'I'm devastated... absolutely devastated - my business and my livelihood are on the line'

Claudia Winkleman has made an admission about her position on The Traitors as she prepares to ditch the sequins for a black cloak once more. The reality show became a runaway hit last year and is set to return for a second series next month (January).

The royal family marked Christmas Day by attending the traditional festive church service on the King’s Sandringham estate.

Kevin De Bruyne stepped up his recovery from hamstring surgery by continuing to train with the rest of the Manchester City squad 24 hours out from their Club World Cup final against Fluminese.

The drab grey Greater Manchester skies were lit up with awesome colour today as rare 'mother of pearl' clouds were spotted across the region.

Christmas TV is a must for many, with those who plan their break around the box grabbing a copy of the TV guide and circling their can't-miss shows in red. When families can watch laptops, tablets and tellies all in one room, the set-up has changed, but there are still programmes that everyone loves.

This year, Greater Manchester has seen devastating headlines of children suffering life-changing injuries in the wake of violence.

One of the biggest nights in the TV calendar is here - the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final. It's set to be a dazzling night in the ballroom as, after 13 weeks, this year's winner will be announced.

A dealer who 'played a leading role' in a UK-wide network that supplied drugs to the north west has been jailed. Connor Sainsbury was arrested in June after an operation involving officers from Greater Manchester.

Broadband is one of many services where household bills are on the rise, with higher prices for slower speeds and mid-contract hikes creeping into users' plans. There's no doubt consumers are on the lookout for a balance between cheaper deals and a strong reliable connection, something that's vital this Christmas season.

Men in Manchester are almost twice as likely to die of cancer before they're 80 compared to those in some of the wealthiest parts of London, a new study shows. Researchers found people who live in poorer neighbourhoods in England have a significantly higher risk of dying from cancer compared to those affluent areas.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left demanding 'more' after an unexpected moment in the ballroom. The last results show of the series on Sunday night (December 10) saw the three finalists of the 2023 series decided ahead of next weekend's final.

The latest round of midweek Premier League fixtures are here, with tonight's fixtures potentially having huge permutations on the race for the title and the top four.

England's hopes of making next summer's Olympics were shattered in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday night despite a 6-0 thumping of Scotland at Hampden Park in the UEFA Women's Nations League.

Katya Jones has shared another 'blow' following her unexpected Strictly Come Dancing exit in a post on social media. The professional dancer was forced to withdraw from the competition just before the quarter-finals after celebrity partner Nigel Harman suffered an injury.

Many of us dream of having a white Christmas, just like you see in the movies. Yet that’s not often the case here in Greater Manchester, where you’re probably going to get rain instead of snow.

Construction work on a brand new hospital theatre in Wigan is set to begin now planning permission has been granted.

We're now only a couple of weeks away from the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final but first, there's the small matter of the quater-finals for the remaining couples to contend with.

England came back from two goals down to beat the Netherlands and keep their hopes of advancing to the knockout stages of the UEFA Women's Nations League alive.

Things are starting to ease-up on the injury front for Manchester City ahead of the Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday (4.30pm).

Horsegirl and Lifeguard have teamed up to perform a version of The Stone Roses’ ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ – watch the video below.Horsegirl guitarist and vocalist Penelope Lowenstein is the sister of Lifeguard drummer Isaac Lowenstein, and the two bands combined for the cover version for the online music show Unacceptable Color.‘I Wanna Be Adored’ was first released as the opening track of the Manchester band’s iconic 1989 self-titled debut album.Horsegirl released their debut album ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ last year.In a four-star review of the LP, NME wrote: “Compelling from its first note to its very last, the record presents a band who, yes, are still in their infancy, but clearly know who they are and what that sounds like.“It doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but its rushes of no wave-tinged indie-rock are fit to burst with infectious energy and intriguing experimentation that there’s no danger of it feeling old and staid.”The album went on to be named one of NME’s 25 best debut albums of 2022.Teenage trio Lifeguard put out the double EP ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed In Trenches’ in July this year.It received a three-star review from NME, which stated: “There is a sense that Lifeguard will only kick on from here, finding greater balance between the competing elements in their music while also growing in confidence when it comes to taking creative leaps.”Last month, Imelda Mounfield, the wife of The Stone Roses’ bassist Mani, died after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2020.Just two weeks earlier, the Manchester band’s original bassist, Pete Garner, also died at the age of 59.