Thousands of divorced women claiming State Pension could be due up to £80.45 extra a week in underpayments

coronavirus in what is a “bleak” situation, a Government scientist has predicted. Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) told MPs that immediate action was needed across the UK, and not just regionally, to stem the rising tide of Covid-19 cases.

Also on this day: British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrender to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.Guglielmo Marconi begins offering limited commercial wireless telegraph service between Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Dee Cannon, the British acting teacher who schooled the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Ben Whishaw, Colin Firth, Tom Hiddleston and Andrea Riseborough, died Sept. 28 of myeloma, her rep announced.

Dua Lipa is taking The Sun to task for their allegations.

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 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

BGT.They said "most of which relate to Nabil Abdulrashid's performance."Comic Nabil had attracted hundred of comments the week prior during his semi-final performance.In his last chance to be announced as winner, he remained defiant and come back with an even bigger routine as he tackled a range of issues from racism, politics and he even poked fun at the Ofcom complaints the ITV talent show has received this year.A joke about Winston Churchill appeared to go down badly with viewers who

Simon Cowell's recovery from surgery to repair his broken back could keep him confined mostly to his bed for another six months. That's according to a friend of the "America's Got Talent" producer, who's been at home in Malibu, California, since August, when he confirmed he was injured badly while riding an electric bike for the first time."It's been a rough few weeks," the pal reportedly told British tab The Sun.

Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody were among those who paid for seats at shows in the United States. Mr McGuigan said: "On big fights like this, you don't expect to give tickets away whether they are a celebrity or not."Details of the high-profile payments emerged on day eleven of his multi-million pound courtroom showdown with Mr Frampton.

another set of lockdown rules will come into effect on October 9. As of this Friday at 6pm, the country's hospitality sector will effectively grind to a halt for at least two weeks.But the rules will be harshest across the central belt, where all licensed premises will be closed.

Kim Kardashian has been spotted breaking down in tears during an interview in the trailer of talk show host David Letterman's Netflix programme.The 39 year old, whose Skims brand was recently launched in the UK with her own themed cafe, featured in the short clip for the third season of 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction' alongside many other famous faces.

From today the state pension age in the UK has risen for both men and women.As of October 6, Brits will need to be 66 to be eligible to claim for the benefits.The new changes mean that anyone born after 5 October 1954 will have a state pension age of at least 66 - for some women that is six years after the date they were originally told they could claim.It's the first rise to affect men as well as women as the Government looks to cut costs as people live longer lives.Further rises to 67 and 68

Universal Credit claimants will receive a boost to their benefit payments of up to £405 a month from October 8. People whose benefit payments dropped when they transferred from one of the 'legacy benefits' to Universal Credit will get a monthly increase of either £120, £285 or £405.

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.