Brooke Vincent looks stunning in leather-look shorts as she parties after engagement news

Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022 is just around the corner, and NME has tickets to select gigs to be won. See below for your chance to win.With a line-up hand-picked by the iconic Grace Jones, this year’s bill features the likes of John Grant, Sky Ferreira, Peaches, Hot Chip, Greentea Peng, Blancmange, Skunk Anansie, Nova Twins, Honey Dijon and many more – as well as two performances from Jones herself.Jones follows in the footsteps of the likes of David Bowie, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, David Byrne, John Peel and Ray Davies in being asked to curate Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre.“In the face of adversity, there is no pandemic in the world that will stop me from curating the Meltdown festival,” said Jones of the upcoming run of shows.

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Glastonbury 2022’s Pyramid Stage line-up.The band will play the festival’s main stage on the festival’s Sunday morning (June 26) to deliver an anti-war message.They’ve called themselves “ambassadors of free Ukraine” and have punctuated concerts with cries of “Stop Putin!” and “No war!” (via BBC News).DakhaBrakha are currently donating proceeds from their shows to help the Ukrainian army.Meanwhile, Kalush Orchestra‘s Eurovision trophy has been auctioned off online to raise funds to buy drones for Ukraine’s ongoing war against Russia.The Ukrainian rap group triumphed over the UK’s Sam Ryder at the Turin, Italy ceremony earlier this month, receiving a massive portion of the public vote.As BBC News reports, the winning trophy – a crystal microphone – has now been auctioned off on Facebook with the aim of buying drones for Ukraine’s armed forces with the proceeds.Coinciding with a performance from the band at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate – a building often symbolising peace and unity within Europe – for a charity event, the trophy was sold for $900,000 (£712,000).Kalush Orchestra were the bookies’ favourites for Eurovision glory with their rousing folk-rap song ‘Stefania’ before they went on to take the top spot by scoring a massive 631 points – largely from the public vote – to overhaul the UK who were winning after the jury votes at the grand final in Turin.It’s tradition for the winning nation of Eurovision to host the competition the following year.Due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine at the hands of Russia, much doubt has been cast over whether the country will be in a position to be able to do so.

Acting Your Age Campaign (AYAC), which was founded four years ago by Nicky Clark, is calling for equal representation in the UK between men and women aged over 45.Women in the UK only have a “shelf life” on screen while their male colleagues have a “whole life”, the letter claims while outlining the campaign’s wishes for a “parity pledge” to help tackle “entrenched” ageism in the entertainment industry.Juliet Stevenson, Meera Syal, David Tennant, Lesley Manville and Sanjeev Bhaskar are also among the letter’s 100+ signatories.“Today’s in-demand young actress is tomorrow’s unemployed middle-aged actress,” part of the letter reads. “We are fighting to ensure that our generation of excluded women is the last generation of excluded women.“Ageism targeting women is an entrenched industry staple that is outdated, harmful and neglects the millions of audience members who appreciate seeing women over 45 telling the stories of our lives.AYAC has laid out multiple recommendations for broadcast and production company commissioners, as well as for those working in news and current affairs.

A Lanarkshire man has been left traumatised after a savage dog attack landed him in hospital.

An evil child killer who beat a three-year-old boy to death was previously locked up for brutally assaulting a mum who nudged him with her pram on a busy bus.

Outlander star Sam Heughan was back in the capital this week as he paid a visit to one of the city's top restaurants.

Jessica Kiang It is 1972, in Bucharest. Ceaușescu has been in power for seven years, and the fabric of ordinary life has been steeped long enough in his regime’s corrosively oppressive mandate that it has begun to fray.

Selena Gomez stocked up on groceries this weekend during an outing with some friends.

Naman Ramachandran A consortium led by Todd Boehly, chair and CEO of Eldridge, and Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. completed the £4.25 billion ($5.3 billion) acquisition of soccer team Chelsea Football Club on Monday. The consortium also includes Hansjörg Wyss, founder of the Wyss Foundation, and Mark Walter, co-founder and CEO of Guggenheim Capital.

