What is happening with mortgage rates and when will they come down?

Stargazers will be in for a treat as the current Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend.

King Charles III has bestowed new military titles to Prince William, the next in line to the British royal throne and his eldest son, as well as his wife, Kate Middleton. Buckingham Palace announced this week that William now holds the titles of Colonel-in-Chief of The Mercian Regiment, Colonel-in-Chief of The Army Air Corps, and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of the RAF Valley.As for Kate, she is now Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of the RAF Coningsby.Other members of the royal family to receive new military titles include King Charles himself, his wife, Queen Camilla, the king's youngest brother, Prince Edward, his wife, Sophie, Charles' sister, Princess Anne, and the late Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, Prince Richard.

Gemma Atkinson was among the many supporting Adam Thomas as he addressed his Strictly Come Dancing appearance for the first time. The Waterloo Road actor delighted his fans and celebrity pals when it was revealed he's signed up to the 2023 run of the BBC One dance contest.

Expect a mixed bag of weather in Greater Manchester this week - with sunshine and showers forecast.

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 is taking a small break between arcs. Season Two episode 6 will not be in its usual time slot as instead there will be a few recap episodes coming up. Given how the series has just returned this may be a little confusing.

Some of the biggest lenders in Britain are said to be making significant cuts to their mortgage rates from tomorrow (August 9). Three major banks will make reductions of up to 0.55 percent on fixed mortgage products, which is set to be good news for many homeowners.

You might be asking, where has British filmmaker Andrew Haigh been, and the answer is right here and under your nose. While he hasn’t made a feature-length film since 2017’s English coming-of-age movie, “Lean On Pete,” starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny and Travis Fimmel, he was right back on it in 2021 with The BBC miniseries “The North Water” starring Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag It's never easy when a couple splits and in 2023, it seems that more celebrities than ever are parting ways. From Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez to Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, it truly has been a summer of break-ups. Relationship expert Tina Wilson says celebrities face particular strains when it comes to keeping a marriage alive.

Those looking to sell their homes this year may be left wondering what's best to do amid the current mortgage crisis. Millions of homeowners are seeing this monthly repayments soar as a result of the recent interest rate hikes.

Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag The words 'you ain't my mother' are easily some of the most iconic in British soap history, as they were shouted by EastEnders' Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) to Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), after the former found out that Kat was really her mother. Longtime fans of the East London-based soap will, no doubt, remember the dramatic scenes well, as Zoe, who had been raised to believe that her grandfather Charlie, was her father, and that Kat was her sister, announced in the Queen Vic that she was moving to Spain to work in her Uncle Harry's bar.

Simple Plan have announced a 2024 tour of the UK and Europe – check out the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (July 31), the band took to Instagram to share a list of Europe and UK tour dates between January and February next year, with State Champs and Mayday Parade confirmed as support.The extensive tour will see all three bands perform 20 shows across Europe and the UK, with shows confirmed for Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Berlin, Cologne, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Leeds, London and more.A post shared by Simple Plan (@simpleplan)Pre-sale tickets to the tour will be available from today (August 1) from 10am local time onwards via the official Simple Plan website with the code “ICONIC”. Meanwhile, general ticket sales begin on Friday (August 4) at 10am local time.“It’s gonna be great to play a bunch of new songs from our latest album ‘Harder Than it Looks’ as well as all the fans’ favourites from our early records.

Amanda Holden appears to have baffled her fans as she posed alongside her rarely-seen husband. The Britain's Got Talent judge said last week that she was enjoying an idyllic getaway with her beau Chris Hughes as she shared a new bikini snap to social media.

Squid have teamed up with Tim Key to record the audio of Paul Ewen’s story Lessons, which is available to listen to now.The story was first featured on a pamphlet inside vinyl copies of the band’s new album ‘O Monolith’, which came out last month, while Squid guitarist Anton Pearson has written accompanying music for the audio read by UK poet, screenwriter and comedian Key, which is free to listen to on Bandcamp and YouTube.“We’ve loved working with these two people we really admire,” Pearson said of the release in a press statement.You can listen to the new audio recording below.Elaborating on the collaboration, Pearson said: “John Fahey’s story insert to his 1967 album ‘The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death’, inspired the project, and after reading and listening to Paul Ewen’s amazing work (London Pub Reviews, How to be a Public Author) and talking to him, we found he had a great understanding of our work and exciting ideas for the project.“He said he wanted to write a story about an out of touch geography teacher and it doesn’t get much more exciting than THAT! Similarly, Tim seems to have an amazing grasp of Paul’s humour and his delivery takes it to another level, as is the case on the pub reviews series.”A post shared by Squid (@squidbanduk)Pearson continued: “I went to see Tim on his Mulberry tour and loved it so was very excited to have him involved. It was fun writing some music for the audiobook, I used stems from the album for some of it and built other bits from scratch.

While the royal family continues to have a strained relationship with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the ongoing drama has only brought King Charles III and Prince William closer.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sensationally stepped down as senior royals in 2020 to start a new life in the US, but new reports suggest they may return soon.

A "serial" paedophile lured children into his 'Neverland Ranch-style' home by keeping monkeys, meerkats and a pig.

Naveen Kumar A posh country estate where half a dozen lovers unveil their infidelities is the setting of “The Cottage,” which opened at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater tonight. Set in 1923, this comedy of manners by the playwright Sandy Ruskin is so thoroughly old-fashioned that it may come as a surprise it’s not based — like so many Broadway outings lately are — on existing material. Which is not to say that any part of it feels original.   This is a paint-by-numbers sex farce, with parameters that do not extend beyond the obvious: heterosexual marriage is restrictive for all, unreasonable for many, and, oh, so thrilling to transgress. The forbidden-fruit pleasures that “The Cottage” tries to pass off as a feast, in a lavish production directed by Jason Alexander, are familiar, superficial and fleeting.

A royal expert claims that Harry and Meghan have “hit a brick wall” and exhausted all possibilities for them across the pond.

Viewers who were looking forward to tuning into This Morning on Monday (July 24) will have been left disappointed as the ITV show has been taken off-air. The flagship show normally airs every Monday to Friday from 10am until 12:30pm with the likes of Holly Willoughby, Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond hosting.