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A trampoline park manager who was sacked for whistleblowing has been awarded more than £54,000 in compensation. George Gallagher had been living off benefits after being left out of work when he left his role at Flip Out Glasgow.

A young delivery driver has died after being attacked by a gang who ambushed him with "blades and blunt objects" while making a delivery. Officers were called to the Coton Hill area of Shrewsbury at around 1.05 pm on Monday August 21, following reports a 23-year-old had been attacked.

Former Gogglebox star Terry Baggs has made a sentimental gesture by getting his first tattoo – a touching tribute to his wife of 31 years, Lisa Baggs. The Baggs family, who gained fame for their appearances on Channel 4's Gogglebox from 2020 to 2022, recently shared the special moment on Instagram.

Naman Ramachandran A first clip has been unveiled from Luna Carmoon’s feature debut “Hoard,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In the film, in London, 1984, seven-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother.

Naman Ramachandran The “Barbenheimer” juggernaut continued rolling on at the U.K. and Ireland box office, occupying the top two slots for the fifth consecutive weekend. Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” took pole position yet again with £2.6 million ($3.4 million), per numbers released by Comscore.

CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is currently covering the Edinburgh Festival, the world’s biggest cultural event, which takes over the Scottish capital for three weeks with a packed programme of comedy, theatre, music, musicals, dance, cabaret, spoken word and a whole lot more.Here in the CMU Daily we are picking out some of the highlights of this year’s coverage. That includes recent editions of the TW:Talks podcast, which sees CMU’s Chris Cooke chatting to people performing at the Festival.Today comedian and comedy writer Sophie Zucker talking about her show ‘Sophie Sucks Face’.Says the show’s blurb: “From ‘The Daily Show’s Sophie Zucker comes a one-woman musical about love, death and incest.

Blur have shed insight into the cover for their latest album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’, as has the artist and the swimmer captured in the image.The Britpop legends shared the update on their social media pages yesterday (August 21), celebrating one month since their ninth studio album was released.With the Instagram post, the band’s frontman, Damon Albarn, and drummer Dave Rowntree both shared their interpretation behind the cover, and revealed how it has a connection to one of their 1995 live performances.The post began with a brief clip of someone holding the album out, before dropping it down to reveal that they are standing in the same spot where the now-famous image was taken – the Gourock Outdoor Pool in Glasgow.“The image selected for the album’s artwork is one shot by British photographer Martin Parr of a lone swimmer on a stormy day at the Gourock Lido, Scotland, captured in 2004,” the second slide reads, also incorporating a quote from the artist himself.“It was in the summer and you have the blue of the lido but there was the grey sky so familiar in Scotland,” Parr explained, revealing the inspiration behind the photograph. “I thought this was going to be a great backdrop.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their second child together, it has been reported.According to TMZ, the singer gave birth to a baby boy in Los Angeles, California on August 3. The newborn’s name is yet to be revealed.

Activision Blizzard games like Call Of Duty, Overwatch 2 and World Of Warcraft could be added to Ubisoft’s streaming service soon according to a new announcement.In response to another rejection from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft tried to rectify the regulator’s point of contention in this move to sell streaming rights to those games to Ubisoft+.“To address the concerns about the impact of the proposed acquisition on cloud game streaming raised by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, we are restructuring the transaction to acquire a narrower set of rights,” it said in a statement (via Video Games Chronicle).“This includes executing an agreement effective at the closing of our merger that transfers the cloud streaming rights for all current and new Activision Blizzard PC and console games released over the next 15 years to Ubisoft Entertainment SA, a leading global game publisher. The rights will be in perpetuity,” it explained.As a result, it imagined that the CMA would have enough time to review the new transaction and finalise it ahead of its own imposed deadline of October 18.“Under the restructured transaction, Microsoft will not be in a position either to release Activision Blizzard games exclusively on its own cloud streaming service – Xbox Cloud Gaming – or to exclusively control the licensing terms of Activision Blizzard games for rival services,” concluded Microsoft.Chris Early, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and business development at Ubisoft, expressed the developer and publisher’s enthusiasm to offer “a large library of beloved and classic titles as well as the newest releases” through Ubisoft+.

Arctic Monkeys have announced a run of arena shows in Ireland for 2023 – you can find all the details below.The Sheffield band are due to play three headline gigs at the 3Arena in Dublin on October 15, 17 and 19. Additionally, they’ll take to the stage at the SSE Arena in Belfast on October 16.Miles Kane is set to appear as a “special guest” support act at each of the new dates, which will bring AM’s ‘The Car’ world tour to a close.The Monkeys were forced to cancel a concert at Marlay Park in Dublin earlier this summer after frontman Alex Turner came down with acute laryngitis.Per a press release, previous ticketholders for the original date will be sent a unique access code and given 72-hour priority pre-sale access to buy tickets, starting at 9am BST this Friday (August 25).All remaining tickets will be made available at 9am BST next Tuesday (August 29) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

A hospital consultant said he was made to feel he was 'a problem' when he blew the whistle on killer nurse Lucy Letby.

