Strictly fans split over Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec's new baby's looks

The Triple Lock will determine the level of uprating to be applied to the State Pension for the 2024/25 financial year and pays the highest between September’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate, earnings growth, or 2.5 per cent. The frontrunner for the uprating is currently earnings growth, which came in at 8.5 per cent (including employee bonuses) for the period between May and July.

David Beckham and other football stars were spotted in Glasgow on Monday as he attended the funeral of the wife of Sir Alex Ferguson.

A police officer needed hospital treatment after being bitten by a rowdy who had been arrested for smashing a window.

“It felt like we were reconnecting after a long time,” To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough said today of working with Domhnall Gleeson on Alice & Jack, Channel 4 & PBS Masterpiece‘s upcoming romantic drama that premiered at Mipcom Cannes.

Willow star Warwick Davis is not happy about the removal of the Disney+ fantasy-adventure series from the streaming platform, calling it “#embarrassing”.

Roy Wood Jr. surprised everyone by revealing that he was leaving as a correspondent.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Gerard Butler are set to starin the crime thriller In The Hand Of Dante with Oscar-nominee Julian Schnabel directing. The film is currently in production in Italy and recently landed an Interim Agreement from SAG-AFTRA allowing it to film during the SAG strike.

6ix9ine has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after allegedly assaulting two people, including his music producer.According to a report by Daily Mail, the arrest took place last week (October 13), and was related to the assault of two men allegedly carried out by the musician and others.Tekashi 6ix9ine – real name Daniel Hernandez – was arrested while trying to leave the country on a private plane after the alleged assault, according to Felix Portes – a criminal lawyer in the Dominican Republic (via Complex).On Friday, the lawyer took to Instagram to reveal that 6ix9ine was put on “migration alert”. “Trying to leave the country on a private plane, Tekashi 69 turned out to have MIGRATION ALERT,” he wrote.

A man accused of raping a woman in Piccadilly Gardens has told a jury she was 'smiling' and 'laughing out loud'. Brian Jalo, 25, and Juan Quinones, 24, deny raping the woman in an alleyway near Piccadilly Gardens.

Filmmaker Alexander Payne (“Sideways,” “The Descendants,”) recently held a Q&A session during the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France (via Variety), with Los Angeles-based French film journalist Didier Allouch overseeing that conversation. Payne gave the French audience a big tease about what he’s currently working on, which could allow him to tackle a dream film genre.

Fashion designer Stella McCartney’s plans for an ultra-modern holiday house in the Scottish Highlands have been met with a backlash from across the UK.

Jeff Bezos has once again demonstrated his mastery in this arena by securing a second mansion on Miami Beach, paying an astounding $79 million for a slice of waterfront paradise. This purchase adds another remarkable layer to his impressive real estate portfolio, proving his immense financial prowess.Bezos‘ latest acquisition is nothing short of extraordinary.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Cinema has been a little duller for the eight-year absence of Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, the Indian-born auteur whose flamboyant formal style carried over from the music video realm into a distinctively sensuous strain of mainstream fantasy filmmaking — halted by the relative disappointment of 2015’s lackluster Ryan Reynolds vehicle “Self/less.” That makes Singh Dhandwar’s return with “Dear Jassi” something of an event, even before considering the film’s surprising expansion of his repertoire: Leaving behind Hollywood, genre cinema and his trademark maximalist mise-en-scène for his first film made in his homeland, the director keeps things simple but stately in this fact-based tale of young, star-crossed love in India’s Punjab region. The result is sometimes slack but incrementally powerful, marked by a palpable sense of renewed purpose on the part of its helmer.

Ed Meza @edmezavar JFK ASSASSINATION DOC GOES TO U.K. Espresso Media Intl. has closed a deal with the U.K.’s Channel 4 for the new documentary “JFK: 24 Hours that Changed the World.” Produced by Coleman Television, the film marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy this November.

