Pontins to close two seaside resorts with 'immediate effect'

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Annie Starke doesn’t want to talk about last Christmas. The host of the freshly minted Magnolia Network show, “The Mountain Kitchen,” admits her family dinner was a disaster. “I probably had too many drinks in the morning,” Starke tells me, laughing.

Netflix has just renewed their new hit, My Life with the Walter Boys, for a second season!

A road in Trafford is shut after a three-vehicle smash involving a police car.

Ellie Leach was at a school friend's birthday sleepover when she discovered she had secured the part of Faye Windass on Coronation Street. Now 22, the Strictly Come Dancing finalist, from Audenshaw, has already experienced a career that most people could only dream about.

Susanna Reid has signed off from Good Morning Britain until next year, having announced she's taking an extended break to celebrate Christmas with her loved ones.The TV presenter, who celebrated her 53rd birthday on 10 December, fronted her final episode of GMB on Wednesday, 13 December alongside co-host Ed Balls, with the pair joined by guests including Stephen Fry. Susanna, who typically hosts the ITV show Monday to Wednesday, announced her departure at the end of Wednesday's show as she wished TV viewers a happy Christmas. "I would just like to say a huge Happy Christmas to you all.Thank you so much for watching this year.

A man has been hospitalised after a stabbing in broad daylight in Wythenshawe today (December 12).

A First Dates star who spent almost two years with teeth issues splashed out on a heavy £80k to fix them.

Manchester United are now only three points off the top four following their midweek win over Chelsea and have a great chance to close the gap this weekend.

It has been two months since the Bee Network was launched across Greater Manchester, and it is clear there are more changes than just the colour of the buses.

The Range and Wilko are set to remain closed for two days over the Christmas period to allow staff members a "well-earned break".

A mum-of-two with terminal brain cancer has slammed vile yobs who ransacked a Christmas display in her front garden.

A teenage boy has been left injured after being 'hit by a truck' on a busy main road in Rochdale on Tuesday evening (December 5).

EXCLUSIVE: After running his latest acclaimed solo show, Daniel Sloss: Can’t, off-Broadway and touring it worldwide to rave reviews, Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss has set the spring 2024 U.S. theater dates that will bring it to a close.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here viewers have been claiming one of the remaining campmates has become "two-faced" as tension continues to rise around the campfire during meal times. The cooking in the ITV reality show this year has become a contentious subject - and it's even rubbing fans up the wrong way.

A Greater Manchester school has been forced to close this morning 'due to a lack of heating or hot water'.

A couple who the same cancer surgery exactly a year apart say the experience has brought them closer together. Lorraine Wheeler, 61, and Jann Hadfield, 62, were both diagnosed with endometrial cancer within 12 months of one another and even had surgery on the same date one year apart.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced its plans to close down 45 branches including Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches.

A teenage killer jailed for life after stabbing his close friend to death in a row over a minor drug debt has lost a bid to appeal against his conviction and sentence. Maciej Mikolajczyk, then 17, stabbed Alan Szelugowski 20 times before taking his mobile phone and leaving him to bleed to death in a park in Salford.

A hotel in Blackpool which closed following the death of a 10 year-old boy has re-opened. Jack Piper-Sheach died following an incident at Tiffany's Hotel on the Promenade of the town's North Shore on September 3.

This year's winner of The Great British Bake Off has been named as Matty Edgell. Matty took part in a tense final alongside Josh Smalley and Dan Hunter, but it was the PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire who was named the winner of the 2023, which is the 14th season.