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Luton Town manager Rob Edwards has warned Tahith Chong and Teden Mengi not to 'do anything special' just because they are facing their former club Manchester United this weekend.

If it’s an understatement to call film and television challenged, amidst the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, in the world of comedy, the story is very different.

What was the judge thinking?? A school teacher who allegedly sexually assault

Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt has shown he's still in the same muscular form as his pop heart-throb heyday - baring all for a new charity calendar. Adam, who nowadays runs his own bar in the historic market town of Knutsford, has persuaded a host of the town's men to strip off for the calendar.

With the middle of November already in sight, many Scots will be thinking about their Christmas shopping this year.

Witnesses are being urged to come forward following an alleged assault in Oldham town centre. Officers were called out to assist the ambulance service on Yorkshire Street at around 4.20am yesterday, following reports of an assault.

A vision for a transformed Bury town centre by redeveloping the Mill Gate Shopping Centre and the surrounding 15 acres to include less retail and more housing has been put forward. Bury Council has published an update to its strategy for the town centre shopping complex after it acquired the centre and wider estate alongside joint venture partner Bruntwood in April 2022.

On a grey and rainy November afternoon in Rochdale town centre, a group of college students push each other down the high street in an abandoned shopping trolley. Nobody tries to stop them, or even looks twice.

Radical with Eugenio Derbez built on its smash opening in Mexico to hit no. 5 at the U.S. box office with a super $2.7 million at 416 theaters. The Pantelion film had delayed its debut Stateside by two weeks to skirt The Eras Tour juggernaut, allowing word of mouth to build for the drama about a dedicated teacher in a troubled Mexican border town.   

The level of alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder during the early hours in Bolton town centre has reached ‘epidemic proportions’ – leading to many considering it ‘no go area’ – councillors have heard.

A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of the former probation office as part of the huge scheme to reshape Stretford town centre. The site on Newton Street is adjacent to the major mixed-use development across the Stretford Mall and Lacy Street.

Jason Aldean is still confused about the controversy surrounding the music video for his song “Try That in a Small Town.”

The date for Rochdale's Christmas lights switch-on has been confirmed as the borough prepares to welcome the festive season in 2023.

A frantic search is underway to trace a missing man who vanished from a Scots town in his van.

People who live in a Lancashire neighbourhood branded a 'no-go zone' have defended their community following calls to tackle antisocial behaviour.

Lockerbie’s Syracuse Trust scholars Tristan Woolley and Joshua Halliday have been representing the town at early key events in the USA to mark the 35th anniversary of the downing of Flight 103.

Two men were treated in hospital after being attacked in a field near a Scots town.

Plans to build 148 homes aimed at young professionals and small families close to Bury town centre have been given a £1.7m boost. The project, at the 7.4-acre Pyramid Park site between Market Street and Knowsley Street will create a housing scheme on land which used to be a railway goods yard and sidings.

"It's funny isn't it... sometimes we forget that you're just a man".

A huge ‘no man’s land’ between Ancoats and the Etihad will become a ‘vibrant city centre neighbourhood’, the council hopes.

A man who was caught hiding in bushes by police has been jailed for drug dealing.

Celine Dion “sound battles” after drivers made it a craze to blast out her ballads at 2am.Residents in the city of Porirua, New Zealand have created a petition to stop the noise from continuing in the early hours of the morning. Participants of these “sound battles” have claimed that their meetups and blasting of Dion’s hits such as ‘My Heart Will Go On’, the lead single from the 1997 film Titanic, are a way for them to express themselves.The sound battles are usually formed by a group of people who gather in a certain area with their cars in order to blast music from sirens that are typically used for emergency warnings.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enjoyed a night on the town before she had to leave Kansas City.

Officers carrying out searches after reports that a man was trapped in a vehicle during Storm Babet have recovered a body.

A man wanted for murder has been arrested after he was stopped by police for acting suspiciously in Bolton town centre.

It's been out of sight for decades but now one of the most historic rooms in Rochdale Town Hall is ready to open to the public following a complete transformation.

She didn't regard it as a job. To her it was a labour of love which she did until the age of 83.

These incredible images show the Royal Navy's new nuclear submarine towering above houses while being transported to a shipyard in Cumbria. As part of a £31bn programme, the 20m-long section of HMS Dreadnought is seen protected against the elements by what the Royal Navy describe as 'what must be the world’s largest black bin bag'.

A major search is underway today following reports of a man trapped in a vehicle in floodwater in Aberdeenshire.

Christopher Vourlias Amazon Prime Video and German broadcaster ARD have acquired the distribution rights to “The Morning After,” an eight-part dramedy series starring rising British actress Amara Okereke (“In the Lost Lands,” “Red Rose”), with principal photography now underway in Cape Town. Created by Thierry Cassuto and Karen Jeynes (“Recipes for Love and Murder,” “Puppet Nation”) and set in Cape Town, the show stars Okereke as a young, aspiring singer from the U.K.

Residents are being evacuated from a Scots town affected by Storm Babet.

Matthew Vaughn returns to theaters next February with “Argylle,” his latest loony spy feature. But in the build-up to his new film, the director has been candid about his career’s earlier work, particularly a film he walked away from: “X-Men: The Last Stand.” Vaughn was initially scheduled to direct the film, but he bailed on it after concerns about the budget and how fast producers wanted it (ironically, he did the same thing on Marvel’s “Thor” before Kenneth Branagh took over).

It.In true Pennywise fashion, Skelmorlie Clown also carries around a red balloon, the same item that the killer clown used as bait for children in the book and film adaptations of the novel. Per Scotland’s Daily Record, the clown has been leaving red balloons dotted around the small town, home to only about 2,000 residents.The mysterious figure responded to news reports via a Facebook video posted under the name of Cole Deimos shortly before 3am on Thursday, October 12.

A huge new affordable housing development will be built in Wigan despite concerns over road congestion near the site.

Manchester Evening News readers have been having their say on the issue of 'out-of-town' taxi drivers after Andy Burnham said the widespread practice was 'undermining public safety'. According to a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, 8,952 private hire drivers licensed by Wolverhampton Council are on the roads in Greater Manchester.

A man armed with a knife killed a schoolteacher and seriously injured two other people in an attack in the grounds of a high school in the northeastern French town of Arras on Friday.