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Taylor Swift has been announced as the first-ever global ambassador of Record Store Day.Launched back in 2008, RSD will return for its 15th anniversary event on Saturday, April 23 after hosting two vinyl ‘drop’ dates in 2021.Today (January 20), organisers revealed that Swift – who’s released exclusive RSD records in the past – will serve as their Global Record Store Day Ambassador. She’ll also release a “special” RSD 2022 vinyl as part of the celebrations.“I’m very proud to be this year’s Ambassador for Record Store Day.

The number of people claiming Universal Credit has begun to fall in some Greater Manchester boroughs for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

There are changes to both practical and theory driving tests coming into force this year.

Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government "went too far" by imposing more restrictions over Christmas in response to the Omicron variant.

The award-winning Swan Inn in Eaglesham is to close following an ‘unsustainable’ rents hike.

An avid party girl who spent more than £10,000 a year on nights out has now completely changed her lifestyle in a bid to save money.

There was a heated exchange between attorneys for Britney and Jamie Spears yesterday, in the latest court hearing regarding the winding up of the pop star’s long running conservatorship. Both lawyers accused each other of lying, and they fought over a request by Jamie to have his daughter continue to pay his $1200 an hour legal fees.Despite Jamie being removed as his daughter’s conservator – and the conservatorship that had managed Britney’s personal and financial affairs since 2008 being terminated – the legal arrangement is still to be fully brought to a close.

Kelly Ripa is a devoted mom who has raised three grown children, but it turns out she's not quite ready to let go. The LIVE! star and her husband, Mark Consuelos, were seemingly overjoyed when they became empty-nesters last year after their youngest son, Joaquin, left home for college. MORE: Kelly Ripa is delighted as she receives 'best gift ever' from oldest son Michael But perhaps things aren't quite as exciting as they thought they would be because the pair have temporarily moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to be near Joaquin's college just months after he left NY. WATCH: Kelly Ripa is full of emotion as she details 'brutally painful' moment with sonKelly - who has been presenting her show virtually - shared a photo recently from inside their rental property and asked if anyone in the area could suggest a dog groomer. She was flooded with contacts for her pet dogs, but she was also inundated with mixed reactions to her move. SEE: Kelly Ripa asks for help as she shares glimpse inside vacation homeMORE: All the details on LIVE! hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest working from home"I think it’s adorable that you have 'moved' to be near your newborn baby boy," teased one fan, to which Kelly responded: "Haha…….he’s on the fence about it."A post shared by Joaquin

Grae is back with her first single of 2021, ‘Room In The Desert’, and this time it is accompanied by news of a debut album, ‘Whiplash’, set for release this spring.Inspired by The Cocteau Twins, ‘Room In The Desert’ represents something of a shift in Grae’s sound and songwriting. Although still firmly within the pop realm, she wanders further into the shadows than on much of her earlier work and finds herself quite comfortable there.“’Room In The Desert’ was written on a day when I was lacking inspiration”, she says.

A mum said Molly-Mae Hague saved her life after she discovered a cancerous lump in her breast.

Dr Hilary Jones has said he is unhappy with the government's decision to change the restrictions on Covid 19 - as he warned people to be cautious.

KATIE Price claims she is talking to cops over her ex-husband's historic rape allegations - which reportedly happened while they were still married.  Detectives want to talk to ex-stripper Kieran Hayler over allegations that he assaulted a woman on three occasions in 2016. Kieran, 34, is said to have immediately agreed to be interviewed, saying he was happy to co-operate and clear his name.

Record Store Day Unsigned has returned for 2022, giving one unsigned UK artist to chance to have their music pressed on vinyl - for free.

Rochelle Humes often appears on ITV's This Morning, filling in for host Holly Willoughby.

The xx’s Romy, Fred Again.. and HAAi have released their collaborative new single – listen to ‘Lights Out’ below.Announced on social media earlier this week, ‘Lights Out’ features Romy’s soaring vocals over euphoric beats.“I started this song on my laptop on a train up to the Scottish Highlands and immediately sent it to Romy and Teneil (HAAi) because it felt super special to me,” said Fred Again..

Scotland should prepare for one of the 'coldest nights' of the year tonight as temperatures are set to plunge to sub-zero conditions.

We’re in the thick of winter. But this is no excuse to lose focus on your resolutions and getting things done. Success specialists Richard Yu and Jonathan Torres know the trick to keeping your eyes on the prize is to avoid being derailed.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that on October 31, 2021 there were 2.8 million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with just over one in three claimants (35%) receiving the highest level of award.

