Thom Yorke backs Massive Attack for calling on government to cut carbon emissions at concerts

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Alexander Stewart said he had "real sympathy" with comments made last week by Ruth Davidson, who claimed the reduction in the benefit was the “wrong thing to do”. The £20 uplift to the all-in-one benefit was a temporary measure to help poorer families during the pandemic and is due to come to an end from October 6 in a move that has sparked fury among anti-poverty campaigners.

transferring money directly to criminals have surged by 71 per cent this year, with less than half of the cash lost in such circumstances being reimbursed to victims. A new report by UK Finance discovered that some £355.3 million was lost due to fraud where people had authorised the transaction in the first half of 2021 - marking a 71 per cent jump compared with the same period in 2020.

DCMS Committee’s recent report on the economics of streaming.The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Commons Select Committee have been examining the business model for streaming since last year and whether or not the model is fair to songwriters and performers.Over the summer, MPs stressed the need for a “complete reset” of the music industry to address the “pitiful returns” that artists receive.

Irn-Bru shortage as makers issue a warning over carbon-dioxide shortfall. Creators of the iconic drink have warned about “unprecedented circumstances” as the price of natural gas in the UK soars by 250% since January and 70% since August.Last week the staggering rise in cost led to the closure of two fertiliser plants.

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military planes and ships around Scotland as a huge operation begins today. We told yesterday how an armada of warships from across the globe were expected in Glasgow this week as part of the massive NATO exercise Joint Warrior.

Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer invited the audience at today’s RTS Convention in the UK to pitch names for his new, still untitled media company, which is backed by investment firm Blackstone. He might want to come up with one soon, as the outfit’s high-profile acquisition drive, which has seen it secure a megabucks deal for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, doesn’t look set to abate any time soon.

K.J. Yossman GB News, the Discovery-backed channel that set out to disrupt British news, has suffered its first high-profile walk-out after launching just three months ago as its top host, Andrew Neil, confirmed he is leaving the network.Neil went on a “summer break” in June after presenting only eight episodes of his primetime politics show.

Ant and Dec scooped the Best Presenter gong for an epic 20th time in a row, with a visibly emotional Ant seen clutching his new wife Anne-Marie as the news was delivered. The great and the good of British television gathered in North Greenwich for the star-studded awards show, which also saw Kate Garraway choke back tears as her Finding Derek documentary bagged the inaugural authored documentary award.

She's got the eye of the tiger. Katy Perry was calm, composed and most of all confident as she let the light in on the first single from her third album, Prism. 

announcing the return of , Netflix has dropped the official trailer. And it's not your typical trailer.

Last week, Piers Morgan took to Twitter to declare: "Do I get my job back?" after he was cleared by Ofcom following his comments about Meghan Markle on Good Morning Britain. And in his latest new! column, Peter Andre backs his friend Piers to get his job back and said he "wouldn't be surprised" if we saw him on GMB again.

Jamie Lang Sky and London’s Tottenham Hotspur, featured in the 2020 edition of Amazon Prime Video’s hit “All or Nothing” documentary series, will work together to make the club’s Sept. 19 fixture against London rivals Chelsea Football Club the world’s first net zero carbon major soccer match, ahead of next month’s UN COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.The match, supported by COP26 and the English Premier League (EPL), is being branded as #GameZero.

vaccinated despite the UK’s expert advisory body not backing jabs for healthy teens aged between 12 and 15. Professor Jason Leitch has said teenagers could still be vaccinated in the future as the chief medical officers of the four UK nations will now be asked for their views.