The mysterious deaths of Popeye and Uncle Albert - two friends on the streets of Chinatown

Residents in Wigan believe that the cost of living crisis has helped steepen the level of decline in the town centre. Shops leaving the high street is nothing new for small towns across the country, and Wigan is no exception losing a Next and a H&M in the town centre already this year.

Tens of thousands of properties in Cheshire are at risk of being rendered uninhabitable by flooding within 30 years a new report has found.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAlbert Serra’s “Pacifiction” has lured major distributors around the world following its critically acclaimed world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Berlin-based Films Boutique (“Lunana, a Yak in the Classroom,” “Charlatan”) is representing the film in international markets.“Pacifiction” stars Cesar-winning French actor Benoit Magimel (“Peaceful”) as a calculating French government official working in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.

Courteeners have announced that ahead of their headline performance at Y Not Festival next month, they’ll play a warm-up gig in London – get tickets here.Liam Fray and co. will headline the Derbyshire festival – held in the heart of the Peak District in Pikehall – on July 30, joining other headliners Stereophonics and Blossoms, who will perform on July 29 and 31 respectively.But before Courteeners headline Y Not, the band will hit the stage for a warm-up gig at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London on July 29.Announced today (June 29), tickets go on sale on Friday (July 1) at 9am BST – get tickets here.Courteeners will head across the pond this November for a string of US tour dates, marking the first time the band will have played there since Coachella in 2009.The US tour kicks off at Boston’s Brighton Music Hall on November 10, with the band heading to New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles ahead of their recently announced Corona Capital Festival appearance in Mexico City on November 18.

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe trailer has debuted for six-part travel and magic show “Fantastic Friends,” which is hosted by James and Oliver Phelps, a.k.a. the mischievous Weasley twins of Harry Potter fame.The show’s cast includes the twin’s Harry Potter co-stars Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Luke Youngblood (Lee Jordan), as well as “Game of Thrones’” Maisie Williams, “Outlander’s” Sophie Skelton and “The Sixth Sense’s” Haley Joel Osment.“Fantastic Friends” is part adventure-travel series, part magic-infused challenge show and part a celebration of friendship.

The past few weeks have seen Manchester host a variety of different musical events across the city.

A Greater Manchester MP has warned antisemitism is rife even at junior level in football, with reports of seven-year-old Jewish players being hissed at on the pitch as a way to replicate the noise of the gas chambers. Bury South MP Christian Wakeford urged the Government to do 'much more' to ensure that British football players can play their 'beautiful game' without being subjected to unacceptable abuse.

Comedian Joe Lycett has revealed that a fan who attended one of his stand-up gigs called the police because they found one of his jokes offensive. The 33-year-old funnyman revealed he'd been questioned after police received the complaint about a joke that involved the phrase "giant donkey d***."

Baby Keem was among the well-wishers who celebrated Kendrick Lamar‘s 35th birthday last weekend – you can watch footage from the celebrations below.Lamar, who recently released his long-awaited fifth studio album ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’, turned 35 on Friday (June 17).Footage from Lamar’s birthday party – which features a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ from guests, including Lamar’s cousin Baby Keem – has subsequently been shared online.You can see footage from the party, which concludes with Lamar blowing out candles on top of a cake, below.A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks)Keem was among the special guests on ‘Mr.

Three men arrested on suspicion of murder after an "unexplained" death at a landmark Salford tower block have been released under investigation. But further tests are to be carried out to try and establish how the man died.

A Rochdale mum who quit her fashion degree to pursue embalming has said she sees preparing the dead as ‘an honour’.

Streets around seven schools in Stockport are to be closed at picking up and dropping off time as part of a new trial. Starting this week streets around a select group of primary schools will be shut to through traffic and parents or guardians parking to drop off or collect their kids in the car.

A second artist has been forced to pull out of this year’s Parklife festival in Heaton Park after their flight was cancelled.

Coronation Street star Julia Goulding has announced she is pregnant with her second child.The actress, 37, displayed her blossoming bump on the red carpet of The British Soap Awards on 11 June that took place at the Hackney Empire.The expectant mum was glowing as she posed on the red carpet in a black off the shoulder dress while cradling her stomach and showing off her pregnancy glow.The baby-to-be will be Julia’s second child and she and husband Ben Silver welcomed their baby boy, Franklin Wolf Silver in November 2019. In February of that year, Julia and Ben got married after three years of dating and shared with OK! all about their special day.

The BBC’s adaptation of Dolly Alderton's hit 2018 bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love has been positively after it aired last night (7 June). Broadcast every Tuesday on BBC One at 10:40pm, all seven episodes have also been made available to binge on iPlayer.