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There is a misconception that 'going green' is expensive. But you don't need to spend thousands on solar panels or buy only pricey organic food to save the planet. There are lots of simple ways to help the environment while also putting money back in your pocket. Here, ROSIE TAYLOR explains how you could save nearly £2,500 with our top 20 eco-friendly lifestyle swaps.

Apparently, Britain's already got too small for the couple dubbed 'royal rock stars' by their own palace courtiers. So it's been revealed that Meghan and Harry are planning to move to the much larger global stage of the gigantic African continent after their baby arrives, to rub off a bit of their regal stardust magic there. Lucky Africans! Poor Brits! Well yes, very poor Brits actually, because we'll be the ones who pay for it for however long this African jolly, or should I say folly, lasts. And with full Metropolitan Police protection teams required to provide 24/7 security, and Meghan's large retinue of personal staff, the cost could run into millions. We're also told that one of the other reasons for Harry and Meghan leaving Britain is to keep them apart from Wills and Kate, because the wives especially can't stand each other.

The 15th annual TIME 100 gala celebrating TIME's list of the world's most influential people took place on Tuesday at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.  The event will feature performances by Taylor Swift and Khalid, honorary tributes from members of this year's list and remarks from TIME Editor-in-Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal. And Swift commanded attention arriving to the event in a fairy-tale gown as it is her first red carpet appearance since the pop star announced she will be releasing a new project, presumably music, on Friday, April 26. From left, Naomi Campbell, Emilia Clarke, Taylor Swift and Brie Larson. 

Wearing backpacks, the two Sri Lanka bomobers appear to discuss their plans in the elevator on the second floor of Colombo's Shangri-La hotel, in the final moments before the Easter Sunday massacre. The attackers then enter the Table One eatery almost unnoticed while hotel guests are having breakfast before he detonates his deadly weapon. In a split second the plush restaurant becomes a scene of horror as the bomb explodes in a cloud of smoke and bright red flame. Sri Lankan officials believe one of the attackers at the Shangri-La was the son of a wealthy Colombo spice trader, and one of two Muslim brothers among the perpetrators of the Easter attacks in which more than 300 died.

Britain's most high-profile politicians rushed back from their holidays today to be photographed alongside a 16-year-old environmental activist who took the House of Commons by storm. MPs including John Bercow, Jeremy Corbyn (top left) and Ed Miliband (bottom left) welcomed Greta Thunberg to Parliament, where she made a speech about climate change and got a rapturous round of applause. Miss Thunberg is the schoolgirl whose refusal to go to school because of global warming led to children around the world skipping classes in protest. She came to Britain on Sunday and spoke to protesters camping out in Marble Arch and causing chaos to London's transport networks. Today, she met political leaders at Westminster, including Mr Corbyn, John Bercow (bottom right) and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas at Parliament, but Theresa May didn't attend (top right).

Piers Corbyn (right, pictured in London on Easter Monday), 72, a climate change denier who runs forecasting firm WeatherAction, said the 16-year-old activist who is visiting Britain from her native Sweden is 'wrong' about climate change. Reposting a BBC News article titled 'Teen tells UK politicians 'listen to climate scientists', he tweeted (centre): 'Listening to an ignorant brainwashed child is deranged. I am an actual scientist of physics, meteorology, astrophysics and climate and say Greta Thunberg is wrong and suffers mental abuse by manipulative adults.' Yesterday, Labour leader Jeremy met with Greta (left), who is visiting the UK to express her support for the ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests in London.

Kate Middleton, 37, shared three snaps of Prince Louis yesterday to mark his first birthday. The Duchess has previously described herself as an 'enthusiastic amateur photographer'. In 2015 Kate shared the first non-professional official photograph of a royal baby. Here professional photographers Bronwen Sharpe and Jaimie Harris discuss the clever techniques employed by the Duchess to make these simple pictures of her children so captivating. Bronwen says Kate has a 'natural ability to capture humanity and great eye for composition'. She often manages to capture unstaged moments (like this shot of Prince George, left, pictured on his first day at nursery in November 2014), uses bright outfits to make the photo pop (as in this picture, centre, of Princess Charlotte, taken to mark her second birthday in April 2017) and blurred, out of focus backgrounds (like in her recent shot of Prince Louis, right).

