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Manchester United fans believe the club should make a move for exciting Nottingham Forest full-back Djed Spence.

Naman Ramachandran Banijay U.K.’s Kudos has signed a creative partnership deal with “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight. Under the terms of the deal, Kudos will get a first look at future U.K. based projects originated by Knight and support the Birmingham film and TV industry.Kudos, the production company behind “Deadwater Fell” and “Grantchester,” is also producing the upcoming BBC One series “SAS Rogue Heroes,” created by Knight.

Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush are showing off one of their superpowers — interviewing! In ET's exclusive sit-down with the Bush twins, the pair interviewed each other about their new book, , where they discussed their bond as sisters and what a superpower sisterhood means to them. tells the story of Emma, an only child who grows up longing for a sister. Her life is instantly changed when two sets of sisters move to her street and invite her to join their club.This is the sisters' second children's book together, and while their mother, Laura Bush, is an only child, Barbara said the former First Lady inspired their second story.«Well, in this new children's book, our main character is named Emma and she's an only child, which might seem unusual for a book on sisterhood, but Emma's based on mom,» Barbara explained. «Mom, as you know, was an only child, and she desperately wanted siblings and she never had any blood siblings, but she has the same best friends that she had since she was little in Midland — still — and those are her sisters.

Convicted MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been expelled from the Conservative Party after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. The Wakefield MP is yet to be sentenced after being found guilty of the offence at Southwark Crown Court on Monday (April 11).

Former Manchester United academy defender Reece Brown has admitted that current Newcastle United and former Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe wanted to sign him.

More than 80 activists have been arrested in Essex as climate change protesters continue to block oil terminals. Activists from Just Stop Oil said on Saturday they had blocked access to the Titan Truck Park and revealed a secret underground network of tunnels at the Navigator and Grays oil terminals.

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All of the winners have been revealed at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards!

57th Academy of Country Music Awards!Going into this year's show — which was hosted by Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett — Chris Young led the pack with seven nominations to his name! Miranda Lambert, the most-nominated female artist in ACM history, earned five nominations, including a record-tying 16th nod in Female Artist of the Year category.Actress Blake Lively also earned two nominations — her first nods at a music awards show — for producing and directing Taylor Swift's music video for «I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version).»So who actually walked away with the night's coveted trophies? Check out the full list of winners below!Eric Church Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie UnderwoodGabby Barrett Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris Carly PearceJimmie Allen Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Morgan WallenBrooks & Dunn Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay LOCASH Maddie & Tae Lady A Little Big Town Midland Old Dominion The Cadillac ThreeTenille Arts Priscilla Block Lily Rose Caitlyn Smith Lainey WilsonHARDY Walker Hayes Ryan Hurd Parker McCollum Elvie Shane  [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)] – Carly Pearce; Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins, Tony Brown; Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records  – Thomas Rhett; Producers: Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, Matt Dragstrem; Record Company-Label: Big Machine Label Group  – Morgan Wallen; Producers: Joey Moi, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Matt Dragstrem, Dave Cohen; Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Republic Records  – Chris Young; Producers: Mark Holman, Corey Crowder, Chris Young, Chris DeStefano; Record Company-Label: RCA Records Nashville  – Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall;

EastEnders favourite Nitin Ganatra has opened up about his family being targeted by thugs over the years at his family’s corner shop. The BBC soap star, 54, has recently spoken out about his family’s corner shop “being targeted a lot” when he was growing up.The actor played popular character Masood Ahmed for over ten years on EastEnders, from 2007 until he left the popular soap in 2019. Nitin chatted openly on the Made in the Midlands podcast.

Gogglebox star Georgia Bell thrilled fans as she revealed she was expecting a baby on the latest episode on Friday night (March 4). The Durham-based hairdresser is expecting with her boyfriend Josh Newby. She revealed the sweet news to fans of the Channel 4 show by presenting her best friend Abbie Lynn with a toy elephant which had a recording of her baby's heartbeat inside.

EastEnders actor Nitin Ganatra has revealed that he has a new career working with his brother in his family's corner shop in Coventry. The TV star had played Masood Ahmed on the hit BBC soap until leaving three years ago. But he said he is now enjoying helping out in the shop between his acting roles.

