of Lawrence Jones, who denies two charges of rape, have been urged to ‘not make assumptions’. The 55-year-old, former founder of tech company UK Fast is alleged to have 'stupefied' two young women with unknown drugs before raping them on separate occasions at a flat in Salford in the early 1990s.

Millions of people over State Pension age are set to receive a series of one-off payments worth MORE THA £1,000 between now and the end of the year to help ease the financial pressure of higher heating bills and the ongoing cost of living crisis. There are four key payments to look out for, but one of them is paid directly to your energy supplier and may need to be claimed while the others should arrive automatically.

SPOILER ALERT: This story features details from Season 6 of The Crown