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Police have arrested a man after officers were called to a firearms discharge in Preston, Lancashire.

Sky internet customers are reporting a major outage in areas of Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning.

When Rory Harty’s parents noticed they could no longer fasten his nappies, they assumed he just needed a bigger size.

Rory Harty’s parents noticed they could no longer fasten his nappies, and just assumed he needed a bigger size.

A retired Church of England vicar has been jailed more than 30 years after he indecently assaulted a young girl, police have revealed. Thomas De Lacey, 77, was ordained by the church in the early 1990s and is now retired.

Girls Aloud and Mika leading the line-up.The 2024 edition of the festival is set to be held at Preston Park in Brighton and will span across two days, Sautrday August 3 and Sunday August 4. It will also be raising funds for LGBTQ+ charities, including Brighton Rainbow Fund, the Pride Social Impact Fund, Pride Cultural Development Fund and Pride Solidarity Fund.Today (February 29), the first run of artists set to perform at this year’s instalment have been announced, including the two artists set to be headlining across the weekend.In a UK festival exclusive, Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh will be performing as the headliners for the Saturday as part of Girls Aloud.

Many of us who are fans of desi food now know what to expect when we go to a typical Indian restaurant. Often many of the dishes will have a similar taste, as they use the same curry base or 'thurka' as it's natively known.

With a loving family and a baby on the way, Sarah Read's dreams were starting to come true. She and her partner Andy had plans of settling down away from the North West and buying a hotel in his native Scotland.

An inquest into a fire that took the lives of two young children in Preston has heard about the chilling moment that a mother and nearby residents were forced to look on while a fire engulfed their family home, with the children still inside. While the flames grew, their mother screamed for help, but to no avail.

John Travolta has shared a series of festive photographs of him and his rarely-seen children Ella and Ben, giving fans a glimpse into their Christmas and New Year celebrations. The actor, 69, posted a snap of him with Ella, 23, and Ben, 13, on Christmas Day, showing them at an undisclosed location on a skiing trip.The trio posed in the snow together, with John writing: "Merry Christmas to everyone, we love you!!" He then shared a sweet video montage of his New Year's Eve celebrations on 2 January, with photos of him, Ella and Ben smartly dressed as they danced and sang together.

Sofyan Amrabat will not be returning to Fiorentina when the transfer market reopens, according to reports, amid reports that the Manchester United loanee is "unhappy" with his situation at Old Trafford.

A new entertainment centre opens in Wigan this weekend with arcade games, inflatables, a ninja warrior course and more. Gamer-X has taken over a 20,000 sq ft unit inside the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre in a space previously occupied by DW Sports.

It’s officially December, which means it is time to start compiling those best film of the year lists. Before you do, we highly encourage you to first seek out the fantastic Femme. THN caught the movie back at Berlin Film Festival and were immediately smitten with this “intense, beautiful, thought-provoking, and devastating” movie. Written and directed by duo Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choo Ping, Femme is a neo-noir revenge thriller that will get your heart pumping. Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker, Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.

Britney Spears opened up about several troubling paparazzi photos of her with her first son Sean Preston in her memoir The Woman in Me.

Bosses at a recycling plant want to operate 24-hours a day after installing quieter machinery. J Dickinson and Sons Limited run a waste transfer station and materials recycling facility at Station Road in Blackrod.

Plans for a new network of ‘air-fibre’ poles that carry high speed broadband across Oldham have been unveiled. IX Wireless has applied to the council for 29 poles to be installed, each 15 metres in height, in various locations across the borough.

George R.R. Martin is pursuing legal action alongside several famous authors.

The Authors Guild, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, Michael Connelly, Jodi Picoult and a group of other famous fiction writers filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against OpenAI, claiming that their technology is infringing on their works.

A driver who was so drunk that he couldn't speak after he caused a head-on crash has thanked a "higher power" after he dodged jail. Neil Bason downed several pints while watching the France-England clash in the World Cup on December 10 last year.

Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Márquez has only seen his newborn son 'a few times' due to his strict filming commitments. With the popular BBC dance competition just weeks away, his partner Gemma Atkinson revealed that the gruelling schedule has him spending a lot of time away from home, despite them just welcoming a new baby.The pair welcomed son Thiago Thomas Márquez, their second child, in July.

The left-back problem

Chantelle Houghton won Celebrity Big Brother way back in 2006 and fell in love with Ordinary Boys' Samuel Preston, but it didn't come without its challenges.The TV star, now 39 took part in the fourth series of Big Brother as the only non-celebrity and was tasked to convince her fellow housemates that she was famous and in a girl group called Kandy Floss.Through hilarious house challenges, including singing in front of her celebrity pals Chantelle took it in her stride and went on to win the show. While she was tasked with the biggest challenge of all, it didn't stop the 22 year old at the time from falling head over heels for singer Preston with the nation watching their relationship blossom over the weeks.

Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to revenge thriller “Femme.” The film centers on Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack. But when he re-encounters his attacker, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge.

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz may have got married over a year ago in a bash fit for celeb royalty, but things behind the scenes aren't quite as clear cut when it comes to the logistics of the big day. And now the latter is allegedly set to be seen on camera as she goes to trial for questioning against one of her wedding planning companies, who have accused the Peltz family of putting them through 'planning hell'.The lavish day was a mighty one to plan, and took three different wedding planners in the process. Nicola and Brooklyn originally chose Preston Bailey, who is known for throwing high-profile celebrity events, but the planner stepped down with just six weeks to go until the wedding.

A man has been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old boy.

Sky High flew under the radar when it was released in 2005 — but fans are still talking about the school for superheroes decades later.

Morrisons set to close several stores in the coming weeks, including one in Greater Manchester.

A train operator has issued a warning to passengers to check services before they travel over planned rail strikes on Saturday.

A mum said she was left 'shaking' after her son was involved in an accident on a 'dangerous' zebra crossing. Renewed calls have been made to urgently improve safety after the 10-year-old was badly injured in the crash on his way home from school.

A brand new Ikea not far from Greater Manchester has opened its doors for business.

IKEA finally confirmed the opening date for its long awaited new store which is due to open its doors next week - with pictures and videos showing the outside of the branch.

All train lines are closed between Bolton and Preston railway stations as emergency services deal with an incident. Northern said train services running through the stations would be cancelled or delayed by 60 minutes

Hull City boss Liam Rosenior has outlined why he is so excited to work with 'freak' Man City loanee Liam Delap.

A convicted rapist described by a judge as a 'prolific sex offender' died from heart disease in jail after a cancelled hospital cardiac appointment wasn't re-booked, an inquest heard.

Lew Palter, who played Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s Titanic and a Supreme Court justice in First Monday in October, has died. He was 94.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” This latest — and last — turn for Harrison Ford’s famed archaeologist gave Mangold many features to pull inspiration from, starting with 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” as directed by Steven Spielberg.“When we talk about the ‘Raiders’ film, and even Steven’s work in general, which has always been a big influence on me, you have to kind of understand that Steven himself is highly influenced and inspired by the classical, Golden Age, Hollywood style,” Mangold told TheWrap. “So you’re talking about a compendium of influences.”But when it came to crafting the character of Helena, played by “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mangold went back to the 1940s screwball world of director Preston Sturges.