Nominations for the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards (aka the ACM Awards) are in!

57th Academy of Country Music Awards nominations are here! On Thursday, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett announced the nominees for this year's ACMS, with Chris Young leading the pack with seven nods.Miranda Lambert, the most-nominated female artist in ACM history, earned five nominations this year, including a record-tying 16th nod in Female Artist of the Year category, of which Reba McEntire previously held the sole record.Walker Hayes, a first time nominee, was also nominated five times. Jordan Davis, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen earned four nominations each, while Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Dave Cobb, Ashley McBryde and Lainey Wilson were each recognized three times.Blake Lively earned two nominations, her first nods at a music awards show, for producing and directing Taylor Swift's music video for «I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version).» Swift's brother, Austin Swift, was also nominated for his work as a producer on the video, while the singer herself nabbed her first ACM nomination since 2018.The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton and co-hosts Barrett and Allen, will stream live on Prime Video from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Monday, March 7 at 8:00 p.m.

The January transfer window has been an interesting one for Manchester United over the years.

A sadistic killer who murdered a journalist died while a prisoner in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, an official report has found.

The detective period TV series Father Brown has been running for nine series with the first being broadcast in 2013.

Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenging corporate America to “do more” by supporting entrepreneurs of colour and adopting economic equity measures.

Boris Johnson has insisted the Government will investigate ways of extending HS2 to Leeds amid anger over an expected scrapping of part of the high speed railway plans for the North.

The Met Office has issued a weather warning with a large band of fog forecast to descend on parts of the region.

A dad who travelled from the Midlands to Manchester to help a pimp regain control of a sex worker has been jailed for trafficking.

Tahith Chong is currently undergoing the first stages of his recovery at Manchester United after suffering a groin injury in training while on loan with Championship side Birmingham City.

Pa Salieu has said that “authorities” have cancelled his forthcoming headline show in Coventry, set for next month.The rapper was due to play a hometown show at the Kasbah venue in the Midlands city on November 27 as part of a UK tour in support of his EP ‘Afrikan Rebel’.In a new statement posted to Twitter today (October 21), Salieu said that the show has now been cancelled “due to reasons beyond my control”.He wrote: “Sadly due to reasons beyond my control, the authorities have decided that I

Former striker Dwight Yorke has called on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to "find a solution" in order to turn the club's fortunes around.

Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has criticised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tactical decisions following Manchester United's 4-2 defeat to Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon, highlighting their midfield set-up as being a major problem.

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A graduating high school student from Midland, Ont. has won a $5,000 university scholarship through the “Your Voice is Power” music remix competition.

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Filming is underway in Ireland on Netflix’s psychological thriller The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh.

Love Island star Liberty Poole has already turned heads as she made her entrance in the villa and coupled up with water engineer Jake Cornish. The Birmingham-born waitress, who has described how she is looking for a “tall, alpha male”, lives in a very glamorous home in the Midlands when she is not hitting the town for a night with her friends.

cancer diagnosis as she was told she wasn't old enough to receive a biopsy. Amy Sheward discovered a lump spreading from her left breast into her armpit and visited her GP at Kingshurst Medical Practice in Solihull, in the West Midlands in February 2019.

Easy Rider is being sold at auction.Auctioneers for the Dan Kruse Classics sale in Midland, Texas on June 5 have put up a guide price of $300,000 (£213,643) to $500,000 (£356,072) despite there being no reserve bid set.However, as This Is Money reports, the authenticity of the available vehicle has been called in to question in a debate stretching back more than seven years.Another Captain America Harley-Davidson motorbike, the owner of which had claimed it was an Easy Rider original, sold at a

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Florence Pugh is set to star in Sebastian Lelio's adaptation of Emma Donoghue'spsychological thrillerThe Wonder, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The novel by the Irish-Canadian writer is set in the Irish Midlands in 1859 as an English nurse, Lib Wright, goes to a tiny village to observe what some see as a medical anomaly and others a miracle, that a girl has survived without food for months.