State pension age changes for millions of people in the UK from today

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe UK’s £500M Film and TV Production Restart Scheme officially opens from today following state aid approval being granted by the EU.The DCMS has extended the deadline for registration and start of production to February 2021 and said today that “eligible productions will be onboarded within days”.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThe Kilwinning branch of the Royal British Legion have announced changes to this year’s Remembrance Day parade — and members of the public are asked not to attend due to Covid-19 restrictions.The branch has arranged a short service of Remembrance and invites one person from each local organisation to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in the cemetery at Glasgow Road.Face masks must be worn at all times

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw councillor has hit out at the UK Government as the state pension age was raised above the life expectancy of men living in Craigneuk.Both men and women now have to reach the age of 66 before they are eligible for the state benefit.Independent councillor Angela Feeney took to social media retweeting a Wishaw Press story from 2013 which compared Craigneuk and North Korea to get her point across.The

coronavirus hotspot areas across the UK could be told to shield this winter under plans reportedly being considered by the government as infections continue to soar.

Charlotte Crosby has appeared to throw shade at her ex-boyfriend Joshua Ritchie after he announced he’s signed up to OnlyFans. After Joshua, 26, took to Twitter to share a link to his account, the former Geordie Shore star, 30, seemed to make a dig at his new X-rated career move, as she tweeted: “LOL.” Clearly amused, Charlotte also uploaded a sassy video of Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon rolling her eye on Instagram Stories.

significant State Pension rights, a former pensions minister has claimed. Sir Steve Webb, a partner at pensions consultants Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), said in the late 1990s and early 2000s there were around 4,000 divorces involving women aged over 60 each year in the UK with the annual numbers increasing ever since.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't be celebrating Christmas with the rest of the royal family this year, apparently. A source close to the couple told Vanity Fair that the Sussexes don't have any plans to fly back to the United Kingdom for the holidays this year, in spite of earlier reports suggesting they hoped to do just that.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

systems £8.6 million each year, whereas maximising Pension Credit payments in Motherwell and Wishaw would cost only £4.7 million.

Mirror, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said banks and other lenders will instead be required to offer customers tailored support to stop debt spiralling - including scrapping interest payments, extending loan terms and ditching other charges.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have denied that they are about to enter the world of reality TV. It was reported early Monday that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were planning a show under their new Netflix deal.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC Studios has closed a raft of global deals for Steve McQueen’s hotly-anticipated anthology drama Small Axe, which will premiere on BBC One in the UK and Amazon in the U.S.Australia’s Foxtel, France’s Salto, Spain’s Movistar+, Russia’s KinoPoisk, and Greece’s Cosmote TV are among the territories to have picked up the show.