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Daily Mail
5 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Beloved BBC star to miss ANOTHER series of their hit TV show after 15 years on air
A fan-favourite BBC star will miss another series of her hit daytime TV programme after announcing a break from the show last year. Rip Off Britain is returning to BBC One's schedule for its 18th series as production officially gets underway on the long-running hit. However, MailOnline can exclusively reveal Angela Rippon will not return for the next instalment. It comes after it was announced last year that the 80-year-old veteran broadcaster had decided to step back from the current series to pursue other work commitments, including the launch of her Let's Dance campaign on the back of her Strictly appearance. The show is also co-anchored by Julia Somervile and Gloria Hunniford, with former BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin drafted in to replace Angela on the most recent series. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. A source said: 'Angela won't be coming back for the next series as she extends her sabbatical to focus on her initiative to get people dancing across the country in a bid to improve the population's health and wellbeing. 'She is very much still part of the Rip Off Britain family and the door is being kept open by BBC bosses for a return later down the line - and Angela is adamant she will be returning when her schedule allows. 'The programme is filmed in blocks with a mix of studio and solo scenes on location which makes the shooting schedule more complex as producers juggle each star's personal schedules. 'Louise Minchin is set to return to the role left vacant by Angela after becoming a hit with viewers.' MailOnline contacted the BBC for comment. Rip Off Britain first aired in 2009 and has a total of 552 episodes produced to date, tackles consumers who have been ripped off. It airs mid-mornings on BBC One and also alerts viewers to watch out for rip-offs that are currently on the market. Angela - who was awarded an OBE in 2004 for her services to broadcasting, charity and the arts - celebrated her 80th birthday with four lavish bashes in October last year. Speaking to the Mail at an afternoon tea party at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, she said: 'I actually don't know what it's like to be 80 and I have no intention of finding out. 'I intend to spend however long I've got on this perch growing old disgracefully, because it's a lot more fun.' She was presented with a five-tier pink cake by volunteer organisation the Phoenix Fun Events Team, which featured edible rice paper pictures of her on it.
The Sun
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Most shocking Loose Women moments of all time as show in turmoil – from rapist sympathy and ISIS shock to flashing
IT HAS been on air since 1999 and weathered its fair share of storms. But Loose Women has been further thrown into turmoil after ITV's Daytime division announced brutal cost-cutting measures. 11 To make matters worse, the 26-strong line-up had been left in the dark about the cuts to their lunchtime talk show, which will take effect from January. None of hosts - including big-hitters Coleen Nolan, Christine Lampard and Gloria Hunniford - had been warned it will be shrunk to screen 'seasonally' for 30 weeks of the year. The old guard, some of whom have been on board since day one, are said to now fear they will be left scrambling for shifts. That's while the PR-friendly younger panellists like Love Islander turned documentary-maker Olivia Attwood, influencer Grace 'GK' Barry and Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge are allegedly set to clean up. A source at ITV HQ said: 'The tension is unbearable. There's a lot of rage towards This Morning, which everyone feels is constantly favoured despite it being the lame duck of the daytime flock. 'The infighting is a feverish time-bomb which executives are desperate to defuse. ITV Daytime could combust from the inside out at this rate.' But like we all know, it's not the first time that there's been unbearable tension among the Loose ladies, particularly on-screen. ' Rapist sympathising ' Telly presenter Judy Finnigan, 77, joined Loose Women in 2014 and was thrown into the deep end on her first day by a discussion about Welsh footballer Ched Evans launching an appeal against his conviction for rape, which he was eventually found not guilty on appeal in 2016. The Richard and Judy star left viewers shocked when she said: "The rape was not violent, he didn't cause any bodily harm to the person." 11 Following public outrage, she apologised in statement saying: "I absolutely wasn't suggesting that rape was anything other than an horrendous crime and, as I said on the programme, I was in no way attempting to minimise the terrible ordeal that any woman suffers as a result. "The point I was attempting to raise as part of the debate was what should happen to someone after they have committed a crime and served their time?" The C-bomb The most offensive language must not be broadcast on television before the 9pm watershed. But 47-year-old Katie Price 's eldest child, Harvey, broke that rule in 2016 when he joined the panel to discuss being told on social media. 