This is unequivocally, categorically, unambiguously (unless of course the men with fat cigars change their minds) the end of the road for the Avengers. It is often downright playful, especially when Ant-Man, Rocket Racoon (Bradley Cooper) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) enter the fray. All in all, it is a wonderfully exhilarating conclusion to the saga. Last night's audience whooped its approval. But heavens, it's long. Avengers: Endgame opens across the UK today.

A drunken yob caused a holiday jet take-off to be aborted after she and her mother were kicked off the plane following a foul-mouthed rant. Kodie Richardson's (left outside Manchester's Minshull Crown Court) outburst terrified fellow passengers on board a Thomas Cook Airlines flight about to set off from Manchester Airport for Turkey, a court heard. It prompted the captain to abort the scheduled departure, turn back to the terminal and ask police to remove the 20-year-old, and her drunken mother, Kelly Meadowcroft. Richardson (right) refused to leave her seat before abusing and attacking three police officers who boarded the aircraft to remove her, kicking one in the face.

People from across the globe have revealed some of the unintentional design fails they've spotted. Posted on BoredPanda, the hilarious errors include everything from unfortunately placed doors on public transport (top left), to signposts which give off the wrong message (top right). One amusing gaffe shows an attempt to stop crime on a local street between the hours of 8am-6pm, while another captures a design glitch on a coach door, revealing a rude word. Others show a frightening teddy bear (top centre), a confusing soap dispenser labelled ketchup which features a picture of grapes (top right), while a further has invented an animal (bottom centre), and another got their mathematics all wrong (bottom right).

RICHARD KAY: Just days ago it looked as though Moggmentum would be the new political catchphrase de nos jours, as Jacob Rees-Mogg's younger sister, Annunziata, (pictured right) was unveiled as the glamorous face of Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party for the European elections. Now, before a leaflet has even been delivered, the opposing Change UK party - set up by The Independent Group of MPs - has hit back with their own alluring candidate: Boris Johnson's little sister Rachel (pictured left). And what makes it all so intriguing is that the two women now on the front line of the great Brexit divide are taking on their better-known siblings. So who's who when it comes to the Moggs versus the Johnsons and what are the similarities and differences between these two rival political dynasties?

The driver of a silver Ford Focus shouts out to the cyclist to 'keep to the side of the road' during the altercation at a set of traffic lights in Greenwich, London. He says: 'Keep to the side of the road, you're not a car.' And he repeats the sentence multiple times before the cyclist moves to cross in front of the car to wait in the designated cycle bay. But the driver, who is clearly angry, gets more riled up as the cyclist remains in the middle of the road. He says 'test me' before driving his car forwards until he knocks the cyclist off his bicycle.

Ramon Zendejas and his girlfriend Mercadies Williams were arrested on Friday after deputies executing a search warrant for illegal firearms at the home in Tulelake, California, found the boys, who are both under two years old, locked in modified crib cages. The boys have since been placed in social services custody as Zenejas and Williams, both 25, were booked into jail on illegal firearms possession and child endangerment charges.

NEW Hanif, 21, from Norfolk, is heir to a massive fortune and trades his funds in stocks. After swapping his luxury lifestyle for three days of sleeping rough on streets, he changes his view on homeless people. After struggling to find food and shelter, Hanif meets George, an academic who has chosen this lifestyle. Pictured: Hanif with homeless academic George (left); during a visit to the Bvlgari store (right); enjoying a meal at The Savoy in London (inset top); sleeping rough on the streets of Camden (inset bottom).

