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Manchester United have been urged to retain Cristiano Ronaldo in their starting XI against Tottenham to counter the tactical approach favoured by opposition manager Antonio Conte.

Inspiral Carpets have confirmed that they are reuniting for a UK tour in spring 2023 – see full dates below and find tickets here.The indie veterans will hit the road for gigs next March and April, with the tour kicking off in Northampton and stopping in Newcastle, Oxford, Brighton, Cambridge, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, London, Coventry and Frome.The band last played together in 2015, before they went on indefinite hiatus following the death of their drummer, Craig Gill. At the time the likes of Liam Gallagher, Stephen Holt and the city of Manchester paid tribute to Gill over Twitter.Formed by Clint Boon, Gill joined Inspiral Carpets at the age of just 14 in 1986.

Fans of Michael Bublé will be able to see him live for the first time in fours years as he embarks on a huge world tour next year. Manchester is among the UK dates as part of his 'Higher' 2023 world tour.

Omonia Nicosia goalkeeper Francis Uzoho described Manchester United shot-stopper David de Gea as a 'legend' after the Spaniard made his 500th appearance for the Reds against Newcastle United on Sunday.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has suggested that the Reds could save millions by offering shot-stopper David de Gea a new contract at Old Trafford.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he substituted Cristiano Ronaldo in their 0-0 draw with Newcastle to keep him fresh for upcoming Premier League fixtures against Tottenham and Chelsea.

Liverpool has been selected as host city for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, the wildly popular music competition that will be entering its 67th year. The city of the Beatles won out Friday over Glasgow, the fellow finalist from a shortlist of UK cities that included Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is set to be announced this evening (October 7).Last month, it was confirmed that either Glasgow or Liverpool will be staging next year’s event on behalf of Eurovision 2022 winners Ukraine. A shortlist of seven potential cities was announced in August before organisers whittled it down to two.Yesterday (October 6), BBC Eurovision commentator Graham Norton told Chris Evans on Virgin Radio that he would be “discussing where Eurovision is going to be” on TV tonight alongside this year’s runner-up, Sam Ryder.“Because we’ll know by then,’ Norton said.

A deputy headteacher earning £50,000-a-year decided to give up his career to follow his passion.

The group that operates Manchester's AO Arena and Bridgewater Hall made almost 1,000 people redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic and lost over £8m, it has been revealed.

1978: The Winter of Discontent. It was one of those social history programmes thrown together by Channel 5. You know the type: archive footage, celebrity talking heads, and a desire to pad out the serious stuff – strikes, inflation – with nostalgia.

A series of train strike dates are planned throughout October over an ongoing dispute regarding jobs, pay, and working conditions.

Marnie first sparked concern for her oldest child when she posted a photo of the little one in hospital, writing: "Spending our night in A&E with Rox, think he has an ear infection bless him. " Marnie, who gave birth to second son Oax earlier this year, has since returned to Instagram to plug her new lash business, but gave no update on how Rox was doing.

Either Liverpool or Glasgow will host Eurovision 2023. The shortlist of cities has been cut from seven to just two today.

Either Liverpool or Glasgow is set to host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine next year, it has been announced. Ukraine, who had this year's winning act Kalush Orchestra, have been left unable to host next year due to the country's ongoing war with Russia.

K.J. Yossman The host city for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in the U.K., is one step closer to being announced. Last month the shortlist was unveiled, with Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield all in the mix. Cardiff was also in the running to host but withdrew, citing the fact that their largest venue, the Principality Stadium, would have had to cancel a “significant number” of events. Today, it was revealed that Glasgow and Liverpool will be the two cities to duke it out in a bid to host the contest, which takes place annually in May.

Eurovision is expected today (September 27).The UK’s entry Sam Ryder came in at second place to Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra in this year’s competition, scoring an impressive 466 points overall with his song ‘Space Man’.It was later confirmed that the BBC would host next year’s event on these shores on behalf of Ukraine due to the ongoing war in the latter country.Last month, organisers revealed the seven shortlisted cities: Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.The locations were selected having met certain criteria, such as venue capacity, being within easy reach of an international airport, and having enough hotel accommodation to hold delegates, journalists and spectators.Per the BBC, the selection process was heavily weighted towards the cities proving past experience in hosting major international events, as well as being able to demonstrate their ability to stage a celebration of contemporary music.Th chosen cities then entered a second and final stage in the process, through which they were asked to submit further details on their Eurovision plans.It was said at the time that a winner would be picked by the BBC in conjunction with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and the successful city would be announced in the autumn.Now, multiple outlets are reporting that the BBC will make a Eurovision 2023 announcement at some point today.

The BBC has said an update on the Eurovision Song Contest host city shortlist is expected later today (Tuesday September 27). Manchester is among the cities currently shortlisted to host the international singing competition.

A once-disused plot of land in Salford has been transformed into a garden that’s giving veterans a new lease of life. The project is the brainchild of ex-military man Vinny Neild, from Irlam, who started work on the garden back in February after finding himself at an impasse in his life and in search of purpose.

