Former council leader announces she will not stand for re-election next year

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may be looking to soften the edges of their upcoming Netflix show.

Andy Burnham says he is 'very, very likely' to stand for a third term as Greater Manchester mayor as he rules out standing in a Lancashire by-election.

Billy Joel will headline the British Summer Time festival next July, which marks his only scheduled performance in Europe in 2023. One of the most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in history, Joel will perform on Friday July 7, during BST Hyde Park’s 10th anniversary festival.  He joins previously announced headliners Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the BST Hyde Park billing for 2023 so far.

A TikTok user who has declared themselves a ''time traveller' on the social media app has now issued warnings about five huge events they claim will occur at some point between now and the start of 2023. These extravagant claims uploaded onto the popular social media app by @timevoyaging range from unearthing T rex eggs and dragons to a global ''purge'', the Daily Star reports.

The decision between which UK city will host the Eurovision Song Contest next year has been narrowed down to two finalists.

Fourth time’s the charm! Retired baseball player Jim Edmonds has tied the knot once again — this time with model Kortnie O’Connor.

Salford Central railway station will close completely for almost five months in the new year for a programme of 'long-awaited' engineering improvements costing £7.3m, it's been confirmed.

Residents in Radcliffe say they are fed up with the 'shocking' antisocial behaviour in the area following a brutal assault last night.

More trains will start to run between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly from next Tuesday, under-fire train operator Avanti West Coast has announced. Between the stations, Avanti will run an additional 10 daily trains on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and an extra six trains on Wednesdays.

It’s been a trying year-plus for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but there’s some good news for the group today: Its signature trophy show, the Golden Globes, will return to NBC in 2023 after a year away.

Tributes have been paid to former Oldham council leader Jean Stretton following her death aged 64.

Anne Heche's first book now has a release date, and fans of the late actress can find it on bookshelves on Jan. 24, 2023.The 140-page memoir is dubbed, and the book's publisher and distributor, Viva Editions and Simon & Schuster, promises the book is as personal as it gets while «offering a peek inside the mind of the late Emmy-award winning actress.» The memoir will consist of «personal anecdotes of her rise to fame: how Harrison Ford became her on-set mentor, her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, her encounter with Harvey Weinstein, her history of childhood sexual abuse, her relationship with God, her journey to love herself, and more.»The memoir is also being described as «part self-acceptance workbook» consisting of «personal stories [that] are interwoven with poems, prompts, and exercises that got Anne through tough times.»In an except obtained by The Associated Press, Heche recalls the label she was anointed with amid her relationship with DeGeneres.«I was labeled 'outrageous' because I fell in love with a woman.

The highly-anticipated memoir from the Duke of Sussex is reportedly set to have its release delayed, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The book was slated for release later this year around Thanksgiving in the US and in the run-up to Christmas in the UK.

South Ayrshire Council leader Martin Dowey has laid out the plans for the future of the Citadel if councillors vote to scrap the proposed town centre leisure centre.