"I’m already in so much debt": The hidden poverty on the streets of Didsbury

After being delivered the surprise news of Fernandinho's end-of-season departure from Manchester City, Pep Guardiola will be keen to find a replacement for the Brazilian. However, a solution may be closer than he thinks.

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Fans in attendance at Olivia Rodrigo’s Toronto concert at Massey Hall on Friday night received more than they bargained for when Avril Lavigne made a surprise appearance onstage to join the “Drivers License” singer.

Council bosses in Renfrewshire have been forced into drawing up contingency plans to ensure Thursday's elections do not descend into chaos.

An investigation has been launched after around 200 fish were found dead in a Glasgow loch.

With the high-profile, starry revival of his American Buffalo opening Thursday on Broadway, playwright David Mamet seems to be doing his best – or worst – to make headlines. The latest: The conservative Mamet told Fox News’ Mark Levin last night that “teachers are inclined, particularly men because men are predators, to pedophilia.”

Scrapping a branch of HS2 will result in ‘clear economic detriment’ to Wigan and ‘undermine’ Levelling Up commitments, local leaders say.

his relationship with Ximena despite her continuing to admit that she isn't in love with him. On part two of this season of ' tell-all special, Mike's close friends, as well as all of his fellow castmates, desperately told him that Ximena was only using him for money, but he refused to listen.Ximena made a virtual appearance from Colombia, while Mike filmed in person for the tell-all special. Although Mike said he and Ximena got back together and were planning to take a trip to Cartagena together — even after their horrible breakup in which Ximena kicked him out of the house he helped pay rent for — it was obvious that her lukewarm feelings for him hadn't changed.

@TheEmmys panel for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” tonight here in LA with most of the cast and asked Larry David the ultimate question: Will there be another season of Curb?He said yes.That means at some point in the future, there will be a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 12. Season 11, which featured guest stars including Seth Rogen and Bill Hader, premiered in October 2021.

DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter has appointed a new safety committee “to ensure that safety concerns remain at the forefront of our guild.”

The Coachella Music and Arts Festival announced today that Kanye West would be replaced as a headliner at next week’s event by The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia. This year’s Coachella runs April 15th-17th & 22nd-24th.

Disney+’s upcoming comedy series The Muppets Mayhem has added Tahj Mowry (Baby Daddy) to the cast, Deadline has confirmed. He will star opposite Lilly Singh for the series developed and written by The Goldbergs creator Adam F. Goldberg, Muppets vets Bill Barretta and Jeff Yorkes.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen the 2022 Coachella lineup was announced back in early January, Swedish House Mafia had rare, almost unprecedented placement in the hierarchy of the festival’s all-important official poster: in a headliner-sized font, but at the bottom of the lineup, and with no specific date listed.Variety unspooled several hundred words speculating about what that might mean, one possibility of which was that the festival was hedging its bets in case headliner Kanye West — who’d pulled out of a previous Coachella lineup literally days before it was announced — pulled out again, which is exactly what happened on Monday.Yet in the hours after news broke that West would not be performing at the festival, which starts in 10 days, speculation was rife about who — if anyone — might fill his slot. Variety has been blowing up phones for the past 24 hours trying to find out what’s what (as has Hits magazine), and while we don’t have any definitive answers, we’ve got some interesting off-the record perspectives.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Situated in the southeastern tip of Florida, Miami-Dade County and its cities, led by the capital of Miami and resort town Miami Beach, have long been a hotbed for entertainment. As Miami-Dade’s Daniella Levine Cava, elected as the county’s first-ever female mayor in November 2020, points out: “Miami-Dade County is a major production hub for all forms of entertainment media, from movies and music to fashion and print.

series is set to end later this month, when the second installment of the final season debuts on the streamer. On Monday, Netflix released a series of images from Season 7 Part 2.One shot promises shenanigans, with Jane Fonda’s Grace and Lily Tomlin’s Frankie several margaritas deep at a Mexican restaurant. Or, in Grace’s case, just one jumbo margarita.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West has pulled out of his scheduled appearance at the Coachella festival, a source confirms to Variety. Reps for West and the festival did not immediately respond to requests for comment; the news was first reported by TMZ.The reason for his cancelation was not immediately clear, although a source tells Variety that he had not rehearsed or prepared for the appearance.