Millie Bobby Brown has said she’s ready to move on from Stranger Things, as the show is “preventing” her from pursuing other projects.The actor, who is set to return as Eleven in the fifth and final season of the Netflix series, explained how she’s ready to branch out into other opportunities she’s “passionate about”.“When you’re ready, you’re like, ‘All right, let’s do this. Let’s tackle this last senior year. Let’s get out of here,'” Brown told Glamour.“Stranger Things takes up a lot of time to film and it’s preventing me from creating stories that I’m passionate about.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Gigi Hadid was called out by the State of Israel Instagram page for a post she shared related to the Israel-Hamas war. The supermodel shared a graphic to her Instagram story that read: “There is nothing Jewish about the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.

Operation Ivy‘s Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels came together to perform ‘Take Warning’ at Terry Hall‘s tribute show.The backyard tribute show for The Specials‘ lead vocalist – who passed away last year aged 63 – took place on the night of Saturday, October 14 in Los Angeles. Armstrong and Micheals reunited and were backed by members of The Specials to play ‘Take Warning’ from their 1989 LP ‘Energy’.Other appearances were made by The Specials’ Lynval Golding and Horace Panter, Fishbone, No Doubt’s Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young, L7’s Donita Sparks, the Go-Go’s’ Jane Wiedlin, Tom Morello and more.A post shared by @kmoe77A post shared by Johnny Starke (@johnny2tone)Last year, the duo reunited for an event that took place at the Music Rock N’ Roll Carnival in Los Angeles and performed one of Operation Ivy’s signature songs, ‘Sound System’.

Music Venue Trust (MVT) have said that grassroots venues in the UK are heading for “disaster” without intervention as more venues face closure – repeating the call for large arenas to invest back into the grassroots.Speaking on a panel about the future of grassroots music at Manchester’s inaugural ‘Beyond The Music‘ conference on Friday (October 13), Mark Davyd, CEO of MVT, said over the last 12 months, “127 music venues of the grassroots type have stopped programming live music or closed down entirely” – something he described as a “fucking disaster” – despite the fact 2023 has been “the best year in history for live music receipts” with the industry making over £765million in 2022.Davyd, who was speaking on a panel alongside representatives from Manchester’s AO Arena, Manchester’s Co-op Live, MIF/Factory International and Rachael Flaszczak, Managing Director of The Snug – a venue that was recently saved by MVT under its new ownership scheme – said “it’s completely unacceptable that our music industry is letting music collapse underneath it while it’s making the maximum amount of money it’s ever made in the history of music.”He continued: “That is ridiculous. It’s totally unacceptable to me.

Bethesda Softworks, announced his retirement today (October 16).Hines was hired in 1999 and originally he was in charge of writing manuals for Bethesda’s roster of titles, before becoming more and more instrumental to the marketing and public relations for launches.“After 24 years, I have decided my time at Bethesda Softworks has come to an end. I am retiring and will begin an exciting new chapter of my life exploring interests and passions, donating my time where I can, and taking more time to enjoy life,” he said in a statement to X (fka Twitter).“This was not a decision I came to easily or quickly, but after an amazing career, culminating in the incredible launch of Starfield, it feels like the time is right,” he continued.He added that he will still be an active part of the global Bethesda fanbase, who he described as an “incredible community”.Concluding, he said that he is intensely proud of those he worked with during his two decades at Bethesda Softworks, and that he will be waiting for whatever is next for the developer with “genuine excitement”.Bethesda Softworks addressed Hines’ retirement in its own message: “Pete’s public presence was only a small part of his role at Bethesda, although the way he represented us carried over into the values he nurtured here: authenticity, integrity and passion.“His contributions have been integral in building Bethesda and its family of studios into the world-class organization that it is today.

Sea Power have announced a series of UK tour dates to celebrate the 15th anniversary of ‘Do You Like Rock Music?’. Find ticket details below.The Brighton band announced the news on Instagram earlier today (October 16), confirming that they will be hitting the road for a series of live shows in 2024.Kicking off in February, the tour will comprise of six shows across the UK and run throughout the month.

Gorka Marquez has opened up about his gruelling schedule as he juggles Strictly Come Dancing training and rehearsals as well as being a father-of-two.

Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez shared details of an 'exclusive' group he and some of his co-stars are part of. The dancer, who unfortunately left the competition during week three with celebrity dance partner Nikita Kanda, was opening up about juggling the show and being a new dad-of-two.

Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec have been defended by fans after they were seen teasing a new venture alongside a string of adorable snaps. The new parents were seen out enjoying their new life in the countryside with their daughter, Lyra Rose.