11 Asked what he would say to someone who made negative comments about him, Harvey, then 13, replied "Hello you c***." His mum quickly reacted with a shocked, 'erm, Harvey!', while presenter Andrea McLean apologised to viewers for his bad language. Gay rights row In 2015, Coleen Nolan causes uproar when she weighed in a Christian bakery that made headlines for controversially refusing to decorate a cake with a message supporting same-sex marriage. The 60-year-old defended the owners, saying: 'If you went in somewhere and they said two days later 'we don't want to make your cake because of our beliefs', you'd just never go back to that shop and tell all your friends to boycott it. "What if somebody walked in and said 'I want a cake with Islamic State on it and how I support it and how I support them killing our people' - and because it's a business would they have to make that?" Fuming viewers called for the panellist to be sacked and demanded she make a public apology, but neither of those calls were actioned. Potty-mouth rant The late Joan Rivers was famed for blunt, and often controversial, comedic persona - which is exactly what she brought to the Loose Women panel in 2008. The potty-mouth comedian launched into a rant when she was asked about meeting Hollywood stars on the red carpet. 11 She said: "You get someone like Russell Crowe, and you want to say to the camera 'He is a piece - get ready to bleep this - of f***ing s***!'" Joan's fellow panellists had to apologise on her behalf, with Jane McDonald adding: 'We haven't got a bleeper. We're live!" Fat shaming Loose Women viewers were left furious today as Janet Street-Porter 'fat shamed' Wayne Rooney in 2022. The presenter, 78, was discussing the footballer's recent court appearance as part of the ongoing Wagatha Christie trial - and said he was about to 'explode' out of his suit. 11 Janet commented: "Have you ever seen Wayne Rooney looking so smart? Wayne has been ordered by his wife to shape up, fit into that suit and my goodness it looks like he is about to explode out of it any minute." Those watching at home were unimpressed by her comments and took to X (formerly Twitter) to slam her as 'vile', with one penning: "Imagine if she was saying that about a woman?' Rampant rabbit Coleen Nolan stunned audiences in 2016 when she revealed she fell asleep while using a sex toy that her friend had bought her. The 60-year-old made the startling confession while discussing 'bedroom boosters', and said she'd had too much to drink when she nodded off while attempting to have a go with a Rampant Rabbit. She said: 'Me and Ray had a bit of a row and I thought 'well I don't need you, because I have my friend'. I went into the spare room and got friendly. 'But what happened was - and I am not joking at all - I fell asleep because I had a couple of glasses of wine and I am not good with drink, so I fell asleep it was the annoying buzzing that woke me up.' Bum flash Katie Price left jaws on the floor as viewers tuned in to watch Loose Women in 2016 and saw the mum-of-five flashing her backside during a holiday wear segment. She sported a revealing green and black polka dot number with a high leg split. As the former glamour model, 47, paraded around, she showed off a little bit more flesh than was probably advisable for the ITV show's daytime telly slot. Viewers were less than impressed with some dubbing it 'awkward viewing'. That being said, others took to social media to gush over her 'amazing' figure. Kim Woodburn storming off Kim Woodburn stormed off the Loose Women set in 2018 after being reduced to tears by 'lying trash' Coleen Nolan, whom she'd clashed with in the Celebrity Big Brother house 18 months prior. Walking off the show, the 83-year-old shouted: 'I wouldn't want to sit and talk with lying trash. She's a horrible person. You are trash, you're a piece of filth!" 11 It was sparked by Coleen whispering under her breath that Kim was 'going to cry in a minute'. The bust-up saw 3,297 furious viewers ringing up Ofcom to complain, with Kim later telling The Sun that she felt as though she had been ambushed. Coleen and the Loose Women team said they had 'genuinely hoped for a reconciliation'. Nose job 'bullying' Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby vowed never to appear on Loose Women again after she claimed she was 'bullied' over her nose job. The 35-year-old appeared on the lunchtime panel show in May 2016 and was left squirming in her seat as she was questioned over her cosmetic surgery. 11 During the appearance – which was branded awkward by some viewers – Charlotte was forced to defend herself against the panel, in particular feisty Janet Street-Porter, 78. The conversation quickly turned sour when Janet wanted to know if the reality TV star thought she was setting the right example for her young fans. The presenter asked her: 'What message does that send to teenage girls who watch your show, follow you on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, who might think, 'My nose has a lump in it but I haven't got four grand to spend'?' Speaking about the experience, she told new! Magazine in an angry rant: 'I've been on Loose Women and it was a horrible experience. I cried before and afterwards, that's why I wouldn't go back on. It was awful. I was bullied. I'm never going on again in my life. I hated it.'
