Hopes Deaf Institute and Gorilla could be saved after several potential buyers come forward

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAll eight Harry Potter movies, which had a brief run on HBO Max when the WarnerMedia streaming service launched in May, are moving to Peacock this fall.The availability on NBCUniversal’s streaming outlet, which went live in April before a national expansion in July, was specified as a six-month run starting in October and lasting into 2021.

Mayor Andy Burnham announced this week.But behind the grim statistics are human beings who led rich lives.They are mothers, daughters, fathers and sons who will be sorely missed by their families and friends. At the Manchester Evening News , we have vowed to remember the people from our region who have died after contracting Covid-19.

grassroots venues will permanently shut their doors after suffering a huge financial hit due to the coronavirus crisis.Less than 24 hours later, Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Adviser Sacha Lord told NME that both venues were on the verge of being saved after early talks and now Tokyo Industries, which owns other clubs in the city including Impossible, The Factory and South, has purchased both venues, according to the Manchester Evening News.The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess also took

Amber Heard feared Johnny Depp was going to kill her as he repeatedly told her “death was the only way out of the relationship”, she told the High Court today.The star, 34, claims Depp was an abusive and controlling husband who regularly attacked her while high on drugs or drunk, punching her, pulling her hair and throwing glass bottles at her.Heard says the Pirates of the Caribbean star referred to their romance as “dead or alive” in dark conversations, and threatened to “carve my face” if she

the grassroots venues will permanently shut their doors after suffering a huge financial hit due to the coronavirus crisis.But less than 24 hours later, Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Adviser Charlie Lord has told NME that both venues are on the verge of being saved after early talks.“There is hope on the horizon.

Elbow singer Guy Garvey has called on the government to protect the future of music venues in law, after two of Manchester’s most influential venues announced their permanent closure.Gorilla on Whitworth Street and the Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street announced yesterday that they have been unable to weather the storm of the coronavirus crisis, despite the government’s recent £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces.Garvey, who has been a leading face of Manchester’s music scene for

New Order, Tim Burgess, The Orielles, Spector and The Twilight Sad have deplored the closure of two of Manchester’s beloved music venues.News broke earlier today (July 16) that Gorilla on Whitworth Street and the Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street have been unable to weather the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Mission Mars confirmed this afternoon.

coronavirus crisis, despite the government’s recent £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces.After rumours began swirling on social media that the venues could be closing, Mission Mars, the company behind both sites, confirmed the news earlier today (July 16).“The Deaf Institute and Gorilla have been at the forefront of the music scene in Manchester for many years and it is with great sadness that we announce that we will not be reopening,” Roy Ellis, Mission Mars CEO and founder told

Let the Music Play campaign, appealing for a £50m government rescue package.Around 90 per cent of grassroots venues are believed to be at risk of permanent closure.Deaf Institute has hosted countless intimate gigs and club nights since it opened in 2008, in a Grade-II listed building near Manchester Met University.Spread over three floors, with a bar and restaurant on the ground floor specialising in vegan food, it's known for its eclectic interiors, giant glitter ball, and for launching

China's largest cinema chain operator Wanda Film said it expects to lose $214 to $228 million (RMB 1.5 to 1.6 billion) in the first half of 2020 thanks to over five months on continual cinema shutdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The decline represents a stark reversal of fortunes from the $75 million profit the Chinese exhibition giant reported during the same period in 2019.

Johnny Depp has claimed he battled deadly bug MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) after undergoing surgery to reattach his severed finger.The actor returned to London’s High Court on Monday for a fifth day giving testimony as part of his libel case against News Group Newspapers, over a story published in Britain’s The Sun newspaper in 2018 which branded him a “wife beater.”During his testimony, the Pirates of the Caribbean star was asked about an alleged scuffle on March 23, 2015,

Johnny Depp decided to divorce Amber Heard after coming to believe she had defecated in his bed as revenge for a blazing birthday row, he told London’s High Court on Friday.The 57-year-old actor is suing the British tabloid The Sun’s publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”.

During another day of lurid evidence at the Hollywood star's high-profile libel action against The Sun, the court in London heard more details about "the defecation incident" at their LA penthouse.Depp rejected assertions from Sasha Wass QC, representing News Group Newspapers, that it was Boo, one of the couple's two Yorkshire terriers, who "had problems with her toilet habits" and had pooed on the bed.He had previously told the court he thought Heard "or possibly one of her friends" was