meat loaf, the us rock star whose hits include bat out of hell and i would do anything for love, has died at the age of 74. he sold more than 100 million albums across a six decade career. a £1 billion shortfall in uk state pension payments to tens of thousands of women has been branded "a shameful shambles" by a committee of mps. thames water has launched an investigation after footage emerged showing what looks like untreated sewage being discharged into the river thames in 0xfordshire. adele has postponed her entire las vegas residency just 24 hours before opening night. the singer posted a tearful apology online, saying covid cases and delivery delays had caused major problems.