Country singer C. W. McCall has died at the age of 93.

EXCLUSIVE: Leonard Cohen’s relationship with muse Marianne Ihlen is going under the microscope in a 1960s-set drama co-production for Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

A woman pushes a pram around a largely deserted Salford Shopping Centre. Aside from a few charity shops, most units lie empty with metal shutters down.

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C.W. McCall, best known for his massive 1975 hit Convoy, died Friday in Ouray, Colo. at age 93 from cancer. His death was first reported by the Washington Post.

Bill Maher left his compassion at the stage door during Friday night’s “Real Time” when he not only downplayed Jada Pinkett Smith’s sensitivity about her alopecia-caused hair loss, but he also mockingly advised her, “just put on a f—ing wig like everybody else at the Oscars if it bothers you so much.”The comedian offered his opinion on the events of last Sunday’s Oscars, when Chris Rock joked about Smith’s stylish bald head, which prompted her husband, Will Smith, to jump out of his seat and onto the stage, where he slapped a stunned Rock on live TV.“Real Time” panel guests Laura Coates and Andrew Yang joined Maher in a discussion about the incident. He said that it wasn’t until the night of the awards that he had ever heard of alopecia, its symptoms and that Pinkett Smith had it. And the conversation went south from there.“I mean, if you are so lucky in life as to have that be your medical problem, just say ‘thanks, God,'” Maher said of hair loss.

Some of the country's poorest households risk missing out on a scheme targeted to shield them as the cost of living crisis in the UK worsens, it is feared. Back in February, the UK government announced that around 20 million households in council tax bands A to D - including 95 per cent of rented properties - would benefit from a council tax rebate of £150.

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her first appearance as a contributor on Fox News during “Hannity” on Thursday evening. The former Olympian briefly discussed Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but was effectively cut off by host Sean Hannity before she could say much.Jenner’s response came after Hannity suggested that teachers stick to “the basics” and “if they want to have all these woke classes after school, the parents can opt their kids in.”“I’m a commonsense person. And that is what you call common sense,” Jenner replied, adding: “I am all for parental rights.”She also mentioned that she helped raise 10 kids and now has 20 grandchildren, which essentially derailed the conversation.

The cost of living crisis will deepen for many households from today as energy bills are set to skyrocket due to an increase in the price cap.

Eddie Murphy might be getting in touch with his musical side for his next role.

Miramax comedy “Old Dads,” the directorial debut for Bill Burr, who will also star in the film, has made nine additions to its cast, The Wrap has exclusively learned.Jackie Tohn (“GLOW”), Miles Robbins (“Halloween”), Rachael Harris (“Lucifer”), Dash McCloud (“Candy”), Justin Miles (“The Walking Dead”), Natasha Leggero (“Burning Love”), Katrina Bowden (“30 Rock”), Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) and Rory Scovel (“Physical”) have joined the cast for “Old Dads.”“Old Dads” centers on a middle-aged father, Jack (Burr), and his two best friends (Cannavale and Woodbine), who after selling their company to a millennial, find themselves out of step and behind the times as they hilariously struggle to navigate a changing world of culture, career and fatherhood.They will appear in the comedy alongside Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton and Reign Edwards.Burr is set to make his feature directorial debut and also co-wrote the script with Ben Tishler. The film is currently in production and began principal photography on March 2 in Los AngelesProducers are Burr, Bill Block (“Bad Moms,” “Dirty Grandpa”) for Miramax, Monica Levinson (both “Borat” movies, “Bruno”) for All of Us Productions, Mike Bertolina for All Things Comedy, and Ben Tishler.Jackie Tohn is repped by Armada Partners and CAA.