Petition to keep North West Tonight duo Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson together - amid concern MediaCityUK could end up a 'white elephant'

K.J. Yossman Actor Janet Montgomery (“This is Us”) and producer Tricia Small (“Salem”) have teamed with Blackbox Multimedia on a female-led period crime drama written by “Dracula” scribe Cole Haddon, Variety can reveal.Billed as a female version of The Godfather trilogy, “Aqua Tofana” was co-created by Montgomery and Small, who will also executive produce the high-end television series, which is set is 17th-century Italy.

Warner Bros/DC’s highly-anticipated The Batman has been cleared for a release in China. A date has yet to be confirmed, but the approval is significant given the market has been light on studio titles across the past year.

The UK Government has confirmed that State Pension and benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) including Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) will increase by 3.1 per cent next year.

A bid to try and get parliamentary action on free school meals for all schoolchildren has finally gone live.

Scottish independence would be an "economic disaster", Boris Johnson claimed yesterday while on a flying visit to Fife.

A vulnerable elderly woman has gone missing from her Dundee home as police and family grow concerned for her whereabouts.

Violent youths left two McGill’s buses with smashed windows after hurling rocks at them as they drove through Paisley.

Chloe Madeley and James Haskell are set to become parents as Richard and Judy's daughter is pregnant.TV star Chloe, 34, shared an adorable post on her Instagram page as her rugby star husband James, 36, gushed over the news on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday 15 February. Chloe's Instagram post showed a video montage of a collection of ultrasound scans and selfies from the star's pregnancy so far.

Chris Hughes has revealed he was in a painful motorway crash on Sunday 13 February evening.The 29 year old, who recently enjoyed a romantic Maldives getaway with his golfer girlfriend Annabel Dimmock, took to his instagram to share what happened with his 2.1million followers as he admitted he felt "useless" in the situation. Reality star Chris started by sharing a short clip of what he came home to as his other half set up a series of framed photographs of them with a card that said, "Will you be my Valentine?" which was surrounded by a bunch of roses and candles. Chris wrote over this: "Home to this," with a hearts emoji as Oliver Jensen's Peace song played in the background.

There was a time when the last thing James Argent - known to all as 'Arg' - wanted to do was attempt a legendary dance routine on national television. But after losing a phenomenal 13 stone with a rigorous diet and exercise regime, the former TOWIE star was delighted to strut his stuff on The Real Dirty Dancing, which arrives on E4 later this month. And the much-loved celebrity, who has battled his demons in many forms since finding fame, admitted he even felt sexy as he took on the late Patrick Swayze’s iconic role, playing Johnny.

COLEEN Rooney is still confident that she will come out on top in the battle of the WAGs after losing the latest part of her Wagatha battle against Rebekah Vardy. She was today ordered to pay £65k to Vardy’s agent and pal Caroline Watt after her application to add her to the lawsuit was rejected by the High Court.

KANYE West is still trying to reunite with his ex Kim Kardashian, delivering a truck filled with nothing but roses to her $60million mansion. All this comes as the reality star continues to live it up with her boyfriend Pete Davidson while in New York City.

CHRIS Hughes has revealed he was in a car crash on the motorway on Sunday night. The 28-year-old was rescued by two members of the public and managed to escape with just a sore neck – but his car wasn’t as lucky.

BOLLYWOOD star Amy Jackson shows her Delhi belly by the sea in a sequinned white bikini. The British actress, 30, is dating Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick, 34, after meeting at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia in December.

ACTRESS Zoe Kravitz blooms on a beach and proves every rose has its thorn in new flick The Batman. Zoe, 33, said of her Catwoman role: “You want to look good in a catsuit but I wanted it to be realistic that I’m able to do anything.

IT’S a long-awaited comeback – and Peaky Blinders fans will be thrilled to hear the new series comes with a bonus. The final season is set to start later this month on BBC1 and will coincide with a BBC2 documentary looking at the real-life gangsters who inspired the drama.

AS Joey Tribbiani on Friends, Matt LeBlanc was the ultimate ladies’ man, leaving women all over New York swooning as he uttered his famous catchphrase, “How you doin’?” The 54-year-old actor was popular with women off-screen too, with rumoured flings with the likes of Jennifer Aniston, porn star Jenna Jameson, a teenage Kate Hudson and British actress Minnie Driver. Today we revealed he has split from his Top Gear producer girlfriend of six years, Aurora Mulligan - who is 17 years his junior.

MAYA Jama has given fans a glimpse into her incredibly romantic New York Valentine's Day love-in with fiancé Ben Simmons. The presenter's basketball star partner went all out to make the day special, decorating his entire apartment with rose petals, candles and bouquets of flowers.

KIM Kardashian warned her ex-husband Kanye West that it would be his "fault" if someone were to hurt her boyfriend Pete Davidson in shocking texts exposed by the rapper. The Yeezy founder made yet another attempt to win back the mother of his children after showing up at her home earlier today with a truck bed full of roses.