Strictly Come Dancing former professional dancer Janette Manrara has teased a special new project with her husband Aljaž Škorjanec, and fans will be delighted to learn that the couple are working together again. Aljaž revealed he was quitting the show early last year, following his last series dancing with Dragons Den star Sara Davies, which was only a year after Janette also left and went on to host spin-off show It Takes Two. In between having their first baby together, a gorgeous little girl named Lyra, Aljaž and Janette are now leaning in to their new lives as parents in the countryside up north.

Rylan Clark has announced an exciting new career move after stepping down from presenting Strictly Come Dancing's spin-off show 'It Takes Two'.The BBC Radio 2 host confirmed he would be taking a step back from his role on the show after four years.The former X Factor star began co-hosting the show alongside Zoe Ball in 2019, before the fellow Radio 2 star left and was replaced by Strictly dancer Janette Manrara. Rylan then announced that he too would be leaving the BBC2 show to "pass on the baton to someone else and explore what else life has for me." But now the Celebrity Gogglebox star has teased that he’s back with a whole new reality TV show, admitting to fans that it’s "not as easy as it sounds." In a statement talking about his Strictly departure, the 34-year-old wrote: "I’ve had the best time hosting the show alongside Janette and Zoe, and I can’t thank the amazing team enough for always putting on a great show." I’ve been welcomed into the Strictly family and will firmly hold that title dear to me," he added.The role has since been taken over by X Factor and Strictly star Fleur East.

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has opened up on how she's coping, admitting she's 'not doing very well' this week after she joined the show after the death of her husband.

Rylan Clark has revealed his next career move after Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two returned to screens without him. The BBC Radio 2 host left fans gutted earlier this year after confirming that he'd be stepping back from his hosting role on Strictly: It Takes Two after four years ahead of the BBC dance contest's return later this year.

Aljaz Skorjanec appeared to be holding back tears as he shared an adorable moment with his baby daughter in Janette Manrara's absence. The couple, who were both professional dancers on Strictly Come Dancing welcomed their first child into the world back in July.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shared an update on her "tough" and ongoing battle with breast cancer as she appeared on It Takes Two on Wednesday evening. It was professional dancer's second return to the world of Strictly since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May and underwent a mastectomy in June. Speaking to host Janette Manrara, Amy gave a candid update on her journey and revealed she had "chemo again tomorrow".

Strictly Come Dancing has been missing one of its favourite professionals this series. Welsh dancer Amy Dowden has been undergoing her own challenge since a cancer diagnosis in May 2023.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have had a sneaky look at this Saturday' (October 14) fare on Strictly: It Takes Two, and it's fair to say everyone is looking forward to Angela Rippon. The veteran broadcaster will be dancing a Rumba with partner Kai Widdrington.

Janette Manrara has been a go-to for adorable baby pictures ever since she welcomed her daughter Lyra into the world in July. And the baby, shared by former Strictly Come Dancing stars Janette and her husband Aljaz Skorjanec, obviously has two very good-looking parents.

Strictly Come Dancing star Aljaz Skorjanec appeared to get emotional and told Lorraine "I want to cry" when he appeared on the ITV daytime show with his wife Janette Manrara. Janette, 39, welcomed her first child - a baby girl called Lyra Rose Skorjanec with her husband, Aljaž, 33, on 28 July, 2023.

Aljaz Skorjanec has shared the sweet thing he tells his wife Janette Manrara every day since welcoming their first child into the world. The Strictly Come Dancing stars, who were both professional dancers on the show, announced their daughter's arrival in July.

Janette Manrara had three words for her Strictly Come Dancing co-star Amy Dowden as they reunited for an evening at the Pirde of Britain Awards. The show's former professional dancer took to Instagram with a snap of herself and Amy twinning in pink for the emotional event.

Amy Dowden reunited with her fellow Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers as they headed to the Pride of Britain Awards in London on Sunday 8 October. Amy, who revealed that she'd been diagnosed with Grade 3 breast cancer in May this year, joined familiar faces from the show’s past and present and she accompanied Janette Manrara, Dianne Buswell and Aljaž Škorjanec at the star-studded event.