Dramatic pictures show firefighters tackling huge blaze at a recycling centre

Prime Minister Liz Truss has seemingly dropped a key pledge to our region less than 24 hours after moving into Downing Street.

Sam Fender has announced a second date at Newcastle United’s St. James’ Park stadium next summer.The singer-songwriter confirmed details of his first hometown show at St.

Firefighters battled a blaze at a three-storey building in Manchester city centre this morning.

The journalist who has been reporting on the R Kelly sexual abuse allegations since 2000, Jim DeRogatis, filed a motion yesterday seeking to quash a subpoena from the defence in the musician’s current trial that orders him to testify.It was Chicago-based DeRogatis who, in the early 2000s, was sent a copy of the tape that seemed to show Kelly sexually abusing a fourteen year old girl, named as ‘Jane’ in the current trial. At that point the journalist had already reported on allegations that Kelly was using his fame to meet and sexually abuse underage girls.DeRogatis handed the tape over to Chicago police instigating the first criminal investigation into Kelly’s alleged abuse of women and teenagers.

Helen Skelton has laughed off claims her past dance experience give her an advantage as she prepared to take part in Strictly Come Dancing. The Countryfile host is among the 15 celebrities who have signed up for the BBC One dance contest's 2022 series which starts next Sunday (September 17).

Bullish Jamie O'Hara reckons Rangers can go beyond the Champions League group stage this term - but insisted this would be the end of the road for Celtic.

Nicola Sturgeon has invited Lorraine Kelly along to her first meeting with the new Prime Minister, joking she can "hold the jackets".

Armie Hammer’s alleged abuse have said they will make one change to it, following its release last week. Production house Talos Films will reportedly remove the photograph of an alleged bite mark that Hammer’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Vucekovich believed was of her own body, after viewers raised questions over its authenticity.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo are expecting their third child. The Victoria's Secret model seemingly showed off a growing baby bump in a silk floral dress as she joined her Maroon 5 singer husband - with whom she already has daughters Dusty, five, and four-year-old Gio - for lunch in Santa Barbara on Monday (05. 09.

AMANDA Holden nearly burst out of her tight minidress yesterday when her brass buttons popped open. The Britain's Got Talent star was showing off her sunshine yellow Alice McCall minidress on Instagram and nearly revealed more than she bargained for.

DAME KELLY HOLMES — who came out during a moving TV documentary — is preparing to make waves as the new star on Loose Women. The Olympic Gold-winning runner will be able to give her insight into LGBTQ issues as a full-time panellist on the ITV daytime show.

Good Morning Britain viewers were left raging on Wednesday morning over what they called 'disgusting' comments from TV Dr Hilary Jones, during a discussion about how newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to make the NHS an "early priority".

Justin Bieber has announced that he is taking another break from his world tour, which was due to run through to the end of March next year, due to ongoing health issues.The musician postponed US tour dates in June after revealing that he had been diagnosed with Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome, which had caused part of his face to become paralysed.He resumed the tour at the end of July with a show at the Lucca Summer Festival in Italy, before playing a number of concerts in Europe in the month that followed, and then travelling to Brazil to play Rock In Rio at the weekend.From there, he was due to tour South America, and then travel on to South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, before returning to Europe for more shows there – including dates in the UK and Ireland.However, in a statement on social media last night, he told fans: “Earlier this year, I went public about my battle with Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome, where my face was partly paralysed. As a result of this illness, I was not able to complete the North American leg of the Justice Tour”.“After resting and consulting with my doctors, family and team, I went to Europe in an effort to continue with the tour”, he continued.

The Artist:Entrepreneur Day from the Featured Artists Coalition and CMU:DIY is returning to Manchester next month in partnership with English Folk Expo.Once again three FAC artist entrepreneurs will talk about their individual artist businesses, explaining how music-makers go about building a fanbase, and generating revenues from their music rights, shows and fan relationships.They will be joined by CMU’s Chris Cooke and a team of music industry experts to provide insights, ideas and lots of practical advice for early-career music-makers looking to build a business around their music.This is all happening on Saturday 15 Oct at Home in Manchester. Info and tickets here.

Phillip Schofield reunited with his wife after celebrating 20 years on This Morning. The presenter took to Instagram to share a snap of him and Stephanie Lowe with their daughters on Tuesday night (September 6) as they enjoyed a trip to the theatre.

A couple who met while they were still at school are celebrating a wonderful 60 years of married life.

Geordie Shore's Sophie Kasaei has shown off the results of her new breast reduction, years after having failed plastic surgery that "nearly killed" her. Unveiling her new figure in a blue sparkly bikini during a holiday to Ibiza, the 32 year old spoke openly about her breast reduction surgery taking her from an E cup to a C cup, as she credited her surgeon as "one of the best she's known". She wrote: "Appreciation to one of the best surgeons I have known @dr.serkanbalta for making me feel so confident this summer.

NBC’s ‘New Amsterdam’ To Be Remade In Turkey

Dr. Dre‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show, has said that he wants to take the star-studded performance on tour.Dre headlined the performance at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California back in February, in which he performed alongside Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J.

Kirkgunzeon Gala raised the woof on Saturday with a dog show and an impressive array of vintage machinery among the attractions.

K.J. Yossman Banijay Rights has set a new returning drama series titled “Runners” with writer John Preston (pictured above, left) and exec producer Ellie Wood (pictured above, right) of Clearwood Films, the team behind “Stonehouse” and “The Dig.” “Runners” tells the story of the world’s first police force, the Bow Street Runners, who were formed in the 1740s in London, which at the time was facing a colossal crime wave. The Chief Magistrate of London at the time, Heny Fielding (who also happened to be a celebrated novelist), decided to take on this criminal underworld by assembling a group of police.“This extraordinary story will tell of how a group of just six police officers, none with any training or experience, set about imposing law and order on a completely lawless society and embarked on solving one of the strangest cases of its time – one with momentous political and social ramifications,” reads the logline.

Ryan Reynolds has revealed that wife Blake Lively helped him make the decision to buy the Wrexham soccer team, joking that he had to get her permission as he can't even make "unilateral decisions on milk".MORE: Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds's incredible NY houseSpeaking on Good Morning America, Ryan was asked by Michael Strahan how Blake took to the news that he was buying the team along with friend Rob McElhenney, to which he quipped: "First off, let's back the truck up — I would not just buy a team and then tell my wife. I don't make unilateral decisions on milk."WATCH: Welcome to Wrexham, available on Disney+Ryan then shared that his wife of 10 years helped him talk through the decision, and that she "saw some of the things — the blind spots — that I didn't see, and I saw some of the other blind spots."He also went on to reveal that the decision was "one of the greatest things to happen to me and genuinely one of the worst," adding: "I now love this sport so much I hate it."MORE: Blake Lively's incredible unicorn cake is perfect for her three young daughtersRob and Ryan purchased Wrexham AFC, a club in North Wales, in 2020, and cameras followed their move to try to try to turn its fortunes around as well as Wrexham as a working-class town where the historic yet struggling football club is a source of pride among residents.However the documentary also saw Ryan speak emotionally about his own relationship with his father, revealing that he only got validation from his late dad when it came to sport, and he still feels upset over their strained relationship today.

Katie Price has revealed she was brutally raped at gunpoint before she tried to take her own life.