UK households to be paid to use washing machines at night in blackout warning

Martin Lewis and Angelica Bell returned for a new series of Money Show Live this week and jumped straight into cost of living issues affecting millions of households across the country. The duo started by helping people understand changes coming next April once the UK Government withdraws its £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee when gas and electricity bills are already being forecast to hit £4,350.

Guardian, the total number of UK homes with at least one paid-for subscription has fallen by 937,000 between January and September.According to consumer behaviour insights company Kantar Worldpanel, just over 16million homes in the UK pay for at least one video-on-demand subscription service.Dominic Sunnebo, global insight director at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “One million households have stopped streaming. The reason people are cancelling is the need to save money.“The most recent quarter saw two of the most anticipated releases of the year, they ranked as the top two most enjoyed pieces of subscription video-on-demand content during the period, and yet we still saw a continuation of the negative trend of the market getting smaller.”The two aforementioned shows are Game Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon and The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said recession is "possible but not inevitable," in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Sunday. "How worried are you?" Stephanopoulos asked Buttigieg of America's economic future on "This Week." "Look, it's possible but not inevitable," Buttigieg said.

Prince Andrew with his hand around the waist of a then 17-year-old Virginia Roberts – now Giuffre – with Ghislaine Maxwell beaming to one side.  The man behind the camera is disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. That photo – which was first published by The Mail on Sunday on February 27, 2011 – came to symbolise Mrs Giuffre’s case that, having been trafficked to the UK by Epstein, she had been sexually abused by Andrew on three occasions.

Florence + The Machine have shared a new live album recorded at their huge Madison Square Garden show in New York last month.The gig took place on September 17 as part of a world tour behind Florence’s new album ‘Dance Fever’, and a 24-track live album of the performance has hit streaming services today (October 14).The career-spanning set begins with recent single ‘Heaven Is Here’, with ‘Dance Fever’ songs ‘Free’, ‘King’ and more also aired.The live album then finishes with renditions of huge hits ‘Shake It Out’ and ‘Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)’.Listen to the whole thing below.The North American leg of the ‘Dance Fever’ world tour will wrap up tonight (October 14) with a show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. From there, the tour will continue on to the UK and Europe in November, before heading to Australia and New Zealand in early 2023.‘Dance Fever’, Florence + The Machine’s fifth studio album, was released in May 2022.

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has had his say on the best time to use your washing machine and tumble dryer after the National Grid warned of blackouts. The finance guru was quick to react after Brits were told they could face three-hour planned blackouts in the event of a gas shortage this winter.

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has been a fount of knowledge for consumers as the cost of living crisis becomes a very real thing with winter setting in. As the National Grid warned of up to three-hour planned blackouts during the coming months due to gas shortages this winter, Martin, 50, was quick to react to help consumers. Posing the question "when's best to use high energy appliances such as tumble dryers?", the finance guru took to Twitter to share his advice.

US President Joe Biden warned that the risk of a nuclear threat has reached its highest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, following harrowing threats from Vladimir Putin.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been unveiled in a newly released photo taken of the couple behind the scenes of their UK visit last month — just two days after King Charles's new portrait with Prince William was released. Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, are seen in a candid moment holding hands as they were captured before they took the stage together at the One Young World Summit in Manchester on September 5.The striking photos was shot and shared on Instagram by the pair’s favoured photographer Missan Harriman, who previously photographed Meghan pregnant with daughter Lilibet and on her first birthday.The images project a powerful union between the couple.

Machine Gun Kelly paid tribute to late Linkin Park frontman and “great human being” Chester Bennington during his concert at OVO Arena Wembley in London over the weekend.A month before Bennington’s death in 2017, Kelly performed with Linkin Park in Poland, and was set to support the band on the North American leg of their ‘One More Light’ world tour, which was cancelled following Bennington’s passing.“We had a tour that we were about to start and three days before we started that tour, Chester passed away,” Kelly told the audience. “The last time I saw him was here in Europe, so I encourage you, because life is short, to go live this life.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including songs rights data announcements that saw PRS For Music in the UK set out plans to launch a new online portal that will provide easy access to key data linked to the songs catalogue it represents and American collecting society MLC launch a new tool that allows music distributors to easily access data on unclaimed mechanical royalties in the US for over two million recordings, plus Pusha T’s latest entry into the world of corporate diss tracks. SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• PRS announces plans for new portal offering easy access to song rights data• MLC launches unmatched royalty identification tool• Pusha T drops second McDonald’s diss trackALSO MENTIONED• Listen to the full Setlist theme tune• The Great Escape announces First Fifty shows and 2023 CMU+TGE themes• Buy your TGE delegate pass• Dissecting The Digital Dollar reports• Pusha T – Spicy Fish Diss Track• Pusha T – Rib Roast• Pusha T’s New Diss Track Is an Arby’s Ad.

Machine Gun Kelly played a huge Wembley Arena gig last night (October 1) and was joined by special guests Skepta and Yungblud – see footage below.The rapper and singer is currently on the European and UK leg of his ‘Mainstream Sellout’ world tour and hit London on Saturday night.Alongside highlights from his own catalogue, the 28-song set saw Kelly welcome frequent collaborator Yungblud to the stage to perform ‘Acting Like That’ and ‘I Think I’m Okay’.Earlier in the set, Skepta was a surprise guest and performed ‘Praise The Lord’ with the rapper-turned-pop-punk star.See footage of the collaborations below.Aaaaand Skepta and Machine Gun Kelly pic.twitter.com/Q6oXWvd6vG— ali (@Justdip) October 1, 2022Back in August, Kelly pulled out a few tricks for the final show of his North American tour, which took place in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. During the show, the rapper-turned-pop-punk star zip-lined across the entire football field-length of the venue, Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium.

Victoria Beckham's SS23 show was undoubtably one of the hottest tickets at Paris Fashion Week . The Spice Girl turned high-fashion designer shared a sneak peak of her front row, sharing a photo with her 30.2 million followers with the caption "It’s Paris baby!! I’m so grateful for my family, @BritishVogue and @VogueMagazine for always supporting me on this journey xx VB."MORE: Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham are serving some serious looks at Paris Fashion WeekRELATED: Nicola Peltz breaks cardinal fashion rule - and we are inspired A post shared by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham)In the photo daughter in law Nicola Peltz, and Brooklyn Beckham put on a united front to cheer on Victoria during the show, (putting to bed any rumours of a feud.) Nicola wore baggy denim, and an asymmetric black top showcasing her new edgy style. Joining them were of course Romeo, David and Harper Beckham as well as British Vogue’s editor in chief Edward Enninful and American Vogue’s Anna Wintour.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a fan of the Princess of Wales! The Welsh actress, 53, took to her Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ mother. Alongside the picture, the Academy Award winner wrote: “I love our Princess of Wales❤️ I love our Welsh National Costume.❤️.”The Prince and Princess of Wales are heading to the US: DetailsThe sweet photo of the Princess with a little girl named Charlotte Bunting was taken earlier this week during the Prince and Princess of Wales’ visit to Swansea, Wales.