Anthony Grainger family's fury after 'collapse' of police watchdog investigation into flawed GMP probe which ended with his fatal shooting

The body of a 'beloved' mum who went missing nearly two months ago has been discovered on a beach in Blackpool.

The award-winning producer Ellen Kent returns in Spring 2022 with the International Opera Festival tour, with Tosca, Carmen and Madama Butterfly.

A Bury pensioner says he is “genuinely worried” after having his energy bills tripled in just a few months.

Victor Lindelof "knows" Manchester United have the quality to beat Manchester City this weekend.

Stacey Solomon has made a pretty intimate shaving confession as she started preparations for her Loose Women return.

Lord Alan Sugar is edging closer to finding his next business partner as he fires his ninth The Apprentice candidate.

It has been a rollercoaster journey in curling for Vicky Wright in the last 10 months.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russia's shelling of a nuclear power station in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia could "directly threaten the safety of all of Europe".

Dunscore put the kettle on at the weekend and brewed up plenty of support for Fairtrade and local producers.

Dumfries’ Big Burns Supper organisers are to stage four weekends of events featuring an electric mix of music comedy, community, and celebration.

Annan boss Peter Murphy is thirsting for a win over Stranraer tomorrow to maintain their play-off bid.

As Mardi Gras festivities set their place onto my calendar I always save some space to hold my annual “camp” film festival. Camp films are an integral part of LGBTQI culture, and while “camp” films are often mistaken as bad films, this isn’t entirely correct. Many “camp” films (including some on this list) are excellent but are considered camp due to highly exaggerated elements, particularly in the script or performances.

Barbie Ferreira has a new hairstyle!

Love Island star T oby Aromolaran revealed he had the 'best birthday ever' after his girlfriend Chloe Burrows pulled out all the stops.The ITV2 reality star, who was recently praised by Chloe for his interior design eye as she shared their house plans, shared a sneak peek inside his birthday celebrations as he turned 23 on Thursday 3 March.Toby, who met Chloe, 26, on Love Island last year and announced in November that they’d moved in together, panned to the collection of designer presents on their bed, which included a Louis Vuitton box, Dior bag and Nintendo Switch console, and said: "Best birthday ever!" The semi-professional footballer also gave a look at his stunning cake to his 984,000 Instagram followers which featured almonds, blueberries and tiny bottles of Jack Daniels. Toby also panned to his silver balloons, which were a gift from boohooMAN, and joked that he was 'feeling 32' after the numbers switched around.

A new reality series is on its way from Netflix, and it’s challenging relationships by forcing show participants to commit or split from their partners.

Pusha T and Nigo have shared a new collaboration together, ‘Hear Me Clearly’ – listen to it below.The track, which comes in at just under two-and-a-half-minutes, features a chorus that interpolates Jay-Z’s verse on Rick Ross‘ 2010 track ‘Free Mason’.Pusha T took to Twitter to share the artwork for the track. It’s a simple polaroid shot of the rapper signed by Nigo with the words ‘Day Uno Family’ written in the corner.‘Hear Me Clearly follows the previously-released singles ‘Want It Bad’ with Kid Cudi and ‘Arya’ with A$AP Rocky.

Emily Longeretta As “Love Is Blind” comes to an end, “The Ultimatum” is born. During the Season 2 reunion special of the hit dating series, Netflix announced a new upcoming series from the same team.“The Ultimatum,” which comes from “Married at First Sight” and “Love Is Blind” producer Kinetic Content and creator Chris Coelen, follows six couples on the verge of marriage.

Kurt Vile has shared a woozy new song called ‘Hey Like A Child’ – listen to it below.It’s Vile’s second recent single following on from ‘Like Exploding Stones’, taken from his  upcoming new album ‘watch my moves’.It’s Vile’s first album in four years and will see him make his Verve Records debut when it arrives on April 15.The record features collaborations from the likes of James Stewart, Cate Le Bon and Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.You can listen to Vile’s latest single here:Speaking about his new album to NME recently, Vile said: “My albums always progress from one to the next just by me getting older physically and spiritually. I think my last record [2018’s ‘Bottle It In’] was pretty epic, and on this one I’ve had even more time to make it.“I’ve got the energy of a new label, and I don’t feel as much in a rush. I recorded more than enough songs and then just put all the best ones on this album, so it’s perfect.”Talking about howl lockdown affected his songwriting for the album, Vile said: “In the early times [of the pandemic], honestly I was relieved in a selfish way,” he said.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), which runs March 23-April 3, has revealed its conference program. Among the filmmakers taking part are Sara Dosa (“Fire of Love”), Daniel Roher (“Navalny”) and Renzo Martens (“The White Cube”), and Brazilian indigenous cinematographer Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau (“The Territory).

EXO member Suho has shared his goals for the future, following the end of his two-year military service.In a recent interview with The Rolling Stone, the EXO leader opened up about the different milestones he wishes to reach, now that he has officially been discharged from the South Korean military.One goals in particular is eventually star in a Hollywood production, an ambition which was recently inspired by the global success of K-dramas, such as Netflix’s smash hit Squid Game, over the past year.“Squid Game became popular while I was gone,” he pointed out. “I thought about how now that Korea and our actors have captured the world’s attention, it would give me a bigger chance to star in a Hollywood movie.”Suho also added that the hiatus he had taken as a result of his military service had allowed him the time and space to reflect on where he’d like to take his career.

Some of Ryan Murphy‘s most popular shows are moving to a different streaming service.

A cannabis grower from Lanarkshire has been slammed by a sheriff for causing a fire risk in his neighbourhood.

High street coffee giant and retailer M&S Food have joined forces, much to the delight of shoppers.

A remorseless thug has been jailed after he split his girlfriend's head open with a glass ashtray.

Next week on Coronation Street Abi goes on a major downward spiral as she struggles with her late son Seb’s birthday.

Pep Guardiola revealed back in 2014 that he may have been offered the chance to take over at Manchester United by Sir Alex Ferguson.

The mum with the 'UK's biggest eyebrows' has shared what she looks like without them.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“2nd Chance” may be the best Errol Morris movie that Errol Morris never made. It’s the first documentary feature directed by Ramin Bahrani, who has often brought a real-world edge to his dramas (“The White Tiger,” “Chop Shop”), and the figure at the film’s center could be a true-life character out of Morris land — one of those rational-on-the-surface, only-in-America compartmentalized crackpot geeks whose hidden dark depths just about scream, “Look out, I‘m a walking nonfiction metaphor!”In “2nd Chance,” that character is one Richard Davis, who invented the bulletproof vest as we know it.

direct to your inboxThe police watchdog has dropped an investigation into three former senior Greater Manchester Police officers over their 'command and control' of an armed operation during which a father-of-two was shot dead.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said today two of three independent investigations arising from the fatal shooting of Anthony Grainger it launched have now concluded.Mr Grainger, from Salford, died on March 3, 2012, when he was shot in the chest by a single bullet from a Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun fired by a police marksman known only as Q9.The 36-year-old, who was living in Bolton, was hit as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen red Audi in a car park in the village of Culcheth, near