B*Witched have announced they will join Blue on the latter’s ‘Heart And Soul’ tour this December – find tickets here.The 90s Irish pop group – comprising Edele and Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou and Sinead O’Carroll – will join the newly reunited boy band in support of their comeback album of the same name.The 12-date nationwide run (which also celebrates Blue’s 20th anniversary) kicks off on Sunday December 4 at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. From there, Blue with B*Witched will travel to Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Brighton, London, Bournemouth, Nottingham, Aberdeen and Glasgow, before ending in Newcastle at Utilita Arena on Tuesday 20.B*Witched – best known for their 1998 single ‘C’est La Vie’ – said in a statement: “We are so excited to announce that we will be joining Blue on their ‘Heart And Soul’ arena tour in December 2022.“We have been wanting to tour together for some time now after nicknaming ourselves Bluwitched several years ago and are thrilled it is finally happening.”The girl group also alluded to new music, adding: “We will be bringing our hits of course but we have a new single and expect some surprises from us too!”‘One Love’ artists Blue said of the tour: “We are really excited to be teaming up with the girls from B*Witched on our UK tour.

Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec on the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor, we won't have to wait long to see the pair dancing together again.LOOK: Janette Manrara sparks fan response in unexpected look ahead of new Strictly seriesOn Thursday, the married couple thrilled fans as they announced they were heading on a miniature tour together, titled A Christmas to Remember. The pair shared some promotional images from their new show, as well as a small interview where Janette showed off some killer looks.

HMV has announced that it’s getting back into the record label game, launching 1921 Records and signing its first artist, India Arkin.Arkin was apparently spotted when she played an in-store at HMV in Newcastle earlier this year, and is described as a cross between Laura Marling and Billie Eilish. That in-store performance was part of the music retailer’s Live & Local programme, which has seen more than 1000 grassroots artists play in HMV shops since the start of the year.The musician’s debut album, ‘Home Truths’, is set to be released as part of HMV’s National Album Day activity on 15 Oct.

National Album Day 2022 on October 15. It’ll be available exclusively on vinyl in HMV stores across the UK and online.

Manchester United spent a club-record amount on new signings during the summer transfer window as Erik ten Hag was belatedly backed towards the end of August following the team's disastrous start to the season.

DJ Fatboy Slim has announced a national tour with two gigs in Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse in early 2023.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has called time on his career at the age of 39.

A vile predator travelled to Newcastle in the hope of meeting up with someone he thought was a 14 year old girl — and then said he would ‘keep her for five days’.

Eurovision 2023.This follows their success with last year’s entrant Sam Ryder, who finished in second place, scoring an impressive 466 points overall with his song ‘Space Man’.Ryder was personally chosen by the management firm and gave the United Kingdom its best Eurovision result since 1998.

Spending time with girlfriend Gemma Owen's famous footballing father Michael Owen must have rubbed off on Love Island's Luca Bish. The 23 year old former fishmonger has just signed to non-league football and will play for Sussex outfit Hailsham Town, marking his return to the sport.The football team posted a picture of Luca to their Twitter, saying that they were "delighted" at their new arrival.The post read: “Delighted to announce a new arrival at The Beaconsfield.

Kula Shaker have announced a 2023 tour in support of their new album ‘1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love And Free Hugs’ – find tickets here.The follow-up to 2016’s ‘K 2.0’ was released on June 10 via Strangefolk Records and was followed by a string of dates which saw the band return to touring for the first time since 2016.The band’s upcoming ‘Eternal Love Tour’ will include a headline show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on December 8, where they plan to pay tribute to John Lennon.A press release notes that Kula Shaker have recorded a new cover of Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’ which they plan to release to coincide with the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire show. Tickets are already on sale here.Speaking about the gig, Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills said: “We only had time to play a handful of UK shows this summer so we wanted to wrap the year up with a special show in our hometown and chance to say thank you to our fans.”Elsewhere on the tour, the band will head to Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cambridge, Brighton and Bristol in January and February 2023.

If you fancy living a fairytale lifestyle then look no further. This magical property in Alderley Edge is up sale, but you'll need a few million quid spare.

Thousands of students are set to make a move to Manchester this September after their A-Level results landed them a spot at university. The region's biggest institutions such as the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford will welcome more newcomers onto their courses in a bid to secure a degree.

Despite those pesky rumours that they’re no longer an item, Love Island’s Paige Thorne and Adam Collard are very much still together and they’re going from strength to strength on the outside world now that they’re officially boyfriend and girlfriend.But, just weeks after they made it official, it seems Paige is keen for Adam to make another public declaration of love after their fellow Islanders Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page unveiled their matching tattoos.It recently seemed as if Adam might follow in the footsteps of Tasha and Andrew when the heavily inked reality star was spotted going under the needle on Paige’s Instagram story, with the former paramedic captioning the post, “As if he’s getting my name x.”However, Adam later revealed that Paige was just joking and teased that she might have a touch of the green-eyed monster. He also admitted he’s reluctant to get another girl’s name tattooed after he was forced to cover up a ‘Z’ dedicated to ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott when they split.“[Paige] is really chuffed with how funny she thinks she is,” Adam told his followers.“As much as she begged me and begged me.

A mum-of-four was caught with crack cocaine and heroin after turning to sex work to fund her £200-a-day heroin habit.

Charlotte Crosby has revealed she’s naming her baby girl after a “famous person”. Opening up about choosing a moniker for her impending arrival, the 32 year old confessed that she has had the name in mind for “so long”. Speaking exclusively to OK!, Charlotte, who is expecting with her boyfriend Jake Ankers, said: “I’ve had the name for so long.

Train operator Northern has launched a flash sale with more than a million tickets on offer for just £1. The discounted fares are available for journeys across the north of England made online or through the Northern app.