Manchester has already accommodated 1,000 refugees fleeing Afghanistan

Whitney Houston’s impact is felt a decade after her death. On Feb. 11, 2012, the GRAMMY-winning superstar died of drowning, and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.

Mary J. Blige is confident that fans are going to be wowed at Super Bowl LVI. On Sunday, the 51-year-old R&B legend will join Dr.

Jennifer Lopez pulled out all the stops to promote her new film, Marry Me – wowing fans in a glittery nude jumpsuit during a concert for streaming service Peacock on Thursday.MORE: Jennifer Lopez is a vision in a glam lace dress on romantic date with Ben AffleckThe 52-year-old looked unbelievable in the eye-catching ensemble that was adorned with hundreds of multi-colored gems that sparkled under the stage lights. JLo's skin-tight outfit hugged her famous curves and featured religious motifs including the Virgin Mary's face.WATCH: Jennifer Lopez commands attention in skintight nude jumpsuitPosting a clip of the Marry Me Tonight! performance – which saw four real-life couples get married as part of the special – on Instagram, Jennifer didn't put a foot wrong as she provocatively danced around the stage with a group of backing dancers.Fans went wild over her look, with many left unable to speak, simply commenting with flames, hearts, and heart-eyes emojis.MORE: Jennifer Lopez’s $97million property portfolio is out of this worldMORE: J.Lo gets emotional on Jimmy Fallon talking about an experience with a fan she can't forgetSome were able to pull a sentence together, with one responding: "WOW! AWESOME! I love my JLo." A second said: "You're a goddess," and a third simply added: "Beautiful." Jennifer put her famous curves on showIn the film, Jennifer plays a pop star who plans to marry her fiancé at one of her concerts but backs out after learning just before the ceremony that he has been cheating on her.Instead, she decides to marry the first person she sees, who happens to be Owen Wilson, who is temporarily holding a 'Marry Me' sign that belongs to his friend.

Kim Petras is feeling frisky!

Naman Ramachandran The 36th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will open with Alli Haapasalo’s “Girl Picture” and close with Kevin Hegge‘s documentary “Tramps!” “Girl Picture,” which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in January and will screen at the Berlinale next week, follows three girls at the cusp of womanhood. Over three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced – pleasure.Feature documentary “Tramps,” world premiering at the festival, looks at how in London in the 1980’s, an onslaught of art students arriving in the city resulted in a unique cross-fertilization of British art, fashion, music and film culminating in a group known as The New Romantics.

Lisa Nandy has slammed the government's levelling up strategy, likening it to a feudal system in which the north has to go 'cap in hand to a group of masters' in Westminster 'who determine what happens in our own lives and our community'.

Visual Concepts, the studio behind the NBA 2K games as well as WWE 2K titles, has revealed it’s making an AAA “open world driving game”.Following an update to their Twitter bio that now promises “a new AAA game that will blow your mind” Visual Concepts is also directing people to their recruitment page.One of the many listings is for a producer at Visual Concepts’ Foothill Ranch studio, with the company “looking for a seasoned producer to join our development efforts on an unannounced, open world driving game with a major licence.“This AAA title is targeted at multiple platforms. Within this role, you will be joining our production team which is responsible for overseeing the product development team in delivering high quality features while also helping to manage the overall project scope, quality, and schedule,” reads the job description.Love games? BUILD games! Join the NBA 2K and WWE 2K teams and build titles that are loved by millions:  https://t.co/1JuN7iI2L8— Visual Concepts Entertainment (@VC_Novato) August 31, 2021The same studio is also looking for a senior technical artist, a senior build and automation engineer, a senior software engineer and a senior software engineer, multiplayer.

https://t.co/cR3gH3u35T— zae | industry plant (@ItsZaeOk) February 9, 2022“It’s so close yet so far,” a Twitter user wrote. Another said: “The wax version of Zendaya looks like she wants to speak to the manager.”“That wax figure looks almost exactly like Zendaya idk what y’all are talking about,” another added.