Peter Grant never doubted the outstanding ability of Matt O’Riley.

Courtney Howard We’ve come a long way in terms of fairy tales centered on a handsome prince from a far-off land rescuing a beautiful, distressed damsel from a life of destitution. It’s widely welcomed that women can rescue themselves and concurrently complement the male arc.

A serving Greater Manchester Police officer has disputed claims that he was having a secret sexual relationship with an alleged rape victim.

Sia has said that she was “suicidal” following the backlash to her 2021 film Music.The Australian singer-songwriter made her directorial debut with the movie, which stars Maddie Ziegler as a nonverbal autistic teenager called Music.Sia courted controversy over her decision to cast Ziegler, who is not on the autism spectrum. An online petition was launched, aiming to cancel the premiere due to the film’s “inaccurate and hurtful betrayal of the [autistic] community” and the inclusion of scenes in which the titular character is restrained.Addressing the widespread criticism, Sia apologised to the community and said that a disclaimer would appear before future screenings of Music.

GOT7‘s BamBam has spoken about how 2PM member Nichkhun laid the groundwork for other Thai K-pop idols to succeed.During a press conference for BamBam’s recently released sophomore mini-album ‘B’, the K-pop idol touch on his personal experience as a Thai national in the K-pop industry. The singer shared that he believed 2PM’s Nichkhun had allowed for him and other Thai-born idols to succeed in the industry.“I’ve been able to promote comfortably because [2PM’s] Nichkhun paved the way,” he said, as translated by Soompi.

Harry Styles‘ long-delayed Australian and New Zealand ‘Love On Tour’ dates have been officially cancelled.Styles was originally set to perform a string of arena dates in Australia in November of 2020. Those dates were postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Styles commenting at the time: “I really hope to play the shows as planned for 2021 but will continue to monitor the situation over the coming weeks and months.”Dates in the UK and Europe that were originally scheduled for April of 2020, then pushed back to February and March 2021, were also postponed indefinitely in December of 2020.Styles managed to carry out the North American leg of the world tour last year, performing dozens of shows between September and November of 2021.

Parasite director and creator Bong Joon-ho is set to work on a new film, with Robert Pattinson in talks to star.On January 19, Deadline reported that the South Korean filmmaker is currently in talks to both write and direct an as-yet-untitled movie for American entertainment giant Warner Bros., based on Edward Ashton’s upcoming novel Mickey7. According to the outlet, The Batman actor Robert Pattinson is also in discussions to star in an undisclosed role.Per Deadline, Bong will also be producing the film under his own production company Offside, working alongside Choi Doo-ho for Kate Street Picture Company and Plan B. The pair have previously collaborated on the 2017 Netflix original Okja, which was also directed by Bong.The Mickey7 novel is expected to be published on February 15, and will be a sci-fi novel following its protagonist named Mickey7 an “expendable” employee.

Forecasting Love And Weather, starring Song Kang and Park Min-young.The new teaser begins with shots of Seoul drenched in rain, as the voice of a weather forecaster announces: “Just an hour ago, the cloud was only two kilometres thick.” We then see the budding romance between two weather forecasters, Jin Ha-kyung (Park Min-young) and Lee Si-woo (Song Kang), with the pair adamant on keeping their office romance under wraps.However, their secret relationship gets progressively harder to keep confidential. “This office romance is killing me,” says a disgruntled Ha-kyung, as the clip closes with the couple sharing a longing gaze.The new K-drama series is set to the two employees of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), South Korea’s national weather forecast service, as they navigate a newfound office romance.Ha-kyung is a general weather forecaster who is especially particular about keeping her personal and professional lives separate, while Si-woo is a special reporter who is well-known in the office to be easy-going and highly intelligent.Forecasting Love And Weather is scheduled to premiere on February 12 on South Korean broadcast network JTBC, as well as globally on Netflix.

A heartbroken dad ‘didn’t want to get out of bed on Christmas day’ while his partner was in a Covid-19 induced coma.

An Ayrshire drugs boss was snared after a former associate turned supergrass.

Joe Leydon Film CriticDuring his 1980s and ’90s heyday as a frightfully prolific star of blood-and-thunder direct-to-video fare, Wings Hauser once aptly described his target audience as “the microwave-burrito guys at 2 a.m. with a beer in their hands” — and, presumably, a VCR remote switch nearby.