Guest of honour: Queen leaves couple stunned after Her Majesty accepts wedding invitation at Manchester town hall

Manchester council chief executive Joanne Roney CBE is set to leave the town hall after seven years, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. Having taken over from Sir Howard Bernstein in 2017, she is expected to become top boss at troubled Birmingham council, returning to her hometown.

Showbiz reporter Richard Arnold laughed his way through a hilarious blunder on Good Morning Britain - which left him so embarassed he said we would 'leave' the show. As his segment began on Wednesday 5 June, Richard chatted about the trailer for Bridgerton season three part two - which teases the continuing love story between Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington.

It has been nearly 80 years since Stalybridge and Hyde were not represented by Labour in Parliament.

A town hall for Paramount Global employees originally scheduled to take place Wednesday has been delayed until June 25.

As Paramount Global approaches Tuesday’s annual shareholder meeting and a high-stakes town hall for employees the following day, new details are emerging about Skydance Media‘s latest acquisition offer.

Former Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has won over Doctor Who fans as the latest incarnation of the iconic Time Lord, following his debut on Christmas Day last year. His first appearances in the new series have been applauded by critics and fans, but it is his performance at the end of the latest episode, Dot & Bubble, that has been especially singled out for praise.

Even for Manchester Airport it was a bit steep. James Flack was charged £638 for 50 minutes parking there.

The Met Office has slapped Greater Manchester with a yellow weather warning ahead of a bumper Sunday for the city. Tomorrow (May 26) will see the Great Manchester Run return, with thousands set to pound the streets.

Bolton’s first ever net zero homes are being built as part of a new development in Farnworth town centre. Capital & Centric’s Farnworth Green, which includes 85 one and two bedroom apartments as well as 12 family homes is set to be completed by the end of the year.

The latest estimated cost to repair Ashton Town Hall “beggars belief” after it was revealed it has more than doubled in cost, a meeting heard.

Wigan councillors have installed long-serving community champion and colleague Coun Debbie Parkinson as the authority’s new ceremonial mayor. Coun Parkinson, 67, takes up the post alongside her fellow Standish and Langree ward member Coun Terry Mugan who is her consort.

The late Queen Elizabeth was full of surprises throughout her reign - from having tea with Paddington Bear to shouting “cows!” at unsuspecting bovine subjects, Her Majesty knew how to work her particular brand of magic.

Whether you are a budding artist or looking to kickstart a new hobby… a new arts space will give you hands-on help from professional artists.

Queen guitarist Brian May have teamed up for a live performance at Starmus Festival.The French composer and performer was joined by the rock and roll icon on stage in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday (May 12) at Bridge from the Future, the opening concert for the Starmus Festival, presented in association with digital security company ESET.Jarre’s performance featured 19 musical works that spanned his career. He also performed a new arrangement of Antonín Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’.May came on stage as a special guest and performed ‘Deuxième Rendez-Vous’ – the first live performance of the piece since December 2013 – ‘New World Symphony’, ‘Last Horizon’ and a cover of Queen’s ‘Brighton Rock’.

A teacher faces jail after being found guilty of sexual offences against two of her pupils. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed one boy with a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre before taking him back to her apartment and having sex with him when he was 15. She then fell pregnant with another teenage pupil.

“So much torque!”

Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa just proved there’s no more bad blood with Christina Hall!

Meryl Streep is back at the Cannes Film Festival after a 35-year absence!

The full result of Greater Manchester’s mayoral election has been revealed — and it shows there is just one suburb where Andy Burnham didn’t win.

Getting married is demanding enough, but perhaps one of the most stressful jobs on planet Earth, especially if you’re a family member, is the job of a wedding planner. So, a colossal wedding mix-up that creates a massive world of tension, anxiety, and stress is the launching pad idea for “You’re Cordially Invited,” an R-rated comedy about a pair of wedding planners who discover their destination wedding was accidentally double-booked.