Sky and Peacock are forging a TV adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal with Top Boy showrunner Ronan Bennett attached.
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The brothers who founded a group of high-end Chinese restaurants have revealed plans to expand overseas and open two new Manchester sites under different brands over the next 12 months.
Adam and Drew Jones, who opened the doors of their first Tattu restaurant in Manchester's Spinningfields in 2015, have targeted Dubai and Saudi Arabia as possible destinations for the brand's first international offering, with the US also forming part of the long-term plan.
The pair have vowed to not open a new Tattu in the UK, saying doing so would dilute the brand and make it more like a commercial chain. But they have also revealed plans to open two new restaurants in Manchester under new brands in the next year, employing 200 people between them.
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In their first sit-down interview since starting Tattu seven years ago, the brothers revealed how they went from differing career paths, running a company in southern Spain through to taking over a closed pub in Liverpool and ending up heading a restaurant business that employs more than 500 people.
Adam and Drew Jones had originally been walking down very different career paths. Adam had embarked on a legal career while Drew went to university to study event management.
But the pair wanted for something different and Adam went off to run a VIP concierge business in the south of Spain.
"It worked with all the best clubs and restaurants in the region and it gave us bothan understanding of the industry and how brands that were really successful wanted to market", Adam said.
"That was very seasonal and therefore it didn't have much longevity and was not conducive to having a family because of spending six months in
Sky and Peacock are forging a TV adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal with Top Boy showrunner Ronan Bennett attached.
Daniel Craig. The 54-year-old British James Bond star had a bit of deja vu on Tuesday, visiting Windsor Castle to receive The Order of St.
Blink-182 have returned with their first song to feature Tom DeLonge in just months shy of a decade: a belting pop-punk anthem titled ‘Edging’.Despite its title (and the returning frontman’s penchant for tongue-in-cheek raciness) the song is surprisingly void of sex jokes, instead offering a self-deprecative take on the dissolution of a relationship. It opens with DeLonge singing the first verse, as he quips: “I ain’t that cool, a little fucked in the head / They’ll be hangin’ me quick when I’m back from the dead.”A music video for ‘Edging’, directed by Cole Bennett, is due to be released tomorrow (October 15).
Channel Four has announced the casting for its new film based on the 'Wagatha Christie' case. The drama will star This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy in the story of Rebekah's famous libel trial against Coleen.
looked unrecognizable with a clean-shaven face, was in town.The actor-slash-musician, 59, will appear alongside Jeff Beck at the Paramount in Huntington on both Friday and Saturday nights. Depp and Beck are partway through their North American tour and will also take to the stage together in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Tuesday night. Over the weekend, Depp was seen out in Port Chester, where he signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans.
Former U.S. drug czar William Bennett said the United States is right now "soft on too many things" — including the criminals who are smuggling deadly fentanyl into the country and contributing to the death of numerous Americans. Bennett on Monday followed up a "Fox & Friends" television appearance with an original interview by phone with Fox News Digital in which he shared his strong concerns about the fentanyl pouring into the United States via the southern border.
his bizarre landing at the MTV VMAs as a moon person. He ditched the facial hair for that virtual appearance, too, and appeared throughout the award show to make a series of weird statements.
Johnny Depp flashed a smile for fans who waited outside his show in New York as he returned to the states to perform with Jeff Beck on the US leg of the tour after spending the summer playing gigs in Europe. The 59-year-old actor appeared to be in high spirits ahead of the performance while signing autographs and chatting with legions of loyal followers at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester.
Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan are looking amazing on the red carpet!
The brother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has spoken of his 'anger and pain' in an increasingly bitter row with an author who sparked a new police dig for the child's remains.
A man was charged more than £35k for a 15-minute Uber journey in Manchester - after the destination was accidentally set to AUSTRALIA.
A man has been found guilty of brutally punching a taxi driver in an unprovoked, racist attack. In May this year, David Platt, 30, and a woman got into the taxi in Monsall before they asked to be taken to a convenience shop in Harpurhey, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Police who went to a Salford tower block to make arrests discovered a Breaking Bad style drugs lab. The crystal meth lab was set up inside a flat at Adelphi Court.
A man accused of punching a taxi driver in a racially motivated attack has told a court it was because he 'saw him masturbating'. David Platt, 30, has admitted wounding, but denied racially aggravated assault.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Eagle Eye Drama, the U.K. scripted production indie headed by Walter Iuzzolino that is known for hit TV shows such the British remake of Belgium’s “Professor T” have announced the launch of Belgium-based production company Happy Duck Films. Eagle Eye, which was set up by Iuzzolino and other founders of his foreign-language drama streaming service Walter Presents, have now teamed up with Belgian director Dries Vos who directed the “Professor T” remake and local line producer Hiskia Van Aert (“Undercover,” “Rough Justice”) to set up this new venture. Happy Duck Films will be based in the Belgian region of Flanders and will produce a wide range of English language titles “with creative talent from Flanders and beyond,” a statement said. No projects were announced.
The first James Bond film premiered 60 years ago and has continued to keep fans captivated with every new addition to the franchise.There have been seven actors who have portrayed the iconic spy and 27 movies in the franchise. The films are based on a 1953 novel by Ian Flemming about a British spy who works for the M16 and goes by the codename 007. Producers Albert R.
James Bond is too experienced for a fresh-faced approach.