County Midland Showbiz Latest News and Updates

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Greater Manchester this week.

A taxi driver was arrested for drug driving during an enforcement operation in Oldham which also saw a dozen cabs taken off the roads.

Taxi drivers in Bury have protested rises in licence fees which they say makes it ‘increasingly hard’ for them to operate. Taxi trade leaders say fees charged in the borough are higher than those in Wolverhampton, where many drivers register and then work in Bury.

Coronation Street's Roy Cropper is one of the most iconic characters on TV and has been played by actor David Neilson for almost three decades.

Detectives investigating a shocking double murder at a Moss Side lockdown party have offered a £50,000 for information which brings the killer to justice.

At 3pm on Saturday, June 3, Manchester United and Manchester City will face each other in an FA Cup Final for the first time. And just to add to the prestigious occasion Wembley stadium will be celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed a fun-filled day in Birmingham on Thursday, as they played darts and tried their hands at making Indian street food. Kate, 41, and Prince William, 40, visited the city in the Midlands to celebrate its diverse culture by meeting future leaders in the arts and creative industries on 20 April. This Morning host Alison Hammond, who hails from Birmingham, excitedly met the Royal couple as they attended an event at The Rectory - a dynamic venue overlooking the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter.

The 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards (AKA the 2023 ACM Awards) nominations are here!

The BBC has movedproduction of Silent Witness, one of its most popular long-running dramas, from London to the West Midlands.

A pair of friends are walking the length of the UK as part of a gruelling effort to raise money for a vital Dunblane service which supports those living with dementia and their families.

Prince William attended Saturday’s Aston Villa match wearing one of his favourite accessories with a sentimental meaning behind it as he cheered on the football team.The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Chronometer 42mm Watch comes with a hefty price tag of more than £5,000, but it’s the touching meaning behind it that makes it one of the Prince of Wales’ favourites.The luxury watch was given to him as a gift from his mum, the late Princess Diana, before her untimely death in 1997, and William has been spotted wearing it many times in the past, with its meaningful history making it one of his most worn accessories. The royal is rarely seen without the watch, and even wore it on his wedding day when he and Kate Middleton tied the knot.The beautiful sentimental piece clearly means a lot to William and he continues to wear it to almost all of his public engagements.

Midwife Pip Podcast that she started to feel "guilty, freaked out and panicked" and questioned whether she had made the "wrong decision". Chloe explained: "I felt very isolated, very alone. [I was] quite depressed and quite freaked out.

A number of roads around Greater Manchester will be completely closed on Thursday night (March 9) due to treacherous conditions caused by snow.

BBC series made the revelation while discussing filming the show in the Midlands and its connection to classic cars of that era. The actor has played Father Brown since it first aired in 2013 and is celebrating its ninth season. The comedian also revealed that he and his co-star have a love of classic cars and while filming for this series, they got the chance to drive some real beauties.

The BFI today announced it has awarded $18m (£15.2M) of National Lottery funding over three years to 11 UK-wide partner organizations as the first cash award under its new 10-Year National Lottery funding strategy.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has commissioned a second season of its British true crime series My Lover My Killer.

British film industry veteran Sir Sydney Samuelson has died. He was 97.

Three boys aged 11, 10 and eight have died after being pulled from an icy lake in Solihull on Sunday, West Midlands Police has said.

Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for the Bullets Over Broadway screenplay he co-authored with Woody Allen, died suddenly yesterday in New York City. He was 64.

Staff members working at the Light House cinema in Wolverhampton, England, today announced on social media that the arthouse and media center is set to cease trading and close its doors for the final time Thursday due to acute financial struggles.

Premier League legend Alan Shearer has named three Manchester City players in his team of the week following the club's 3-0 win over Wolves at the weekend.

Following the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I I yesterday, at the age of 96, the country is now in mourning for the only ruling monarch most of us will have even known. Many will be closing their businesses out of respect for the sombre occasion, and a lot of Manchester’s restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels have joined in paying tributes.

Keanu Reeves has surprised a couple in Northamptonshire by showing up to their wedding over the weekend.As reported by Newsweek, James and Nikki Roadnight wed at the Fawsley Hall hotel in the South Midlands county last week – the same hotel where Reeves happened to be staying as a guest. Mrs.