Former Emmerdale star Paige Sandhu had fans all in a flutter as she showed off her post-Dales look. The actress left the ITV soap earlier this year after 19 months of playing Meena Jutla.

TRIBUTES have flooded in after an iconic Emmerdale actor dies at the age of 79. The legendary actor, Andy Devine, who was best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in the ITV soap, passed away in January although the tragic news has only just emerged. Public records confirm he died on January 27, with the cause of his death not yet publicly confirmed.

Last week, Harry Styles’ As It Was officially became the longest-running Number 1 single of 2022 so far in the UK, overtaking the cast of Encanto’s mega-hit We Don’t Talk About Bruno with a total of eight weeks at the top.  

Liam Gallagher is on course to claim his fourth UK Number 1 album with C’Mon You Know this week. 

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.

The UK version of Catfish is back for a new season in June and the show will be presented by a new co-host.

Sainsbury's Tu Clothing recently shared a post on their Instagram account which featured LGBTQIA fashion influencer, Ben Pechey. As a result fans of both the influencer and Sainsbury's have been praising the supermarket.

Action has been taken to tackle the blight of fly tipping in Glebe Street in Leigh after it was named the number one hotspot in Wigan for four years running. With a total of 97 reports between 2018 and 2022, the street has become notorious for this type of behaviour in the borough.

It would be something of an understatement to say Pep Guardiola's 2021/22 Manchester City side is quite impressive.

Hollyoaks star Gary Lucy got viewers talking as he appeared on Loose Women. The actor showed up on the ITV lunchtime show on Monday (May 30) ahead of his Channel 4 soap exit.

Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirwall partied into the small hours following their Confetti show in Manchester on Saturday night. The pair were all smiles as they were spotted leaving celeb hotspot Menagerie at New Bailey at 3am.

Helen Flanagan wowed as she shared a stunning throwback snap from a sun-soaked holiday. Like many of us, the Coronation Street favourite has been dreaming of sun, sand and sea.

HELEN Flanagan wowed as she posed in a plunging red bikini while on holiday in Dubai. The Coronation Street star, 31, and mum of three posed while perched on a sun bed, holding a cocktail.

CORONATION Street favourite Helen Flanagan looked sensational today as she got dressed up for a trip to Chester races. The stunning star went from being drenched on the school run to looking incredibly glamorous.

Lorraine Kelly has hit back as her viewers were branded 'unemployed and feckless' following the uproar after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he didn't know who she was. The PM appeared on Good Morning Britain for an interview with Susanna Reid on Tuesday (May 3).

Helen Flanagan and Charlotte Dawson were on top form as they partied together at Boodles May Festival Day at Chester Racecourse. The glam pair were in high spirits as they posed together during a day at the races.

Coronation Street favourite Helen Flanagan looked sensational in yellow as she headed out on the town in Manchester for a girls' night out. The 31-year-old mum-of-three turned heads in a yellow one-shoulder dress with metallic heels for her trip to Menagerie bar and restaurant at New Bailey.

If there's one thing about Manchester, it's glamour. With so many Coronation street icons, reality stars and WAGs here, you don't have to go far to see someone who looks a million dollars.

Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent has been spotted out for the first time since announcing her engagement. Last week the soap star, 29, announced she was engaged to her footballer beau of six years Kean Bryan. Seen out on a day running errands in Manchester, the star opted for a comfy look, wearing grey leggings and a white T-shirt under a grey jacket as her new diamond ring glimmered on her finger.The mum-of-two went for a make-up free look, wore a yellow scrunchie on her wrist and had a pair of sunglasses atop her head as she jumped in her car.

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan is a mum-of-three, and she recently revealed her “mum guilt”, after shouting at her daughter Matilda, 6, who keeps losing her glasses and using childcare for her son Charlie.  Helen, 31, who is mum to daughters Matilda, six, Delilah, three, and son Charlie, who she shares with fiancé, Scott Sinclair, 33, took to her Instagram stories to post a picture of herself looking a little frazzled. In the lengthy caption, she wrote: “I had mum guilt today over two things, I shouted at Matilda as she keeps losing her glasses all the time and needs them and I felt bad about that all day until I picked her up.