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We're just weeks away from the beginning of spring, hopefully a time when the grey skies give way to blue and the flowers will begin to bloom. Across Greater Manchester, there's a number of beautiful gardens, woodlands and parks to watch as the buds of daffodils, bluebells and tulips burst into action.

Red carpet hosts Laverne Cox and Julianne Hough are making a statement on the red carpet at the 2024 Academy Awards!

Wigan council leader David Molyneux attempted to soften the blow of a 4.99 per cent council rise for residents with a string of sweeteners as the authority set its budget for the year ahead last night (Wednesday February 6). On the day Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reportedly failed to produce a ‘rabit out of the hat’ in his budget, Coun Molyneux produced his own by unveiling £2million of new schemes as the full council debated the revenue budget which will increase by 7.5pc with £271m spent during 2024/25 running the authority’s services.

Naman Ramachandran Its raining biopics of revered 17th century Indian ruler Shivaji Bhonsle in Mumbai. Days after Sandeep Singh’s “The Pride of Bharat – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj” was announced, billionaire Mukesh Ambani‘s Jio Studios and actors Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh’s Mumbai Film Company have unveiled their collaboration on “Raja Shivaji.” Both films were revealed on the occasion of the 394th birth anniversary of Shivaji, Feb. 19.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has defended the provenance of The Couple Next Door amid concerns from producers that it was penned by the husband of the UK broadcaster’s head of drama.

Rio Ferdinand has urged Sir Jim Ratcliffe to restore transparency to Manchester United if he secures a 25 per cent stake in the club.

Miss Universe and viewers are already getting excited for some of the contestants. The Miss Universe Puerto Rico organization presented the highly anticipated National Costume, which will be worn by Karla Guilfú Acevedo, during the pageant.

Bruce Springsteen has shared a new single, ‘Addicted To Romance’, which was co-produced and orchestrated by The National‘s Bryce Dessner.The single was recorded for the soundtrack of the new Rebecca Miller film She Came To Me and also features vocals from his wife, and member of the E Street Band, Patti Scialfa. The National touring members Benjamin Lanz and Kyle Resnick also appear on trombone and trumpet respectively.“When Rebecca asked me about working on a song for the end credits, I immediately thought (perhaps unrealistically!) that it would be incredible to ask Bruce Springsteen to write a song,” Dessner said [via SPIN].

The night Dan Gore first clasped silver at Old Trafford, the champagne had to be wiped off it. Gore, a starter in the FA Youth Cup final against Nottingham Forest last year, was still 17 and not legally allowed to drink alcohol.

with the Nordstrom Labor Day sale (a.k.a. the Nordstrom Summer Sale). Yes, the holiday weekend isn't here quite yet, but Nordstrom's adding new deals as the days go by—and we're not just talking .

Ethan Shanfeld Steve Aoki has recruited Paris Hilton, Akon, Galantis and more for his 10th studio album, “Hiroquest: Double Helix,” out Nov. 17.

Italian production designer Tonino Zera, whose credits include Roman Polanski’s upcoming drama The Palace, will be feted with the Campari Passion Award at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival, running from August 30 to September 9.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBC has long been the home of the popular sports broadcast “Sunday Night Football.” Now it wants to get the word out about football on Saturday nights. Thanks to a new deal that starts in earnest this year, NBC has gained rights to air Big Ten college football games on Saturday nights commencing September 2, all part of a scramble last year that gave new rights to the league to NBC and CBS, and saw ESPN give up its hold on the conference’s games.

Lady Gaga is among the many mourning the death of Tony Bennett, who died on Friday at age 96.

Helen Skelton has been told she 'looks amazing' as she shared how she spent her 40th birthday as she means to go on - and that appears to be having lots of fun in the great outdoors. The Countryfile host celebrated the milestone occasion last week and was flooded with messages at the time.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s not many tours that take a complete left turn from the style, content and tone of how they started with just a few dates left on the itinerary before everyone heads home. That’s coasting time. Yet that’s exactly what happened with the final six shows on Elvis Costello & the Imposters’ “We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday Tour,” where no one who saw any of the first 17 gigs on the outing would have much recognized how things transpired in the final half-dozen. It was all due to the transformative presence of a three-man horn section, which the advertising had accurately promised would only be showing up for the tour coda. What was unexpected was just how thoroughly Costello retooled the whole show to build it around these new brass arrangements, discarding certain set staples and adding new ones to show just what different flavors could be realized with horns o’ plenty.

Celia Cruz’s untimely passing. This remarkable event was confirmed by a cemetery spokesperson, generating immense excitement among the late singer’s devoted fans.Joining together to honor the timeless icon, fans of Celia Cruz will have the exclusive opportunity to pay homage to the beloved “Guarachera de Cuba” between the hours of 10 a.m.

