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Charles has to be 'careful' not to get too political says Cole Sign up for FREE royal alerts SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Royal accounts published on Thursday showed the monarchy's taxpayer-funded spending came to £102.4million during 2021/22 - an increase of £14.9million, or 17 percent, on the previous financial year. Official royal travel amounted to £4.5million, housekeeping and hospitality to £1.3million, utilities £3.2million and payroll costs £23.7million. Related articles Royal Family LIVE: Sussex’s Netflix series ‘smells of desperation’ Harry and Meghan look to turn Archie and Lilibet into ‘TV superstars’ Property maintenance soared by £14.4million to £63.9million, as the 10-year … [Read more...] about Prince Charles ‘extremely conscious’ of cost of living crisis as royal spending soars

Households are suffering from the biggest cut in living standards since the 1950s amid escalating food and fuel bills alongside rising taxes and interest rates. Inflation is at 9%, its highest level in 40 years, driven by spiralling energy and food prices. The average UK household’s annual energy bill rose from £1,277 to £1,971 in April (equal to an extra £60 a month), while food prices are up around 6% on a year ago with the average UK household now spending an extra £23 per month. Meanwhile, the Bank Of England raised interest rates from 1% to 1.25%, the fifth consecutive rise, last week. And around nine in ten households have felt the impact of rising prices, according to official data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Here, we speak to three households about how they are coping with the ever-worsening cost of living crisis… ‘The government needs to give people more financial support’ Su Morgan, 42, runs a coffee subscription service called Dog … [Read more...] about The families on the frontline of the cost of living crisis: ‘It’s not fair that people are struggling so much’

Zodiac signs: Best place to live in the UK and abroad for each star sign (Image: Getty) Sign up and receive our free daily stars from Russell Grant SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Astrologists at Starsignstyle explained "a natal chart or birth chart is produced for a place when it’s founded or established, for instance, Great Britain’s ‘birthday’ is December 25, 1066, so it’s Capricorn". Therefore, there are cities and countries more suitable than others for each zodiac sign. Which one is yours? Related articles Keep potatoes edible for months with clever storage hack Cliff Richard: Star's 3 tips for healthy ageing Aries (March 21 - April 19) The countries that are ruled by Aries include Palestine, England, … [Read more...] about Zodiac signs: The best place to live in the UK and abroad for each star sign

THE View host Whoopi Goldberg has been slammed for claiming the cast’s Bahamas trip allows viewers to live vicariously through them. Fans have blasted her for being “out of touch” with reality and with what’s going on with the average viewer. To celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary, the hosts enjoyed a Bahamas getaway together and filmed the show on-location from their luxury vacation. While fans understood that the cast was there to honor The View’s milestone moment, they slammed the show, and especially Whoopi, for how they went about it all, and the timing of it. One remark that really irked viewers arrived during Monday’s show, when the moderator claimed her and her hosts’ stories about their fun vacation would help viewers be able to live through them. “Definitely thought that was a bit cringe and out of touch,” one user wrote on social media. Read More on The View NAME SHAME The View host Whoopi Goldberg FORGETS co-host's name in … [Read more...] about The View’s Whoopi Goldberg slammed for claiming viewers can ‘live vicariously through them’ during cast’s Bahamas trip

Many things in life may cause people confusion – from the chicken to the egg or the correct pronunciation of scone. It can be truly baffling. But, this American living in the UK has been left befuddled by British supermarket flooring. READ MORE: American feels they've been 'lied to' after trying British cheese for first time Not quite the great philosophical question, but this US expat has questioned why the shop floors have the ‘exact’ same pattern. Instead of turning to Google or flipping through pages of a book to search for the answer, the American put their trust in TikTok to figure out why supermarket floors are the ‘same’. The eagle-eyed American took a walk around the aisles of Sainsbury's and asked: “Why do all grocery stores in the UK have the exact same floor? It's so ugly it makes me not want to buy anything?” In true British fashion, many people fled to the comments on the viral clip to mock the American – and some gave more probable answers. One … [Read more...] about American living in the UK questions why Brit supermarkets have ‘same ugly floor’

