Corrie boss reveals genius hack to keep Jennie McAlpine on screen during her maternity leave

Councillors for Wigan confirmed that tax will rise by 4.99 per cent after a majority vote came in following four hours of debate.

A 'reckless' drone pilot has avoided jail and been slapped with a £3,000 fine after endangering a historic WWII plane.

Police are to send divers into a canal and retrace their steps in a desperate search to find missing great-grandad Peter Baglin who vanished just over nine weeks ago.

A predatory sex offender prowled the streets before raping a 70-year-old woman, days after sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Issa Brayzi-Pour, 21, faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of rape and sexual assault.

Tommy Doyle put his Player of the Match performance for Sheffield United against Tottenham down to a desire to prove he can be a Premier League player.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace an Oldham man wanted on recall to prison.

A Salford man has been fined £784 after overturning his car in a horror crash that ripped the vehicle apart.

Hoda Kotb's time away from the Today Show is seemingly coming to an end soon, according to her co-star Jenna Bush Hager.The former is going on almost two weeks of being off from the popular morning show, her last appearance was a pre-taped President's Day show on Monday, February 21st.After fans kept urging for an answer on her whereabouts, on Wednesday Craig Melvin revealed a "family health matter" was behind Hoda's absence, and now her 4th Hour co-star has given another, hopeful, update.WATCH: Hoda Kotb reveals daughter's reaction to becoming a big sisterMORE: All we know about Hoda Kotb's Today Show replacement, Tom LlamasAs Jenna walked on stage for March 2nd's installment of 4th Hour with Hoda and Jenna, she walked out next to Hoda's occasional replacement, Willie Geist, who typically hosts Sunday Today.As she made her way towards her usual spot on the news desk, she announced: "We have Willie, he is in for Hoda, who will be back very, very soon," she promised.MORE: Today Show star Hoda Kotb reveals true opinion on Prince HarryShe went on to praise her temporary co-host for adapting to his new role so seamlessly, telling him: "Can I just say, because you've been here for the last two weeks off and on, your range, going from Morning Joe, to here…" getting a prompt round of applause from the crew working behind the scenes.A post shared by TODAY (@todayshow)Hoda's co-star gave a long-awaited update on Wednesday"It's just really incredible," Jenna added, and Willie praised the show in return, telling her: "This show is a breath of fresh air, I love it here."DISCOVER: T.J.

Reader, would you believe us if we told you that it's over 13 years since Iyaz topped the Official Singles Chart with his breakout single Replay?

Nintendo has announced a release date for Wave 4 of Mario Kart 8‘s downloadable content (DLC) courses, revealing eight tracks and a returning racer that’s coming to the game.In a trailer published today (March 2), Nintendo confirmed that Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass will be released on March 9.The trailer also confirmed that the following eight courses will be featured in the DLC, including seven maps that are returning from other Mario Kart games and one entirely new map.In the below trailer, you can watch all eight of the maps in action:Additionally, the trailer also reveals that Birdo – a character from the Super Mario Bros. series and a mainstay in many of Mario’s sporting spin-offs – will make her Mario Kart 8 debut in Wave 4.Mario Kart 8‘s wave-based DLC launches were announced in February 2022, and have been slowly released since then.

Channel 4 drama Truelove due to ill health.The actor will be replaced by Lindsay Duncan in the role of Phil on the upcoming series, after filming was paused last year due to Walters suffering severe back pain.Speaking to Deadline, Truelove creators Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby said they were “saddened” by the loss of Walters, but “with her blessing, Lindsay has joined and we are both huge admirers.”A statement from producers Clerkenwell Films reads: “Last year, filming on Truelove was paused while Julie Walters sought medical advice and attention for severe back pain.“Subsequently, Julie has decided to step back from the project to focus on her recovery and recuperation, and so will not be returning to the role of Phil. We wholeheartedly support her decision, and the entire cast, crew and production team wish her the very best and a speedy recovery.”Filming on the project, which also stars Clarke Peters (The Wire), is set to restart in Bristol later this year.Walters previously revealed she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer in 2018, but was given the all clear after undergoing chemotherapy.Her last major role was in the 2020 film The Secret Garden opposite Colin Firth, which was based on the novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett.Truelove follows the lives of Phil (Duncan) and Ken (Peters), two former childhood sweethearts who reunite when they’re retired in their 70s after decades apart.

Travis Scott is reportedly being sought by police for questioning about an alleged altercation that took place at a New York nightclub early Wednesday (March 1).The New York City Police Department responded to the scene at Club Nebula around 3:25am EST, after reports that a man “was involved in a verbal dispute with” Scott, according to NBC News.The rapper – real name Jacques Bermon Webster II – allegedly escalated the situation with a sound engineer “into a physical altercation”, and “punched the victim with a closed fist on the left side of the face”.Scott was also accused of causing about $12,000 (£9,853) worth of damage to a speaker and video screen.The rapper had performed a DJ set at a concert afterparty for labelmate Don Toliver.In a statement to Entertainment Tonight from Scott’s lawyer, Mitchell Schuster, he described the situation as a “misunderstanding being blown out of proportion by clickbait and misinformation,”adding “we are actively working with the venue and law enforcement to resolve and set the record straight. We are confident our client will be cleared of any wrongdoing”.Ritchie Romero, managing partner of Club Nebula, said in a statement: “This is blown completely out of proportion.

There is WAY more to the Drew Sidora and Ralph Pittman divorce. As we reported Wednesday, the Real Hou

EXCLUSIVE: The Flash star Danielle Nicolet is set to write and exec produce a feature adaptation of her short Black Karen for Kevin Hart‘s multi-platform media company, Hartbeat.

