'The damage has been proportionate': Thousands of BT and Openreach workers strike for first time in 35 years over pay dispute

Clayton Davis A movie with the action sensibilities of James Cameron and the ambitious scope of George Miller has to be considered a definitive Oscar contender, right? Not without the proper backing by a studio or, in this case, a country that will submit your film for the Academy’s best international feature award.Enter “RRR, a film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who wrote the script with V.

Britney Spears is lining up a Meghan and Harry-style interview with Oprah Winfrey so she can finally tell the world “her truth” about her family dramas, OK! can reveal. Sources claim the 40-year-old superstar has “reached boiling point” following months of sniping from her family on social media, plus the recent interview in which her ex-husband Kevin Federline questioned her parenting.

BBC News journalists are considering striking over the merger of the domestic and international news channels that will see 70 jobs axed.

A woman has been arrested and an investigation launched after a disabled man was allegedly assaulted in the car park of Forest Bank prison. The Manchester Evening News understands the woman works as a prison officer.

(CNN)Amanda Seyfried has described coming under pressure to appear in nude scenes when she was just 19 years old and starting out in show business. Seyfried, who has been nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, was discussing the progression of her career in a wide-ranging interview with Porter.

Pictures show the extent of the damage after a car ploughed into a home, leaving the front wall and windows 'collapsing', according to eyewitnesses. The crash caused 'significant structural damage', emergency services confirmed after they rushed to the scene in Hazel Grove, Stockport, last night (August 12).

Prince Harry has been sent a dire warning over a new bombshell book that will "give a different side" to the ongoing feud between him and palace aides. The Duke of Sussex has long voiced his disdain for royal courtiers, whom he calls the "men in the grey suits", and his mother, the late Princess Diana, is also known to have "not trusted" them.

Meghan Markle denied this week that she lied to Oprah Winfrey about being an "only child" in her tell-all interview last year.  The Duchess of Sussex’s legal team said in a court filing Monday in connection to her half-sister Samantha Markle’s defamation lawsuit that Meghan made a "subjective" statement about how she felt about her childhood. "Meghan’s response to that question that she ‘grew up as an only child’ was obviously not meant to be a statement of objective fact that she had no genetic siblings or half-siblings," her legal team said in the filing.

A student accommodation building near the city centre was today evacuated after a gas pipe was damaged. The building on Cambridge Street, which is currently being renovated and had no students living there at the time, had to be evacuated of workers.

very bouncy curls. Yes, it was the Eighties, but before she was known by her first name, Kylie was known for her blonde mop - so fans were delighted when on Monday she posted a picture with Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan in which her hair looked remarkably similar to the style we will always associate with Charlene Robinson.  The pair recently filmed scenes for the final episode of Neighbours, hence the return to her original hair texture - but it is also a look that is fittingly on trend this year.

Thousands of workers are set to strike across the region in the coming months in what has been branded the summer of discontent.

James Garner has been told he would be welcomed back at Nottingham Forest with open arms should Manchester United be unable to fit him into their plans for next season. Garner, 21, was brought off the bench by manager Erik ten Hag during the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa on Saturday.