“Never trust a Tory” seems more apt than ever before, as after a few weeks of complete incompetence from the Conservative government, the newest chancellor (the ever-annoying Jeremy Hunt) has decided to scrap the universal Energy Price Guarantee from April 2023, meaning further uncertainty, particularly for Britain’s poorest citizens, after […]
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The Tories have been in limbo for weeks now, awaiting a new leader and Prime Minister to be elected. Now Liz Truss has been inducted into that role, we’re still waiting for some tangible action and concrete plans to be set out in response to the impending price rises in […]
As if the recent energy price hikes weren’t bad enough to handle on their own, smart meter customers of British Gas are struggling to see their up-to-date energy usage graphs due to glitches in the online account management system. The latest episode has seen energy usage graphs halted since mid-February, […]
The BBC has announced the two presenters for The Toddler Club, which airs from Monday 4th April on CBeebies. Nigel Clarke, who already presents The Baby Club, will present on alternate days with Gemma Atkinson, most known for her roles in various soaps including Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and Casualty. Each 14-minute […]
The BBC’s annual plan for 2022/23 has been published, including its ongoing commitment to children’s programming in the year ahead. The Corporation’s ‘strategic and creative plans’ include: creating more British animation, with the commission of three broadcast-quality pilots in the Ignite initiative, as well as acquiring more existing animated content […]
One of the big six energy companies, E.On Next, has blamed their meter reading system crash on money expert Martin Lewis for advising energy consumers to take readings of their non-smart gas and electricity meters on 31st March 2022, despite them missing the same advice to their customers. A now […]
In a move which wouldn’t seem out of place being featured as a “Overheard In Waitrose” meme, the high-end food retailer has sent a legal letter to supermarket Asda in relation to its recently announced “Just Essentials” range of budget food and household products. Waitrose claims the name is too […]
The BBC has announced that it will screen a brand new feature-length Wallace & Gromit film… in three Christmas’s time. 2024. If anyone was in any doubt about how long it takes to make an animated movie such as this, this news proves it. Aardman has had a long relationship […]
The CBeebies Bedtime Story studio has been no stranger to a celebrity or two over the years, with the successful short format programme attracting both young children and their parents to see who’ll be sharing story time with them next. Famous faces have included Tom Hardy, Suranne Jones, Jessica Ennis-Hill, […]
No-one can have failed to notice the rapidly increasing cost of living particularly on food and energy usage, and it has caused many to keep an even closer eye on what they’re spending so they don’t get into debt. If you have a smart meter then you would think your […]
Fans of the CBeebies Christmas show / pantomime will be pleased to know that, following a socially-distanced 2020 “Christmas in Storyland”, this year’s show will be filmed this month in front of a live theatre audience. An adaptation of “The Night Before Christmas” story will unfold this autumn in front […]
Britain’s energy prices are spiralling upwards, seemingly out of control, as the wholesale cost of gas and electricity has skyrocketed in the past year or so. There are a number of reasons for this. If you’re interested, I’d suggest Googling it. I’m not going to write about it here, because […]