The Sun
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Inside ITV's Loose Women shock bloodbath leaving older stars fearing axe, ‘horrific tension' & fury at ‘lame duck' hosts
ITV's Daytime division is on the brink of civil war after this week's brutal cost-cutting announcement hammered Loose Women while leaving This Morning sitting pretty. We can reveal the Loose Women line-up had been left in the dark about the cuts to their lunchtime talk show, which will take effect from January. 7 7 None of the 26-strong pool of hosts including big-hitters Coleen Nolan, Christine Lampard and Gloria Hunniford had been warned the show will be shrunk to screen 'seasonally', for 30 weeks of the year. The old guard — some of whom have been on board since day one 25 years ago — now fear they will be left scrambling for shifts while the PR-friendly younger panellists like Love Islander turned documentary-maker Olivia Attwood, influencer Grace 'GK' Barry and Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge clean up. Their anger is also with Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard 's This Morning, which has escaped the measures unscathed despite the show's troubled recent history. A source at ITV HQ said: 'The tension is unbearable. There's a lot of rage towards This Morning, which everyone feels is constantly favoured despite it being the lame duck of the daytime flock. 'The infighting is a feverish time-bomb which executives are desperate to defuse. 'ITV Daytime could combust from the inside out at this rate.' 'Fight for their places' The cuts to Loose Women, which were announced on Tuesday, mean it will be stripped of more than 100 episodes a year. The cast are now acutely aware this means there will be less work up for grabs, with a third expected to lose out on shifts, and The Sun has learned the old-timers reckon bosses will favour the youngsters. A source close to one of the Loose Women veterans said: 'A lot of the older panellists have lived through rumours of cuts and through the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 which hit ITV hard — and they weathered that. 'But this was completely unexpected and it came out of nowhere. 'They feel like often all the negative criticism is levelled at them — the odd 'out of touch' comment — whereas with the new panellists such as Liv and Grace there is a buzz around them because they have that different point of view. 'Execs have also proudly pro-claimed how the youngsters have brought with them a much-needed new audience — and now all of a sudden the older panellists feel like they are going to have to fight for their places against these shiny teachers' pets. 'It's now five months or so for them to prove their worth and sing for their supper.' An ITV source insisted Loose Women's older panellists are highly valued, and celebrated by the show's Over 60 and Over 70 specials, while the programme's new podcast would keep everyone busy. ITV has also said it will try to preserve 'the look' of each of their daytime shows and not touch talent — yet. It is thought that means Loose Women's four stalwart presenters, Christine, Kaye Adams, Charlene White and Ruth Langsford, are all safe. But others are now nervously looking over their shoulder. Our source added: 'The older panellists feel like until January they're on probation and pragmatic bosses will be scrutinising their every tweet, every rating and audience polling — everything like that. 'The younger panellists can charge more for an Instagram post than they get for a Loose Women appearance but the older ladies really rely on the regular fees. "Some of the panel's agents have better relationships with the show's producers than others and that's another thing adding further tension.' There is also disparity around how the various Loose Women are paid, with some on PAYE and others on a freelance rate, although while the take-home differs, every star is thought to be on the same fee of £3,000 per episode. Their earnings pale, though, when compared with the salaries on This Morning of Cat, Ben, Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, who are thought to be raking in more than £500,000 a year. Yet it's not just the salaries of the glossy foursome on This Morning that are riling their Daytime counterparts at ITV. The schedule overhauls in the new year will also see the Good Morning Britain slot extended by 30 minutes while Lorraine Kelly's chat show is cut by half an hour. A worker on the Lorraine show told The Sun: 'Everyone is absolutely furious that This Morning has got away with it yet again. Schofield claims 'There's a feeling that Loose Women and Lorraine are delivering resilient, solid ratings while This Morning is always in the Press for its tumbling viewing figures. Loose Women is even winning awards. 