The 'avalanche' of bank closures across Greater Manchester and the UK

Royal author and expert Tom Quinn has claimed that Prince Harry is on the hunt for a "secluded Georgian house" near his father's Highgrove estate. This comes amid reports that King Charles III is keen to spend more time with his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, leading to speculation about the Duke of Sussex's UK living arrangements.

Wide leg trousers have become a summer must-have this year among shoppers looking for something both flattering and comfy.

The Scottish Government is set to introduce a new devolved, annual heating payment this winter to help more than one million State Pensioners with higher energy bills during the colder months. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) will be administered and delivered by Social Security Scotland and replace Winter Fuel Payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

A mum shared her 'disappointment' after shopping in Matalan for her 10-year-old stepdaughter.

Download 2024 were shut down as “hundreds” of festival goers fell ill with food poisoning.This year’s instalment of the metal and rock festival took place over the past weekend, running between June 14-16, and featured the headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold.However, as the event unfolded, numerous attendees began reporting symptoms of food poisoning – including nausea, stomach cramps, fever, and general malaise. According to reports from a medical tent on site (via FoodPoisoningNews), as many as 500 people were affected by what they described as a “real food poisoning epidemic”.Speaking to BBC News, a spokesperson for the North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) said medics began to see “a pattern” of fans falling ill, prompting event organiser Live Nation to launch an investigation.Live Nation said that customer safety was its “primary concern” and confirmed that all food traders had been inspected before and during the event.

TikTok has announced a new in-app experience, dedicated to fans of Taylor Swift and celebrating the massive ‘Eras Tour’.Announced today (June 20), the social media platform has confirmed that it is rolling out the next phase when it comes to celebrating Swift – revealing details of #TSTheErasTour. It marks the first interactive in-app experience dedicated to an artist on the platform, and looks to build more hype for fans who have plans to catch the singer as part of her latest live shows.In the new update, Swifties have the chance to build more of a community with one another and earn little mementoes on the platform that prove their devotion to the pop star.

Madonna fans who sued the singer over the delayed start time of her ‘Celebration Tour’ show in New York have voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit.Plaintiffs Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez gave notice of their dismissal with prejudice, which means that their claims cannot be tried again (via Rolling Stone).In a letter filed yesterday (Wednesday June 19), Jeff Warshafsky – who was representing both Madonna and Live Nation in the case – said that the dismissal “was not the result of any settlement” between the parties.He added that Madonna and the promoter “do not agree with plaintiffs’ position that each party should bear its own fees and costs” as the dismissal notice initially stated. He pointed toward their legal expenses, including “filing two motions to dismiss” and opposing the false settlement notice that the court recently spiked.Warshafsky wrote: “Defendants believe that this action was a frivolous strike suit designed to force them to incur legal expenses.“Plaintiffs have now abandoned this lawsuit when it became clear that this approach would not result in a settlement payment and that they would need to oppose defendants’ motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint.”The plaintiffs first filed the suit against Madonna in January, after attending one of her shows at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn the previous month (December 13).

Self Esteem and Moonchild Sanelly have teamed up for a collaborative new single, ‘Big Man’. Check it out below.The song marks the first release from the former – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – since her BRIT and Mercury Prize-nominated 2021 album, ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, and “explores the nuances of modern masculinity and gender roles”.“I’m a big man/ Yeah, I’m a fucking big man/ What are you?” the pair sing over an electronic beat.Speaking about working with South African musician and dancer Sanelly, Taylor explained: “Me and Moon wrote a song from the perspective of a good boyfriend.

Epik High have released a music video for their latest single, ‘Antihero’.‘Antihero’ is the lead single off Epik High’s new mixtape, ‘Pump’, which also includes the song ‘I Was Happy’, featuring Kim Jong-wan of NELL. Notably, the project is also the trio’s first full body of work since Part Two of their tenth studio album ‘Epik High Is Here’ dropped in February 2022.Speaking with Billboard about the mixtape, the group said that the mixtape format of ‘Pump’ “frees us from having to make radio hits, allowing us to refocus on the irreverent and raw side of Epik High that our core fans love”.

Embracer Group‘s masterplan to build on its Lord of the Rings IP is in its infancy, but the signs are good.

EXCLUSIVE: The director of Irish folk horror All you Need is Death has set his next feature project for 1185 Films, as the London indie unveils a slate with a number of up-and-coming directors attached.

Channel 4 has picked up the detective series starring Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser about a neurodivergent self-taught criminologist.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the season finale of Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.

EXCLUSIVE: Angel Studios, the outfit behind global blockbuster Sound of Freedom, has unveiled the full trailer for its true-life WWII thriller Bonhoeffer – see it above. Spotlighting the courage and sacrifice of the titular German pastor and theologian-turned-spy, the film is written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki. Angel Studios will release domestically on November 22.

