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Ed Sheeran ‘earned £70 MILLION last year despite taking a break from music’

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Ed Sheeran earned nearly £70 million in 2019 despite taking a break from recording music, thanks to the record-breaking success of his tour. The hitmaker, 29, was netting the equivalent of £200,000 a day, after taking to the road for his worldwide Divide tour throughout 2019. It comes after Ed delighted fans on Monday by … Read more

Robbie Williams ‘earned £19.8 million in 2019 despite leaving The X Factor role’

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Robbie Williams ‘earned £19.8 million in 2019 despite leaving lucrative role at The X Factor with wife Ayda Field’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 01:50 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 01:50 GMT, 23 December 2020 Robbie Williams reportedly earned £19.8 million in 2019, despite the fact he and wife Ayda Field left their … Read more

Holby City’s Lee Mead hasn’t earned a penny this year

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Holby City star Lee Mead has told how he hasn’t earned a penny this year after his job opportunities were thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic. The actor, 39, revealed he had theatre and cruise ship work slated for this year, however it was all cancelled due to the global crisis which struck in March. The … Read more

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner is 2020’s top earner on Cameo with over $1 million earned

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Brian Baumgartner may not be the most high-profile celebrity recording custom content on Cameo, but he’s the most successful. Cameo CEO Steven Galanis revealed Monday on Kara Swisher’s New York Times podcast that the 48-year-old Office star had earned over $1 million on the service in 2020, more than any other celebrity using it.  Baumgartner became … Read more

Donald Trump earned $427 million from The Apprentice and deals that followed, tax records show

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Donald Trump earned $197 million from appearing on The Apprentice and a further $230 million from deals that followed, tax records show.  The reality TV show and the licensing and endorsement agreements it brought were among his biggest money-makers, The New York Times reported on Monday.  Thanks to a deal he made with producers of the show … Read more

Mel C ‘earned more than £2 million from the Spice Girls reunion tour’

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Mel C reportedly made a staggering £2.8million last year from the Spice Girls reunion tour. The singer, 46, is said to have pocketed a big payout for the huge 13-date tour during the comeback as they played to more than 700,000 fans. Accounts for Sporty Spice’s touring company, Red Girl Media Ltd, show she raked … Read more

Why does my friend get a bigger state pension when I earned more?

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This is Steve Webb’s 200th pension column for This is Money. Look out for special coverage this week about Steve’s time as our agony uncle, and all he has done to help readers. I started to take my state pension in August 2018 at the age of 65 years. I am getting £666.52 per 28 … Read more

Conman who earned £1million running two NHS can KEEP his ill-gotten gains

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Jon Andrewes (pictured) told ‘staggering lies’ about his academic qualifications and experience to win a string of high-flying posts, the Court of Appeal in London heard. A conman who chaired two NHS trusts after lying about having a PHD has been allowed to keep his £1million of ill-gotten gains after a judge ruled he gave … Read more

Earned his stripes! Zebra makes lucky escape from a crocodile’s jaws while crossing a river in Kenya

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Earned his stripes! Zebra escapes from the jaws of a hungry crocodile while crossing a river in Kenya A herd of zebra cross the Mara River, near the Masai Mara National Reserve The footage, shot in Kenya, shows a crocodile biting the leg of a zebra The animal manages to get to the riverbank and … Read more