Grey skies and rain for Greater Manchester as we head into the weekend

Robert Lewandowski joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in an exclusive Champions League club on Tuesday night.

Jason Manford is to host a free ‘street party’ event at the AO arena featuring a host of celebrity guests and music stars. Taking place on May 12, the party will feature performances from Kaiser Chiefs, Becky Hill, Steps, Tom Grennan, House Gospel Choir, Calum Scott, Nathan Dawe and Ella Henderson.

Manchester City expect to sell midfielder Yangel Herrera and are open to defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis leaving as part of their summer transfer plans.

Sky has greenlit a feature about legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, with shooting kicking off in Prague in the past few weeks.

Video: Khloé Kardashian admits Tristan Thompson isn't 'the guy' for her (Cover Video)Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus break silence on divorceKim Kardashian packs on PDA with Pete DavidsonQueen Elizabeth II felt 'very tired and exhausted' during Covid-19 battleBritney Spears pregnant with third childElon Musk will no longer join Twitter's BboardWalker Scobell lands lead role in Disney+ 'Percy Jackson' seriesKylie Jenner and Travis Scott still haven't named their sonIN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Chris Rock won't talk about the Oscars slap 'until I get paid'IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Julian Lennon performs Imagine for first time to raise funds for Ukrainian refugeesSam Elliott apologises for controversial comments about The Power of the DogEddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley triumph at Olivier AwardsOzzy Osbourne finishes work on new albumSe anuncian las nominaciones a los 'Billboard Music Awards' 2022Julian Lennon performs Imagine for first time to raise funds for Ukrainian refugeesJack White marries girlfriend onstage during concertNatWest Thrive with Marcus Rashford programme kicks off this Easter The singer, who took Rocky to meet her family in Barbados that Christmas, admitted they weren't actively planning to have a baby when she fell pregnant. "I wouldn't say planning. But certainly not planning against it," she stated.

Chaotic scenes have been reported at Manchester Airport this morning as the ongoing Easter travel disruption continues. Passengers attempting to get away for the bank holiday weekend have been met with snaking queues and heavy delays all week.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has picked up global distribution rights to ITV’s Romeo & Duet, the network’s hybrid singing/dating competition and latest big entertainment bet.

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the finale and reunion of “The Ultimatum,” streaming now on Netflix.When Netflix’s “The Ultimatum” began, six couples entered the show and none of them were in a good spot. In each couple, one individual had given an ultimatum — get married or split — while the other was unsure. So, they all broke up briefly and entered a “trial marriage” with another person in a similar spot.

Childhood friends of a 'intelligent and funny' man who was the 'light of every room' are remembering him more than a year after he tragically took his own life on New Year's Eve. Jack Hart, who was originally from Stockport but later moved to Crewe with his family, died on December 31 2020 aged just 21, after struggling with his mental health and the lockdown restrictions.

New rules introduced on April 6 mean that many restaurants will now have to display calorie counts for different meals and items on their menus.

Shonda Rhimes is opening up about Grey’s Anatomy!

Johnny Depp was an ‘obsessed ex-husband hell-bent on revenge’, a court has heard, as the actor’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard got underway in the US state of Virginia.  Lawyers on behalf of the Justice League actress said Mr Depp had sought to ‘ruin her life’ and that the situation was ‘disturbing, but not surprising’.  The 58-year-old Pirates Of The Caribbean actor is suing Heard, his former partner, for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse.

Rihanna has revealed that she questioned whether she is a “bad mom” because she does not want to throw a gender-reveal party for her and ASAP Rocky’s unborn child. The billionaire business mogul, who is currently in her third trimester of pregnancy with her and Rocky’s first child, spoke candidly about her parenting preferences during a cover interview with Vogue. According to Rihanna, one thing that she does not want during her pregnancy is a gender-reveal party.

Easter Weekend is only a couple of days away, which means Mancunians will be on the lookout for things to do over the four-day weekend. After two years of pandemic-induced disruption, many will be looking forward to the resumption of normal service - and there's plenty of foodie favourites, parties and family-friendly option s to get stuck into.

