10 energy myths busted - from smart meters to keeping appliances on standby

The world-famous Blackpool Illuminations will cost almost £2million to run this year amid the cost-of-living crisis.

However, @SimonRedican argued: “Yeah people should leave celebs and royals who fly round in private jets alone. “They only have to do this in order to spread their climate message to the rest of us.”@Marleyj486 wrote sarcastically: “Shame there's no way of harnessing his hot air! “We'd be sorted till Easter at least!” Piers Morgan is best known for his strong political opinions, notably in regard to Harry and Meghan. Matt’s post comes after Piers admitted he felt "sick" after Meghan called herself a "real-life princess" in a new interview.The quote emerged when The Cut interviewed the Duchess of Sussex and shared a short clip of the chat on Twitter. They wrote: "Meghan is still very aware that people see her as a princess: 'It’s important to be thoughtful about it… “’There are little girls that I meet and they’re just like, ‘Oh my God, it’s a real-life princess'."Piers responded in view of his 7.9 million followers with a vomiting emoji.The TV host has gone after the former actress on other occasions too, especially after the Duchess’ new podcast, Archetypes, was released. It was met with one star reviews from The Times, which led to criticism from Piers. Piers once again dubbed Meghan "Princess Pinocchio", a nickname he coined, in response to Claudia Aoraha’s tweet about the podcast and the Duchess' claims she is frowned upon due to being ambitious. He said: “It’s not your ambition we dislike, Princess Pinocchio. “It’s the vile way you trash the Royal Family whilst simultaneously exploiting your royal status for millions of dollars as with this podcast."Archetypes released its latest episode last week and is only available on Spotify.

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Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim opened up about his new romance with model Marie-Lou Nurk, saying how keeping his love life under wraps in his previous relationship with ex-girlfriend Chrishell Stause was 'overwhelming.'The star of the Netflix reality series, 45, told People in an interview published Monday that he wasn't keen to relive what he went through previously in his romance with Stause, 41, as the pair secretly dated two months before emerging publicly with their relationship.'I didn't want to go through that again,' Oppenheim said of downplaying last year's relationship with Stause, which ended in December. 'We kept that private for a while, but we were so careful.

This Morning has been criticised as “dystopian” for offering to pay viewers’ energy bills in a segment. The show, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, offers viewers the chance to win cash prizes such as £1,000 or £3,000 with the presenters spinning a wheel of prizes in the show’s popular ‘Spin to Win’ segment.

Viewers tuning in to This Morning were left divided on Monday morning after a fan of the show was treated to having his energy bills being paid for four months after playing the Spin to Win competition. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield made their anticipated return to presenting This Morning today after enjoying their annual summer break.

This Morning (September 5) viewers saw the return of full time presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield as well as the return of the Spin To Win game.However the game had a twist, contestants could get their energy bills paid off as a prize.Viewers were less than impressed and took to social media to moan about the state of the country.READ MORE: This Morning fans beg for host shake-up as Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield returnPhil said: "This week we’ve got our usual cash prizes, but you could also win some extra cash to pay your energy bills until the end of the year. That’s four months of energy bills taken care of."Holly added: "Wow, that’s very important right now."Two people won the prize and were delighted that they wouldn't have to worry about the energy bills for a little while with one caller saying that his "prepayment meter" is "absolute murder".However viewers took to social media to blast the new prize, with some even comparing it to dystopian TV show Black Mirror.One said: "Actual worst timeline stuff that the prize wheel on This Morning now includes the option to win your energy bills paid for four months."Another wrote: "This Morning having ‘energy bills’ as a prize on their Spin To Win is the most dystopian and sad reflection on society right now… How did we get to this point? Madness."While a third penned: "If this doesn’t perfectly showcase what a dire state this country is in.

A consumer group has provided some money and energy-saving tips after issuing a warning that households will soon face skyrocketing bills this winter.

The cost of a pint would have to rise to “ridiculous” amounts to match the increase in running costs that landlords now face, according to a leading campaigner. Speaking to the Daily Star, Tom Stainer, the chief executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) group, said thousands of pubs could be forced to close because it is not “viable” for landlords to raise the cost of a pint to £15 or 20 to cover their soaring energy bills.

The cost of living has been at the forefront of many people's minds across the country, with yet another energy price cap rise in October set to rock households ahead of winter.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Iranian cinema is having a great year despite the many impediments film directors face there, including being jailed. Reflecting this burst of irrepressible cinematic energy, after strong showing of Iranian cinema at Berlin, Cannes and Karlovy Vary, Venice has five films from the country, two of which are in competition. Also, Leila Hatami, star of Cannes festival jurist Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation,” is a member of Venice’s main jury panel. “We have never received so many submissions from Iran, and many of them are good,” says Venice chief Alberto Barbera. He notes that “the paradox is that this is happening at a time when the Iranian regime is among the most rigidly conservative and repressive in the world,” and is responding to uprisings sparked by the country’s harsh economic conditions by re-incarcerating directors such as Jafar Panahi, whose latest film “No Bears” launches from Venice, fellow dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, and others “who try to freely express their opposing points of view.”

Cassie Sainsbury, often referred to as ‘Cocaine Cassie’, has described the moment she realised she had been busted for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Colombia. In a major new interview with Australia’s Channel 7 news, she told her side of the story - including the experience of being caught through her own eyes.

Liz Truss repeatedly declined to spell out her plans to tackle soaring energy bills, just 48 hours before she is tipped to become the next prime minister.

Liz Truss has said tax cuts that favour the rich are “fair” and promised only vague action on energy bills in a week’s time. Truss is the racing certainty to be declared the new Conservative leader and Prime Minister on Monday but has still to say how she would deliver help on the winter energy crisis.

READ MORE: 'UK's biggest spider' invades terrified man's home and keeps him hostage in bedroomThey are paying suppliers EDF just 12.44p per KW of electricity - in comparison to the average household in Britain which is forking out a whopping 17.16p per KW.For gas, Parliament are paying TotalEnergies just 1.97p per unit - less than half of what normal people were paying in the same period, which is around 7p.Campaigners say it is becoming “more and more clear” that a society “run only for a wealthy elite” is coming into force.They are calling on ordinary people to take action as MPs bask in their heated Parliament, while millions worry about how to pay hiked bills.A spokesman for the Enough is Enough campaigns nationwide movement which is trying to fight the cost of living crisis said: “Enough really is enough. And it is time for people to use the anger they hear on stories like these and turn it into action.“Energy bills are rocketing while fossil fuel giants make record profits.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large [Above: Emmanuel Acho celebrated at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys after winning for “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man.”] There’s a reason why event producer Bob Bain didn’t employ a host for this year’s two Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies. He has 45 awards to give out on Saturday, Sept. 3, and 48 categories to honor on Sunday, Sept. 4 — which means there’s little time for anything else. “If you think about it, the biggest challenge for a host is that once you have him or her, you have to justify them being up there,” Bain says. “For us to create, over the course of two hours, six or eight throws or standups for a host, just takes up more time than we feel we need to spend.”

Callum Davidson hailed his front two after Saturday’s comfortable win against St Mirren.

Families all over the UK are desperately trying to cut down on their energy bills. With the new price cap of £3,549 a year set to come into force on October 1, it can be handy to know exactly which appliances in your household are using up the most money, so it's easier to cut down.

Early morning trends will bring some unforeseen problems. After a frustrating delay you will reach an important goal. If you need an outlet for pent-up energy or emotion, think about taking a little more exercise.