Fans are counting down the days until Walt Disney World opens a new section of its amusement park specifically devoted to the Star Wars franchise.  Set across 14 acres and reported to cost $1 billion, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is slated for completion by August 29. And with just four months until opening day, new aerial photos show construction in its final stages as developers painstakingly bring to life various elements of the beloved film series.  

This is the adorable moment a Labrador received an exciting surprise from her owners. In a video, Arden the Labrador is seen sniffing a box that her owners had placed on the ground. Within moments Arden nudges the box as a cute puppy pokes her head out. A tail-wagging Arden sticks her head inside the box to sniff her new friend Stella. She then is then seen running around the box. Meanwhile, Stella continues to sit in the box as she watches her excited pal. The cute moment was captured in Riverside, California, on Monday.

NEW The North Korean leader, clad in a black coat and matching fedora, met with Kremlin officials at Russia's Hasan train station near the border between the two countries. A local official said Kim was given flowers, bread and salt upon arrival, according to Russian news agency Tass. Kim continued on to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, ready for the summit with Putin on Thursday, amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear program.

NEW The German chancellor (inset) sent the historic memo (right) to one of his favourite commanders, Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner (left), who had urged him to flee the besieged capital. It states: 'I shall remain in Berlin, so as to take part, in honourable fashion, in the decisive battle for Germany, and to set a good example to all those remaining. I believe that in this way I shall be rendering Germany the best service.' It is believed to be the only written evidence of Hitler declaring his intention to remain and die in Berlin.

NEW Morgan Kane, 20, from Dundee, ordered the £25 neon shift dress from PrettyLittleThing (right online) in the hope of wearing it to the 21st birthday bash. But she was disappointed when she tried it on at home, saying it was a 'joke' because it was so huge (left). A friend joked she looked like a 'lollipop lady' and Morgan later shared her complaints on Twitter (inset).

Alex and June Carr are among residents furious at a revamp of Southend Airport in Essex that they say has made their lives a misery. Their garden (left and right with an EasyJet and Ryanair plane) backs on to the runway where jets are regularly passing by. Many other houses are also situated just yards from the airport (see map, inset) and people are worried about the impact of the constant noise and fumes, as well as what could happen to their property prices. One pensioner, June Marchant, claimed that she no longer has barbecues in her otherwise picturesque garden due to the booming engines of planes. The 67-year-old also said that one day she opened her curtains and turned to her partner and said: 'There's a bloody great jet in our garden!'

The talented students, don red and black kung fu uniforms and put on an awe-inspiring performance of Shaolin kung fu, one of the oldest and most famous styles of Chinese martial arts. An instructor barks out commands as the youngsters move in unison and organise themselves into different formations in a mesmerising display, shown on the BBC's new series Earth from Space. The students spend six hours a day, six days a week learning a number of different martial art disciplines - on top of regular lessons, at the Shaolin Temple Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng city, Henan province.

Resembling an impala more than a leopard, the beast springs off its hind legs and swats the bird out of the air with both paws, before disappearing into the shrubs to eat it. The big cats have the ability to hunt animals such as birds and monkeys thanks to strong back legs that can propel them more than 20 feet.

The officer chases the suspect through Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, but struggles as the youth accelerates up a hill. The policeman seems to be weighed down by his equipment. The clip has been viewed more than 400,000 times on social media and one viewer commented: 'He couldn't catch a cold'.

The juvenile whale was found on the beach at John Muir Country Park, East Lothian, on Tuesday morning. It appeared to have died just a few hours before it was discovered and appeared to be entangled in rope. East Lothian Council said the cause of death is uncertain but a post-mortem examination will be carried out

A robot stationed on the red planet has, for the first time, detected what's thought to be a 'marsquake.' NASA's InSight lander has been listening for faint rumbles beneath the surface since December, when it placed its seismometer down to begin the groundbreaking mission. In what scientists have hailed an exciting milestone, the InSight team says the lander measured and recorded a seismic signal on April 6, its 128th Martian day using its Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument.