From beautiful walks to street art, here's the top ten things to enjoy in Wirral

A woman has been left furious after she discovered her mother-in-law tried to 'test' her to see whether she's good enough to marry her son. The 27-year-old explained how she and her boyfriend had recently been house hunting and were wanting to take their relationship to the next step.

During her time on this year’s winter Love Island, Lana Jenkins coupled up with fellow contestant Ron Hall and was crowned runner-up in the series after winning over viewers with her hopeless romantic outlook. However, it wasn’t just her personality that viewers were fans of; she received plenty of praise for her fashion and beauty choices, including her perfect messy bun that she was often spotted wearing around the villa.The look was the perfect combination of effortless and chic, with Lana wearing it both poolside and glammed up in the evenings in equal measure.

Actress Millie Gibson, who played Kelly Neelan on Coronation Street, showed off her incredible figure as she treated herself to a spa weekend.The 18 year old snapped photos wearing a black one-piece swimming costume, with a cut-out in the middle, showing off her midriff and displaying her natural beauty as she went makeup free. She wore her blonde hair tied up in a messy bun as she stretched out on a sauna bench for one picture, and laid out on a towel for another sweet snap.

Daisy Lowe, who is expecting her first child, revealed that she is "desperate for labour to start" as she showed off her blossoming baby bump to her followers. The daughter of Bush rocker Gavin Rossdale, first added a black and white mirror selfie to her stories where she wore black underwear, a black crop top, and showed off her growing bump as she cradled her tummy.

Animal rights charity Peta has said Scotland's biggest agricultural show should get rid of its animal displays and go vegan – replacing livestock shows with a "turnip beauty pageant".

May 2023 marks 20 years since the release of Girls Aloud's debut album Sound of the Underground.

Tom Morello has said that Zack de la Rocha performing injured is still “more compelling” than practically all frontmen in the history of music.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist was being interviewed about the band cancelling dozens of reunion tour shows in the wake of de la Rocha injuring his leg onstage last July.During the chat with Rolling Stone, Morello was asked how he felt when he realised that de la Rocha was injured “pretty badly” on the second night of the band’s Public Service Announcement tour at Chicago’s United Center.“Well, the irony is that I had just recovered from a ruptured achilles,” Morello said. “I was in rehearsals on crutches.

Coronation Street has responded to Snoop Dogg's high praise of the ITV soap - and they have found him a perfect role after he said he'd like to join the show.The rapper, 51, shocked fans all across the world recently when he revealed his love for one specific British soap show, and also said he'd like to join the cast. In a recent interview with ITV, the rapper said: "Coronation Street, I love it. If they call me I'll do it.

Tom Petty’s first band Mudcrutch, has died.His death was announced by his brother, Mark, in a social media post. “It is with great sadness, but profound love and gratitude for his life, that the family of Tom Leadon Nashville, Tennessee, and Gainesville, Florida, announce his passing on March 22, 2023,” it read. “[He died] peacefully of natural causes.”Leadon, 70, was most famed for his work with rock icon Petty, whom he met in Gainsville, Florida when they were both in high school.

Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke took to Instagram to post a bump update as he praised his ‘heavenly’ surrogate who is carrying twins.The surrogate pulled back her black jacket while Ollie was snapped grinning from ear to ear with his hand placed gently on the growing bump.The 36 year old captioned the sweet snap: “I think you’ll find there is a baby bump growing very quickly!! With our heavenly @bex7ward #twins #17weekspregnant #daddys”. Fans were quick to send their congratulations, with one fan writing: “You will both make amazing parents .

Stephanie Davis has stunned fans as she shows off her dramatic new hair transformation in a TikTok video. The former Hollyoaks actress was known for long, dark brunette locks when she played Sinead O’Connor on the soap rom September 2010 until 2015, and returned to the village from 2018 until she made her final appearance in September 2019.

If you are beginning to think about jetting off for some summer sun, then leading low-cost carrier, Pegasus Airlines, strives to make travelling abroad as smooth as possible.

Octopussy, later married fellow actor Geoffrey Davion, and Abi grew up believing he was her father until his death in 1996. But following discussions with her mum, Abi, who has starred in Doctor Who, started to suspect she could be Sir David's daughter. She wrote to him - quoting a line from the Dylan Thomas play - to request that he take a paternity test.

