Lesley Manville: ‘I was always quite savvy’

direct to your inboxCampaigners have lost a legal challenge against plans to build 265 homes and a £3.5m new link road on protected green land in Oldham after raising more than £40k for the fees.A judge has ruled that the permission granted by the council’s planning committee last summer for the controversial Knowls Lane application will stand.Residents in Springhead and Grotton have been fighting the hybrid planning planning application by developer Russell Homes for several years.The council’s

Newsmax on Monday followed Fox News in running an extensive fact check of claims of election rigging against President Donald Trump, after one of the targets of the conspiracy theories, election tech company Smartmatic, threatened legal action.

Britney Spears has fans intrigued with her latest Instagram post.Over the weekend, the 39-year-old singer shared a close-up picture of an eye wearing bright-colored eye-shadow with a fly on the eyeball.«I spy

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs aired a segment on Friday that amounted to a fact-checking refutation of claims that he and guests have made about an election tech company Smartmatic and its role in the 2020 presidential election, after the company threatened legal action.

direct to your inboxPeople living in Tier 4 have been banned from foreign travel and urged to “stay local” as the Government works to curb a new fast-spreading strain of Covid-19.Those living under the toughest restrictions will only be permitted to travel overseas in limited exceptions, such as for work.Meanwhile, people across England are being asked to carefully consider whether they need to travel abroad.The Prime Minister has also urged people in all tiers to “stay local”.It comes as

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans have been shocked by the legal drama surrounding Tom Girardi in recent weeks, and according to a source, Erika Jayne may have not known the full story either.“Erika was completely unaware of the very serious allegations that were being made against Tom in court,” the source claims, referring to the alleged failure to turn over settlement money to his clients from a 2018 plane crash.

Warner Bros/DC’s Wonder Woman 1984, as expected, landed at No. 2 in its China debut on Friday, coming in behind local actioner The Rescue. The Patty Jenkins-helmed sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman grossed an estimated RMB 44.2M ($7M, including sneaks). This portends a weekend in the mid $20M range for the Middle Kingdom, lower than where the industry was seeing it heading into the session, thus also pushing down the full international box office launch.

Amal Clooney is gushing over her husband, George Clooney.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said he was "really unhappy" with the stimulus package being negotiated in Congress, saying it was not acceptable that the deal was unlikely to include state and local aid. "What do we see right now in Washington? Endless discussion that now is leaving out all state and local aid, that means that city government, state government will not be able to get back on our feet and serve our people -- it just doesn’t make any sense," he said.

One of the disappointing parts of this year was the fact we didn’t get to experience the uplifting Eurovision Song Contest.

link.The couple believe this is in part due to Internet shopping, but also something the local authority could do more to help prevent.David added: “Things such as free car parking in the village, lower business rates and refraining from handing out new retail planning applications at the edge of town so quickly.“Why not incentivise the town centres empty spaces first of all? It's common sense you would think.”

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Delivery drivers are wanted in Hamilton as Deliveroo get set to launch their service in the town next month.The food delivery company has created a number of local jobs in Lanarkshire with Hamilton and East Kilbride the latest areas branched out to.The firm have become a global success since launching in 2013.

SNP government’s unlawful handling of sexual misconduct allegations against Salmond.Two votes in parliament have been carried out in a bid to force the Scottish Government to hand over their advice.After refusing to hand over the advice the Scottish Government have now offered MSPs on the inquiry sight of the material.The botched probe, which cost the taxpayer over £500,000, destroyed the long-standing friendship between Nicola Sturgeon and Salmond.Allies of the former First Minister believe he

Pharrell Williams thinks it is criminal that Scooter Braun can own the rights to Taylor Swift’s masters.

Britney Spears‘ father has defended his role as the singer’s conservator.Jamie Spears has been his daughter’s legal guardian controlling her career and finances, since her mental breakdown in 2008.Last month, Britney lost a legal attempt to remove his control over her estate.“I love my daughter and I miss her very much,” her father has now told CNN.“When a family member needs special care and protection, families need to step up, as I have done for the last 12-plus years, to safeguard, protect

direct to your inboxThe first of Greater Manchester's local vaccination centres opened this week - and there are more to come.The nationwide Covid-19 vaccine roll-out started on Tuesday last week, when the first jabs were administered to vulnerable patients in hospitals across the UK.From Tuesday this week, local hubs, including GP surgeries and leisure centres, began administering the vaccine too.The government also plans to start administering the vaccine in pharmacies as well as mass

direct to your inboxThe UK Government has urged families to have a 'smaller' and 'safer' Christmas this year.Speaking at a Downing Street conference on Wednesday, Boris Johnson, said the four devolved government's had reached an agreement on rules over the festive period.It comes after scientific experts called for the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions to be scrapped or scaled back, amid a rising number of cases.The Prime Minister said that whilst the four nations would be sticking to the