"He turned his life around" - Family pay tribute to 'Salford legend' killed in crash involving motorbike

A charity set up by a double organ recipient to 'pay tribute to his donor' has helped fund £2 million worth of good causes across Scotland.

The Queen has praised the nation's servicemen and women as a "source of inspiration, reassurance and pride" in a video message commemorating Armed Forces Day. In a rare national address, Camilla honoured the military's efforts amidst "challenges and dangers" that not only protect the UK but also defend liberties far beyond our borders.

TV star Martin Mull, known for his roles in popular comedy series such as Arrested Development, Roseanne and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, has sadly passed away following an undisclosed illness, according to his family. Martin, who had a career that spanned several decades and included hundreds of credits in television, film, comedy, and music, died on Thursday at the age of 80, his daughter confirmed. It's understood that he had been battling this unknown illness for quite some time.

K.J. Yossman “My Lady Jane” may be chock full of corsets but this is not your average bodice ripper.

A nurse driving home from a hospital night shift was left with brain injuries after a speeding car ploughed through metal barriers and smashed into his vehicle head on. Daniel Delia was driving along Regent Road after working at Salford Royal Hospital. His girlfriend Gemma Williams, who also works at the hospital, was in the car alongside him.

Tributes have been paid to a former nurse with "a loving, caring nature" who was killed in a crash in Bolton. Karen Kimblin, 63, who was a mother-of-four and had seven grandchildren, was a passenger in a Nissan which was involved in a crash with a Mercedes on St Helens Road on Saturday.

Love Island hunk Ciaran Davies has been told to "run" as fan more rows brewing with Nicole Samuels.The golden couple have been popular on the popular ITV2 dating show since the beginning and recently declared their romance "closed off". Despite sharing plenty of cosy moments, Ciaran and Nicole have hit a few snags along their rocky road. During Tuesday's (June 25) trailer, the the notorious heart rate challenge returns and threatens to shake things up as the villa's hotties will try to send pulses racing with steamy dances in saucy get-ups.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After your masterplan succeeds and so many of your dreams come true… then what? That is a question a 26-year-old Prince may well have been asking himself after “Purple Rain” transformed him into a global superstar virtually overnight (or whatever passed for “overnight” in 1984). While his rise was gradual — “Purple Rain,” released on this day 40 years ago, was Prince’s sixth album — there’s no disputing the remarkable speed with which his fame skyrocketed during the summer of “Ghostbusters,” the Los Angeles Olympics and “Born in the U.S.A.” Granted, musical careers, like nearly everything else, moved more gradually back then.

Gen Z might not be that familiar with composer Henry Mancini, but he’s one of the most celebrated musicians of all time and the Hollywood Bowl paid tribute to him while opening the 2024 season!

A once notorious armed robber who had turned his life away from crime has been killed in a motorbike crash. Pavè "Paul" Corkovic, 60, died after his machine apparently hit a central reservation on a dual carriageway in Salford.

A man has died after a motorbike crash in Salford.The incident happened on Albion Way yesterday evening (Saturday).

loss of Taylor Wily, who has died at the age of 56.His cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but his passing was confirmed by Hawaiian news station KITV 4 Island News on Thursday. “Hawaii Five-0” executive producer Peter M. Lenkov also shared the news via Instagram.Lenkov posted a behind-the-scenes picture with Wily, writing that he’s “heartbroken” over the loss.“You came in with a towel on your head mopping up sweat, and I was smitten.

Jordan Moreau Andrew Callaghan, the 27-year-old director and journalist known for his popular Channel 5 YouTube videos, is back with his most intimate project yet: “Dear Kelly.” The documentary is Callaghan’s first major project since his directorial debut “This Place Rules,” which premiered on HBO in 2022. It also marks his return to feature filmmaking since he paused his career in light of sexual misconduct allegations in early 2023. After apologizing for his past behavior, Callaghan went on hiatus, began attending therapy and completed a 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous program.

Elliott Gould has said Donald Sutherland was “like my brother” as he paid tribute to his M*A*S*H co-star, who died Thursday aged 88.

on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.“I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly.

In an emotional post, Joe Swash shared the reason as to why he didn’t post about his dad on Father’s Day despite wife, Stacey Solomon, paying tribute to the dad of four. His dad, Ricky, died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition at the age of 39, when Joe was just 11 years old. Sharing throwback photos, Joe captioned the post: “Some people have asked about my dad over Father’s Day and why I didn’t post.

A man who has worked all his life has revealed just how easy it was to become homeless aged 65. Gary Evans gave up his private rental flat of 13 years for a new job as a live-in carer in October 2023.

A large collection of belongings owned by the late Coronation Street actor John Savident is to be sold at auction.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Griffin Dunne‘s family has done so many larger-than-life, unbelievable things that when the actor-director-producer started to write his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Memoir of Family,” he realized it wasn’t enough to start the story with his complex writer father Dominick Dunne. In fact, it was impossible to understand the forces that shaped the Dunnes, including his uncle John Gregory Dunne and sister Dominique Dunne — without understanding his father’s abusive upbringing in an Irish Catholic family, his mother’s Mexican heritage and all great love stories, clandestine affairs, celebrity encounters and tragedies that seem to surround them, buffeted with lots of pitch-black mordant humor.

The family of a much-loved man with a 'cheeky smile' who died after allegedly being stabbed in Bolton have since set up a fundraiser in his memory.