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Tesco has issued a message to customers as it introduces a 'first' across its own-brand chilled and frozen food range.

Maxo has shared his third studio album, Debbie’s Son. Announced earlier this month with the release of its lead single, “PlayDis!” (feat.

The Range has announced the opening of four new stores across England in time for Christmas, including one in Greater Manchester.

Aramide Tinubu The final act of the uproarious “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” opens with a character waving a folding chair through the air, a reference to the August 2023 Montgomery Riverfront Racial Brawl. The wave of shrieking laughs from the audience showcases just how topical Ossie Davis’ 1961 play still is today, 62 years after it first debuted on Broadway. “Purlie Victorious” opens in Southern Georgia in a rundown farmhouse, home to generations of Black sharecroppers.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sophia Loren is recovering from emergency surgery for a fractured hip following a fall on Sunday in her home in Geneva, Switzerland, according to Italian press reports. Italy’s most famous living movie star, who turned 89 on Sept. 20, suffered multiple fractures after accidentally falling at home on Sunday morning.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has said he will personally write to the Prime Minister and urge him to not scrap HS2.

with yet another impressive venture.On September 22, the 20-year-old daughter of late basketball icon made her runway debut during Milan Fashion Week. Fresh off of her with , Bryant walked in Versace’s spring 2024 fashion show in a demure black dress and silver platform heels. Other models walking in the runway included , , and 90s supermodel .

Summer is officially over and the cold weather and shorter days are on the way - whether you like it or not.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the target of a major new lawsuit, alleging the company illegally copied the copyrighted works of authors to train the artificial-intelligence robot. Led by the Authors Guild, a New York-based professional organization for published writers, a group of 17 writers, including George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, George Saunders and Jonathan Franzen, joined the proposed class-action lawsuit against OpenAI.

Emily Longeretta “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” is back. Three new episodes of the Netflix docuseries dropped on Wednesday, providing a closer look at the days leading up to the 2021 murder of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, and what happened between those deaths and Alex Murdaugh’s conviction in March 2023. While the first season, which premiered on Feb.

Leonardo DiCaprio says that he and his colleagues in Hollywood “need to do more” regarding telling Native American stories.DiCaprio appears in new Martin Scorsese western crime drama Killers Of The Flower Moon, which follows the FBI investigation into a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation.Speaking to Vogue alongside co-star Lily Gladstone, the actor spoke of the work that still needs to be done around white America’s portrayal of native peoples on screen.“Hollywood has a long history and chequered past in its depiction of Native American people,” he said.“We need to do more. You know, we are coming towards a great reckoning of our past.

The remnants of Hurricane Lee are hitting Scotland today in a deluge of rain that could bring flooding and travel delays.

Anaheim, the Southern California city that’s the home of Disneyland, has released a report on how the theme park’s proposed expansion would impact the environment.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Of all the stories and sides of Leonard Bernstein that Bradley Cooper decided to leave out of “Maestro,” the most infamous is surely the “Radical Chic” episode. In 1970, a New York magazine cover story, written by Tom Wolfe and entitled “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” spent 20,000 words describing, in delectable you-are-there detail, a party thrown by Lenny and his wife, Felicia, at their Park Avenue apartment to raise funds for the Black Panthers.

Get ready for the second installment of the Murdaugh Murders.

One of the most traumatic stories we’ve ever covered, and it’s only getting worse for the poor young couple at its center. Last month we learned the tragic story of

Sitting for more than 10 hours a day could raise the risk of dementia, according to a new study.

Sometimes, Meghan Markle just wants a cheeseburger like the rest of us!

Starfield has suffered some ridicule for an assumed Irish character who fans are arguing doesn’t sound anything like an actual Irish person.Dr. Charlie Flynn, a non playable character found in Cydonia’s Reliant Medical Office, has been the target of this criticism. “The Irish accents in Starfield are… yeah.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic While it’s easy to imagine lawyers screaming “objection, your honor!” to the exaggerated courtroom theatrics of “The Burial,” good luck convincing audiences that this David v. Goliath legal showdown between a small-time Southern funeral home operator and an unethical Canadian billionaire should have played out any other way.

