Stockport residents facing 3.5 per cent council tax rise from April

Andy Burnham faced a furious crowd as he was asked about the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone at a Mayor's Question Time event this week.

Adele has promised her fans that her Weekends with Adele residency in Las Vegas will “absolutely 100 per cent” happen this year.The singer was due to start the residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on January 21, with the run of shows extending through to April.However, Adele postponed the gigs the day before the opening night of her residency, telling her fans in a video message that her show wasn’t ready.“We’ve tried absolutely everything we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID,” she said. Weekends with Adele has yet to be rescheduled.A post shared by Adele (@adele)Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, which airs on BBC One tonight (February 11), Adele moved to reassure her fans that her Vegas residency will still be taking place in 2022.“It has to happen this year because I’ve got plans for next year,” she told Norton (via BBC News).

Greater Manchester residents will face a 7.1 pc increase in part of their council tax bill from April as leaders approve spending plans for the next financial year.

Council tax bills for Bury residents are set to rise by around three per cent from April according to the authority’s proposed budget.

Lisa Nandy has slammed the government's levelling up strategy, likening it to a feudal system in which the north has to go 'cap in hand to a group of masters' in Westminster 'who determine what happens in our own lives and our community'.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that State Pension payments will increase by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from April 11, 2022.

West Lothian councillors will meet to decide the last budget of this current administration next week – and they face making some tough decisions to balance the books.

Council tax is expected to increase by around 3 pc from April in Wigan.

Adele’s boyfriend Rich Paul, 40, knows how to throw a party! Before heading to London for Adele’s performance at the 2022 BRIT Awards, which is taking place on Feb. 8 at the O2 Arena in London, Rich celebrated at his home in West Hollywood, Calif., with some famous friends, including Meek Mill, 34, Kevin Hart, 42, and LeBron James, 37.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming FX limited series “The Patient” has cast Alex Rich in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively.Rich joins previously announced series leads Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson as well as cast members Linda Emond, Laura Niemi, and Andrew Leeds in the series, which hails from “The Americans” duo Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields.In the half-hour series, a psychotherapist (Carell) finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer (Gleeson) with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges. But unwinding the mind of this man while also dealing with the waves of his own repressed troubles creates a journey perhaps as treacherous as his captivity.Rich previously appeared in the critically-acclaimed Netflix series “GLOW” in the role of Florian, the butler and best friend of Sebastian “Bash” Howard.

He’s taking it easy on her! After Adele, 33,  broke down in tears announcing the cancellation of her highly-anticipated Vegas residency, rumors swirled about where boyfriend Rich Paul, 40, fell in the situation. After The Sun reported that the singer was in Beverly Hills working to ‘fix’ her ‘strained’ relationship, Adele clapped back on Instagram, stating that Rich “sends his love.” Now, HollywoodLife has EXCLUSIVELY learned that contrary to reports, Adele and Rich’s relationship is stronger than ever, and he’s been her “rock” through the entire “ordeal.”

Household energy bills are set to rocket this year with the energy price cap set to rise by 54% in April.

The £693 rise in energy bills this April will be a “hammer blow” for Scottish households, consumer campaigners and politicians have warned.

Following the announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak that households in a certain council tax band will receive a rebate on utility bills, you may be wondering if you qualify.

Andy Burnham has been accused of 'ignoring' the public as he defended a full council tax increase for police which fewer than one in four people supported.

Doesn’t seem like Adele’s romance is making things easy on her right now…

Moving homes is an exciting but stressful process.

Manchester United have been told by Mark Noble they could have the new Paul Scholes on their hands if they sign Declan Rice in the summer.

Whoopi Goldberg is facing criticism after her comments about the Holocaust on “The View”.

Whoopi Goldberg, 66, is facing a slew of backlash for the comments she made about the Holocaust and its relation to race on Monday, Jan 31’s episode of The View. The co-host made her bold statement while discussing how a Tennessee school district recently banned Maus, a graphic novel about a Holocaust survivor. “The Holocaust isn’t about race,” Whoopi stated. “Well, they considered Jews a different race,” her co-host Joy Behar clarified to which Whoopi responded, “it’s not about race.” “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” she said when asked to explain her stance.