New radars launched today (Wednesday) on the M62 Smart Motorway will detect stuck drivers within 20 seconds of a breakdown or accident, say highways bosses. The ‘Stopped Vehicle Detection’ units are 'going live' between junction 10 at the Croft interchange and junction 12 at the Eccles interchange, a section which uses the hard shoulder as a live lane.

Police officers throughout England and Wales are to receive specific new training after a dad was Tasered by GMP cops on a petrol station forecourt in front of his screaming child. A watchdog has made five recommendations after an investigation into the incident - but have said officers 'did not act in a way that justified disciplinary proceedings or commit a criminal offence'.

Marcus Rashford is enduring an indifferent season for Manchester United, playing just 1,459 minutes of football and dropping out of favour with interim manager Ralf Rangnick. When the German arrived at the club in December, Rashford started his first three Premier League games in charge, before dropping to the bench for the following five.

A Scots mum has been left traumatised after a pensioner ploughed his car into her living room leaving her young daughters trapped upstairs.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been blamed for Manchester United replacing Marcus Rashford on Saturday in their defeat to Everton.

Robert Downey, Jr. sports a full head of white hair on the set of his new movie, Oppenheimer, in New York on Tuesday afternoon (April 12).

Exciting news for Selling Sunset fans!

Chair of Greater Manchester Police Federation Lee Broadbent has hit out at "decades of cuts" which have "removed the visible and physical deterrent of policing" and have left officers powerless to stamp out problems "at source". Taking a broad look at law and order, Mr Broadbent believes the police have become a purely "reactive" force.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has put in development Pure, a one-hour drama based on Allen Salkin’s Vanity Fair article “The Runaway Vegan,” from Weimaraner Republic Pictures and Warner Bros. Television.

Charlotte Crosby has revealed that she held onto her friend's wine glasses in snaps in a bid to hide her pregnancy from Geordie Shore BFF Sophie Kasaei. The reality star, 31, took to Instagram on Tuesday night to announce she is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Jake Ankers.

Rihanna is a rule-breaker, and making a statement comes naturally to her. The singer, actress, and businesswoman is a legit fashion influencer; therefore, her maternity style is far from basic or what society considers appropriate.

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has been compared to Cristiano Ronaldo by former Manchester United midfielder Kieran Richardson.

Witch Fever have returned today (April 12) with a thundering new track, ‘Blessed Be Thy’ – check it out below.The Manchester band appeared on NME’s 2021’s ‘Essential Emerging Artists’ list where they were described as “bringing the horror-show back to rock without any gimmickry because real life is scary enough after all” and “looking cool as fuck, they sound like a reckoning and they really mean it.”The new track was produced by Pigs x7’s Sam Grant at Blank Studios in Newcastle.Check out the new track here:Bassist Alex Thompson said of the track, “it just goes heavy”, adding: “it was literally the last song we wrote before we went into the studio but came together really quickly.“I think it still has an essence of some of our older material, so it’s a good way to bridge the gap.”According to a press release, the song’s video has been inspired by the likes of “Blur’s ‘Song 2’, The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’, and early noughties music channels like Kerrang and Scuzz.”The band will also embark on a number of festival dates this summer. See the full list of dates below.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been cast opposite Natasha Lyonne in Peacock’s Poker Face, a mystery drama series from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television, Deadline has confirmed.

It was in December that Charlotte Crosby announced a milestone in hers and Jake Ankers relationship as they moved in together.The Geordie Shore star, 31, was reported to be helping her beau do up his flat, with a source telling The Sun at the time: "Jake's letting her do what she wants with the place.They are really smitten with each other and enjoying setting up home together." Charlotte and Jake had been dating for just four weeks at the time of their move, and they've kept their relationship relatively under wraps.The couple have since announced they're expecting their first baby together in an adorable video. Here we take a look inside Charlotte's relationship with Jake...