'Never mind the Phillip Schofield scandal and then Holly Willoughby leaving, This Morning is like the black sheep and yet that's the show that is not facing any cuts.' In its heyday, This Morning enjoyed ratings of 2.7million viewers but now it is lucky to scrape 500,000. Schofield departed This Morning in May 2023, following claims he had engaged in an extra-marital affair with a young male colleague who first joined the show as an intern. Holly quit five months later after a man was arrested — later to be jailed — for plotting to kidnap, rape and kill her. Meanwhile Loose Women won a prestigious Royal Television Society award this year and was nominated for a TV Bafta. But a source close to Lorraine Kelly suggested that for personal reasons she 'welcomed' the cut to her show, which previously ran for an hour. The beloved presenter, 65, will also now work across five days instead of taking Fridays off, and our source said: 'It was said she might decide to walk over the news but in fact the shorter run will give her more time with her family each day.' 'Lorraine's only concern is if the standard of the show drops through losing key members of the team — which I suppose is a concern across the board. 'But with the Loose Women now all forced to spend every shift effectively auditioning for their own role, it'll surely affect how bold, feisty and loose they're prepared to be.' Some 220 production staff will lose their jobs as part of the changes at ITV but boss Kevin Lygo has pledged the funds saved will support new drama and sport. 7 7 CHARITY WORK LOST By Clemmie Moodie GOOD Morning Britain has axed its valuable charity campaigns as part of ITV's cost-cutting drive. Staff at ITN were yesterday given a more in-depth briefing by the channel's Director of News and Current Affairs, Andrew Dagnall following Tuesday's announcement of wide-ranging changes to the schedule. While GMB's air time has been extended by 30 minutes, huge job losses are to be made behind the scenes as part of a merger with ITV News under the ITN umbrella. As well as the redundancies, staff were warned the breakfast show's campaigns would be scrapped as they are too costly. It comes despite the success of 1 Million Minutes, last year's charity effort that asked viewers to pledge 30 minutes to help an elderly person. The work with The Silver Line, Royal Voluntary Service, Age UK and Campaign To End Loneliness far surpassed that target, with a billion minutes logged instead. It included initiatives like the installation of special 'listening benches' across the country as well as sections focusing on volunteers of the year.
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Frederick Forsyth's mission to take on Clarkson proves impossible
Frederick Forsyth 's life and career are the stuff of legend. No one, after all, will surpass his record of being accepted by the RAF aged just 17, thereafter becoming its youngest ever jet pilot. Even then, he had already given ample evidence of his precocious talents, speaking fluent French and German by the time he was 15, and mastering Spanish – and rudimentary Russian – a couple of years later. Still in his 20s, he was Reuters correspondent in Paris and then in Berlin, where he also began doing occasional missions for MI6. Less than a decade later, after reporting on the war in Biafra, he wrote The Day Of The Jackal in 35 days, and has since sold well over 70 million books. But now, aged 86, Forsyth appears to have been shot down in his quest to fulfil a final ambition: to become the oldest ever celebrity contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? On his previous appearance, in 2002, he was paired with Gloria Hunniford and won £250,000 – a record matched only once since then, by Stephen Fry. Forsyth tells me that he recently contacted a key executive at the production company which makes Millionaire, to see if he might compete again. 'I checked at the highest level – and it's over,' says the author, who's recently seen The Jackal resurrected in a new series starring Eddie Redmayne. 'They're not going to make any more. 'He was very nice about it. He replied to my email and said, 'Unfortunately, we think it's over now'. They've got a few in the bag. They'll get through those and that'll be it.' Yet ITV insists that it has no plans to axe the series. Forsyth, who's convinced he could crack the £1 million prize, is not entirely surprised. 'I suspect that I'm black-marked,' he tells me, adding that he had intended to reveal which charity was going to benefit from his winnings only at the end of the show. 'It would have been the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Special Air Service,' he tells me. 