Stephen A. Smith On ESPN Layoffs: “This Ain’t The End. More Is Coming. I Could Be Next”

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shared a heartbreaking update with her fans after she was hit by a second devastating diagnosis.

A grief-stricken Manchester woman has recounted her shock at how her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her 60s after suffering brain fog.

A van ‘deliberately ploughed into a flock of geese crossing a road’ in Salford, according to the RSPCA.

Deals website Wowcher has slashed the price of all-inclusive holidays to Spain for Summer 2023. Prices start from as little as £99 per person for a three-night all-inclusive break on the Spanish isles - with all food and drink included.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag David Beckham and his wife Victoria looked as glamorous as ever as they attended a football match in Florida on Friday.The game, which was held at the DRV Pink Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, saw David's team Inter Miami win 2-1 against Cruz Azul after Lionel Messi scored the winning goal. For the outing, Victoria, 49, donned a elegant black gown with cut-outs. She wore her brunette locks loose and was seen watching the action intently with her family.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Kim Kardashian looked stunning as ever as she was pictured leaving Gekko restaurant in Miami accompanied by her two good friends David and Isabella Grutman after they visited Bad Bunny’s restaurant The restaurant is part owned by David Grutman as the group went out to celebrate David Beckham's club Inter Miami’s victory. Kim attended the game which was an exciting moment for football fans as it was Lionel Messi's first game with Inter Miami. Kim looked stylish in a fully black outfit as she donned a skin tight racer top paired with some black leather trousers.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag The Only Way Is Essex star Amber Turner has fuelled rumours that she is quitting the show as she skipped filming at Epsom Races with her fellow cast members to jet off on holiday to Ibiza to celebrate her 30th birthday. On Thursday, Amber’s fellow cast members, including Chloe Brockett, Diags and Roman Hackett, were spotted at the races but Amber was nowhere to be seen. Instead, Amber shared a picture of her looking stunning as she posed for a picture in a white bikini in Ibiza.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup has officially kicked off, and it’s a tournament of firsts as both Australia and New Zealand become the first countries to co-host the event. With fans eager to see if England's The Lionesses can maintain their champion's title, the team has teamed up with high street giants Marks and Spencer as the official tailor of the England senior women’s team.

Barbie featuing an elderly woman on a bench to remain in the final cut of the film.While Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) are in ‘the real world’, they pass by an elderly woman on a bench, and Barbie stops to tell the woman she is beautiful. Gerwig faced pressure to cut the scene because it didn’t add to the plot.Gerwig stood her ground, however, maintaining that the scene was ‘the heart of the movie’. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone.

Primavera Sound will not be returning to Madrid next year, its organisers have confirmed.While the Spanish festival has taken place in Barcelona since 2001, this year was the first year that it became a dual-site event, with the same line-up playing both locations.Now, it has been confirmed that the festival will not take place in the Spanish capital next year following numerous issues with its inaugural edition.“Although both the city of Madrid and the whole region welcomed us with open arms, with a warmth that was mirrored in the institutions, the cultural agents and of course the audience, the external difficulties that the festival had to face in the final stretch of the pre-production gave rise to one of the most complicated events that Primavera Sound has ever had to face,” said Almudena Heredero, director of Primavera Sound Madrid, in a press release.“And today, in the run-up to 2024, the city does not have a site able to host an event of this magnitude and format in terms of audience demands, production requirements, and musical show.“As a consequence, although the evaluation of the festival was more than satisfactory on a musical level, the expectations we had were not fulfilled and the experience of the festivalgoers due to several logistical aspects was not the desired one. Inside the Ciudad del Rock, we experienced a festival full of great musical moments, but we are not oblivious to the annoyances.

Reading & Leeds festivals have announced the comedy line-up for the Alternative Stage at the 2023 festivals – see the full list below.The twin festivals return to Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 25-27, with Foals, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragons all set to headline.The 1975 were also recently announced as last-minute headliners, replacing Lewis Capaldi who is taking a break from all live performances for the time being following his Glastonbury set to focus on his mental and physical health.Playing the Alternative Stage at Reading & Leeds next month are the likes of Joel Dommett, Russell Kane, Fern Brady, Chris Washington, Daliso Chaponda, Fern Brady, Laura Lexx, Mark Oliver, Jack Skipper, Sara Schaefer and Thanyia Moore.See the full list of new names below and buy any remaining tickets for Reading & Leeds 2023 are available here.

Drake and Central Cee have shared a new radio freestyle for the New York-based On The Radar – check it out below.READ MORE: Central Cee – ‘23’ review: drill star finds himself on the brink of greatnessThe drill-based platform, which is hosted by Power 105.1 DJ Gabe P, has seen a host of artists including Ice Spice come through to share freestyles on the radio.In the latest edition, Drake took a day off from his ‘It’s All A Blur’ US tour with 21 Savage to join Central Cee for a freestyle performance.Watch the pair’s freestyle for On The Radar below.The ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour began last month at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where Drake and Savage delivered a mammoth 48-song set that included numerous live debuts and rarities.The rapper at one point performed as a large hologram of a sperm floated above him. Another visual of a group of sperm cells, meanwhile, appeared to circle him on stage.You can find the full list of dates and any remaining tickets for Drake and 21 Savage’s 2023 North American tour here.Central Cee, meanwhile, teamed up with Dave this summer on the four-track ‘Split Decision’ EP.