Love Island fans had better prepare themselves for a dramatic show tonight, as dumped stars Olivia and Maxwell must make a terrible choice. Having received the fewest public votes, the couple are set to leave the villa tonight, but on Wednesday night's episode, presenter Maya Jama revealed they must name another couple to leave the villa with them. "You must now choose one girl and one boy from the remaining vulnerable couples to be dumped from the Island tonight," declares Maya.

DGA Award winner and 5x Emmy nominee Paul Feig has found a stellar trio to lead his new action-comedy Grand Death Lotto for Amazon Studios in John Cena (Peacemaker), Awkwafina (Renfield) and Simu Liu (Barbie).

EXCLUSIVE: Soji Arai (Dead Ringers) has been tapped for a substantial role in the second season of HBO Max‘s crime drama series Tokyo Vice, which is currently in production in Tokyo.

The BBC is to air a documentary about cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James featuring intimate footage dating right up until the final weeks of her life.The 80-minute film, titled Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words, will draw on previously unseen mobile phone footage, her collection of TikTok videos and voice notes, Instagram posts, podcast audio and family videos. It will air on BBC Two and iPlayer as part of the broadcaster's Storyville documentary series, with a release date yet to be announced.

Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide is off getting some specialized arson training.

Harpreet Kaur, the businesswoman who won The Apprentice 2022, has taken to Instagram to share the tragic news that her father has passed away. Posting to her grid Harpreet shared a number of photos of her family, which she captioned: "We all love you forever dad [dove emoji] 1963-2023 [heart emoji] rest peacefully now x" She then posted a photo of her late father to her Story, to which she added the text: "Love you forever dad.Thanks you for your kind messages. "My father sadly passed away yesterday.

When Kerry Condon heard her Oscar nomination announced in the early hours of the morning in LA, she was clustered around the television with a group that included her Banshees of Inisherin co-star Colin Farrell. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh Jesus, hang on though. What if it’s bad for one of us?’” Condon says. Fortunately, neither actor was left out in the cold. Making Banshees was a chance for the actress to reunite with writer-director Martin McDonagh, in whose plays and the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri she had already starred. The Banshees character of Siobhán lets Condon show us her chops — from a scene in which she gently lets down the amorous but tortured young Dominic (Barry Keoghan), to telling Brendan Gleeson’s bull-headed Colm (and men in general), “You’re all feckin’ boring!” Here, Condon reflects on her career thus far and some of her onscreen favorites.

Millennium Media’s Hellboy reboot The Crooked Man has its lead in the shape of Jack Kesy (Deadpool 2).

Kate and Rio Ferdinand opened up about some of the heated arguments they've had since announcing they're expecting another child. The couple announced that they will welcome a baby girl on her Blended podcast, and also opened up about the complications they've faced while expanded their family. Kate, 31 and Rio, 44, already share a two year old son Cree.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed rising star Sinqua Walls for representation in all areas.

Gkids has snapped up U.S. rights to Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia — the sequel to the acclaimed Ernest & Celestine, which landed a Best Animated Feature Oscar nom in 2014. The decorated producer and distributor of animation, celebrating its 15th anniversary, will put both the original French-language version of Gibberitia and a new English dub in theaters this year.

Love Island hopeful Kai Fagan insists that Sanam Harrinanan must tell him she loves him in a spoiler for Thursday night’s episode. Manchester local Kai entered the South African villa on day one and has since struggled to find his perfect match, filling the time in couples with dumped islanders Olivia Hawkins and Tanyel Revan.

An impressive array of more than 50 Canadian recording artists have pooled their talents for a new single to promote an excellent cause.

The Teigen-Legend family are all together.

“We’ve been schooled by a barbarian named Logan Roy.”

with fashion, this time at Paris Fashion Week in a mostly-sheer black dress with a bellybutton-baring peephole. The tiny, circular cutout in Fox's dress was just large enough to display her bellybutton piercing which, to be fair, would totally have ruined the line of the dress otherwise. At this point, visible are so trendy as to be hardly worth mentioning, but a bellybutton cutout is new.Fox topped the sheer dress with a leather jacket cropped at the collarbone and low-heeled black sock booties.

Born to Die, because we're heading back to 2012 with Lana Del Rey. The musician brought back her signature retro at the 2023 Billboard Women in Music Awards and I'm ready to cue up "Video Games" once more.Del Rey, who was honored with the Visionary Award at the awards ceremony, hit the red carpet in classic LDR fashion in a high-necked sheer paisley dress that looked like it stepped right out of the late '60s and equally vintage-inspired gold mules.

President Ramaphosa awarded President Museveni – dubbed “Africa’s worst homophobe” – the prestigious Order of South Africa this week

TROUBLED lad Max Turner has been put through the wringer amid a dark grooming storyline. But Coronation Street boss Iain MacLeod vowed romance will be in the cards for him. There's a light at the end of the tunnel for the teen portrayed by Paddy Bever.

Coronation Street looks set for dramatic scenes next week as a heartbroken Shona Platt tells a shocked David Platt that she's leaving him after he tries to kiss Maria Connor. In upcoming scenes, David is upset to discover that Max Turner has been attacked in the Secure Centre and ends up getting drunk. And Maria is left shocked when David tries to kiss her and sends him home.

Jennie McAlpine has some exciting news to share with OK! for the new year - the Coronation Street actress is expecting her third child. The star, who is six months pregnant, proudly displays her baby bump in our shoot and opens up on all things babies - including how she told her two children Albert, eight, and four year old Hilda the news, whether she'll find out the gender and her name ideas.