Poor Lady Gaga. The girl can't even afford to buy clothes that cover her knickers. Perhaps that's why she has sent ticket prices for her new tour into the stratosphere.

And Lady Gaga's ticket-buying fans aren't happy. Actually, they're furious.

The scantily clad singer's next set of UK shows will cost up to three times as much as the current series, even though they are part of the same tour and could be almost identical performances.

Seats for the current set of dates on the Monster Ball tour cost £27.50-£35. But Lady Gaga's new shows in May and June, which go on sale this week, will cost £50-£75.

Some fans have said it is unfair and that Trading Standards should look into it.

A TV advert for Cadbury's Flake has been banned because it is just too sexy for our screens.

Executives from the chocolate company apparently thought it was so racy it would either corrupt our nation's morals, or portray Flake eaters as some kind of free-love hedonists with lives of wild abandon.

The commercial featured a gorgeous, pouting young model seduced by a Devil-like character, with the suggestion that a Flake was as tempting as Lucifer himself.

The company blew no less than £1 million on the ad. It had been planned for a prime-time slot but will never now be seen. According to the company, research showed it polarised opinion in focus groups.

It happened at the same time that the American company Kraft bought Cadbury.

A spokesman for Cadbury said: "Having researched it, we felt it wasn't working for our core target audience. You try things, but don't always pull it off and that's what happened here."

Kathyn Bigelow's Hurt Locker took away six Oscars at last night's award ceremony. It's an impressive haul for a film about an unpopular war, which hardy anyone bothered to see.

It has been hailed as a David and Goliath victory, after the massive Avatar went home with a few technical Oscars and its tail between its legs. And it has been called a historic day for women, as Kathryn becomes the first ever female winner of the Best Director Oscar.

This is a brilliant achievement, and an impressive win on all fronts.

But really, the first female winner?

Are all other women directors just second-rate? Are women too busy rummaging in their handbags and worrying about the size of their behind to remember where they put the camera?

Or is there something more going on here?

Not the kind of money news you were expecting? It's certainly not the kind of money news I thought I'd be writing about, but it's true, honest!

Urban music performer Tinchy Stryder has been at a school talking to children about investing wisely. The star has been encouraging kids in London to get into the saving habit as part of a new scheme contributed to by the government to start teaching personal finance in schools.

Believe it or not, the 22 year-old partly funded his first album from selling clothes, so is no stranger to the importance of saving.

Everyone loves a good freebie. It's amazing how much free stuff you can find online if you take a good look - there are websites that essentially allow you to furnish your home for free, spice up your wardrobe, watch the latest films at the cinema or pick up some extra cash.

James Daley, editor-in-chief of Which? Money Quarterly, says: "If you know where to look, there's plenty of freebies to be found online. The variety of offers is vast, and if your finances are stretched, then now's the time to get searching."

The money experts at consumer organisation Which? found the following top 10 freebies.

If you're properly British, then tipping will be a major cause of angst. Who do you tip? How much do you tip them? Should you tip when the service has been poor? Will the staff even get the tip?

Apparently 90% of us will leave a tip every time we eat in a restaurant or cafe, but four in five of us will immediately scuttle off, afraid to ask questions about what will happen to that money.

Today sees the launch of a campaign known as 'Who Gets The Tip,' which is designed to offer a bit of relief in the great tipping dilemma.

But is it really going to help?

Yesterday millions of boyfriends looked up from the TV, blinked and noticed for the first time in years where they were. Millions of girlfriends put down cups of tea and novels and prepared for a day they thought would never come. The day they had a conversation with their other half. The day the PlayStation stopped working.

Anyone with an older PS3, bought before August last year, who switched on yesterday was greeted with the message 'An error has occurred. You have been signed out if PlayStation Network (8001050F)'.

As a result they could no longer play games online, and the clock was re-set, which could cause them to lose saved games and high scores.

There was soon a Facebook group '8001050F - The day the earth stood still' and users were up in arms that a fix didn't come swift and fast. Sony, however, came up trumps overnight.

But with increasingly sophisticated technology all around us, what are our rights when they are taken out by a bug like this?

There were hopes that Wayne Bridge might change his mind and play for the England football team in the World Cup in South Africa this summer. His public humiliation of John Terry this weekend, by refusing to shake his hand, would indicate he will stick by his plans, and turn down the chance to play in any team featuring Terry.

Bridge is upset about the affair his former partner - and the mother of his son - the lingerie model Vanessa Perroncel, had with Terry, who was relieved of the England captaincy after the scandal broke.

After mulling his departure for a long time, Bridge told England coach Fabio Capello that he can't bear to be in the same changing room as Terry and declared he did not want to be selected for the England squad at World Cup 2010.

For Terry and Bridge it's a public scandal, but in workplaces across the UK people are forced to work with colleagues after they have done something unforgivable. So how do you deal with a colleague you can't work with?

Going through a divorce is never going to be a golden era. It's going to be painful and upsetting and unsettling and emotionally distraught.

For many people it is also a financial nightmare. The wronged party will often be intent in taking their ex to the cleaners, and put everyone through an expensive break-up that leaves them both struggling financially.

Even if you 'win' a divorce fight, the fall-out is going to be ugly. Statistically men do worse in the battle, while women struggle to recover for longer. No-one wins.

However, the results from the Baftas last night demonstrate the real way to win in a divorce.

Abbey Road studios have fallen victim to EMI's troubles.The embattled record company is going to have to flog off this jewel in the crown of the music industry in an effort to stave off troubles caused by a massive amount of debt.

It's a sad day when the famous recording studios used by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Kate Bush, go under the hammer. And it's a sign the British music industry is in a very bad way indeed.

But while Britain is losing its reputation of being a place where anyone knows how to do business, it could be gaining as a home for history.

Abbey Road, which gave its name to a Beatles album in 1969, famous for its zebra crossing cover, is set to get listed status and could be taken on by the National Trust if there is enough public support.