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A data breach at Tameside Council saw more than the personal information of 6,000 staff members leaked on its website.

Over £3 million in speeding fines were issued to motorists in Greater Manchester in a year, new figures have revealed. Between November 2022 and November 2023, over 30,000 fines were issued after motorists were caught by speed cameras across the region.

Shed Seven have got the birthday present of their dreams - their first No1 album.

As we head into 2024, we must set ourselves up for success. Here are a few tips on how to do exactly that.

Eccles is set to embrace an exciting artistic experience as Salford City Council unveils plans for Mystery Bird - a unique moving art installation.

Gerard Piqué announced the end of his professional soccer career on November 3rd, 2022. The announcement was a shock for fans of Barcelona F.C., who’d seen him play and win trophies for the team through the course of 25 years. The retirement created a media frenzy, one made worse by his notorious split from Shakira and his then blossoming relationship with Clara Chia.As we enter 2024, it seems like Pique is reconsidering his decision.

Aaron Rodgers has ended his appearances on The Pat McAfee Show for the season, the show’s host announced on Wednesday’s episode.

Joey King is speaking out for the first time since Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison.

Thirteen Stewartry schools haven’t been inspected by Education Scotland for a decade.

A woman who lives with her dog in a motorhome says she now “knows how snails feel” and loves the freedom of life with her home “on her back”.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up in her first sit-down TV interview since being released from prison.

Brent Simon In any year, some successful directors carve out artistic identities through a distinctive visual vocabulary, or by repeatedly mining particular themes. But it’s rare, even among highly acclaimed filmmakers, for a director to establish a new cinematic language. Yorgos Lanthimos is on his way to doing just that.

Benny Safdie got his start in Hollywood as a director alongside his brother Josh, but now they’ve gone their separate ways.

Variety, Benny – who helmed several films with his brother Josh, the duo being dubbed the Safdie Brothers – confirmed that the brothers aren’t working together, and that their split has been “amicable”.“It’s a natural progression of what we each want to explore. I will direct on my own, and I will explore things that I want to explore.

Naman Ramachandran A fourth season of “Mr. Bean: The Animated Series” is set to return worldwide in 2025. Banijay’s Tiger Aspect Kids & Family has commissioned the series in partnership with Warner Bros.

Naman Ramachandran Malaysia‘s Skyzen Studios has unveiled the first trailer for Sun-J Perumal’s sophomore feature “Fire on Water” (“Neer Mel Neruppu”), which premieres at the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s Harbour strand. Set over 20 years, the film follows Karthi, an aspiring filmmaker who has performed the gamut of roles in commercial television and film, from assistant director to editor to sound recordist.

Greater Manchester Police has been issued with an enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over the force's 'repeated failures' to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, it was revealed today.

For Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari, her debut feature Shayda has served as an authentic and honest exploration into her own personal childhood trauma. The film, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics and won the World Cinema Dramatic Competition Audience Award in Sundance earlier this year, is Australia’s Oscar submission for the Best International Feature Oscar.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Who should be counted as country music’s currently most successful songwriter? You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who could come up with a metric where the end result is not clearly Ashley Gorley, who’s being honored as Songwriter of the Year at Variety‘s annual Hitmakers event. He has been a co-writer on five of the last six Morgan Wallen singles, all of which inevitably topped the country chart — with “Last Night” also going top 5 at pop radio, no small factor in the song spending a near-record 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

When it comes to planning for the inevitable end of life, it can be an extremely daunting and emotional process. That's why Pure Cremation offers a compassionate approach that puts you in control of your final arrangements. By prearranging and even prepaying for cremation services, Pure Cremation gives you the freedom to decide exactly how you want to be remembered.

The defeated candidate in the SNP leadership contest has defended “silent prayer” outside abortion clinics.

Kyle Richards is sharing new details on what led to her separation from husband Mauricio Umansky after 27 years of marriage.

The Traitors star Meryl Williams has revealed how she spent her prize money after winning the hit BBC show, which aired in December. Alongside her Faithful co-stars Hannah Byczkowski and Aaron Evans, Meryl banished Traitors Wilfred Webster and Kieran Tompsett to scoop the £99,000 prize money. Split between them, they each took home a whopping £33,000.

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Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, attending Busan International Film Festival where he has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year, talked about the challenges facing Hong Kong cinema at a press event today. 

Iran has submitted Reza Mirkarimi’s The Night Guardian for Best International Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, in a move that will likely prompt pushback from the country’s dissident film community.

Experts who actually work with trafficking victims have been vocally criticizing Sound of Freedom for weeks now.

The Royal Regiment of Scotland is to exercise its freedom to march through Alloa on Saturday September 30.

The Clinton Global Initiative next week will feature a session on protecting freedom of the press, with a focus on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russia for more than 160 days

Britney Spears has been making headlines again, but this time, it’s not for her legal battles or music. The singer appears to be living fully and embracing her newfound freedom as she enjoys a getaway in Cabo San Lucas.The star was recently spotted at a vibrant bar, Baja Diablo, where she seemed to be having an absolute blast. Her bodyguard and a female friend accompanied her in this spontaneous dance session.Una publicación compartida por TMZ (@tmz_tv)Britney was grooving to the music with unparalleled enthusiasm, and it was clear that she was relishing the moment.

Human Rights Watch states the case very clearly: North Korea “remains one of the most repressive countries in the world.”

Marta Balaga Venice Film Festival’s red carpet swapped glamour for politics on Saturday, hosting a flash mob in solidarity with the Iranian people, fighting against repression, as well as filmmakers who are being oppressed – and arrested – because of their work. Such as “Leila’s Brothers” director Saeed Roustaee, recently sentenced to six months in prison for showing the film in Cannes. He has also been banned from making movies.

Back in 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos led the so-called Greek Weird Wave with the Oscar-nominated Dogtooth, an unsettling exploration of a family of teenagers kept from the world by their father in a gated estate that they could never leave. The family is rich, so they can have anything they want except the wide world and their freedom; even sex can be bought in. 

After 12 busy years in the spotlight, Perrie Edwards is taking control and doing things her way.The Little Mix star, who parted ways “indefinitely” from her bandmates in 2022, is currently busy in the studio working on her solo debut album.The singer, who welcomed her son two years ago, is loving life and enjoying her newfound freedom – with a potential move abroad on the horizon – a source tells OK! “For the first time since The X Factor, Perrie can live her life on her own terms,” said the source. “She and the girls faced a rough patch when Jesy Nelson left the group, so she’s looking forward to having some time to focus on herself, her own career and her family.” And it couldn’t be better timing for the 30-year-old. Her footballer fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who left Liverpool FC in the summer, has signed a three-year deal with Turkish club Besiktas, leaving fans wondering whether Perrie and their son Axel will join him out there.The couple are also said to be considering adding to their family.

Days after reality star Christine McGuinness was papped locking lips with pal Chelcee Grimes, a source close to the mum-of-three insists that though she is enjoying feeling "liberated", she still holds a lot of love for ex-husband Paddy. "Paddy is still her ‘acting husband’ as they’re continuing to maintain a united front for the kids," our insider exclusively told OK! this week.

The movie Sound of Freedom is one of the surprise hits of the summer, outgrossing blockbuster movies like Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.