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Clio Barnard returns to the Cannes Film Festival with the British drama Ali & Ava. While billed as a romance, the Directors’ Fortnight entry doesn’t take the path of a traditional idealized love story, instead exploring the connection between a new couple within Barnard’s social realist world. Based on locals that she encountered while filming The Arbor (2010) and The Selfish Giant (2013) in Bradford, it stars Claire Rushbrook (Secrets & Lies) as Ava and Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) as Ali.

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the Sun of the story behind his recent legal identity change. “One thing led to another and they dared me to change my name to John Cena.”The Bradford, UK, restaurant worker initially considered simply getting inked with the 44-year-old professional wrestler’s name, but then boldly decided to fully commit to completing the dare. “I was going to get a tattoo saying it but did this instead.

The push towards social mobility in the north is being backed by PwC, with its support for a flagship scheme.

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By this point, if you aren’t following the Team Deakins podcast, you’re missing out on some of the best conversations about filmmaking out there. In a recent episode, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young opened up about his experience filming “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and its tumultuous production.

Bolton have hit a rich vein of form recently with six successive wins that has seen them climb up into the play-off places. The Whites sit just four points below an automatic promotion spot ahead of their fixture with another in-form side in Bradford City today.Le Fondre, a hero of Bolton's last promotion, believes the squad is now good enough to secure a spot in the play-offs at the very least, and would love to see the club gain promotion after so many years of turmoil.

reported on an interaction involving Senior Constable Mark Follington of New South Wales Police, and transgender woman Anya Bradford, which saw the woman pepper sprayed and left with a black eye and cuts to her wrist, after being unable to provide photo ID while at the Railway Hotel in Liverpool in May 2019.“The larger officer picked me up by the handcuffs, like I was on a leash, like I was a dog, then he dragged me out… laughing,” Bradford said. “My head hit the corner of the room and then he

the borough.The third national lockdown pushed infections down by just 37 per cent, from an infection rate of 359.9 on January 5 - when the new rules were implimented.Out of 315 local authorities across England, only four areas saw infections drop by a smaller percentage.In North West Leicestershire and Barnsley, infections fall by just one per cent less than in Bolton.New cases in Bradford dropped by 28 per cent during the third lockdown.The UK average was a fall of 76.1 per cent.Rutland saw

fatal shooting of a dad-of-two on an M62 slip road four years ago. Yassar Yaqub, 28, was killed in a car just off the M62 at Ainley Top on January 2, 2017.

News: “This has been such an incredibly tough year for so many that we consider ourselves extremely lucky. “Only two per cent of businesses have seen growth and we fall into that category.“We are a small business and my wife’s family founded the original Bradfords Bakers in 1924, with stores in Glasgow and Ayrshire.“The stores have since closed.

direct to your inboxA man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a knife attack in east Manchester.Police were called to Castleton Walk in Bradford on Wednesday afternoon following reports of an assault.Offenders had gone into a property and attacked a man. The 33-year-old victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries 'including a stab wound', a GMP spokesman said.His injuries are not believed to be life threatening, according to police.No arrests have been made following

the Trotters over the summer and scored his eighth goal of the season in the 2-1 defeat to Walsall on the road.The 32-year-old has had five stints in League Two throughout his career, which has included with Chesterfield, Portsmouth, Bradford City, Swindon and now Wanderers.

Yorkshire Live reports.All trains to and from Bradford Interchange have been cancelled as the blaze is 50m from the railway.The fire and rescue service urged people not to travel within the area.Residents have also been asked to keep windows closed due to the smoke.In a statement, the fire service said: “We've now got 15 Fire Engines & 2 aerial appliances tackling the large fire in the Bradford area."Due to the large amount of smoke, we're advising all residents to the East of the incident –

Salford City, Forest Green Rovers and Carlisle United. And the two sides which occupy the drop zone at present include Grimsby Town and Oldham Athletic, though the Mariners are in action this evening against Cheltenham, while Walsall take on Leyton Orient.