Cody Bateman and Ross Loudon were on target as Scone Thistle picked up another positive result.

The BBC is ramping up its Birmingham operation by moving from the two-decades-old Mailbox site to a new creative quarter in Digbeth.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSebastian Lelio’s “Wonder,” starring “Black Widow’s” Florence Pugh, “Winter Boy” with Juliette Binoche and directors Hong Sang-soo and Ulrich Seidl will compete in main competition at September’s San Sebastian Film Festival, the biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world.In “Wonder,” the latest from Academy Award winning director Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”),Pugh plays an English nurse brought in to the Irish Midlands in 1862 to observe the alleged miracle of girls going months without food.Binoche co-stars in “Winter Boy,” from resilient French auteur Christophe Honoré who won at Cannes Un Certain Regard with 2019’s “On a Magical Night.” Hong Sang-soo, the prolific South Korean director, will present “Walk Up,” a film which is billed as taking a gently delightful new perspective on themes dear to his poetics. Seidl’s “Sparta” forms part of a diptych with 2022 Berlin competition contender “Rimini,” both movies turning on men who cannot escape their past.The 12 competition titles announced on Tuesday by San Sebastian join its four Spanish contenders, unveiled last month.A brief breakdown on the new competition entries:San Sebastian Main Competition: Newly Announced Titles“Il Boemo,” (Petr Václav, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia)The passions and ambitions, breakthrough and tragic fall from grace of Czech opera composer, Josef Mysliveček,a mentor to Mozart.

The annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award nominations have landed, with some of the city’s best bars, restaurants and food producers all in the running for gongs. Up for the coveted restaurant of the year are 10 Tib Lane, Erst, The Sparrows, Another Hand, Mana, Where the Light Gets In and The Firehouse.

“Stranger Things” continues to be the dominant show of the summer.Numbers from Nielsen came in on Thursday, showing that Season 4, Part 1, which was released on May 27, had over 2 billion minutes viewed for the week of June 13-19. It was the show’s fourth week at the top of the charts, and almost a third of its audience — 27% — was in the 18-34 age range.“Peaky Blinders,” the British West Midlands-based gangster show, landed the No.

Celebrity Gogglebox viewers baffled as they were - wrongly - convinced he was wearing a prison 'ankle tag' on the show. The How To Look Good Naked star is appearing on the current series of the hit Channel 4 show alongside showbiz pal and radio presenter Fearne Cotton.

The UK property market has been busy for quite some time, with house prices increasing at a rapid rate each month. The average price of a house is now £368,614, according to Rightmove, which is a new all-time high.

Love Island’s Jacques O’Neill has been at the centre of a bit of drama in recent days in the villa. The professional rugby league player, 23, found himself in an awkward situation when his heart rate went racing for ex girlfriend Gemma Owen - and hers did the same for him despite him pursuing Paige Thorne. After the challenge, Paige revealed to the girls that she was upset about Jacques' heart being raised the most by Gemma: “I’m not going to lie I kind of did a little bit.

Good Morning Britain viewers have been left disgruntled by the show's weather coverage. The ITV news programme was back on air on Friday (June 17) with Kate Garraway and Adil Ray, who has replaced the show's usual host Ben Shephard.

Naseem Akhtar, 42, is one of 15 albinos in her family. Her condition has meant that life hasn't always been easy as she's struggled to find her identity and faced abuse. But despite the turmoil, she's now proud to be a World Record Holder alongside her family members...

The boss of a well-known clothing store killed his wife before setting himself alight in a murder-suicide, an inquest was told.

Harry Styles perplexed fans during a recent interview with Zane Lowe as he spoke with an odd mix of an Australian and American accent, with a British twang thrown in for good measure. “I cannot stomach the change in his lovely northern accent,” one listener mourned. Harry may not realise it, but he is at the helm of a big language shift, influenced by our digital world.

Pep Guardiola can make another little piece of history on Sunday by overtaking Jose Mourinho and Arsène Wenger to go 2nd on the all-time list of Premier League winning managers.