'It gets no crowd-funding, for obvious reasons. They would have appreciated a nice little pot of money,' muses Forsyth, who stood down as president of the Special Forces Club seven years ago. 'I think it would have been very popular.' Hofit Golan warns of 'woke' Cannes Hofit Golan sees through Cannes Film Festival' new dress code which ban 'nude' dresses. 'I'm not offended by a nipple,' the model tells me. 'The French have nude beaches, so why are you going to lose sleep about some nipples?' Hofit, 40, pushed her luck in a revealing dress designed by Joli Poli couture at the Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning premiere. And it caught the eye of star Tom Cruise. 'He said to me he liked my dress,' she says. 'If you take away the glamour from Cannes, what is Cannes? It can't become 'woke' like the Oscars. We don't want that.' The smart set's talking about... Cupid's stroke of serendipity for Tatler star Tatler cover girl Esme Bertelsen, who was listed by the society magazine as one of Britain's 100 most eligible women, has found love in the most random way. The 23-year-old daughter of television personality Susannah Constantine has been swept off her feet by Luke Moreton, an alumnus of £60,000-per-year Milton Abbey School in Dorset. 'We met in Barcelona in the craziest way,' she tells me. 'We literally bumped into each other. I dropped my stuff and he picked it up. 'It sounds like something out of a movie.' Art consultant Esme says Luke, who works at the arty Friends of Friends Festival, has won the approval of her mother, who used to deliver withering verdicts on people's wardrobes on the hit BBC show What Not To Wear. Jerry's secret tips for Georgia May to be a perfect model Jerry Hall once remarked: 'My mother said it was simple to keep a man: You must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit.' Now, the Texan reveals the advice she gave her daughter Georgia May, who followed her mother into modelling. 'I told her to be nice and be on time – and she always is,' Jerry tells me at the Magnum Cannes Beach Party. Georgia, 33, whose father is Sir Mick Jagger, enjoys hitting the town with her mother, 68. 'It's so fun,' she says. 'We love getting dressed up and going out. It's so nice to get to do it together. She's always been my mum, but I knew that she was the most glamorous woman in the world. We've always been close.' Comic's wife is laughing all the way to the bank... Russell Howard had to live apart from his wife, Cerys, during the pandemic lockdowns because she returned to work on the NHS frontline even though she was on sabbatical when Covid struck. And now the comedian, 45, has demonstrated how much he treasures the doctor by giving her half his fortune. I can disclose that Howard, who is in the middle of a world tour, has handed over 50 per cent of his private company Skylarking UK to Cerys, who gave birth to their first child last year. The transfer has just been reported in a confirmation statement filed at Companies House by Howard's performing arts company, which he set up in 2008. Latest accounts, to March 2024, disclose £10.1million worth of shareholders' funds, with Howard enjoying a £730,000 upturn in the value of unlisted investments. His financial assets increased in value to £6.1million, with cash reserves reported at £4.6 million. The Lady's Julia Budworth leaves son out of will Only last month I disclosed that The Lady, oldest and stateliest of women's magazines, had been abruptly placed in liquidation, leaving many of its contributors painfully out of pocket. But they may find consolation in the £1.5million will, published this week, of the splendid Julia Budworth, matriarch of The Lady, founded by her grandfather in 1885. Drawn up in 2022, two years before Julia died aged 92, the will contains a striking omission. Her youngest son, Ben, The Lady's final owner, goes entirely unmentioned, unlike Julia's other sons – Richard, William and Adam – who are primary beneficiaries. Ben bought The Lady's London offices for £6.2 million from his uncle – Julia's brother, Tom – and sold them on for £12.4 million. Resisting his mother's plea to share his windfall with his brothers, he instead bought Bylaugh Hall in Norfolk for £1.9 million, where he lives with Helen Robinson, The Lady's last editor. Ben, who declines to comment, also snapped up a helicopter. Seven months after confirming his romance with vegan 'influencer' Heidi Kadlecova, Hugh Bonneville remains reluctant to give up meat. Asked to describe his ideal diet, the Downton star offers: 'The one where you eat a massive amount of roast chicken with English mustard, bread sauce, sprouts and potatoes and you're guaranteed to shed 20lb.' Don't tell Prince Harry, but King Charles is beefing up his own security. His Majesty seeks a 'physical and technical security manager' who will be paid £60,000 per year. Based at Buckingham Palace, the successful candidate will 'lead on providing protective security advice and support to the Royal Households, covering multiple residences across the UK', says the ad on the royal website. West raises eyebrows, and lots of charity cash Dominic West raised eyebrows with some of his comments as he hosted a charity gala in London. The actor, 55, who played King Charles in The Crown, gave a speech about sick children in India, where a typical salary is less than £3,000 per year. 