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Jamie-Lee O’Donnell has opened up about returning to her role in Channel 4 drama Screw - revealing that she receiving letters from prison officers ahead of filming series two. The Derry Girls star plays Rose Gill, Long Marsh prison's newest officer. While she was determined to make a difference in series one, she quickly she realised that it was going to be an almost impossible task.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari's split could lead to a rather messy divorce, with reports claiming that Sam has allegedly threatened to go public with "embarrassing information about Britney" if he doesn't get a large payout. Despite this threat, others have suggested that the prenup, which he signed ahead of their wedding in June 2022 and after six years together, keeps Britney's assets as separate property, not marital assets, meaning he will be highly unlikely to get any extra cash.

EXCLUSIVE: Small Axe star Shaniqua Okwok has criticized The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after the prestigious UK drama school failed to say whether it disciplined a teacher accused of a “racist incident.”

Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be able to catch up for $4 a ticket in movie theaters nationwide.Theater owners announced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For one day, all movies — in all formats and at all showtimes — will be $4 at participating theaters.

Naman Ramachandran The ongoing renaissance in the Indonesian film industry will be celebrated at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival. Films from the country now routinely get selected and win prizes at major international festivals.

Bob Dylan has announced a run of North American live dates for 2023 – find all the details below.The legendary singer-songwriter is due to continue his ongoing ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ world tour in the US and Canada this autumn.Kicking off with two shows in Kansas City (October 1, 2), the upcoming leg also includes stop-offs in Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Toronto and Montreal, among other cities.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (August 25) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Pre-sales are set to go live at the same time on Thursday (24), details of which can be found via the same link.According to an official announcement on social media, “more dates will be posted soon”.

A dad who was jailed for punching Jack Grealish was found dead after his release following a struggle with drink and drugs, an inquest heard.

Netflix has renewed Indian cop drama Khakee: The Bihar Chapter for a second season and struck a wider creative partnership deal with the show’s creator, Friday Storytellers.

Manchester Psych Fest will transform a corner of Oxford Road into a festival hub - including yoga and street food - when it returns next month (September 2).

Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) is back in Albert Square after 25 years away – and she doesn’t exactly get a warm welcome as two families are left reeling at her return in EastEnders spoilers. When Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) finds Cindy has left to follow Peter Beale (Thomas Law) back to Walford, he demands Peter get his mum home. But with Peter’s back turned, Cindy goes in search of Beale (Gillian Taylforth).

Charlize Theron opened up about the one thing you won’t see her offer to do for a role again.

Dax Shepard is being open and honest with his feelings of financial insecurity.

Krispy Kreme and Hailey Bieber are both riding the “strawberry girl makeup” train to exciting, coordinating releases.

Billie Eilish‘s fans are slamming her ex-boyfriend Jesse Rutherford for the lyrics in his new song “POV,” which people are calling “disturbing.”

The walls are again closing in on Stephen Reid just as he gets his feet back under someone else's table with a new romance in Coronation Street. It comes as he looks close to being found out after pictures seemingly confirmed a potential exit for the unsuspecting serial killer as one of his victim's bodies is found.

Marks and Spencer customers are showering praise on a hooded cardigan which, they say, feels 'so soft it's like wearing a hug'. The £25 cardigan has been hailed as 'luxurious' and 'snuggly' by M&S customers, and has been hailed 'perfect' for autumn as the weather turns chilly.

Lies and concern appear to be a theme among the residents on the cobbles next week but worry not, the truth will come out. Next week's Coronation Street kicks off with an excited Ed Bailey telling brother Ronnie about a plot of land for sale with planning permission for six houses and reckons they could make a killing.

The Government has today confirmed plans for Eton College to launch a new sixth form in Oldham - and announced two new free schools will also open in Manchester. They are among 15 new free schools given the go-ahead in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country.

A much loved annual event saw convoys of decorated taxis take hundreds of children to the seaside for free.

with retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. The two men have remained close, and Kitsch’s desire to learn about veterans’ issues has only grown.“The stakes were very life-and-death, and Marcus was one of the few people I called for help,” he explained.

The Greens have backed calls for a new “ecocide” law in Scotland to punish people guilty of mass environmental destruction. Labour MSP Monica Lennon is spearheading efforts to get the eco law on Holyrood’s statute books amid a global push for an international ecocide crime to hold planet killers to account.

Scooter Braun is one of the most famous talent managers in the music industry and he has grown his company SB Projects to be more than just a music-focus company.

Drake has revealed the cover art for his upcoming album, ‘For All The Dogs’.Today (August 22), the Canadian rapper took to social media to share the album art for the upcoming record, which he revealed was drawn by his son Adonis.‘For All The Dogs’ has yet to receive a release date, but is supposedly “coming soon”.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)At the end of July, Drake teased his new album ‘For All The Dogs’ and confirmed that the forthcoming LP will arrive “in like two weeks”, though that has yet to happen. He announced the album hours after he released his poetry book Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness last month.On August 17, Drake told the audience at his concert in Inglewood that he “got a chance today to listen to my album” and that “it’s coming real soon”.

pic.twitter.com/4eFVgvB3Qo— Britney Spears