‘Happening’ Novelist Annie Ernaux Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

A new mountain bike trail network and skills area is being proposed for Balloch Park.

A 14-year-old boy was left injured after a suspected stabbing near a park in south Manchester.

So, after a month’s delay – due to the death of the Queen on the night when this was originally supposed to happen – Little Simz was last night handed this year’s Mercury Prize for her album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’. As we all knew it would be. I mean, imagine if they hadn’t given it to Little Simz.Even though it was obvious that none of the others would win, they all still turned up to the ceremony at the Hammersmith Apollo. All except Harry Styles, who couldn’t be fucked.

Little Simz has won the 2022 Mercury Prize for her album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’.The London rapper was favourite to take the prize and beat off competition from fellow favourites Self Esteem and Wet Leg at a live ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith tonight (October 18).Accepting the trophy, she said: “Wow, I’m very, very overwhelmed. I’m very grateful, glory to God.

After being delayed for a month, the National Television Awards 2022 have finally begun. Stars including Holly Willoughby, the Loose Women ladies and our favourite soap actors have descended on London's Wembley Area for the swish event – but which of them is going home with a prize? Joel Dommett is hosting the ceremony which will see gongs including Best Presenter and Best Soap handed out, as well as Best TV Judge and Best Soap.

Katie Price is embroiled in a new council row after turning her Mucky Mansion house into a second-hand car lot despite driving ban.

Since Annie Ernaux won the Nobel literature prize last week, the French author's books have gained enough new admirers that many titles are out of stock on Amazon.com and at physical bookstores, some unavailable for a month or more. But at Albertine Books on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, her appearance Monday night felt less like an introduction than a gathering of old friends, French and American alike.

Motorists traveling to Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the Tennessee city of Gatlinburg have been asked to take caution after a fire Sunday damaged a building containing businesses in the downtown area. Gatlinburg officials said on Twitter that crews were working on hot spots Sunday afternoon from a fire reported at 6:39 a.m.

Annie Lennox has got her first tattoo at the age 67. The Eurythmics has proudly shown off her new ink revealing she's gone under the needle for the first time to get two birds and a red heart etched on her hip by tattoo artist Asa Lee Crow IV at the Shamrock Social Club in Los Angeles - with the design appearing to show two hummingbirds leaning in towards a sun-like heart. Annie posted a picture of the tattoo on Instagram, writing: "Got my first tattoo….

Selome Hailu Media Res has pre-empted the rights to “Luminous,” the debut sci-fi novel from Silvia Park, which the studio will adapt into a drama series. “Luminous” tells the story of three estranged siblings living in a recently re-unified Korea, where sentient, sensitive, very-nearly-human robots are a part of daily life. One sibling working for the lowly robot crimes unit and is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an older woman’s service bot in Seoul. His investigation brings him to reconnect with his sister, a prominent robot designer working for a top manufacturing firm, who is, embarrassingly, dating one of her creations as well. The investigation sparks an epic journey through future Seoul, where the dark truths of this tech future are uncovered while the characters rediscover their humanity, even if not all of them are actually quite human.