Disruption on Metrolink as tram 'breaks down' in Manchester city centre

died at age 90 on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.“So sorry to hear about my sister, friend Loretta,” Parton wrote in a statement on Twitter. “We’ve been like sisters all the years we’ve been in Nashville and she was a wonderful human being, wonderful talent, had millions of fans and I’m one of them.

Netflix Among Buyers Of Doc On Dutch Soccer Manager Louis Van Gaal

Brooke Vincent has opened up for the first time about her fiance Kean Bryan’s romantic proposal at their home in Manchester. The former Coronation Street actress, 30, said the footballer dropped down on one knee on their six-year anniversary inside a rented igloo he’d hired in their back garden. Revealing the tear-jerking moment to OK! , Brooke said: “So we were celebrating our six-year anniversary and when we came back home there was an igloo in the garden and it was all beautifully decorated.

Gemma Owen has clapped back at any comparisons between herself and Molly-Mae Hague as the former Love Island star launched her first edit with Pretty Little Thing. It was announced back in August that the teen Love Island star would be the brand's latest ambassador.

Many of us will have vivid memories of visiting Father Christmas as a child and excitedly sharing details of the toys that featured on our Christmas lists.

Manchester United's training squad ahead of their return to Europa League action does not include Raphael Varane.

Some of the stars of Emmerdale have undergone a glam makeover to mark the ITV soap's 50th anniversary. The whole month of October will be littered with drama to mark the special occasion but one week, starting on October 16, will focus on a devastating storm in the village that will affect the lives of every single villager.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for 70mph winds for parts of Lancashire today.

UK travellers who are planning a getaway to Turkey, Greece or Cyprus in the coming weeks could face sizzling temperatures. Some countries are still experiencing the heatwave which gripped Europe this summer.

Rail strikes have become a frequent occurrence over recent months, with workers having taken industrial action on a number of occasions since June.

Naman Ramachandran Arvind Pratap’s “Mariam,” which has post production support from the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund, tackles a range of social issues in India. Millions of families from rural India move to the big cities in search of employment and “Mariam” follows one such migrant worker family. The breadwinner is Mariam, who has to look after her three daughters and also takes on an illegal surrogate pregnancy to earn for her family in Mumbai. Pratap, who previously directed the acclaimed “The Reluctant Crime,” got the idea for the film from a newspaper article detailing changes in the Surrogacy Regulation Bill by the Indian Supreme Court, where single parents were excluded from surrogacy.

Rebecca Souw Leading independent sales agency Finecut has picked up rights representation duties for “Greenhouse,” which will play this week in the Busan International Film Festival’s Vision section. The director, Lee Sol-hui previously saw her Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation short film “Anthill” play in the festival’s Wide Angle: Korean Short Form Competition. With Kim Seo-hyung (“The Villainess”) in the lead role, the film tracks the pain and suffering of a woman who suffers a psychological disorder. Also new on the company’s line up at the Asian Contents & Film Market is revenge-themed thriller “Christmas Carol,” adapted from a Korean best-selling novel of the same name. Directed by Kim Sung Soo, who also made “Save Me,” a 2010 cult series on Korean cable channel, OCN. The film has the ingredients for a fan following among K-Pop fans as it stars boyband, GOT7’s Park Jinyoung.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Director of Local Language Originals for the CEE, Anna Nagler, has outlined the streamer’s ambitions in region, as its biggest drama series from the region, High Water, launches globally today.

LIV Flaherty was brutally attacked by her mother Sandra's accomplice, Terry, who wanted her to retract her statement to the police. Knocked out and unconscious, she made a surprising speedy recovery, leaving Emmerdale fans confused.

SF9 have announced stops in Seoul and North America for their upcoming ‘Live Fantasy #4 Delight’ tour, due to begin this November.South Korean music label FNC Entertainment made the announcement of SF9’s forthcoming tour earlier today (October 5) via social media, where it dropped a list of dates and locations. The ‘Live Fantasy #4 Delight’ tour will kick off with a three-night show in SF9’s home city of Seoul in November, before the group embark on a trek across the US with five shows scheduled in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles across November and December.Venue and other specific show information have yet to be made publicly available by the organisers involved.

SoundCloud has been restricted in Russia, with the country claiming “false information” about a “special military operation” in Ukraine have been circulating on the music streaming site.According to Interfax, who cite information from communications watchdog Roskomnadzor (RKN) (via Reuters), “Roskomnadzor restricted access to the SoundCloud service in connection with placement of materials containing false information regarding the nature of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine.”The report continued, claiming that SoundCloud has been blocked at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, with the alleged messages circulating on the website including information on “attacks on civilians, strikes on civilian infrastructure, about numerous civilian casualties at the hands of Russian soldiers”.It said access to the service was blocked at the behest of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, adding that the information in question related to the special operation’s form and methods of warfare including “attacks on civilians, strikes on civilian infrastructure, about numerous civilian casualties at the hands of Russian soldiers”.Elsewhere, as the war between Ukraine and Russia continues, a rapper from Russia is believed to have taken his own life after he refused to be drawn into fighting in President Vladimir Putin’s war.Walkie, whose real name was Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, told fans in a Telegram video that he couldn’t “take the sin of murder on my soul” and that his final protest would be expressed by his death.