Police say a full investigation will be launched after hundreds of kids ran riot on the last day of school in Manchester city centre. A large group of school children gathered in Piccadilly Gardens yesterday afternoon (Friday).

Joao Cancelo has a future at Manchester City, despite his high-profile loan exit last season.

Erik ten Hag believes Andre Onana will have to have a good connection with all of his teammates in order to be a success, which makes it handy that he already has one with Lisandro Martinez.

Two people have been injured and a teenager charged after a car allegedly smashed into a house in Fife. Emergency services were called to the scene on Woodside Way in Glenrothes shortly before 8pm on Friday.

Dozens of heartfelt tributes have been paid for a “remarkable” university lecturer after she tragically lost her bowel cancer battle. Dr Johanna Green was hailed an “exceptional teacher, scholar, and friend” following her death at the The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow on Thursday.

British travellers are being warned to be cautious while on holiday over a potentially deadly stomach bug that is spreading in European destinations.

A teacher has told of her "heartbreak" at wanting to return a £75 gift from her pupils because she is struggling to pay her bills.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Spanish director J.A. Bayona’s “Society of the Snow,” a reconstruction of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes that forced survivors to take extreme measures, including cannibalism, has been set as the Venice Film Festival’s closing film. The deeply immersive Spanish-language saga is a Netflix original film shot in Andalusia’s Sierra Nevada, mainland Spain’s highest mountain range, using a 300-person crew. “Society of the Snow” will world premiere on the Lido out-of-competition on Sept. 9th. Its official screening will be held in the Palazzo del Cinema after the awards ceremony. In 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to bring Montevideo’s Old Christians Rugby Club team to Chile, crashed at an altitude of 11,712 feet in the Andes.  Of its 45 passengers – which consisted mostly of the rugby team, friends and family – 29 survived. Without food, the survivors, who belonged to Uruguay’s elite, were forced to eat the flesh of the deceased to stay alive. 19 survived an avalanche. 72 days after the crash, 16 finally made it out alive. 

EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies was hiding in plain sight at a rally held by UK actors union Equity in support of its sister union SAG-AFTRA.

Rain across Greater Manchester is set to disrupt the thrilling fourth Ashes test match at Emirates Old Trafford this weekend.

Manchester United's transfer window is already going a lot better than last year.

Pep Guardiola has already given a glowing review of Manchester United's latest addition, Andre Onana.

Manchester United and Lioness star Ella Toone will appear in a limited edition of Elle UK magazine with international teammate Alessia Russo amidst their Women's World Cup campaign.

Dan Wootton has made a plea for cash donations as he attempts to fight serious allegations made against him. The GB News presenter earlier said he "vehemently denies" claims made by the Byline Times.

A man has tragically died after crashing his motorbike on a rural countryside road in Argyll and Bute.

A woman who had a panic attack in Asda after her cards were declined has praised the “angel” who paid for her shopping.

British broadcaster Dan Wootton has made a public plea for funding to support his legal fight against allegations made against him.

Pat McAfee recently struck a deal to bring his namesake sports commentary show to ESPN. The former NFL player has been receiving backlash after the sports network announced layoffs and many viewers are correlating that it has to do with McAfee.

ESPN has let go of about 20 on-air personalities who have now taken to social media to react to the news following the cuts.

ESPN has let go of a handful of on-air personalities, according to Variety.

On the same day ESPN ran special extended coverage of player comings and goings during NBA Free Agency, about 20 of the network’s top on-air talent found out they would be on the move, as well.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor More players are leaving the field at ESPN. Max Kellerman, the TV host, Keyshawn Johnson, the morning-show personality, Jeff Van Gundy, the veteran basketball analyst, and Jalen Rose, the NBA-player-turned-commentator, are all exiting the Disney sports-media giant, according to two people familiar with the matter, as executives look for ways to prune costs at the operation as its parent corporation grapples with seismic changes in its business. “Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the area of public-facing commentator salaries, and that process has begun,” the company said in a statement. “This exercise will include a small group of job cuts in the short-term and an ongoing focus on managing costs when we negotiate individual contract renewals in the months ahead. This is an extremely challenging process, involving individuals who have had tremendous impact on our company. These difficult decisions, based more on overall efficiency than merit, will help us meet our financial targets and ensure future growth.”

ESPN is letting go of about 20 on-air personalities, including two familiar names to NBA viewers: game analyst Jeff Van Gundy and studio co-host Jalen Rose.

in shows such as “Black-ish,” films such as “Barbershop,” and is soon to steal the show in a breakthrough dramatic role in “The Color Purple.” But, the Chicago native’s career of making laughs — one that dates to the 1990s — almost never happened. Deon was a late bloomer, to say the least.“I was like, way out of college and high school.