Rugby club eyeing major revamp of its grounds - including plans for up to 100 new homes

It may look like a ‘scruffy, overgrown piece of land’ but locals say Stockport County’s plans to turn it into a car park would destroy a ‘haven’ for wildlife left undisturbed for decades. The resurgent club - which narrowly missed out on promotion to the third tier of English football last season - has a seven-year plan to redevelop its Edgeley Park home, as it eyes a return to the game’s big time.It comes after The Hatters secured a 250-year lease from the council for the ground, part of which was occupied by the old Sykes Bleach Works. The proposals include using land behind the ‘pop side’ of the ground as a 60-space car park for staff, players and officials - albeit with a ‘considerable area’ set aside for landscaping and ecology.A planning appliction is expected later this year - but local nature lovers are urging the club to think again. They say the football pitch-sized plot is the only area suitable for wildlife in the whole of Edgeley - bar two pieces of land at the sewage works - hosting a variety of potentially vital flora and fauna.

UTA, which last year acquired UK agency Curtis Brown, is opening a new office in London as it eyes further international growth.

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed her hopes to have a second child with boyfriend Tommy Fury – but warned fans to not expect a big announcement any time soon. The Love Island star welcomed their daughter Bambi in January, and she has been candid on social media as she navigates her way through first-time motherhood. Despite only having had their little one five months ago, the 24-year-old responded to questions on Tuesday about whether the couple are planning another child any time soon in an Instagram Q&A.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer From “Avengers” sequels to “Transformers” flicks, so many summer blockbuster end with cities on fire and the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Those moments are usually conjured up by CGI. But major studios looking to promote the hell out of their July or August releases may be in a bind that even Superman can’t fly past. A looming actors strike may wreak havoc on the marketing campaigns for several major film releases — including Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and the franchise relaunch “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” — leaving studios shifting their plans to get ahead of the June 30 deadline for a new SAG-AFRTRA contract.

This Morning's planned programme on Tuesday (June 13) was unexpectedly delayed after viewers tuning in instead watched a breaking news announcement.

Climate activists have urged councillors to reject plans for a new gas-fired power station in Aberdeenshire.

The CW has finally announced the renewals and cancellations that we’ve been waiting to hear about.

posting updates throughout the show.While at the show at Ford Field, the 64-year-old MC was gifted handmade friendship bracelets from Swifties in the crowd.Exchanging and gifting friendship bracelets has become a fun new tradition for the Swift tour thanks to a lyric in her song “You’re On Your Own Kid”: “So make the friendship bracelets/ Take the moment and taste it.”Flavor Flav received a full wrist of bracelets and was “makin new friends” at the concert, prompting him to ask fans of Swift, 33, to help him make custom bracelets before the next Eras tour show he goes to.“Swifties,,, I wanna hire one of y’all to make me some custom Flavor Flav bracelets to trade for the next Eras Tour stop ya boy hits up,,,, Who can help,??” he tweeted alongside a picture of all his new bracelets.He continued, “Ya boy wants hundreds of bracelets,,, maybe thousands,,, so maybe we hire several of y’all,,, looking for: •ITS•A•CLOCK• + •FLAVOR•FLAV In Navy with Silver.”Swifties,,, I wanna hire one of y’all to make me some custom Flavor Flav bracelets to trade for the next Eras Tour stop ya boy hits up,,,, Who can help,??#TaylorSwift #ItsAClock pic.twitter.com/CsbjiGvOVmSwifties quickly responded with offers to help, showing Flav their talents with pictures of bracelets they’ve already made, and he was extremely impressed.“WOWWWWWW!!! These just keep getting better,!!!” he responded to one fan who posted a video of a Flavor Flav bracelet they made for him.Flav was so impressed with the response, he’s hiring hundreds of fans to help him out.THANKX to all my new friends,,, luv my fellow Swifties #TaylorSwift #ErasTour #FriendsForever pic.twitter.com/BY6ELIkFmQIn my RED (Taylor’s Version) Era and makin new friends at #TaylorSwift @taylorswift13

A developer has revealed plans to build ‘high quality family homes’ at a greenfield ‘infill’ site in Rochdale. Lancet Homes has submitted proposals for 18 detached houses on land off Crompton Avenue, in Balderstone, including a mix of four and five-bedroom properties.The three-acre grassland plot - close to Broad Lane Community Woodland - is surrounded by housing on three sides, while to the south is a football pitch currently used by Rochdalians AFC.A public footpath running through part of the council-owned site would be diverted to allow for the new housing. Planning papers say the scheme provides an opportunity to ‘naturally infill’ the existing residential area with a development of similar appearance and character.