As you know, the Great Escape Conference begins today with CMU’s Music + Education strand at the Leonardo Royal Waterfront hotel. Then tomorrow, the festival side of the event gets underway too, with hundreds of exiting acts swarming into the city’s many venues.We’ve picked out a handful of the artists we’re most excited to see over the next few days and will be sharing them all through the rest of this week, along with a track to check out from each of them.Listen to all of our selections in this Spotify playlist, and read on to find out more about our first five picks…Donna Thompson – Be With YouA mainstay of London jazz hub Total Refreshment Centre and drummer for artists including Falle Nioke and Alabaster Deplume, Donna Thompson began releasing music under her own name last year – putting out her debut EP ‘Something True’ last summer.Revenge, Thu 11 May, 12.15-12.45Shortt’s Bar, Thu 11 May, 15.30-16.00 (Alt Escape)Minor Conflict – Living StatueBlending post-punk and post-folk, creating a mesmerising sound using harp, bass, drums, trumpet and synths, with dual vocals delivered by Robin Warin and Natalie Whiteland that alternate between deadpan and ethereal.Revenge, Thu 11 May, 14.15-14.45Reb Fountain – Faithless Lover (pictured)Signed to legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun, Reb Fountain already has four albums to her name, often drawing comparisons to Nick Cave.

Perth and Kinross has forever engraved its name into royal history.

According to a friend of Meghan Markle, the Duchess did not attend King Charles' Coronation because she "didn't feel comfortable or welcome enough".

Albert Square's residents geared up to mark the King's Coronation, Sonia Fowler was excited to celebrate her birthday with her boyfriend Reiss, but he was nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, over at the café, Rocky Cotton tells Kathy about overhearing Reiss on the phone to a mystery woman called Debbie, but she tells him to drop it, especially as it's Sonia's birthday. Looking disgruntled, Rocky comes close to sharing his suspicions about Reiss cheating on Sonia but just in the nick of time, Reiss appears with a new trumpet in tow for his girlfriend.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived.

exceptions like “Ellen,” the talk shows that continued airing new episodes avoided crossing picket lines by not using scripts of any kind. So long as there was no content created by a writer, the show could honor the strike and still make new episodes.This resulted in a lot of improvisation — riffing, really — by these shows’ hosts and performers.

. In the case of at the New York City screening of her new rom-com Love Again on May 3, it was the latter. Chopra walked the carpet in the kind of gown it takes several assistants to operate. The star's baby blue dress had an exaggerated mermaid silhouette, with an oversized trumpet skirt and an almost equally voluminous off-the-shoulder cowl.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have arrived at Westminster Abbey with their children ahead of Coronation rehearsals on Wednesday.

The Electric Mayhem Band from The Muppets are heading to Disney+ for a brand new series!

A Broadway icon is making his contribution to a royal celebration.

A not-so-subtle message? Kourtney Kardashian reminded fans to choose “positivity” after Shanna Moakler‘s latest diss toward her and Travis Barker.

Luss boxing star Hannah Rankin will take on two time World Champion Ema Kozin for the WBC Silver Super Welterweight title later this year.

The Chase viewers were left shouting at their TVs as none of the contestants made it through to the final chase tonight.

I am deeply saddened to announce that my younger brother and my best friend Ray Shulman passed away on March 30th at his…Posted by Derek Shulman on Saturday, April 1, 2023A Portsmouth native, Ray was born on December 8, 1949. He, Derek and brother Phil – the latter two born in Glasgow before the family headed south – were encouraged by their father, an army musician who later performed as a jazz trumpeter, to learn multiple instruments.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Critical Role, the company that has adapted its popular and long-running Dungeons & Dragons livestreamed campaigns into animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” on Prime Video, has made its first acquisition. Metapigeon, Critical Role’s development and production company, acquired podcast “Midst,” described as a semi-improvised audio drama. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Metapigeon is teaming with Third Person, the podcast’s three founders who also narrate and produce the series, to continue to expand the “Midst” brand. According to a rep for Critical Role, the podcast’s founders are preferring to remain anonymous.

Minor Conflict have released their latest single ‘Living Statue’, hot on the heels of their recent signing to PRAH Recordings. The band blend post-punk and post-folk, creating a mesmerising sound using harp, bass, drums, trumpet and synths, with dual vocals delivered by Robin Warin and Natalie Whiteland that alternate between deadpan and ethereal.‘Living Statue’ is written from the perspective of a street performer mimicking a statue.

The refugee who lived at Gary Lineker's home has spoken out amid the Match of the Day presenter's asylum seeker row. Rasheed Baluch, who lived with Lineker for three weeks, spoke as Home Secretary Suella Braverman was in Rwanda trumpeting her deportation plan.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Brexit pub guarantee’, as announced in his first budget yesterday, has been met with confusion by the hospitality industry. Hunt announced yesterday that tax on draught beer in pubs will be frozen from August 1.

Love Island returned to our screens on Monday night as the islanders geared themselves up for one of the staple episodes of the show. The remaining stars looking to find love in the South African villa went head-to-head as they battled it out in a 'talent show', which gave them the opportunity to showcase their skills.