Start Up Stirling marks the 10th anniversary of their first crisis food bank this month.

Taylor Swift embarked on The Eras Tour two weeks ago, but she was one of the many celebrity names invoked in Gwyneth Paltrow's ski collision trial in Park City, Utah. The 50-year-old Goop lifestyle brand founder took the stand Friday to defend herself in a lawsuit filed by Terry Sanderson who claimed Gwyneth not only crashed into him causing traumatic injuries, but also skied away after the crash on the slopes at the Deer Valley ski resort in 2016.  He initially sued Paltrow for $3.1 million, but a judge dismissed the claim and removed the exclusive resort and a ski instructor from the lawsuit before Sanderson proceeded with the $300,000 suit.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Online story platform Wattpad and Thai media firm GMMTV have joined forces to adapt digital comic “My ID Is Gangnam Beauty!” for TV. The show will begin production this summer and be known as “Beauty Newbie” when it begins airing on GMMTV in early 2024. The adaptation will follow Liu, a young woman who feels the need to get plastic surgery, and Guy, who is seen as having a perfect face. The show asks whether, in a world that judges and criticizes based on appearance, romance can blossom between two people who see themselves so differently?  The underlying webtoon by Maenggi Ki has been viewed 1.4 billion times and has a significant following in Thailand, where Korean culture is popular and beauty pageants remain a mainstay of mass TV.

An abundance of things to see and do during the 21st annual Spring Fling open studios weekend have been unveiled this week.

A Greater Manchester children's arts and crafts maker owed almost £4m when it collapsed into administration and 30 people were made redundant, it has been revealed.

Anthony Joshua will return to action this weekend, welcoming Jermaine Franklin to London for a heavyweight fight billed as a 'New Dawn' for 'AJ' after successive losses in recent fights.

Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart has joined his daughter Kaya Stewart for her American Idol audition, where he backed her up on guitar.The pair – who were greeted with astonishment from judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry – performed an original song, ‘This Tattoo’. Prior to the performance, Richie pointed out that he had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year with Dave Stewart and Eurythmics, while Perry called Dave Stewart’s presence a “blast from the past”.Perry then went on to ask Kaya why she had chosen to audition for American Idol “with all the different opportunities and connections and stuff” that she has through her father, while Richie said he thought it was a great feeling to know that “[American Idol] is now a creative destination for artists”.Watch Kaya and Dave Stewart perform ‘This Tattoo’ on American Idol below.Kaya Stewart went on to pass her audition and will compete on the ongoing 21st season of American Idol.In January this year, the Eurythmics – the duo of singer-songwriter Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart – celebrated the 40th anniversary of their hit song ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’.Lennox said of the track’s milestone anniversary on Instagram: “It’s almost impossible to believe that ‘Sweet Dreams are Made of This’ was released forty years ago! It has continued to travel the world and the seven seas ever since, which is a wonderful and miraculous story all to itself!”Eurthymics also reunited for a rare live performance at last year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, coinciding with the duo’s induction.

A troubled IT trainer with a history of mental health problems who became addicted to prescription painkillers took his own life at his home after becoming 'overwhelmed', an inquest has heard.

Liam Morrison admits he was delighted to be rewarded with a new deal by Bayern Munich, but the ambitious defender insists only staying in the Bavarian giants’ first team will make him believe he’s made it.

Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello has revealed that the band have not made any plans to reschedule their cancelled shows in North America and Europe.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Morello shared an update on the status of the band and frontman Zack de la Rocha’s injury after he tore his Achilles tendon last year while performing. Following de la Rocha’s injury, the band had to cancel their 2022 UK and Europe and their 2023 North American tour dates.When asked if the band will hit the road again once de la Rocha recovers, Morello replied: “We’ll see. If there is to be any more shows, we will announce it as a band.

The Night Agent and popular K-drama The Glory are Netflix’s most-watched programmes this week.According to Netflix’s latest weekly lists of Top 10 most-watched TV shows and movies, The Night Agent amassed over 168million hours viewed on the streaming platform for the week of March 20 to 26. Series topped the most-watched English-language TV series for the week, ending a two week-reign for Season 4 of You.The Night Agent was released on March 23 and is based on the 2019 Matthew Quirk novel of the same name.

