Thousands of families across Stockport to get help with food and utility bills this Christmas

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court accused of having a knife in Stockport town centre.Police were called to Warren Street shortly before 2pm on Monday to reports of a man with a knife.Officers attended and Lee Fardy, 43, of Stonemill Terrace, Lancashire Hill, was arrested.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe appeared at Stockport Magistrates' Court on

direct to your inboxLast night Britain's Got Talent returned to ITV for a special Christmas episode.The festive show saw the return of former BGT stars including Jon Courtenay, Attraction, Richard Jones, Ben Hart, Marc Spellman, Asanda Jezile, Souparnika Nair, Fayth Ifil, Sarah Ikumu, and Beau Dermott.But Marc Spellman caught many viewers' eyes in particular, after his 'shady' magic trick left them perplexed.Marc brought back his famous X character – but there was a massive twist that nobody

‘Box on the Docks’ open-air gallery into a striking Salford Foodbank Giftbox collection point, thanks to the help of award-winning design agency Carbon Creative.

Some fans are concerned after realizing Kanye West is missing in Kim Kardashian’s family photo. The photo—which the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star shared to her Instagram page on Wednesday, December 23—features nearly the entire KarJenner family on vacation in Lake Tahoe.

his family crafted a 2020-themed tree topper, featuring quirky quotes and baubles representative of this messy year’s most memorable moments. Carole Baskin steering a dumpster sleigh full of toilet paper led by ferocious big cats, “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, a murder hornet and US Vice President Mike Pence with a huge fly perched on his head all dance around the merry-go-round-like ornament, which stars a model ultrastructure of the COVID-19 cell at its top and hellfire flames at its base. The

Brad Pitt will be with his 14-year-old daughter, Shiloh, and 12-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, on Christmas Day, according to a new report on December 23. “They can spend the night with him on Christmas Eve,” a source tells Us Weekly, noting that Brad and ex-wife Angelina Joliepreviously discussed spending the holidays as a family when they were “getting along” earlier this year. However, plans have apparently changed.

Cleo Morris, from Bearwood, one of the stars of BirminghamLive's 30 Under 30's campaign. Her new business Mission Diverse aims to support ethnic minorities and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

direct to your inboxThousands of hard-up families across Rochdale are to get help with their food and utility bills this Christmas.The council has been allocated nearly £940,000 from the government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme fund.In a bid to help those most in need it will be sending out £448,000 of vouchers to support families over the festive season - with more to follow before the February half-term.The £40 vouchers will support more than 11,000 children in the borough who qualify for free

three bags of food containing staple fruit, vegetables and ingredients that can be used to make hearty and healthy meals. Just like every other charity and organisation, the pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on how The Bread and Butter Thing’s services are run.When lockdown measures first came into place in March this year, the charity was faced with a surge in demand.

Being a parent is most definitely one of the toughest jobs around, and while having children at Christmas is quite magical, it can also be a lot of work.

Swinton Cemetery last Tuesday evening (December 8).  Her owner Elaine Hardy only let her outside for around 10 minutes before noticing she had escaped through the back garden.Despite an extensive search, there has not been one sighting of Rosie – leading her owners to believe she may have been stolen. Elaine, 50, said: “Rosie is a massive part of our family and we are absolutely devastated that she is still missing. “We’ve had Rosie since she was born and her absence has left an enormous hole in

In a second act of kindness, a Florida business owner is covering the overdue utility bills for 114 families at risk of losing service so close to the holiday season.  Michael Esmond's act of giving is a repeat of last year when he paid the utility bills for 36 families in the panhandle city of Gulf Breeze just before Christmas. Esmond, who owns Gulf Breeze Pools & Spa near Pensacola, told Fox News he donated $7,615 this year as the city faces an economic downturn caused by the coronavirus

A kind-hearted Florida businessman is playing Santa for the second holiday season in a row — this year reportedly paying the overdue utilities bills for 114 families who were at risk of losing service. “This year to me probably is more meaningful than last year with the pandemic and all the people out of work having to stay home,” Michael Esmond, 74, told CNN.