Martin Lewis slams viewer's claim he gave Rishi Sunak interview questions before TV chat

Naman Ramachandran Producer Shrihari Sathe of New York-based production company Dialectic is enjoying the best time of his life, with no less than three of his projects, each completely different in style, genre and tone, being selected at A-list festivals.The latest career high for Sathe began with Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s continent-hopping, multilingual identity tale “No Land’s Man” being selected at Busan in October 2021, followed by Francisca Alegria’s Spanish-language magical realist drama “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” premiering at this year’s Sundance. Now, “Stay Awake,” an expansion of Jamie Sisley’s 2015 short film of the same name that premiered at the Berlinale and won the Jury Prize at Slamdance, makes its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus strand on Feb. 12.

Hannibal Mejbri admitted he found it 'difficult' to understand his Manchester United team-mates' Mancunian accents in 2019.

It's a quick turnaround for Manchester City as they prepare to continue their Premier League title defence against Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea and Newcastle United star Gavin Peacock still felt there was something missing.Perhaps it was the thrill of playing in front of a 100,000 strong Wembley crowd in the 1994 FA Cup final. Maybe it was the irreplaceable day-to-day dressing room culture all footballers fall in love with?Whatever it was, it was missing, and Peacock found himself “in need of a saviour”.A flight to Calgary, and many years off studying later, Peacock overhauled his life, left the BBC sofas for good, and embarked on a spiritually fulfilling quest as a pastor.

Playboy star Melissa Howe has revealed that the infamous mansion Grotto saw that much sex, the water became infected.The Berkshire born model, 31, lived at Hugh Hefner's famous Los Angeles mansion between 2013 and 2017, alongside her twin, Carla.During her time at the famous residence, Howe saw a string of A-list celebs walk through the doors and attended Hefner's mega parties at the California home, which had been surrounded by zoo animals.But there is one stand out memory for Melissa that she explains repulsed her after discovering the gruesome news following a string of raunchy, yet 'normal' events.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, she told me: "I knew things were going on because we had a grotto in the garden, there would be craziness going on in the grotto with random people hooking up."The water was infected because they shut the grotto off."She went on to add in further detail: "When we heard that we were like 'what the f**k?' because we would be going in there all the time."We'd be chilling in groups because it was like a sauna, boiling up but when we heard that we were like 'okay, we're not going in there', people were having sex in the grotto." Following the news that a poodle became addicted to cocaine at the mansion, Melissa added: "His animals would always be going around the mansion, so I'm not surprised.

James Martin is back on our screens this morning with the latest episode of his cooking show Saturday Morning. However, many fans are likely to want to know a little more about the television chef and his life off-screen as well.James has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Louise Davies for over 10 years.The pair tend to keep their personal life to themselves and are rarely seen in public together.However, James has opened up in the past about their relationship, as well as why they won’t have children.Speaking in an unearthed interview from 2018, Jame explained he doesn't want kids.He said: “I go round to my mate’s house, who has four kids, and realise that I don’t want them after about two minutes."Kids are great, but it’s just no, not for me.“You sacrifice so much in this work and the job and everything else.

direct to your inboxMoney Saving Expert Martin Lewis has explained why he deleted his 'upsetting' comments about the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry interview with Oprah which aired on ITV last night.The finance expert removed the 'joke' he'd shared after he discovered it had upset people.Now Martin has explained what happened."Earlier I jokingly wrote "Anything on telly?" feigning ignorance of the yr's most high profile TV. Many found it funny," he said."A few misread as aimed to diminish impact of interview's themes, incl racism.

direct to your inboxMoney Saving Expert Martin Lewis has  divided opinion with a tweet about the Government's latest voucher scheme proposal.Posting on the social media platform, the finance journalist explained how Boris Johnson wants to bring in a voucher scheme which will help to combat obesity.Posting on Twitter, he wrote: "I read this morning the PM wants to introduce vouchers to help with the UK obesity (thus covid) problem.

Martin Lewis has told his Twitter followers that it was time to “sign off” the micro-blogging site once again, after an online spat earlier today.The Money Show host said he didn’t want to let negative comments “ruin” the rest of the weekend, so was taking a break from the site.Martin made his decision after remarks were made following his appearance on The Andrew Marr Show.One Twitter user took aim at the lack of “balance” shown in the BBC programme.“Spending time reviewing the right wing papers today with a man who’s married to a BBC employee and a BBC employee, for ‘balance’.

