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Love Island star Danica Taylor looked loved-up with Jamie Allen as the couple hit the town in Manchester over the weekend. The dancer, 21, turned heads in a revealing red mini dress and gold heels as she and her 27-year-old Halifax Town footballer beau enjoyed a night out at Chinawhite.The smitten pair, who were seen walking hand-in-hand on their way to the club on Deansgate, struck up a romance towards the end of Love Island after Jamie arrived as a latecomer in the final days of the eighth series.They stepped out for their date night after Danica bragged to OK! Magazine about finally fully opening "the salon" with Jamie, saying they would have "such cute kids".

Lloyds Bank has warned that more than £1 million could already have been lost by music fans in the UK to fraudsters pretending to offer Taylor Swift concert tickets. Over 600 customers with the Lloyds Banking Group have already come forward to report being scammed.

The next wave of high street bank closures is coming this month, with Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds set to close 48 branches in April alone. This includes one in Greater Manchester, but even more are set to follow later this year.

Lloyds Banking Group which includes the Bank of Scotland has set out plans to axe another 53 high street bank branches which will include sites in Scotland.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced its plans to close down 45 branches including Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches.

The UK is now in what is dubbed a 'buyer's market', which sees house prices fall as buyers have more power over pricing. Across the country, the average price of a property has fallen considerably in some areas which makes finding a cheap home much more likely.

Manchester United are reportedly considering appointing former Monaco sporting director Paul Mitchell.

Scott Patterson. “I had seen a couple episodes [of ‘Gilmore Girls’] here and there, but I wasn’t a big TV person growing up,” Kohan told The Post from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she’s currently filming Season 2 of “Sullivan’s Crossing” ahead of its Season 1 premiere Oct. 4 (8 p.m.)“So I’m kind of thankful for that,” she said.

Banking group NatWest have announced today a further 36 branches across the UK will close down between 2023 and 2024.

Lee Rigby's 12-year-old son has spoken for the first time on how he hopes to honour his hero dad.

Online tributes have been pouring in for a well-known Dartmouth, N.S. rapper who died after being stabbed on the Halifax waterfront early Sunday morning.

She struggled to find her man in the Love Island villa, facing constant rejection. But now Love Island's Danica Taylor is the one calling the shots when it comes to romance, as she was caught on camera kissing a Towie star.The pictures clearly show the pretty dancer from Leicester leaning up to lock lips with The Only Way Is Essex newcomer Roman Hackett. Roman was dropping Danica off at a train station, and was seen helping her with her bags.

Love Island star Danica Taylor looked loved-up with her man Jamie Allen as she hit the town in Manchester. The couple stuck up a romance towards the end of the series after Danica went through a rocky time on the ITV2 dating show.

Love Island star Danica Taylor looked loved-up with her man Jamie Allen as she hit the town in Manchester. The couple stuck up a romance towards the end of the series after Danica went through a rocky time on the ITV2 dating show.

A woman has said her £30 Puma sliders saved her life after she was nearly electrocuted while vacuuming her artificial lawn.

Love Island fans breathed a sigh of relief this week as not only has 21-year-old Danica finally coupled up with someone with whom she feels "a vibe" at last, she also narrowly escaped last night's mass dumping from the villa which saw islanders say farewell to a whopping four people. Lacey Edwards, Deji Adeniyi, Nathalia Campos and Reece Ford were dumped, having failed to win the hearts of anyone in the villa convincingly enough for viewers to vote for them.

Jamie Allen is one of the four new bombshells to have entered the Love Island villa after being introduced on the show's social media accounts. And while the 27 year old footballer's entrance comes after the savage double dumping following a surprise twist at the VIP Party, Jamie said coming in so late into season eight will "probably will upset a few lads" but as a new bombshell with a competitive nature "you gotta do what you gotta do". Now we know that the star hails from Preston and plays for FC Halifax Town as a striker but we know little about where the contestant lounges when he's not playing football every day or better trying to craft on a popular ITV dating show.

New Love Island bombshell Jamie Allen walked out of his football job to join the ITV2 dating show. It was revealed earlier today, Wednesday 20 July, that Jamie was one of four newcomers heading into the villa following two current Islander's exits.

Manchester United academy graduate Tyrell Warren has signed for League Two club Barrow.

Flags, flares and joy filled the air as the promotion party continued for Stockport County fans this evening. Almost 24 hours after clinching the league title at Edgeley Park, the Hatters were back in town as supporters lined the streets to cheer their heroes.

A heartbroken mum has told of how school bullies led to her her little girl's hair falling out - with it likely never growing back.

Canada’s most successful “Jeopardy!” contestant scooped up another win Wednesday night, further cementing her spot as one of the TV quiz show’s all-time greats.

“Gentleman Jack,” HBO Max’s 19th century-set show about real life LGBTQ figure Anne Lister, who lived an unconventional life for a woman due to her focus on business, involvement in politics, and more-than-amateur medical experience, and who kept meticulous, coded journals about her lesbian relationships, is back.Season 2 of the series, which stars Surrane Jones as Anne Lister and Sophie Rundle as her now-wife, Anne Walker (the two pledged their love to each other privately in Season 1) returns Monday night. And, the couple’s marriage takes center stage in Season 2, creator and executive producer Sally Wainwright told TheWrap.“For me, Season 2 is always about the marriage and how the marriage plays out in public and what the pressures on the marriage are once they’ve moved in together at Shibden Hall,” Wainwright said, mentioning Lister’s family home. Society, though, will create problems for the pair, most especially from Walker’s meddling family members, who continue to try and intervene in the heiress’ personal life.“So, it’s about how the external pressures from Anne Walker’s family and from Halifax society especially during the election, which was a real violent election.

Nova Scotia native Mattea Roach continued her “Jeopardy!” winning streak Monday, earning her 10th straight victory on the popular game show.

Who is Mattea Roach? A three-day “Jeopardy!” champion, that’s who.

Nicola Wheeler has became a staple to our screens over the years, thanks to her portrayal of Nicola King in the hit ITV soap Emmerdale. The soap star, 47, joined the show back in 2001, and is now the longest-serving actress on Emmerdale. She's found herself at the centre of several dramatic storylines throughout the years, including being caught in a cottage fire and discovering her fiancé was having an affair.

A terminally ill man is completing a terrifying zip wire challenge on Christmas Eve for a hospice, which he will sadly have to move to himself for his end of life care.

Major banks have agreed to join forces and share services to help people and businesses continue to be able to access cash.

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House prices increased by 8.2 per cent annually in April, passing a record high set the previous month, according to Halifax. Across the UK, the average house price in April was £258,204, with property values increasing by 1.4 per cent month-on-month.

new property deals have recently been released onto the market following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement in March that the UK Government would introduce a mortgage guarantee scheme in April to help lenders bring back 95% mortgages. Barclays, Halifax, Lloyds, RBS, NatWest and Virgin Money announced the terms of their guaranteed deals last week alongside several lenders who dropped their own 95% mortgage deals, separately from the new scheme.

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deposits as low as 10 per cent. The deals will broaden out the banks' low deposit offering beyond only first-time buyers, to existing homeowners looking to move.

A pipe fitter lost 9st 3lb in under a year after he became so fat that he got stuck between floorboards.