Plans for third phase of huge £16m restoration of Grade One-listed Rochdale Town Hall revealed

The funeral details have been released for 'adored' teacher and ex-Olympic swimmer Helen Smart after her sudden death on a family trip to the Lake District.

EVERGLOW have announced their 2023 ‘All My Girls’ US tour, which will take place in November.Announced today (August 24), EVERGLOW’s upcoming ‘All My Girls’ tour will feature 10 shows across the US later this year. It will kick off at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, Connecticut on November 1.Following which, the girl group will hold concerts in New York, Atlanta, St.

A much loved annual event saw convoys of decorated taxis take hundreds of children to the seaside for free.

A pub has again been rejected for a licence to sell booze after being banned back in April following a shooting.

Conan O’Brien will bring his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend to this year’s New York Comedy Festival, with a taping of the live episode later airing on Team Coco’s SiriusXM Channel.

Gabrielle will lead the line-up for this year’s Battersea Park In Concert series.The singer will close the three day event which kicks off this Saturday (August 26) and wraps up on Monday (August 26) at the London park.Also on the bill that day are MOBO award winning saxophonist Yolanda Brown and The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Noted Japanese director Ando Momoko (“Kakera: Pieces of Our Life,” “0.5mm”) has been named as the ambassador for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. She also features, alongside her father Okuda Eiji in the festival’s newly-released poster, which recreates a scene from Ozu Yasujiro’s “Tokyo Story” and in which Okuda and Ando represent the classic film’s Ryu Chishu and Hara Setsuko characters. The poster image, shot at the rooftop garden of Kitte Marunouchi Building, with Tokyo Station in the background, was designed by Koshino Junko, who has created the festival’s key visuals for the past three years.

Tori Kelly is getting ready to hit the road again!

Tori Kelly has announced her first string of shows since being hospitalised last month.Last night (August 14), the singer-songwriter took to social media to announce the ‘Take Control’ tour, in support of her recently released EP ‘tori’. The tour will kick off on September 10 in Toronto, before wrapping up nine shows later on September 26 in Los Angeles.See the full list of tour dates below.A post shared by tori kelly (@torikelly)General tickets go on sale tomorrow (Thursday, August 17), via the official Tori Kelly website.SEPTEMBER:10 – Axis Club – Toronto, ON11 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY13 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA17 – The Loft – Atlanda, GA18 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL21 – Ophelia’s – Denver, CO24 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA25 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA26 – The Roxy – Los Angeles, CAThe tour will mark Tori Kelly’s first shows back since the singer was rushed to a hospital after collapsing while out for dinner with friends in downtown Los Angeles in July.

A significant milestone in the development of Perth Museum has taken place with the keys to the building being handed over to the operator.

It looks like Princess Catherine AKA Kate Middleton is enjoying some quality party time with somebody very interesting!

Dwyane Wade and his family on Saturday.The 41-year-old was surrounded by his loved ones as he celebrated his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame alongside top-tier athletes Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Becky Hammon, Tony Parker, the late Jim Valvano and Gregg Popovich.Wade's support crew included his wife, Gabrielle Union; his kids, Kaavia James, 4, Zaya Wade, 16, and Zaire, 21; his nephew Dahveon Morris, 21; and his parents, Dwyane Wade Sr. and JoLinda Wade.

— has died. He was 95. Jones died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut.

Death Cult have announced a UK, US and Ireland tour in honour of the band’s 40th anniversary taking place later this year.The band, consisting of Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury, will be returning to play iconic venues they previously performed in at the start of their career. According to a press release, the shows, titled Death Cult 8323, will focus on Death Cult and their eponymous EPs, and will also “boast a setlist that spans the three phases of the band, from Southern Death Cult, to Death Cult, and The Cult’s first two albums: ‘Dreamtime’ (1984) and ‘Love’ (1985).”Kicking off with a show in Los Angeles at The Theatre at The Ace Hotel on October 23, the band will then head to various cities within the UK including Belfast, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow and more.

A dad recorded a final video message for his children before ending his own life.

“The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history — has died. He was 95.Jones died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut, according to Dan Shaheen, a co-producer of “The Fantasticks,” who worked with Jones since the 1980s.

Dwyane Wade is one of the basketball greats of all time — and he’s officially a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and dedicated the honor to his father, Dwyane Wade Sr.

Naman Ramachandran James Hawes‘ Holocaust drama “One Life” will be the American Express Gala at the 67thBFI London Film Festival. The film tells the true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to WWII, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Fifty years later, in 1988, Winton is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England.

Dexys, formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners, are embarking on a 12-concert tour supporting their sixth studio album “The Feminine Divine” this fall from Oct. 26 through Nov.

John Cusack movies, we’d bet you haven’t caught them with the man himself in the theater.This summer and fall, the “Being John Malkovich” star will rectify that.From September through November, the 57-year-old actor is touring all over North America.Along the way, the ’80s and ’90s icon will drop into Patchogue, NY’s Patchogue Theater on Oct. 8, New Brunswick, NJ’s State Theatre on Oct.