THEY are two of the most ambitious – and costly – TV shows in history. Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power is coming to Amazon on September 2 and tells the back story to the JRR Tolkien classic that was made into a trilogy of films by Peter Jackson in the Noughties. But it faces stiff competition from House Of The Dragon, a prequel to HBO fantasy Game Of Thrones, which will also air later this year.

Peter Andre pulled out all the stops on Valentine's Day to honour all his loved ones – his wife Emily MacDonagh, their children Amelia, eight, and Theo, four, and his eldest children with ex Katie Price, Junior, 16, and Princess, 14.MORE: Peter Andre has hilarious reaction to daughter Princess' beauty tutorialTaking to Instagram on Monday night, the Mysterious Girl singer shared a picture of the whole family enjoying a special dinner at a restaurant.WATCH: Peter Andre suffers hilarious incident inside family kitchen - and his children have the best reaction"My perfect Valentine's night," he captioned a gorgeous black and white picture of the whole family sitting at the table.READ: Peter Andre's wife Emily celebrates amazing success after Katie Price dramaRELATED: Peter Andre pays tribute to wife Emily with sweet photo following Katie Price's commentsThe family all tucked into the same dish, which seemed to be courgette pasta with figs and tomatoes on the side. They also shared charcuterie boards, whilst they all drank water.

JAMES Haskell has revealed wife Chloe Madeley is pregnant with their first child. The retired rugby star, 36, announced his happy news live on Good Morning Britain today during an interview with his father-in-law Richard Madeley.

Tablo of South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High has voiced his appreciation for BTS and their leader RM.On the evening of Valentine’s Day (February 14), BTS’ leader RM shared several screenshots on Instagram Stories of himself listening to ‘Gray So Gray’ and ‘BRB’, two songs from Epik High’s new studio album, which dropped on the same day.“Oh they’re here..,” he captioned on a screenshot ‘Gray So Gray’, which is the lead single of the new record. In the Instagram Story, Rm also tagged the members of Epik High and featuring vocalist Younha.A fan soon posted a screenshot of RM’s Instagram Story on Twitter, which was later noticed by the Korean-Canadian musician.

Wonho has unveiled a teaser for the forthcoming music video of his new single, ‘Eye On You’.In the new visual, the idol looks fiercely into the camera as he navigates a maze of red thread. The song’s instrumental grows louder and more intense, and the clip cuts to Wonho in formation with a team of back-up dancers.

SHE is the Nineties music star who went from the top of the charts to rock bottom. But now Natalie Imbruglia is ready to play the fame game again after bursting back into the spotlight when she was unmasked as Panda — winner of The Masked Singer at the weekend. Next on the agenda is a new album and UK tour, following years of songwriter’s block.

KATIE Price's fiance Carl Woods has clapped back at one of her fans who accused him of using "bad" pictures of her on Instagram. The car dealer defended himself after one person berated him over his photos of the TV star.

Dr Dre has given his first interview following his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, reflecting on Eminem‘s much-publicised decision to take the knee, the NFL’s censorship of some lyrics, and more.The legendary rapper and producer joined forces with Eminem, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg for the show, which also featured surprise appearances from 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak.Asked by TMZ whether organisers had requested the performers remove any lines, Dre said: “There were a few things we had to change, but it was really minor things.”Bringing up Eminem’s taking the knee, he said “that was Em doing that on his own and there was no problem with that.”It was reported after the show that the rapper was reportedly told not to kneel by the NFL, a claim the league has denied.During Lamar’s section of the set, which consisted of a medley of some of his songs, the lyric “If Pirus and Crips all got along / They’d probably gun me down by the end of this song” was notably absent from ‘mAAd City’.Dre confirmed that the line was removed at the request of the organisers due to its reference to LA gangs. “They had a problem with it, so we had to take that out.

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out how Amy Barlow came to be spiked.

Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall will be the hosts of the 2022 Academy Awards. After three years without a host, the Oscars are making up for lost time with three for its 94th ceremony. It has been 35 years since as many as three people hosted Hollywood’s biggest event, and never have that many women held the emcee position in a single night.

Julia Fox, fresh from her breakup with the artist formerly known as Kanye West, opened LaQuan Smith's New York Fashion Week show in black as the designer honored his beloved late mentor, Andre Leon Talley, with a moment of silence Monday night inside a century-old private club. His guests scattered around rooms at the Down Town Association, among the city's oldest private clubs, Smith put out a refined yet still signature sexy collection full of sparkle in gold, blue and red, and tiny minis with carved out cutouts in all the right places. After the show, Fox told The Associated Press of her split with Ye: “I love Kanye.

The Joker And The Queen by Ed Sheeran flies straight to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart following the release of a brand-new version of the track with Taylor Swift.