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The government is set to increase state pensions from today after it confirmed the return of the triple lock guarantee.

IQ, the gender pay gaps in live music companies Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Academy Music Group and AEG range from 16.5 per cent to 37.5 per cent.Live Nation UK has “reported a 24.8% improvement on the 2021/22 median pay gap, reducing the disparity to 6.6% in 2022/23.”In a statement, Live Nation said: “In senior management positions/the upper quartiles pay, and bonus, are both heavily linked to the delivery of commercial performance, and therefore show bigger variance than at other levels of our business.“We regularly review salaries and have recently undertaken a full job levelling review to ensure our commitment to paying equally for the same job (and for equal levels of experience) is robust.”At Ticketmaster, “women’s median hourly pay is still significantly lower than men’s at 25.9% in 2022/23, while their mean pay is 16.5% lower.”Elsewhere, AMG’s first report since 2018/19 revealed “an increase in pay disparity during the last four to five years. Women’s median pay is 10.7% lower than men’s in 2022/23, up from 6% in 2018/19.

Manchester City have again managed to pile the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 4-1 win over Southampton.

Airbnbs have become a popular choice for weekend city breaks and rural staycations across the UK. Manchester now has a huge array of Airbnb rentals - ranging from stylish homes and quaint cabins to rustic loft conversions.

Glasgow belongs to Celtic right now. But Rangers boss Michael Beale is adamant there are two top teams in the city.

Ben Croll Banking on the continued success of Latin American projects at immersive festivals and showcases across the globe, Mediamorfosis director Damian Kirzner is looking to help local creatives build stronger in-roads into the international XR ecosystem. The founder and director of Latin America’s largest new media forum, Kirzner was at this year’s NewImages Festival to present a panel, press the flesh, and to take a victory lap of sorts as a pair of locally flavored productions claimed the top prizes.    You attended NewImages to give a presentation on partnerships between France and Latin America. What progress has been made on this front?

This fixture more than any other is about bragging rights – the ability to lord out over your biggest rival is what has both sets of punters returning time and again.

Barry Robson admits being time served as the master's apprentice under Derek McInnes at Aberdeen was an eye-opening affair.

Michael Beale reckons Douglas Park departs the Ibrox boardroom having helped piece back together a broken club.

Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell warns his side will have to earn any points they take from Livingston in their Premiership clash this afternoon.

No one would be surprised to hear Pedro Pascal made more than Bella Ramsey on The Last Of Us. But this much more??

James Gunn might be able to give superhero fans something that they all want to see – a Marvel-DC crossover.

Vincent Cassel has wiped every image of his wife from his Instagram feed. The ‘La Haine’ actor, 56, was first said to have deleted the pictures of his model partner Tina Kunakey, 26, by Mail Online on Thursday (06. 04.

A football finance expert has taken a pop at Celtic fans after his comments on the state of Rangers finances.

Kenny Miller doesn't think it's individual quality that separates Celtic and Rangers – it's the way they operate as a team.

It’s do or die time for Dalbeattie Star this weekend.

The salaries paid to The Last of Us stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have become a viral topic after some alleged numbers were spread on social media.

Plans for a huge, £53m apartment block towering 26 storeys on Salford's border with Manchester have been tabled.

Celebrity couples with big differences in their ages have been a topic of discussion for a long time and despite the age gaps, they often are some of the most long-lasting couples in Hollywood!

Elle Fanning and Max Minghella have split.

Ben Croll A Coenesque caper-gone-wrong and an interactive mother-daughter saga told in bite-size form, XR titles “Kidnapped in Vostok” (pictured) and “Rock, Paper, Scissors” are among the 17 projects leading distributor Astrea picked up in a recent bout of acquisitions. Both titles are playing in competition at this year’s NewImages Festival, while other recent Astrea pickups include the Stanislaw Lem inspired short “Cosmogonic,” the award winning interactive film “Glimpse” from Oscar winner Benjamin Cleary and VR designer Michael O’Connor, and all five episodes of the “Missing Pictures” series, in which filmmakers Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-Liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Lee Myung-Se and Naomi Kawase reflect on the dream projects they could never get made.