Netflix has shared the first look at its upcoming K-drama, The Fabulous, starring SHINee’s Minho.The much-anticipated first glimpse at the new series was shared by Netflix on October 5, and features snippets pulled from The Fabulous encompassing the fast-paced, glamorous world of South Korea’s illustrious fashion scene. Freelance photo editor Ji Woo-min (played by SHINee’s Minho) is at the heart of its schemes, crossing paths and eventually developing a romance with PR manager Pyo Ji-eun (Rookie Cops’ Chae Soo-bin).It also features cameo appearances from several top South Korean models, most notably including Choi So-ra, best known as the winner of the third cycle of Korea’s Next Top Model. Slated to make its global premiere on the streaming platform on November 4, The Fabulous, set against the backdrop of Seoul’s fashion industry and will depict the stories of young men and women as they navigate their work, personal lives, friendships and romances, along with their struggles to stay afloat in a fast-changing and competitive fashion landscape.Other cast members previously announced to be joining Minho and Chae on The Fabulous include Kim Min-kyu, a past Produce X 101 contestant, as well as Byun Jun-seo (Woori The Virgin), Lee Mi-do (Kiss Sixth Sense, House Of Lies), Kwon Hae-sung (Cafe Minamdang, The Devil Judge) and rookie actress Ye Seon-ho, among others.The first official details of the upcoming romance series first surfaced as early as September 2021.

EASTENDERS' Patsy Palmer showed off her best moves in a clip celebrating her Dancing on Ice announcement. The actress's pal Sara Laws shared a throwback of Patsy dancing around a Christmas tree in her pyjamas. She said: "And now this one will be on ice bringing it.

Paris and Tyson Fury are proud parents to six children and as the eldest of their brood turned 13, they celebrated in style. Never one to let her Instagram followers feel like they’ve missed out on the big day, Paris, 32, took to the social media website to share plenty of images of what went down during the fabulous day.The party, which took place at a venue near the family’s home of Morecambe, was very much Las Vegas themed and under a “Welcome to Vegas” sign, the family had written: “Welcome to Fabulous Venezuela's 13th birthday party.” Venezuela looked the part too as she dressed in a one-shouldered gold mini dress featuring a dramatic red feather trimmed drape.

A public inquiry into Scotland's handling of the covid pandemic was thrown into chaos last night after it was revealed four members of its legal team had quit.

HELEN Flanagan has revealed when she'll make her epic return to Coronation Street. The actress, 32, has said that she'd "love" to reprise her role as Rosie Webster. Helen first appeared on the Cobbles as Rosie, the eldest daughter of Kevin and Sally Webster, in 2000.

GEMMA Owen appeared to take a swipe at Molly-Mae Hague after signing a six-figure deal with PrettyLittleThing. Molly-Mae, 23, is Creative Director for the fashion brand while Gemma, 19, announced in September she is the latest PLT ambassador.

MARK Wright has given fans a glimpse inside his mind-blowing new garden as he trimmed the grass to look like Wimbledon’s tennis courts. It came a day after he hugged and kissed his stunning wife Michelle Keegan after he ran the London Marathon. Mark  relaxed with some gardening as he showed off his sprawling lawn on Instagram afterwards.

Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu is heading for her second reality show as she's been announced as the latest celebrity confirmed to be taking part in the 2023 series of Dancing on Ice. The line-up for the ITV skating competition started being announced earlier this week.

Three people were injured in a serious car crash in Tameside last night, police have confirmed.

Laura Derbyshire had to tell her family she had been diagnosed with cancer from the end of a driveway while remaining socially distanced during lockdown. But from that heartbreaking moment she survived a tough journey - thanks to the NHS and running.

Holly Jones A wandering love note to Madrid directed by local filmmaker Curro Sánchez Varela, “Voices of a City” ( “Voces de una ciudad”) merges prominent aesthetics with a charismatic populace, who so often blend into the background of photos taken of the bustling metropoli.  The film is a curated 24-hour journey through each urban corner, delving into the most integral part of any locale, the humans living within its confines, serving as an immersive peek into the city’s history, culture and enduring allure. Breezily narrated by Goya Award-winning Spanish actress Blanca Portillo (“Maixabel”), the sprawling shots of familiar architecture run alongside sharply focused studies of residents from the mayor to a famed chef, taxi drivers to artists and musicians, as well as a most charming retired couple.

Naman Ramachandran Malala Yousafzai, who heads her own film and TV production company, Extracurricular Productions, is joining “Joyland,” Pakistan’s Oscar submission in the international feature category, as an executive producer. The film had its world premiere at Cannes earlier this year where it won the Queer Palm and the jury prize at the festival’s Un Certain Regard strand. It subsequently had its North American premiere at Toronto. It is currently playing at both the BFI London Film Festival, where it is competing for the Sutherland Award, which recognizes the most original and imaginative directorial debut, and the Busan International Film Festival, where it is in the A Window on Asian Cinema strand.

The rain fell hard on this not so humdrum town, as the hardcore fans waited to catch a glimpse of their hero. Some had camped out overnight outside Ardwick's beautiful art deco Apollo, in the hope of clinching the best spot when its doors eventually opened.

Six teenagers who were arrested outside Trafford College for making threats with a 'firearm' have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

Alejandro Garnacho got Manchester United supporters excited by netting a dramatic late winner against Barrow. Garnacho made his mark in the closing stages on Tuesday night as the next generation rubber-stamped Papa John's Trophy progression.