'Fraught with difficulties': Hancock's Local lockdowns get double panning from Mayors of Manchester and Liverpool

Kanye West has been unleashing a flood of posts on Instagram, and they’re all taking aim at Pete Davidson.

We’re back in 1981 — among placards, lapel badges and whooping young people. François Mitterand, a socialist, has just been elected president of France. It isn’t a date that resonates much now — certainly not outside France — but the palpable sense of excitement in the opening scene of Mikhael Hers’s Berlin Film Festival competition entry The Passengers Of The Night suggests we are about to take a sweeping look at lived history.

Marc Anthony, 53, seems to find it humorous that his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and her ex-boyfriend Alex Rodriguez may long for their relationship once again. The singer, who was married to J.Lo from 2004 until 2014, shared a bunch of laughing emojis in response to a post that included an Us Weekly report stating the former New York Yankees player “believes” the 52-year-old Marry Me star “might miss what they had together” despite the fact that she’s now clearly moved on with on-again flame, Ben Affleck.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote countless songs for both The Beatles and some other artists. But Lennon said he peaked lyrically back in 1969 when he wrote a song for a charity compilation album: No One's Gonna Change Our World. For their contribution to the album - which also included such artists as Lulu, Cilla Black, and Rolf Harris - The Beatles included the song Across the Universe.

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Kanye West continues to take shots at Pete Davidson.

Kanye West is still going off on Instagram and Pete Davidson has been a huge topic of focus for him.

Luke Bryan has shared a fun new video with fans calling on them to buy his tour merchandise because he's lost all his money on the blackjack tables.MORE: Luke Bryan receives outpour of love as he shares bittersweet messageThe country star kicked off his Las Vegas residency on Friday 11 February and before he hit the stage he posted the video which saw him tell fans he was "checking out the Vegas merch" before adding: "Please buy it because I've lost money on the blackjack table…"WATCH: Luke Bryan calls on fans to help him after ‘losing money’ in Las VegasFans were more than willing to help Luke out, with many calling on him to put the merchandise online for those who couldn't make it to a tour date."Please put it online for the fans who couldn’t go, we will get your money back very very soon!!!" commented one follower as others shared how much they wanted the baseball cap in particular.MORE: Luke Bryan's wife shares rare photo from Nashville farm in a place that holds emotional memoriesThe residency is running through February but just a day after its opening night Luke revealed he was "having so much fun I decided to stay! NEW Vegas dates have been added."His wife Caroline flew in from Nashville for the opening night, along with four pals and a special surprise - Fireball the monkey.

Ali Wentworth has admitted to facing a particular challenge while working from home - positioning her hand to help lift her neck.MORE: Ali Wentworth reflects on the past year in incredibly honest videoThe 57-year-old quoted Nora Ephom and captioned the post, which saw her sitting at her desk with her hand on her neck: "The challenging thing with Zoom is positioning my hand so it not only hides, but also lifts my neck. Nora Ephron was right- 'I feel bad about my neck'."WATCH: George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth’s love story "I like to wear turtleneck sweaters," commented one fan with a helpful tip as others called her "perfect anyway".Ali celebrated her 57th birthday in January and her family and friends ensured that she felt very special on her birthday.

Husband and wife duo Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are starring in a new Super Bowl Commercial for Amazon!

There appears to be no downtime for Kanye West and his trolling of Pete Davidson, as the rapper went after the Saturday Night Live comedian once again — and brought Pete’s BFF Machine Gun Kelly into the fold. Taking to his Instagram on Sunday (February 13), Kanye shared an image (below) of himself and Pete superimposed as Marvel comic book foes Venom and Carnage facing off in a cage match titled “Fight Night.” Yes, it’s quite obvious Kanye has a bone to pick with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend, whom Kanye now refers to as “Skete.”

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou watched his side win 4-0 to keep their quadruple dream alive - then told his players they're NOWHERE NEAR the standards he expects.

Dancing On Ice's Liberty Poole accidentally fell during a complicated lift with her pro partner Joe Johnson on Sunday's episode. During the latest instalment, the Love Island star, 22, went all out with her routine to Right Round by Flo Rida ft.

Kate Middleton's incredible wardrobe has become famous in it's own right.The Queen in waiting as a result is known as the most influential and fashionable members of the Royal Family. Whether it's setting tailoring trends or putting fashion brands on the map, there is nothing that the 40-year-old can't seem to influence.

Jennifer Aniston celebrated her 53rd birthday by showing off her fabulous style! Taking to her Instagram on Saturday (February 12), the Friends alum looked every inch the fashion icon as she dared to impress in a black sweater with puffy cuffs. The real showstopper, however, were the wild gold tassel pants that she rocked like a fierce supermodel. In the adorable clip, she shook her foot back and forth to accentuate the amazing fringe!

