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A major Eid al-Fitr celebration will be returning to Greater Manchester next week to mark the end of Ramadan.

With Royal Ascot (June 18-22) approaching, PrettyLittleThing has launched a new occasionwear range that's full of figure-hugging silhouettes, pastel tones and breezy fabrics. From elegant midi dresses to embellished jackets, the online retailer is offering plenty of race day-ready styles - and everything is super-affordable. Best of all? Prices have been slashed across all of the new occasionwear styles, meaning shoppers can stock up for less, but only for a limited time.

Ronan Keating has penned a sweet tribute to his daughter Coco to mark her fourth birthday.The Boyzone singer celebrated Coco's big day with a family party at his and wife Storm Keating's sprawling home, with many of their loved ones gathering. Ronan, 47, who shares Coco and son Cooper, six, with model Storm, 42, took to Instagram to wish his youngest child a happy birthday.The dad of five - who shares children Missy, Jack and Ali with ex-wife Yvonne Connolly - posted a collection of photos of Coco, including one of her holding a cupcake with a candle in the top. "Happy Birthday our Coco Bean.

J. Kim Murphy Awards courting, auctioning among distributors and corporate-sponsored parties can really take the “film” out of “film festival,” with moviegoing sometimes becoming an afterthought to more market-oriented activities at the industry’s legacy gatherings.

Hunter Schafer is telling all!

A mum has been told she may only have a few weeks left to live following a devastating Good Friday diagnosis. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, families across Greater Manchester gathered to celebrate, Joanne loved ones were coming to terms with the heartbreaking news this will be their last Easter together.

Shakira is telling all in a new interview.

People who attended an Easter Sunday church service with King Charles have all praised his health, saying he "looked good". The King, 75, attended the service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle with Queen Camilla.

King Charles was accompanied by just a select group of Royal Family members at the traditional Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle today.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott had made some progress before she filed for divorce.

Sadly, this year there are quite a few TV shows that will be coming to an end.

Huge crowds gathering to see rapper Aitch as he stopped off at a local pizza shop sparked a road closure in Greater Manchester. The artist from Moston has collaborated with Fireaway in Tameside to launch the star’s beverage range in the pizza chain.

A pensioner was robbed in the street on the way home from his brother's funeral. Two women ran at him and knocked him to the ground before running off with his phone, wallet and cash, Hull Live reports.

Will Smith is sharing his thoughts about money.

released her latest album. The second in what she has promised to be a trio of albums following 2022's Renaissance, Cowboy Carter, the 27 tracks are a dizzying, genre-bending and defining, eclectic work that draws from history, country, and rock for its unique sound.To mark this cultural moment, members of the Glamour staff gathered together on the day of the album's release to listen to it together for the first time, and share our thoughts as we went along.

Another Friday, another Manchester Evening News pub quiz!

Netflix has confirmed their slate of original TV shows that are expected to debut in 2024.

Aramide Tinubu There has been no shortage of television series centering the horrors of the Holocaust. Last year alone, Netflix’s “Transatlantic” depicted a group of resistors living in Marseille, and National Geographic’s “A Small Light” offered a retelling of Anne Frank’s experience through the eyes of Miep Gies, the woman who aided the Franks during their years in hiding. Though both of these series and those like them are important, Hulu‘s “We Were the Lucky Ones,” an adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s best-selling novel based on a true story, showcases something different.

Thousands of people using the internet have been bombarded with adverts that seem too good to be true, offering "free money" to people who sign up to a Chinese shopping website, Temu. This has prompted many to ask - is it real?

Queen Camilla is showing support to Princess Catherine.

The countdown to the return of Stranger Things is on!

Every year on Easter, the royal family gathers for the Easter Mattins Service at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. This year, the celebration will take place on March 31, which is Easter Sunday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel has only appeared once on NBC News programming in her new capacity as a political news contributor, and already, senior executives are gathering to conduct a review. Top executives from NBC News were expected to meet Tuesday to hash out the growing controversy around her recent hire, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a bid to stop a growing insurrection by the NBCUniversal unit’s editorial staff.

Jack Dunn Celina Biniaz, who at 93 is the youngest of the 1,200 people saved by Oskar Schindler in 1944, slowly walked her way to the podium as the ballroom fell still. In her presence, the audience of about 265 people who gathered Monday on the USC campus were eager to watch living history unfold on stage, no doubt with memories of friends and family lost during World War II on their minds. The audience at included 30 Holocaust survivors.

There are a handful of celebrities who rarely give interviews to the press in Hollywood.

A burger restaurant where staff are purposely rude to customers has issued an update after its Manchester branch was put on the market. The lease for Karen's Diner, which opened in Prestwich in 2022, was listed on Rightmove prompting questions about its future.

Prince William and Princess Catherine will be laying low this Easter.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Christine Blasey Ford received a Hollywood welcome on Sunday night when Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Banks, Busy Phillips, Marisa Tomei and more gathered to toast the release of her new memoir, “One Way Back.” “We stand with you because you have stood with us so courageously, and we honor you and we celebrate you. We lift our glasses to you tonight,” Washington said. “To your courage, to your beauty, to your generosity as you continue to do more than you have to.

The 2024 F1 season is currently underway!

The Big Bang Theory first premiered on TV over 16 years ago!

Emergency services were scrambled to a busy road in west tram this afternoon after a damaged collided with a Mini Cooper.

Princess Charlotte and Princess Eugenie are both linked by one special moment in their lives - and it turns out they're the only two royals to have this special connection. Both princesses were christened at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and they are the only two living members of the Royal Family to have had their momentous celebration there.

Another Friday, another Manchester Evening News pub quiz!

A teenager fatally stabbed a dad in a flat in Wigan after a ‘confrontation’ at a social gathering, a trial has heard.

A devastated dog owner has told how her Chihuahua was "ripped" out of her arms and mauled to death in front of her by an XL bully-type dog.

Game of Thrones and Star Wars have shared so many stars over the years!