Millions of struggling Brits given cash grants worth £600 to help with costs

To help even more people of State Pension age access support worth around £3,300 on average each year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new interactive Pension Credit claim form which can be completed online, downloaded and posted to the Pension Service. This could be useful for those who cannot claim the benefit online or over the phone as progress on the 24-page application form can be saved and completed at a later time - find out more about this here.

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Princess Anne might be the hardest-working member of The Royal Family but she has a secret career lined up should she ever need to get a job.Despite rarely giving interviews, the only daughter of the late Queen often carries out more public engagements than any of her relatives but also works behind the scenes.The Princess Royal, 72, shunned London life and instead lives a much quieter life at Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, surrounded by her two children, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips.READ MORE: From Page 3 models to reality stars: Celebrities who dated and married royaltyDuring an interview with Terry Wogan in 1985, the princess was faced with the question, what would she do if the monarchy was abolished?While many would have been left speechless, she had the perfect response: "I'd have to work even harder on the farm.I think it's rather difficult to tell now what career I'd have liked to have pursued."But Terry left the Princess amused when he revealed she had actually passed her test and had a heavy goods vehicle driving license."Out of necessity, I qualified as a heavy goods vehicle driver," before adding: "I was actually asked if there was anything I could do, if as you mentioned The Royal Family was abolished and just like that."On the basis of if one didn't have a farm to work on or there was no other alternative, both my husband and I have heavy goods vehicle licenses."His is a HGV one and mine is a HGV three so it seemed like a very logical way of earning ones living."There is in fact quite a demand for good horse box drivers, we know one end of a horse from another, we thought we could probably crack that one between us."While Anne may be a sophisticated royal, many would be shocked to discover that Anne's

A special tribute. Ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral, eldest son King Charles III had specific requests when it came to her casket display.

Princess Charlotte, at the age of just seven, might be forgiven for struggling to maintain her attention through the long and sombre funeral service for her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.And royal fans have been quick to pick up on the young princess’s adorable efforts to be on her best behaviour throughout the service.The printed order of service, some noted, was almost as tall as Charlotte. READ MORE: Queen's funeral order of service in full – State funeral details revealed “The order of service booklet is half the size of Princess Charlotte,” Sarah Taylor wrote on Twitter.Gemma Jane, also on Twitter, was moved by the princess’s body language: “Charlotte swinging her legs and reading the order of service,” she wrote, followed by a cluster of heart emoji."Charlotte scrolling to the end of the order of service to see how long this thing is going to be is me at every mass/funeral/wedding ever,” added Twitter user Sophie Petzal. But many others commented how well the still very young princess was coping with the strict rules of the formal occasion.

– Left OutThe school gates are strange and political places. The soundtrack of squawking children and the wallpaper of colourful art projects and rattling charity buckets cons us all into thinking that they are cosy places, but they are riddled with anxieties and hierarchies and neurosis.

Ludacris, was charged with murder this week for a shooting in June.As reported by CNN, Zulu (real name Ahmed Obafemi) was involved with the incident at the APT 4B restaurant in Atlanta, which left one person dead.Officers arrived on the scene on June 26, finding three men with gunshot wounds, one of which was Zulu. According to his lawyers, Zulu fired his weapon in self-defence.After all three men were taken to hospital, one man – 23-year-old Artez Jamil Benton – died of his injuries.Following the incident, investigators identified Zulu as a suspect, with police obtaining warrants for his arrest.

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When Queen Elizabeth II died, it’s fair to wonder how much her family members gained as part of their inheritance. As heir to the throne and the next Duke of Cornwall, Prince William’s net worth is particularly interesting.

Since her husband took the throne, royal well-wishers have wondered about Queen Consort Camilla’s net worth and what she and Charles make now that he’s king.

A tough conversation. Princess Kate opened up about how her youngest son, Prince Louis, is coping with Queen Elizabeth II‘s death.

The Big Moon have taken to Twitter to appeal for help ahead of their UK tour, after their gear was stranded in Spain.“Help!! Our gear is stranded in Spain and we have our first show of the tour in Sheffield tomorrow,” the four-piece wrote on Twitter.

The Chase’s Anne Hegerty has defended This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield over "queue jumping" claims, following controversy surrounding the pair attending the late Queen’s lying-in-state in Westminster Hall. The morning TV hosts caused controversy as they appeared to jump the queue to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, while members of the public had to queue for at least 14 hours.

A boyfriend has been banned from approaching his police officer ex for ten years after a campaign of intimidation.

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Jamie Laing has told how his "whole building" was full of deadly carbon monoxide - and that his alarm may well have saved his life. The Made In Chelsea alumni, 33, woke at 6am to the ringing of his carbon monoxide detector, a beeping sound that lasted for more than half an hour. Wearing a black hoodie and looking sleepy, Jamie took to his Instagram Stories to ask fans for advice.

Kate Middleton has revealed that her son Prince Louis is struggling to understand his great-grandmother the Queen's death.The Princess of Wales, 40, shares Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four, with her husband Prince William, 40. On Saturday 17 September, Kate met Australia's Governor-General David Hurley at Buckingham Palace.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Armando Espitia, who broke out as the hapless young factory worker in Amat Escalante’s Cannes winner “Heli,” is attached to star in “Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building,” a feature project being brought to San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum by Mexico’s Bruno Santamaría Raso.  Also on board is actor – and writer-producer – Sofia Espinosa, who fulfilled all three roles in Max Zunino’s “Los Bañistas” and “Bruma” and won a Mexican Academy Ariel for her tearaway performance as Gloria Trevi in “Gloria.” Written and to be directed by Santamaría, “Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building,” (“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul,”) marks his first fiction feature. He caught attention and won a Chicago Golden Hugo Golden Hugo and Golde Q Hugo for best documentary for “Things We Dare Not Do,” a movie straddling fiction in its finish, production values and narrative structures as it depicts Toño, the eldest son and second father to a swarm of siblings, living in a benighted village on marshy plains and plucking up the courage to tell his mother that he’s gay.     

The Queen’s Piper will help close her state funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her death, will perform as the service comes to an end and the congregation stands, before the coffin leaves Westminster Abbey for Windsor.