'I left school in Stockport with one GCSE and turned a £500 overdraft into a £350 million business'

Amid the mansions in one of Greater Manchester's leafiest suburbs sits a row of pristine white cottages with a little-known history.

Suede’s Brett Anderson has teamed up with Nadine Shah for a moving version of Mercury Rev’s ‘Holes’ – check it out below.The collaboration has come about as part of a project led by Paraorchestra, and their founder and artistic director Charles Hazlewood, who have put together the album ‘Death Songbook’.The 12-track record features original compositions and new versions of “iconic songs exploring love, loss and transcendence” by artists including Depeche Mode, Suede and Japan.Watch Anderson and Shah’s live performance of ‘Holes’ here:‘Death Songbook’ will be released on April 19 via BMG, and you can pre-order it here.There will also be two live performances of songs from the album, at London’s Roundhouse on April 24, with Shah and Gwenno joining Anderson and Paraorchestra. Gwenno will also join them at Manchester’s Factory International on April 26.

Pep Guardiola is facing the biggest game of Manchester City's season without three of his most valuable defenders available.

Platinum blonde is definitely making a strong comeback this season. Already, many celebrities, such as Beyoncé, Tini Stoessel, Camila Cabello, and Ariana Grande, have embraced this trend.Hot beauty trends on TikTok: From ‘Jelly Makeup’ to ‘Broccoli Freckles’Beyoncé debuts hair transformation: From platinum blonde to honey blondeNow Nicole Kidman! The 56-year-old Australian actress has been blowing up social media, showing off her stunning new look—and she looks gorgeous!The leading actress of “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing” has said goodbye to her ginger blonde hair to embrace the new trend of being platinum.

The Enemy have announced details of an ‘Indie Til I Die’ UK tour, set to kick off later this year. Find ticket details below.Announced today (March 25), the shows come following the British indie rock band reforming back in 2022, and going on to play a number of festival slots across summer 2023.

Cat Burns has announced details of her debut album ‘Early Twenties’, as well as new UK and European tour dates. Find ticket details below.The multi-BRIT-nominated artist from South London has shared details of her first studio album, which is set to arrive on 12 July via Since ’93/Sony RCA.It comes following the release of her latest single ‘Alone’, which was co-written and produced by award-winning British producer Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Charli XCX).“‘Early Twenties’ is my love letter to this period of time in my life,” Burns said of the new announcement in a press release.“It’s my attempt at showcasing the highs and lows of being in your early twenties.

A man has been found dead at his home in Greater Manchester. Officers say Lee McDonough died at his property in Denton, Tameside, earlier this week.

Armed police descended on a street in Stockport on Thursday morning (March 21) after a Land Rover was 'smashed up with a crowbar' and a man was stabbed.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Jason Arrow will reprise the role of Alexander Hamilton as the hit stage musical “Hamilton” returns to Australia later this year. The production will play a limited engagement at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from July 30 through to the end of October, 2024. Sydney is the only city the production will play before leaving Australia. The original Australian “Hamilton” premiered at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in March, 2021, before touring to Melbourne, Brisbane and New Zealand, concluding in June. “We know we have so much unfinished business left with Sydney and we can’t wait to get back to “Hamilton’s” original Australian home.

Bruno Fernandes has heaped praise on Marco Reus following Borussia Dortmund's win over PSV Eindhoven. The 34-year-old midfielder fired his side into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday night with a brilliant effort in stoppage time.

Sally Lindsay is best known for her role as Shelley Unwin in Coronation Street. But the 50-year-old actor from Manchester is set to make waves with her new Channel 5 drama, Love Rat.

Weezer dropped their critically-acclaimed debut “Blue Album.”To celebrate the anniversary of the iconic record — technically titled “Weezer” — Rivers Cuomo and co. will take off on their 22-concert arena ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour’ where they’ll play the 10-track album in its entirety.“We also plan on playing all of your favorite Weezer songs, rarities and more,” the band shared on Instagram.That includes a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Sept.

massive contract with Netflix, which he originally signed in 2014 for $250 million and renewed in 2020.Last year, three of Sandler’s movies had enormous success: “Murder Mystery 2” with Jennifer Aniston; “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” featuring his wife and two daughters; and the animated flick “Leo.”According to Forbes, Netflix users streamed over 500 million hours of Sandler content last year.When you’re the star and producer of the year’s most successful movie, you’re bound to see monetary success of your own. Margot Robbie not only landed herself at No.

A+E Networks has signed a development deal with Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine for lifestyle series which will air as part of A+E’s Home.Made.Nation multi-platform content hub. The first series from the partnership will be Country House Hunters, a co-production between Hello Sunshine and Abode Entertainment, which will premiere in the summer of 2024 on A&E.

Prisoners seeking social media stardom from behind the walls of a cell will face harsher punishments and find it harder to smuggle in contraband mobile phones under new rules being brought before parliament.

Plans to transform a former optician’s building into a pub in the Ashton-in-Makerfield area of Wigan have been dealt a second blow. A planning application to convert the ‘Simply Eyes’ premises has been turned down just a week after Wigan’s licensing sub-committee refused to grant a licence on the grounds there a risk of ‘public nuisance’.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Following its world premiere in the competition section of the Berlin Film Festival, Beta Cinema has revealed first sales across Europe and to Australia and New Zealand for Andreas Dresen’s “From Hilde, With Love.” The drama about anti-Nazi activists in Berlin, which is led by “Babylon Berlin’s” Liv Lisa Fries and introduces Johannes Hegemann in his first big screen appearance, will be released in France by Haut et Court, in Italy by Teodora and throughout Scandinavia by Angel Films. Beta Cinema also closed deals for Benelux (September Film), Portugal (Outsider), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Hungary (Cirko) and Czech Republic (Film Europe). Palace Film picked up the film for Australia and New Zealand.

Gary Neville will be making a non-football-related TV appearance on Thursday evening as he will be a guest dragon on the popular BBC show Dragon's Den.

The cheapest areas to buy a property in the UK have been revealed. Exclusive analysis of the latest data from the Land Registry has unveiled the top 20 postcodes with the most affordable house prices across the country.

Love Island star Callum Jones has dropped huge hints that he is no longer with fellow islander Jess Gale, after the duo reached the final together earlier this month. The couple, who initially met on the 2020 series of Love Island, hit it off during their second round in the villa and ended up placing second, despite many fans wishing Callum had rekindled his romance with ex Molly Smith. Callum and Jess ended up finishing in second place on the first All Star series, with Molly Smith and Tom Clare taking home the crown, and the 50k cash prize.