Firefighters were called out to tackle a grass fire in east Manchester on Monday night.The fire service attended in Bradford when an area of grassland was caught alight just after 8pm.One onlooker described seeing white smoke in the area."Definitely something on fire because there is smoke blowing from the gasworks going towards the Clayton/Droylsden area," they said.While Robbie Kimpton tweeted about a "massive fire" towards the end of Bradford Road.A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue

Dino-Ray Ramos editorEXCLUSIVE: WME has announced that Noel Tedla Mesfin has joined the agency as an Agent in Production.

Wanderers fans are watching matches via iFollow. Wanderers went behind to the Bantams due to Lee Novak's first half strike, but drew level moments after half-time via Antoni Sarcevic, before Harry Pritchard's header sealed Bradford's passage to the second round of the Carabao Cup.

The Trotters were dumped out of the Carabao Cup at the first round stage by fellow League Two side Bradford City. Antoni Sarcevic drew Wanderers level moments after the restart to cancel out Lee Novak's first half opener, but Harry Pritchard struck later on to send the Bantams through to the next round.

recycling centre is set to be buried with a teddy bear made from the uniform of her rescuers. The newborn was discovered at the refuse site in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on August 20 and was wrapped inside a pink beach towel.

shot in Bradford and Leeds – has taken a central role, with the story of Bunton and the “borrowed” Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington providing laughs at a more subdued, Covid-19-affected festival.Broadbent, 71, said he had been apprehensive about travelling to Venice because of the risks caused by the Covid-19 crisis.

Bolton Wanderers, Southend United, and Tranmere Rovers will be playing League Two football this season. Swindon Town, Crewe Alexandra, Plymouth Argyle and play-off final winners Northampton Town will be in League One this season meanwhile.The competitive action has already got under way for some teams in the third and fourth tiers of English football with the first round of the Carabao Cup, though the majority of ties are due to be played this weekend.

when it emerged the latest figures show Trafford's infection rate has increased.Reacting to the row, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said more consultation with local authorities is needed.He told BBC Breakfast: "I think we will better negotiate what lies ahead of us in the autumn and winter if Government listens to local leaders - they know their communities."It wasn't just in Greater Manchester where they overruled us.

Nobody else in the world right now sounds like Bad Boy Chiller Crew. Born and bred in Bradford, deep in West Yorkshire, the trio of MCs — Kane, GK, and Clive — fuse the bassline beats they heard as kids in England's north with high-energy rap.

Yorkshire town in the early hours of Sunday (August 23).

police probe. The 47-year-old man passed away after being injured in the freak accident this morning.

reports Yorkshire Live.West Yorkshire Police have released a picture of the beach towel, which depicts the island of Fuerteventura in yellow on a purple background, in an attempt to locate the mother, to ensure she receives the appropriate medical care and support.Sara Hollins, head of midwifery for Bradford, said in a statement: “Our main priority is to find the mum of the baby as we are concerned for her wellbeing and want to ensure she gets the appropriate medical care and support.“We are

baby has been found wrapped in a beach towel at a recycling centre.

Jet2 has announced plans to make more than 100 pilots redundant. Bosses at the airline said they are 'greatly distressed' and 'deeply regret' the cuts, but that they are caused 'entirely by the current situation'.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAnother longtime cast member is saying goodbye to Days Of Our Lives.

it’s the end of an era. Days of Our Lives star Greg Vaughan announced in a July 22 interview that he’s leaving the soap opera after playing Eric Brady on the show for eight years. Greg, 47, said on the That’s Awesome with Steve Burton & Bradford Anderson podcast that while he loves his fans, he felt his time on the long-running soap was “coming to an end.” Here’s five facts you should know about Greg:

After eight years, Eric Brady is saying goodbye to Salem.

Council leaders in Bradford and Barnsley have said they are not following Leicester into a local lockdown after figures revealed they had the second and third highest Covid-19 infection rates in England.Bradford has said it is “working hard” to prevent another lockdown, while Barnsley stressed new restrictions are not needed.The latest data shows Bradford has 69.4 cases per 100,000 population, the second highest in England behind Leicester with 140.2.And Barnsley is third in the table with 54.7