Calls for council boss to step down amid chaotic meeting

Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis has responded to calls for a ticket ballot system, saying there has been “a discussion”.Eavis was speaking to Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw on a special edition of their Sidetracked podcast when she was asked how she planned to tackle the increasing demand for tickets.The final batch of tickets for this year’s festival sold out in 20 minutes in April. A limited amount of coach/ticket packages were snapped up in 18 minutes three days prior.Eavis had revealed earlier that the event had seen its “highest percentage of ticket balances paid ever”.

Sherrie Hewson is back on our screens having joined E4 soap Hollyoaks as Martha Blake, an evil granny who is determined to protect her two unsuspecting granddaughters from their uncle Jez. While Sherrie has had so many roles over the years that have made her a household name, there's one character that she's desperate to reprise - hotel manageress, Joyce Temple-Savage in Benidorm. For five series, Joyce ran the Solana hotel - she was bossy, sassy and a lot of the time clashed with her guests.

As major sports leagues struggle with the new legal sports betting landscape and worry about player temptations, at least one pro league wants the federal government to step in.

Jack Dunn Several Asian American groups gathered in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to call for comedian Shane Gillis to apologize for using “offensive racial remarks” in his stand-up performances. Leaders of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Chinese American Citizens Alliance Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League gathered at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge for a press conference, in which the groups also implored Netflix to cancel Gillis’ new sitcom “Tires” and that Bud Light cut all promotional funding toward his comedy tour unless an apology is issued.

Sarah Ferguson, known to many as Fergie, has given a candid update on her health during her appearance on Loose Women. The Duchess of York appeared on the panel of Wednesday's chat show.

Kelsey Parker is honouring her late husband in a charity football match as she enlists stars to support her in remembering Tom. Tom, who rose to fame in band The Wanted, passed away aged just 33 from a brain tumour, following an 18-month cancer battle. He and wife Kelsey, whom he had been with since 2009, shared two children; Aurelia, four, and Bodhi, three.

Celebrity chef Nisha Katona has put out a public call to find "supertasters" to come and dine at her Mowgli restaurants for FREE.

Britain's Got Talent returned with its first round of live semi finals on Monday night (May 27). Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli returned to the panel to judge eight performers who were vying to make it to this weekend's final.

Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil is asking prosecutors to pause their probe into SNP finances - fearing it will derail their election campaign.

It’s been three decades since Christine Fulton lost her husband Lewis, the last police officer in Scotland killed in the line of duty.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Death by Lighting,” Netflix’s upcoming series about the rise and eventual assassination of U.S. President James Garfield, is adding to its cast. Variety has learned that Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing,” “Get Out”) and Shea Whigham (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Take Shelter”) have joined the show as series regulars.

More than 63,300 people have signed an online petition calling for a ‘universal’ weekly State Pension payment of nearly £550 to bring it into line with the National Living Wage rate. Someone on the full, New State Pension currently receives £221.20 each week while those on the maximum Basic State pension get £169.50.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel called for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and declared that Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule must end in order to achieve lasting peace for Israel. Emanuel’s remarks came Wednesday night as he was honored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center with its humanitarian Award at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The divisiveness of the Israel-Hamas war that began Oct.

Ari Emanuel tonight left no ambiguity of what he thinks about Benjamin Netanyahu.

Better Things actress Mikey Madison goes the distance in a raw and revealing performance as a high-class stripper who is romanced, and married by, the son of a Russian oligarch in Sean Baker‘s Anora.

British tourists could see limits placed on flights to popular holiday destination Majorca as the island’s opposition party warns it is “experiencing collapse” due to high visitor numbers. It comes ahead of anti-tourism protests which are expected to be held on the island later this week.

“We need more female CEOs.”

An online petition calling for a public inquiry to be held into changes made to the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s has passed the 10,000 signature threshold and is now entitled to a written response from the UK Government.

More than 59,500 people have signed an online petition calling for a ‘universal’ weekly State Pension payment of nearly £550 to bring into line with the National Living Wage. Petition creator Michael Thompson also suggests making the option to claim State Pension available to everyone from the age of 60 - six years lower than the current official age of retirement of 66.

Louis C.K. to be allowed to return to mainstream entertainment after having been brought down by a sexual misconduct scandal.In November 2017, the writer and comedian was faced with a series of allegations from five female colleagues in a New York Times article, including that he masturbated in front of them.