Nicolas Cage is looking cool in the red carpet!

Tom Brady is ready to date again following his divorce with Gisele Bündchen. The 45-year-old athlete is reportedly back on the market, and has even been going on some dates already, slowly getting back in the game.A close source to the sportsman revealed to PageSix that he is currently “dating around,” after his 13-year marriage with the supermodel.

Kind of sus? Lala Kent revealed that some of her Vanderpump Rules costars caught Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss under the sheets before Scandoval came to light — and she has some thoughts.

Tom Sandoval isn’t done with his relationship with Raquel Leviss…

Manuel Betancourt “Only the optimist commits suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists.” The Emil Cioran line, introduced in the first scene of Sebastián Silva’s morbid black comedy “Rotting in the Sun,” initially feels like the key to understanding the Chilean filmmaker’s latest endeavor. “The others,” the quote continues, “having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?” More than merely placing suicide at the heart of Silva’s fictionalized take on himself, the quote’s pop intellectualism sets the tone for what soon becomes, in true Silva fashion, an absurdist meditation on death wishes, social media influencers (the film stars Jordan Firstman, also as himself) and 21st-century nihilism.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel has amassed three dozen Sports Emmys during its 29 seasons, and now its host is getting the career treatment. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said today that Bryant Gumbel with receive the 2023 Sports Emmys Lifetime Achievement.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic BMI has prevailed in a New York court in a dispute with Live Nation and AEG over collections of songwriting revenue from live concerts, earning a judgment the performing rights organization said would earn its affiliates 138% higher than the historical rate. Louis L. Stanton of the Southern District of New York issued the ruling giving songwriters and publishers the raise on live revenue. BMI said that as a result of the judgment, that extra money will also come from tickets sold on the secondary market, service fees and VIP packages. BMI president-CEO Mike O’Neill expressed the org’s delight with the court victory, while still throwing shade at the two concert promoters and the North American Concert Promoters Association (NACPA) for years of opposition to carving out a boost in songwriter revenue.

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Lisa Kennedy During his early years of theater and indie film acting, Luiz Guzmán did a spell as a youth counselor in New York City. The actor with a grizzled countenance and a world-weary voice appears to have tapped into those memories for drama “Story Ave.” The actor brings an anchoring warmth to his portrayal of the MTA conductor who is held up by the unsure and anguished, but also infuriating, protagonist in Aristotle Torres’ affecting debut feature (co-written with Bonsu Thompson). Asante Blackk — of “This Is Us” and “When They See Us” — is Kadir, a high-schooler and aspiring artist whose younger brother has just died. A post-funeral reception makes clear that he and his mother (along with her boyfriend) are not a comfort to each other in this time of grief. Kadir is bedeviled by vivid nightmares that seem to damn him for not having done something to save his brother, who had cerebral palsy. His notebook brims with sketches of his beloved younger sibling.

Molly-Mae Hague took to her Instagram Story to quip that boyfriend Tommy Fury had ruined her day with a rather bizarre food habit. The new parents, both 23, enjoyed an afternoon out in Manchester as they ate croissants, before Tommy started cutting his in half in a strange manner.

Tom Sandoval is publicly talking for the first time since news broke that he was cheating on Ariana Madix with their co-star, Raquel Leviss.The Vanderpump Rules star was out in Southern California's San Fernando Valley on Monday night when the paparazzi asked him, «If you could go back and change everything that happened, would you? Would you go back and change it?»«Hindsight's always 20/20, man,» Sandoval responded. «Like, you're looking to hindsight, like, looking back at, like, when you handle a situation, like, yes, I could have handled things way better.»Vanderpump Rules started in 2013 and focused on the young, wannabe-rich-and-famous employees of star Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant, SUR. For the past 10 seasons, fans watched as couples consistently fought, cheated and broke up on the reality show. In Monday's video, Sandoval was asked why he felt he was getting so much heat since the cast has always had dramatic situations like this. «I just think it was really unexpected,» he said. Sandoval and Madix broke up after being together since 2013, when she first joined the show.News of the affair broke on March 3 and the next day, Sandoval publicly addressed the news of their split and the cheating allegations in a lengthy Instagram post.«Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger and disappointment towards me, but please leave Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation,» he wrote, seemingly confirming the cheating allegations.