The government says we must learn to live with COVID-19. But as the number of infections continue to rise that becomes increasingly difficult. Our lives are disrupted either through falling sick to the virus, having our children off school or not being able to get the goods and services we need because of the impact this virus is having on our workforce. This is before we even begin to assess the effect on our short-term and long-term health after repeat infections of the virus. About 20 million lives were saved by the COVID-19 vaccine in its first year but another 600,000 deaths could have been avoided if the World Health Organization (WHO) had met its target, according to new estimates. The herd immunity some were predicting has not quite materialised. The Omicron sub variants are largely to blame for that. Advertisement Waning immunity in a population that is largely vaccinated has prompted the call for a new round of boosters to be made more … [Read more...] about Government may need to rethink its strategy on living with COVID if summer surge continues

KSI is returning to the boxing ring to face rival Alex Wassabi. The YouTube sensation and music star was last in the ring in November 2019, when he defeated rival Logan Paul in pro boxing bout in Los Angeles. KSI won that fight by a split decision at the Staples Center. The British star sealed the win 56-55, 57-54, 55-56 on the judge's scorecards. He has since focused on his music career which has ruled out a comeback to the ring. KSI, 28, first boxed in a white collar bout in 2018 against online rival Joe Weller, 26, beating him in round three. That fight was the first YouTube boxing bout of its kind, and kick-started multiple huge money-spinning events. While Wassabi beat KSI's brother Deji earlier this year in March. Read more on KSI THOR THAT'S BRAVE KSI calls out Thor and breaks down how he would box Game of Thrones star WASS-UP KSI to make boxing return this year amid talks with Alex Wassabi … [Read more...] about KSI vs Alex Wassabi date: Start time, TV channel, live stream, venue, undercard for HUGE return

LEWIS HAMILTON will be allowed to continue his anti-racism campaign ahead of F1 races this season. Last year, the reigning world champion used the moments ahead of the national anthems to highlight causes, such as the Black Lives Matter movement. Hamilton also wore a t-shirt bearing the words "arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor " at the Tuscan Grand Prix to raise awareness of the woman who was shot by police in her own home. Hamilton also chose to take a knee before the races but his decision was not universally copied, with six of the 20 drivers choosing to remain standing. There was some criticism that it diluted F1 's We Race As One campaign, used to promote anti-racism and equality. The issue was raised by F1's new CEO Stefano Domenicali during testing earlier this month in Bahrain and the sport will make some tweaks to its pre-race procedure. The rainbow will be dropped from their message and the sport will use time on the grid to raise awareness … [Read more...] about Lewis Hamilton will be allowed to continue anti-racism stance and highlight Black Lives Matter by F1 chiefs

After hundreds of thousands of years of human history, you would think that after having achieved everything from inventing the wheel to sending astronauts into space, we would at least know how to drink a glass of water properly. Well, as it turns out, we’ve been doing this daily activity, which is fundamental to our very existence, wrong for our entire lives. Drinking water sounds simple enough, and you might wonder how anyone could possibly get it wrong, but according to one doctor, we’re all making one particular mistake that could lead to some serious health complications. READ MORE: Wearing your belt too tight could lead to cancer and infertility, experts warn Speaking to women’s wellbeing website Health Shots , Dr Vipul Rustgi, a general physician at Apollo Spectra in Delhi, India said that drinking water while standing could be harmful to our bodies. First of all, drinking water while standing can seriously disrupt digestion, the doctor warned, as doing so … [Read more...] about Doctor reveals we’ve been drinking water wrong our whole lives

By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes` Published 20 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Masaya Maruyama, his wife Junko and his brother Koichi, were sitting under the tailgate of their work van, trying to find a tiny bit of shade, as they drank profusely from large bottles of orange soda. The family of plumbers had been out in the baking sun laying pipes since 08:00 local time. By 11:00, the temperature at the construction site in Isezaki was hovering around 42C. "It got up to 47C the other afternoon," Mr Maruyama says. When asked how he manages to work in such sweltering temperatures, he says: "It's scary, I've never seen anything like this before." The three of them are all wearing jackets that have built-in electric fans that blow cool air around their bodies. But it seems barely adequate. For many in Japan, the heat over the last few days feels strange, and … [Read more...] about Living through Japan’s hottest summer on record