Stormzy and Maya Jama recently rekindled their romance, and now sources close to the pair have revealed that Stormzy is ready to settle down have have children with his TV presenter girlfriend. Since reuniting the the pair have been receiving guidance from his mum's pastor, who has been helping them deal with the problems that caused their split four years ago.

Lunchtime has moved on from dull sandwiches - these days it's all about wraps.This Autumn get ready to transform your tastebuds with a little helping hand from Mission Wraps and their wonderful ideas on new fillings to try, including root veg, alternative meats from the usual ham or chicken, and even a sweet option, too. Fancy a cheeseburger for lunch without feeling weighed down? No problem with their quesadilla idea, and of course there's a mouthwatering veggie option, too. A nutritious and speedy lunch has never looked so appealing so dive in and get ready to roll with new taste sensations...

Travel blog by Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) – Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) - Travel & Lifestyle Hipster Blog A first time visitors guide to visit Thailand including specific travel tips on when to go, what to do & city tips for Bangkok, Chiang Mai & the islands I’ve been lucky to visit Thailand countless times; in fact, I can’t even remember how many times I’ve been to visit Thailand since I first visited in 2010. One of my more recent trips was on a gay group travel with OUT Adventures during which I had the opportunity to rediscover everything I love about amazing Thailand. Plus see more than a few places and have more than a few experiences that I somehow missed on all my previous holidays in Thailand.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Film Constellation has sealed a first raft of pre-sales in key territories on French female-led revenge feature “Animale,” directed by Emma Benestan (“Fragile”) and starring César winner Oulaya Amamra (“Divines”). The pre-sales include Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy (Plaion), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom) and Middle East and North Africa (Falcon). Wild Bunch Distribution will release “Animale” in French theaters next year.

Reese Witherspoon has made another big change in her professional life.

Emily Longeretta Lifetime has unveiled their fall Ripped From the Headlines lineup. The network will feature seven original movies, including their 500th original movie. For the milestone, Lifetime will hold a two-night event for “Murdaugh Murders: The Movie,” led by Bill Pullman playing Alex Murdaugh, the powerful South Carolina lawyer, who turned out to be living a secret crime-filled life.

Plans to transform a Grade II-listed canalside warehouse into 32 'high quality' apartments in one of Greater Manchester’s most desirable residential areas have been tabled.

This summer has been the season of retrograde, with Venus in retrograde for the entirety of August, and Mercury joining it from August 23 to September 15, Now Jupiter is entering retrograde too - where it will stay until December 31. But while retrograde may get something of a bad rep, spiritual mentor Lexie Wrightson has told OK! that Jupiter retrograde, which begins on September 4, offers something of a "softer energy" and is the season of second chances.This retrograde is in the Earth sign on Taurus and with Jupiter being the planet of good luck and fortune, this retrograde shouldn't be too chaotic.

The Equalizer 3 is making a big splash in its opening weekend!

Ethan Hawke Guest Columnist I first came across the name Flannery O’Connor when I was in high school idly scanning the spines of books in my parents’ living room. I read a couple of the stories — “The Lame Shall Enter First” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge” — and became intrigued by the fact that my mother ranked O’Connor with the likes of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams when it came to conjuring the white, post-Civil War, Southern persona. Decades later, my daughter Maya introduced me to another side of O’Connor by giving me the writer’s “Prayer Journal” — a young woman’s search for meaning through musings addressed to God, all written in a lined notebook.

Autumn has arrived but that does not mean the possibility of summer-like weather has ended.

Natalia Bryant threw out the first pitch on Friday night before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Atlanta Braves as the Lakers NBA franchise for which her father Kobe starred was honoured.

Natalia Bryant is paying tribute to her father Kobe.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Flannery O’Connor saw folks in a way few writers did. She saw through them, past their petty prejudices and hollow pieties, to the less civilized selves they so desperately tried to keep under wraps.

A heroic Scottish swimmer known as “The Merman” rescued a Spaniard drowning on a beach in Thailand.

The Pac-12, formed in 1915 and spending subsequent years as one of the top athletic conferences in the U.S., is down to two teams, and likely finished.