'If, like me, you're wearing more than £10,000, raise your hands in the air,' said West, who was in a dinner suit. Speaking at the DKMS gala at the Natural History Museum, he said: 'I recently saw two watches I loved that were over £10,000 each and I bought both of them.' He added: '£5,000 – let's face it, that's what some of us call lunch.' His patter seemed to work: Sting's wife, Trudie Styler, set the ball rolling with a donation of £10,000. It was billed as the final film in the series, but Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy might not be the last after all. Sally Phillips, who played Bridget's friend Shazza in all four films, says: 'This was supposed to be the last one, but I've been wrong every single time. 'They asked me after the first one. I said, 'No, that's a standalone thing.' 'Then we did a second one and I said, 'Well, that wasn't as good as the first one, so I don't think they will do another one.' And then we did do another one and they said, 'Is it done now?' and I said, 'It's definitely done now', and we did a fourth one. This one is the highest-grossing – it beat Barbie at the UK box office.'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gloria Hunniford cuts ties with controversial retirement home developer
TV star Gloria Hunniford is cutting ties with a leading retirement home provider amid growing scrutiny of the sector. The Rip-Off Britain presenter has confirmed she will no longer work with McCarthy Stone after years of being paid to open new developments. The move comes after an investigation revealed that nearly 60pc of McCarthy Stone flats have significantly fallen in value when re-sold, leaving owners £41,000 worse off on average. McCarthy Stone is one of the country's biggest retirement home developers, with 543 villages housing more than 21,500 people. It has hit headlines in recent years as families struggle to sell on the properties, which can only be purchased by buyers over 60. A spokesman for the presenter told The Telegraph 'she has no further planned dealings with this company, particularly in the light of the information raised'. She has repeatedly appeared as the guest of honour at McCarthy Stone openings across the country, most recently Bluebell House in Milton Keynes in 2023. At the time, she said it was 'an absolute joy to be a part of the celebrations'. Her appearances also included meet and greets for the guests. An investigation by the Times last month found that one in 50 McCarthy Stone homes have lost more than half their value when resold. The average loss is 16pc for properties built between 2010 and 2019, while the Halifax house price index grew by 42pc over the same period. It comes after The Telegraph heard from dozens of readers who complained their retirement properties were 'impossible to sell' because of their high fees which have become the norm across the industry. As of 2019, there were 730,000 retirement housing units in the UK, according to the Elderly Accommodation Counsel. But in recent years, their appeal has dramatically waned as complaints mounted among those early buyers. This is due to their service charges, which are payable whether or not the property is lived in. One reader has been stuck paying £3,546.96 service charge and £395 ground rent annually since her mother passed away in 2022. The property – which was run by a separate retirement home provider – has sat on the market for three years despite her lowering the price. Owners must also pay ground rent, generally between £400 and £500 per year. Ground rent has since been banned on the sale of new retirement homes but this does not apply to resales. The issue has been compounded by the double council tax raid on second home owners which has swept up the families inheriting these properties. McCarthy Stone told the Times the majority of its flats increase in value once its financial incentives are taken into account, adding its charges are tightly regulated. The company declined to comment further when contacted by The Telegraph. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
