'I baked a cake and cooked a joint in a microwave - now I can ditch my oven, hob and toaster'

Manchester council has made a plea to the new Prime Minister to help plug a £20m budget gap caused by 'severe and unprecedented' financial pressures. The town hall has blamed the 'significant' overspend on Covid and inflation.

Meghan Markle has bristled at suggestions she is "lucky" for being "chosen" by a Prince, insisting "I chose him too". The Duchess of Sussex, 41, who is currently on an unofficial Royal tour visiting the UK and Germany with husband Prince Harry, 37, speaks about her engagement and wedding on a new episode of her Archetypes podcast on Spotify.

Young survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing are flying to New York to speak at a United Nations congress for victims of terrorism.

A 'banned driver' was arrested after a police chase ended in a crash in Gorton.

A driver 'giggled' after being caught following a high speed chase after he'd rammed a police car. Billy Johnson was driving a Fiat 500 stolen in a house burglary weeks earlier when he came to the attention of police in Heywood, Rochdale.

Victoria Beckham has shared a glimpse into the family's celebrations as son Romeo turned 20. The promising footballer waved goodbye to his teenage years on Thursday (September 1) and his proud parents couldn't help but publically gush over their son on his big day.

Owners of a residential tower labelled "the biggest eyesore in Salford" have come under fire for "under-investment". The comment was made as a "high-quality" development in its shadow was given planning approval.

Ryan Giggs is potentially facing a possible retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts in his domestic violence trial.The former Manchester United footballer had been on trial for four weeks but following more than 20 hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and four men, having lost one juror to illness, failed to reach any verdicts. Lawyers will now have to consider the public interest of a retrial but any further trial would only take place many months from now. Giggs, 48, had denied controlling or coercive behaviour over a three-year period towards his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, 38.

Fever 333 have announced details of a new UK and European headline tour for early 2023 – see the list of dates below and get tickets here.The news of the new gigs comes as the band play the Reading & Leeds festivals this weekend (August 26-28), which make up for their cancelled performances at the dual events in 2021.The new UK tour will begin on February 18 next year in Brighton, with gigs in Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham to follow. The tour then wraps up at the Roundhouse in London on February 25.Speaking about the tour, vocalist Jason Aalon Butler said: “When regarding FEVER 333, more specifically – the live element of the project, there’s one thing we can rely on post pandemic and that is the fervor and support of our allies across the Atlantic.“We will be ushering in a new era of FEVER 333 on all fronts and I can’t wait introduce it in the territories that have held us down like none other.

FIDLAR have returned with their first new music in three years – watch the video for their furious new single ‘FSU’ below.The track follows the band’s 2019 album ‘Almost Free’, and is lifted from a forthcoming EP which is due out in 2023.Speaking of their return, the band said: “New FIDLAR is leaning into the extremes. Loud, louder, loud.

A new PureGym is set to open its doors in Tyldesley next month.

Casey Affleck is a busy guy — that’s why you didn’t see him at his big brother Ben Affleck‘s wedding, OK?!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's gathering because of "other things."It turns out that those "other things" involved taking his son Atticus to soccer practice.Over the weekend, the "Manchester by the Sea" star shared a message on Instagram welcoming Jen to the family. In the comment's section, Casey's girlfriend, Caylee Cowan, seemed to reveal the "Manchester by the Sea" star's reasoning for eschewing the wedding. "Hey, if you weren't in town Saturday to take Atty to soccer practice then who would've helped the kid who broke his arm?" she wrote in a since deleted comment.

Casey Affleck had responsibilities to take care of back home in Los Angeles — and so he skipped out on his big brother’s wedding!

Casey Affleck has welcomed his brother Ben Affleck's wife Jennifer Lopez into the family. Ben and Jennifer tied the knot for a second time at the actor's home in Savannah, Georgia on Saturday night, just weeks after they first got hitched in a low-key ceremony in Las Vegas on 16 July. His younger brother Casey, who did not attend the wedding, publicly gave his new sister-in-law his seal of approval on Instagram on Sunday night by welcoming her into the Affleck family.

Casey Affleck is sending his love to brother Ben Affleck‘s wife Jennifer Lopez!

Casey Affleck missed his brother's wedding due to "parental obligations". The 47-year-old actor was a notable absentee when his brother Ben married Jennifer Lopez in Georgia on Saturday (20. 08.