Kanye West, 44, threw more fuel at the fire in his on-going feud with Pete Davidson, 28. The Watch The Throne rapper took to Instagram to share a polite and friendly text message allegedly written by the SNL comedian to Instagram on Sunday, Feb. 13 involving Kim Kardashian, 41.  Parts of the text are cut off as Ye zoomed in closely on his phone, however, the snippet that can be read says: “as a man I’d never get in the way of your children…it’s a promise,” in reference to Kimye’s brood North, 8, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 1.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift look set to claim this week’s highest new entry at Number 2 with The Joker and the Queen; following Ed’s show-stopping BRIT Awards performance of the track. The single could out-peak the pair’s last collaboration Everything Has Changed, which managed Number 7 in 2012.

Now more passengers are returning to the service in order to get to, and from, work, they will rightly expect to be able to access the Internet as part of their travel experience. "Having no Wi-fi will be an extra trial for passengers already expected to make their journeys with a mandatory face covering."Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester mayor, has been frank about Metrolink's shakey prospects amid huge funding deficits.Last week he warned the network would be on a 'cliff edge' in August when the current batch of Government funding runs out.He compared the 'chunks' of Whitehall aid to the £1.6bn bailout given to support London's public transport network.

A rare public spat has erupted among Greater Manchester’s council leaders over the state of the region’s town hall finances.Bolton’s Tory leader David Greenhalgh accused his Labour colleagues of staging ‘political theatre’ at a special one-off combined authority meeting held to discuss cash shortfalls, suggesting Labour chiefs already knew ministers were planning further support.While backing calls for extra central government funding, he questioned whether the Greater Manchester Combined Authority - the body chaired by Andy Burnham - was itself doing enough help out councils using its existing reserves, also warning that it would need to re-order its own financial priorities against the backdrop of a recession.And he warned there is no

hereAmong the speakers is leading British Nurse and Pride of Britain Awards recipient Dame Elizabeth Anionwu. She will lead the one minute silence to be held in memory of those who have passed away to COVID-19.Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and MP Afzal Khan will also be in attendance.The Windrush generation were invited to the UK to fill jobs as part of the country’s effort to rebuild following the Second World War, many found employment in the NHS and public transport, however, they were met with prejudice and discrimination.

double murder investigation is underway after shots were fired at around 12.55am on Sunday (June 21).

despite local residents telling the MEN that it was attended by up to 200 people and had a DJ, PA system and gazebos. His comments came after Greater Manchester Police also insisted that the shooting happened at 'an unplanned, spontaneous gathering' and not a rave.

here“It doesn’t mean they are necessarily murdered by the police but their experiences of the police do lead on to their deaths.“With regards to Anthony Grainger, he may have been a criminal and he may have been an armed robber, but there was no gun in the car that day and that does not mean he deserves to die at the hands of the police.”The motion called on the council to produce a new equalities strategy setting out how it will make the council a more ‘equal organisation’.They also requested that the chief executive write to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to reaffirm the borough’s support for the creation of a regional race equality panel - and for the publication of a quarterly race equality policing report.Coun Ateeque Ur-Rehman

The number of hospital patients dying from Covid in Greater Manchester has halved this week, from 28 to 14.Andy Burnham outlined the latest trends here at his weekly press conference, in which he also highlighted a ‘significant reduction’ in patients in intensive care, adding: “The overall picture is moving in the right direction.”The number of new cases appears to have currently stabilised at between 200 and 250 a week, compared to the height of the crisis, when numbers were closer to 1,000.Infections in care homes seem to be ‘stable’ too, he said, with 15pc of those in Greater Manchester currently reporting cases.

warned headteachers away from welcoming more pupils back. Greater Manchester officials have been analysing the data they have available to work out a more localised picture of Covid levels within communities here, although infection rates - which are based on incomplete data - are only one measure used to work that out.The mayor, Andy Burnham, said today that council leaders had agreed ‘in principle’ to the creation of a ‘heat map’ that can be used by the public to work out the level of risk in their own community, which will use a range of different figures that will take some time to compile.

Plans for a 200km network of temporary cycle lanes have been boosted after Manchester council agreed to work with neighbouring boroughs proposing routes into the city.Greater Manchester has tabled a £21.5m bid for government funding to cover the pop-up lanes - which will cover 94km of major roads - and wider measures to improve walking and cycling in the city-region.Mayor Andy Burnham said the final decision rested with local leaders and stressed that the current proposals were ‘not the finished article’.But in a statement, the town hall appeared to relax its position, saying it would work with those proposing routes approaching Manchester on a case-by-case basis ‘to ensure that safety for all road users is prioritised’.This has been