This Morning host Josie Gibson is reportedly in talks to take part in the latest series of I'm A Celebrity. . .

Ethan Shanfeld Despite the air quality crisis in New York due to the Canada wildfires, as of Wednesday afternoon the Governors Ball festival is still set to take place this weekend in Queens. “We’re closely monitoring the air quality with weather experts and are in close contact with city officials,” a representative for the music festival said in a statement to Variety. “As always, the health and safety of New Yorkers is our top priority. At this time, the festival is continuing as planned. We are hopeful that conditions will improve in the coming days and are looking forward to a great weekend!” The three-day music fest, often referred to as Gov Ball, is scheduled for June 9-11 at Flushing Meadows with headliners Lizzo, Odesza and Kendrick Lamar. Lil Nas X, Haim, Lil Uzi Vert, Rina Sawayama, Diplo, Lil Baby, Omar Apollo, Pusha T, Aespa, Giveon and Sofi Tukker are also set to perform.

Pulling plans to build two new platforms at Piccadilly station is a 'decade lost for the North of England', Andy Burnham has said as he pushed back against the move at a meeting of mayors, council leaders and rail chiefs today (June 7). Building platforms 15 and 16 has been seen as key to unclogging congestion on railways across the region – but the proposal was withdrawn last month.

Pete Davidson has clashed with PETA regarding his puppy purchase, escalating the conflict by leaving a strongly worded voicemail for the animal rights organisation. PETA reported that the actor directed the heated message to Daphna Nachminovitch, their Senior VP of Cruelty Investigations. Pete obtained her name after she released a statement to TMZ, expressing PETA's collective disappointment over his decision to buy a puppy from a New York pet store instead of adopting from a shelter.

Proposals for more than 65 homes on land around Saddleworth’s new high school are to go before councillors. The housing development would neighbour the new £27.5m Saddleworth School site, which opened in March last year.

Drew Barrymore is ready to live in a world without her mother. Yeah, that has to be the most brutally honest, shocking thing we’ve ever heard Drew — and maybe any celeb — say!

People in Scotland planning to make a new application, or need to upload supporting evidence for Adult or Child Disability Payments, over the weekend may have to wait until Monday due to planned IT downtime from Social Security Scotland. The devolved welfare department said “essential maintenance” will be carried out from the afternoon on Friday, June 2 until midnight on Sunday, June 4.

A former Playboy model has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby.

Apple TV+ has unveiled a new super tease, highlighting new footage of several current and upcoming shows, including “The Morning Show” season 3.

the Cannes premiere of his film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorses met with Pope Francis in Rome, which inspired the acclaimed director to announce plans to make a new feature film about Jesus Christ. “I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: By imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus, and I’m about to start making it,” Scorsese told reporters at a Vatican press conference, according to The Guardian.If he follows through on these plans, it would be Scorsese’s first film about Jesus since his famously controversial 1988 film “The Last Temptation of Christ,” which starred Willem Dafoe as the son of God as during his ministry and crucifixion, when he’s tempted with a vision of the life he could have had instead of dying for the world’s sins.Along with meeting the Pope, Scorsese was in Rome with his wife, Helen Morris, to attend a conference called “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination.” The conference was co-organized by Antonio Spadoro, editor of Jesuit publication La Civiltà Cattolica, who posted pictures of the 80-year-old director’s meeting with the pontiff on Twitter.

Taylor Swift’s famous former Cornelia Street rental property in New York City is up for sale.