A busy mum-of-two has said having a heart attack at the age of 45 has give her a huge ‘wake up call’.

Nine people have tragically died within just weeks after allegedly taking dangerous street Valium, the Paisley Daily Express can reveal.

The chaos caused by the aftermath of Storm Arwen has led to calls for improved resilience planning and compensation for those in the firing line.

An Airdrie man jailed for drug trafficking had his conviction overturned after the judge at his trial failed to give jurors proper instructions over an interview he gave to police.

Aberdeen midfielder Lewis Ferguson says refereeing decisions are costing his Dons teammates after a defeat to Celtic.

Jamie Lang HBO Max has revealed that principal photography has begun on a second season of its cult Spanish horror series “30 Coins,” from genre maestro Alex de la Iglesia, following an eight-episode commission. Shooting for the globetrotting series will take place in Spain, Italy, the U.S., France and the U.K., with the second season scheduled to launch in 2023.HBO has also released a grim teaser to mark the occasion, which includes a brief look at Eduard Fernández’s Padre Vergara, looking worse for ware after the events of Season 1.A hit in its native Spain, the series also found success abroad as its became available on the WarnerMedia-owned streaming platform in more territories.

Linda Norgrove Foundation has issued a public appeal for Boris Johnson to get two of its staff members, who are sisters, out of the Taliban-controlled capital. The two women are in hiding in the city with their families and despite cross-party pressure from MPs over the past week the UK Foreign Office has not contacted them for evacuation.

an Blackford MP, the SNP Westminster leader, said that it would be “unacceptable” for parliament to remain in recess for another fortnight, while UK armed forces and personnel were putting their lives on the line at Kabul. Johnson faced a hostile reception from across a packed House of Commons last week when MPs were recalled for a one-off session to debate the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.

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Prime Minister to phone Biden to extend the exit date as former PM Tony Blair said the UK had a “moral obligation” to stay on and complete the evacuation.

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Prime Minister ducked and dived his way through piercing questions from MPs as he waffled his way through an opening statement in a day-long debate on Afghanistan. The Prime Minister had few answers or explanations for the UK’s lack of co-ordinated response to the sudden Taliban takeover at the end of a 20 year war which claimed the lives of 457 British troops and thousands of Afghan civilians.

Commons debate this morning to explain Britain’s role in the unfolding catastrophe in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister will kick off a five hour debate to which MPs have been recalled by announcing the UK will resettle 20,000 vulnerable people.

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Prime Minister will hold the meeting this afternoon as a struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continues. Johnson' s spokesman said the UK will continue the evacuation effort for "as long as we are able to do so and as long as it is safe to do so".

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Afghanistan capital of Kabul have made desperate attempts to escape as the Taliban complete their take over of the country. Helicopters buzzed over the city evacuating citizens while British and US troops made a desperate last stand at Kabul airport, where thousands were waiting to flee.

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First Minister highlighted work by Canadian authorities who said they had welcomed a flight full of refugees from Afghanistan, which is on the brink of complete collapse as Taliban fighters encroach on the capital Kabul.Canada’s immigration body said it will assist in resettling 20,000 Afghans threatened by the Islamist group.Sturgeon tweeted that she hopes the UK Government “does similar and offers as much refuge for vulnerable Afghans as possible”.She added: “As we did with Syrian refugees, @scotgov is willing to play our full part and do all we can to help those in peril as a result of the horrifying situation currently unfolding.”A Downing Street source said Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to seek a recall of MPs this week to

Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops.

Nicola Sturgeon has condemned ongoing events in Afghanistan and claims the country’s people have been “shamefully abandoned”. The First Minister says “implications, for women and girls especially, are horrifying” as the Taliban continue their lightning advance across the country.

Britain and the US have agreed to send more troops in as the Taliban's lightning advance through the country continues - gains that come only weeks before allied forces are due to withdraw. Taliban insurgents are now estimated to hold more than two-thirds of Afghanistan and continue to press their offensive, having taken the country's second and third largest cities, Kandahar and Herat, as part of a week-long blitz.