Livingston Designer Outlet launch 'Giving Tree' initiative for Christmas

Dogs home staff are desperately searching for homes for two XL bully dogs. Six-year-old Roxy and three-year-old Roy are the last two XL Bullies at the Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home.

Gordon Ramsay has returned home for Christmas - posing for a sweet picture with his new baby Jesse James and son Oscar. The 59 year old celebrity chef welcomed child number six with wife Tana Ramsay, 49, in November - with the pair "loving every minute" of being parents to a newborn once again.

“Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family,” told the Daily Express.The royals typically spend Christmas at Sandringham House, however, the Sussexes have been absent from celebrations for the last three years.Instead, they spent the festive season in their $14 million Montecito mansion with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.Quinn notes that as the furor over Omid Scobie’s explosive tell-all biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival” continues to unfold, a royal reunion is off the table at this time.“I don’t think Harry and Meghan will be able to overshadow Kate and William this Christmas, or at least not in the UK,” he told the outlet.

Prince Archie isn’t going to have all his wishes come true this Christmas!

Billie Eilish starred alongside Kate McKinnon in a Christmas Saturday Night Live sketch this weekend about a cat adoption campaign.The pop star and SNL alum played cat ladies at the ‘Whiskers R We’ pet store for a pun-filled sketch on Saturday (December 16), which saw them show off cats available for adoption during their “Holiday Cat-tacular”.The pair barely kept it together as Barbara DeDrew (McKinnon) and intern Paw-bree Hep-Purrn (Eilish) introduced cats with names like Cindy Claw-ford and Furr-ell Williams.Musical guest Eilish also appeared in another pre-recorded skit on the episode, the second being an acoustic song about a group of women (McKinnon, Eilish, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Paula Pell) working on a tampon farm.Check out both of the sketches below.Elsewhere on Saturday’s episode, Eilish performed her Barbie soundtrack hit ‘What Was I Made For’ and a stripped-back rendition of Frank Sinatra‘s ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’.The singer has previously appeared as a guest on SNL, performing a memorable rotating rendition of ‘Bad Guy’ in 2019, followed by a 2021 visit to play ‘Male Fantasy’ and ‘Happier Than Ever’ from her second album.In other news from the ‘Ocean Eyes’ singer, Eilish recently announced her third album is nearly done.This weekend’s episode of SNL also featured an ABBA spoof –starring McKinnon, Wiig, Rudolph and current cast member Bowen Yang – during which they posed as the Swedish pop legends in a skit about the band promoting a holiday album.Longtime SNL performer McKinnon announced she was leaving the show last year after a decade, later sharing that she “felt like it was time”.Meanwhile, Jacob Elordi and Reneé Rapp have been announced for the first Saturday Night Live of

U2 performed their cover of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ for the first time in nearly 36 years at the Las Vegas Sphere this weekend.The Irish rock band performed the Christmas classic for the first time since 1987 during their show at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort on Friday (December 15).They last performed the track in December 1987 as they closed out the ‘Joshua Tree’ tour at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.While performances from that gig featured on U2’s hybrid live/studio album ‘Rattle and Hum’, their version of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ was not included.However, they did release a video filmed in November 1987 at the Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before their concert there that night. It was also released in December 1987 with the charity compilation album ‘A Very Special Christmas’.They revived the track on Friday and, according to setlist.fm, rehearsed it during soundcheck in the day but did not print the song on the setlist.Watch the performance below.Back in October, U2 announced they were extending their residency at the Sphere, adding 11 extra dates to the run.

The social enterprise, Kidzeco, has been appointed The Centre, Livingston’s Charity Partner for December.

Pierce Brosnan is reminding us what true love looks like.

As the 2023 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! came to a close at the weekend, this year's celebrities have been spotted beaming from ear to ear as they packed up their bags in Australia and set off on their long journey back to the UK. Former boxing champ Tony Bellew was snapped at Brisbane Airport, along with Nick Pickard and Fred Sirieix, just days after Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson was crowned king of the jungle.

YouTube sensations Zoe Sugg and fiancé Alfie Deyes have welcomed their second child "just in time for Christmas" and their daughter holds a very special name.The now mum-of-two, 33, took to Instagram on Monday, 11 December to share the exciting news that their little one had arrived into the world. Sharing an adorable video of their newborn daughter, Zoe gushed: "Just in time for Christmas! Novie Nell Deyes [black heart emoji] 6/12/23." In fitting with the little one's arrival, the name Novie means "new", according to Nameberry.The moniker is a shortening of the Latin name Nova and has become increasingly popular.

Lionsgate‘s 6x Oscar winning feature musical La La Land is returning to China via distributor JL Film on Dec. 22.

The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital patients were surprised by famous Mancunian stars as a Christmas treat organised by the Manchester Foundation Trust Charity.

“Home Alone” actor Ken Hudson Campbell was recently diagnosed with cancer, and has launched a GoFundMe to help pay for surgery. Campbell played Santa in the beloved 1990 holiday classic opposite Macaulay Culkin.Campbell, 61, was diagnosed with cancer on Oct.

Saltburn, a firm fave on the festival circuit, and indeed here on the site, is set to arrive on Prime Video all around the world from 22nd December.Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, and Carey Mulligan lead the cast of the film which is written and directed by Fennell.Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.We reviewed the film recently describing it as ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley by the way of Rules of Attraction and Cruel Intentions.

Bam Margera is finally going to be able to see his son — after well over six months apart from him!

There’s only a few weeks left until the big day so if you haven’t already started thinking about Christmas shopping you better get your skates on. Gift buying can be a stressful experience - you’ve got to battle all the crowds in the shops and it can be hard to know what to buy.

The Trafford Centre is already packed with shoppers in the run up to Christmas, and now the mall has announced its extended opening hours over the festive period. It will include a week of late night shopping in the run up to Christmas to 11pm.

Charlotte Crosby has revealed that she will be jetting off to the Maldives instead of celebrating a traditional Christmas this year.The Geordie Shore star, 33, was left devastated following the death of her beloved grandmother Jean last November, and she says her Christmas decision is in part due to this. Last year was Charlotte's first festive period without her nan, just one month after her death, which she now says was the "worst" Christmas and has led to her family deciding to head abroad this year. Speaking to The Mirror, Charlotte said: "We're gonna do a small little tree just for Alba's sake, like a little one that you put at the table.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have a "California Christmas" instead of joining the Royal Family at Sandringham House this year. This month it was speculated if The Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be invited to spend Christmas with the Royal Family at Sandringham House, in Norfolk, despite the ongoing rift.

Marks & Spencer's sparkly leggings are a hit with shoppers, who say they "flatter every figure" and are "so festive".The high-waisted leggings, priced at £22.50, are available in sizes eight to 20 and come in three different lengths; petite, regular and long - so there's a pair to suit everyone. The leggings have an elasticated high waistband and added stretch, making them comfy for all-day wear - even after a big Christmas dinner! Plus, their shimmer is a subtle way to look festive without going over the top.