EXCLUSIVE: You might not be familiar with Namit Malhotra’s name, but the world certainly knows his work. Malhotra founded Indian production services company Prime Focus Technologies in 1997, and is currently CEO of VFX company DNEG, which has won seven Academy Awards for films such Inception,Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune. Hailing from a filmmaking family in India’s Mumbai, Malhotra holds immense influence in both Hollywood and Bollywood, where he is currently in production on Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. The hotly-anticipated feature will feature a score collaboration between A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) and Hans Zimmer (Lion King, Dune). Malhotra, a services exec by trade, is also upping his producer game. He produced the recent Garfield movie, which crossed $200M at the box office this month, was an exec on Hindi-language film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva and has exec producer credits on Peacock’s upcoming Rome epic Those About to Die, Legendary’s animation/live-action hybrid Animal Friends and The Angry Birds Movie 3. Here, he chats to Deadline about his cross-continental journey, the impact of the pandemic, layoffs at his company, and future projects in the pipeline. 

Canal+ Ups Stake In Asian Streamer Viu

Coronation Street fans have slammed one character for what they have described as an 'unforgivable' move as they also joked about Ken Barlow potentially finding his next wife.

The owners of one of Manchester’s oldest pubs has issued an update into its legal battle with brewing giant Heineken.

New CCTV images have been released of a missing teenager from Oldham who is now believed to be in London.

Stockport's independent shopping scene has flourished over the past few years with a number of businesses opening in the town's historic quarter.

The average household income that you need to buy your first property in the UK has now been revealed. According to a study by Zoopla, the typical first-time buyer now needs earnings of more than £60,000 to step onto the property ladder.

Coronation Street fans are placing bets on what's next for Toyah Habeeb as she finally gave into Rowan Cunliffe's wishes. The character has been going up against the Institute as she fears for her sister Leanne Battersby's involvement with mentor Rowan and the group.

A couple bought an old 1670s house for more than £500k and found a unique feature hidden within its historic walls. Emily, 48, and Phillip Jones, 51, became the proud owners of The Old House, a Grade 2 listed property, back in May 2021.

New figures have “destroyed” Tory arguments against the Labour policy of introducing VAT on private school fees.

When you're searching for trainers it's important to find a pair that are comfortable and practical, without compromising on style.

The school holidays are just over a week away for families in Scotland which means many parents will be starting to factor in the additional costs of childcare over the summer break. New research from Moneyboat indicates that childcare costs have risen higher than inflation in some areas across Great Britain.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are intent on keeping their children, Archie and Lilibet, away from the public eye, with a royal expert suggesting that fans "won't see the kids again".

Naman Ramachandran The stars of “Kalki 2898 AD” revealed details of the anticipated Indian sci-fi epic at a national press launch in Mumbai on Wednesday. While a budget for the film has not been officially revealed, Variety understands that it is in the region of $72 million. If correct, that would make it one of the most expensive Indian films of all time.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief France’s Canal+ Group has increased its stake in multi-territory Asian video streamer Viu to 36.8%. It says that the move is in accordance with the terms of the strategic partnership with Viu owner PCCW Group announced a year ago and follows the satisfaction of key business milestones.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent TOLEDO, Spain — Launched in November, Banijay Branded Entertainment (BBE), has closed strategic partnerships aligned with software, insights and data company, Launchmetrics, and Banijay Iberia’s creative agency IMA, in order to enhance the expertise and appeal to clients of BBE’s 360° production, marketing and measurement services. Made at Spain’s Conecta Fiction, the announcement comes hours before Carlotta Rossi Spencer, head of branded entertainment business development, Banijay Entertainment, will talk on a panel at the forum, as producers and companies look for ever more engaging ways to promote their content and brands – and measure the results of their campaigns.

With the drama and romance in Love Island heating up by the minute, two new bombshells have entered the iconic ITV2 villa in a bid to find ‘the one’. On Wednesday, 19 June’s episode, viewers at home watched as Matilda June-Draper and Konnor Ewudzi made their way into the villa where they immediately stirred things up. But while new girl Matilda’s connection to fellow Islander Ronnie Vint has already been known, Ronnie isn’t the only familiar face that the 24 year old has a link to.

Kylie Jenner broke down in tears after she received ‘brutal’ criticism over ‘unedited’ pictures of herself went viral on the internet. The youngest Kardashian/Jenner sister, 26, frequently comes under criticism from fans for ‘heavily edited and filtered’ pics, however, it seems like the same happens on the flip side too.

The task for Steve Clarke and his Scotland players is pretty simple now going into their final Euro 2024 Group A game in Stuttgart on Sunday.

Tributes were paid to Scotland supporter Colin King during the match against Switzerland last night.

Some 9.7 million people on the Basic State Pension could see weekly payments rise by up to £40 each month from next April, under the Triple Lock policy. Both the Conservatives and Labour Party have pledged to maintain the Triple Lock for the duration of the next parliament, if they win the General Election on July 4.

Scotland midfielder Kenny McLean has revealed injured team-mate Kieran Tierney was on 'gas and air' after a painful slip in last night's 1-1 draw with Switzerland looks to have ended his participation in Euro 2024.