5 per cent deposit mortgage scheme starting next month.The mortgage guarantee scheme will be available to current home-owners as well as first-time buyers looking for a property for up to £600,000.The initiative will be available from April and is designed to increase the appetite of lenders to offer high loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages to creditworthy customers across the UK.

direct to your inboxLast night Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis hosted a special one-off edition of his ITV show.The Martin Lewis Money show welcomed guest Rishi Sunak to chat with Martin about the 2021 Budget, and how it will impact REAL people - people who often feel forgotten about and snubbed when new policies are announced.As part of the show, Martin took Rishi to task over Chancellor about what some people had termed a "stealth tax".However, the consumer champion explained that he believed the Government had been transparent about the steps - just that some Brits may not realise what it actually means.Martin showed a graph that showed the Income Tax Personal Allowance of £12,500 would stay frozen.However, for most people their pay

Martin Lewis hosted a special edition of his Money Show Live on Thursday night focusing on the “practicals, not the politics” of the UK Government’s recent Budget announcement.The Money Saving Expert met with Rishi Sunak, and for the first time in the show’s history, put viewers’ questions directly to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.In a packed 30-minute programme, the consumer champion explained how several issues raised in the Budget will work, including the furlough scheme extension, benefits, the fourth and fifth Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants (SEISS) and the so-called ‘Excluded’.Martin met with the Chancellor in Teeside for an interview ahead of the programme's 8.30pm slot on STV and when co-host Angelica Bell asked him

Martin Lewis put the nation's questions to Rishi Sunak on Thursday, after the Chancellor delivered huge financial changes affecting almost every single person in the UK this week.

Martin Lewis, 48, has taken to social media to hit back at a follower who told him to "have a break" after he mistakenly tweeted the incorrect end date of the stamp duty holiday. Martin's response came as he shared his reaction to Rishi Sunak's 2021 Spring Budget, which included discussing the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).Financial journalist and TV host Martin turned down a follower's suggestion of taking "a break" and continuing his work in the morning, following an error he made on social media.Taking to Twitter, the presenter replied: "Actually it won't I'm interviewing the Chancellor in the morning.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse will be taking up a seat alongside Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Davina McCall as they all watch closely to see who knows their sashays from their pliés. Hosting will be Joel Dommett, who also moves across from The Masked Singer.

Martin Lewis will be meeting Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Thursday ahead of a special Budget edition of his weekly consumer programme.The founder of MoneySavingExpert.com secured an interview with the Chancellor after extending repeated invitations for him to appear on The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.And one question the consumer champion and hundreds of his social media followers hope to have clarified is around the fourth Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant (SEISS).During Wednesday’s Budget, the Chancellor announced that 600,000 self-employed people will be able to claim the fourth SEISS grant - which they were unable to do so before.Speaking about changes to the scheme, Rishi Sunak said: "When the scheme was launched, the newly

direct to your inboxMoney Saving Expert Martin Lewis has been looking into the finer details of the 2021 Budget, after Rishi Sunak announced it earlier today.As part of the budget, the Chancellor announced that 600,000 self-employed people will be able to claim for a support grant - which they were unable to do before.On changes to the self-employed scheme, the Chancellor said: "When the scheme was launched, the newly self-employed couldn’t qualify because they hadn’t all filed a 2019/20 tax return."But as the tax return deadline has now passed, I can announce today that, provided they filed a tax return by midnight last night, over 600,000 more people, many of whom only became self-employed last year, can now claim the fourth and fifth

Martin Lewis, 48, has voiced his concerns after one of his fans “confused him with someone else” while watching The One Show last night.The presenter admitted he was both “intrigued and scared” to find out which guest from the BBC show he bore a resemblance to, after the viewer gushed over his “handsome” looks.The tweet from the fan read: “@MartinSLewis You’re looking handsome this evening on the one show.”Martin retweeted the post in view of his 1.1 million followers yesterday evening and clarified that he wasn’t on the programme.He penned: “I’ve not been on the one show. “You're obviously confusing me with someone else, I'm just intrigued/scared to find out who?”Last night, The One Show hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas were joined by

the Budget today at 12.30pm he is expected to focus on creating jobs and encouraging growth, but will also have to come up with an answer on paying for the coronavirus crisis.On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak announced that the furlough job scheme will be extended for a further six months, giving millions of employees financial support and job security until September.One person who will be watching the proceedings from Parliament closely is money-saving expert, Martin Lewis, who will be offering live Twitter explanations as announcements are made.The founder of MoneySavingExpert.com will also be meeting Chancellor Rishi Sunak for a 10-minute interview on Thursday ahead of a special Budget edition of his Money Show Live, which will air at 8.30pm on

Martin Lewis, 48, has admitted feeling like a "bystander", while taking part in BBC comedy show Would I Lie To You?.Taking to Twitter, the presenter disclosed to his 1.1 million followers that he spent most of the show "admiring the ridiculously rapid wit" of team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell and admitted to hiding behind furniture while it was airing in an attempt to avoid embarrassment.Taking to social media before the show aired, Martin told his fans he was planning to hide during the cringe-worthy parts of the show.He tweeted: "I am now moving behind the sofa for #WILTY so I can duck at the embarrassing bits."We recorded for two hours so no idea what's in."I was very much a bystander admiring the ridiculously rapid wit of the

Martin Lewis, 48, has responded to his wife’s Twitter update where she laughed at herself and her BBC Click co-star Spencer Kelly’s bizarre attire, amid a segment they are set to host on digital and sustainable clothes.The This Morning star joked his spouse Lara Lewington and her colleague were attempting to look alike, as they both posed in separate photos but with a similar pose on social media to promote their “fashion special”.Lara typed in view of her 45,3000 followers: “This weekend’s @BBCClick is a fashion special, featuring digital clothes, faux leather made from fungi, and much more, and as you can see, we know a lot about fashion…”Beside the caption, she shared a snap of herself next to a photo of Spencer, as they both donned