'We need to fight for a different future for our railways': Andy Burnham on why he is taking legal action to keep train ticket offices open

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Friends star Courteney Cox has been spotted with a bunch of famous faces after a recent launch party for her homeware brand.The 59 year old enjoyed the support of some well known names at the launch of her new line of home goods products. Guests at the dinner table included Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston, 54, and actress Sarah Paulson.

An 18-year-old boy was fighting for his life with serious injuries in hospital today after a horror motorbike smash in the early hours.

A teenage driver was left seriously hurt after a crash on the M61.

Andy Burnham’s mayoral charity has a new face — as the organisation has appointed its first ever chief executive.

The Shins, has died. He was aged 50.The news of his passing was confirmed by the group’s frontman James Mercer, who shared the update in an Instagram post on Thursday (July 27).“Just want to let you guys know one of the best friends I’ve ever had has passed,” Mercer wrote on the band’s official account, sharing a black-and-white photo of Langford playing his bass on stage.“He was in several bands with me including the Shins.

Eminem walked boxer Terence Crawford to the ring for his welterweight title fight in Las Vegas last night (July 29).Crawford was fighting Errol Spence Jr.

Greater Manchester's cycle hire scheme is being scaled back after a spate of vandalism took most of the Bee Bikes off the road. Around 800 of the 1,000 bikes which had been on the network are currently damaged or missing.

Andy Burnham has described Andrew Malkinson's wrongful conviction and jail term as a 'terrible miscarriage of justice'.

Duran Duran are set to play a special benefit concert next month in honour of guitarist Andy Taylor, with proceeds going to a cancer charity.Set to take place at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California, the one-off show will be held on August 19 and held in honour of Taylor, who revealed his own diagnosis of prostate cancer last year.Proceeds raised by the show will go to benefit the UK charity Cancer Awareness Trust, which raises money to fight against cancer and helps develop special treatments that allow patients like Taylor to extend their lives.“We are heading to Northern California to play many of the songs that we wrote together with our dear friend, Andy Taylor, to help him and others in their fight against prostate cancer,” frontman Simon Le Bon said in a statement. “It is the right thing to do.”Drummer Roger Taylor also spoke about the motivation behind the benefit show, and thanked those who have helped make the idea into a reality.

Meghan Markle's former close friend has weighed in on the rumoured relationship struggles between Prince Harry and the Duchess.

Tommy Dorfman did not hold back about the low wage she received for season 1 of 13 Reasons Why — even as the series turned into a cultural phenomenon.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s largest employers are wrestling over complicated contract proposals in a business turned inside-out by the transition from linear to streaming. But some of what’s on the table isn’t so complicated. Some of the discord between labor and management that led SAG-AFTRA to go on strike on July 13 is rooted in money and the hard reality of making minimum rates in Hollywood. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher has vowed publicly that securing a hefty increase in minimum pay rates across the board is a deal-breaker issue for the union. Talk to any established working actor and it becomes clear why. Most of them say they’ve been dragged back to working for scale in a marketplace that has paid high-wattage stars record fees but put the squeeze on everyone else down the call sheet.

The actors continue to walk the picket lines in the SAG-AFTRA strike, many of them are coming forward to share examples of why they’re striking.

A group of mayors including Andy Burnham have now initiated legal action against train operating companies over controversial plans to close railway station ticket offices. The news was confirmed as a rail union claimed more than 100,000 people across the country have officially responded to the proposals.

The England and Wales Cricket Board have been urged to rethink their decision not to hold an Ashes Test at Manchester’s Emirates Old Trafford in 2027.

Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he’s a fan of Sleaford Mods.While promoting his new film Oppenheimer, the actor appeared alongside director Christopher Nolan in an autocomplete interview for Wired.During the interview, Downey Jr.

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Andy Burnham has called on Sir Keir Starmer to review the controversial two-child benefit cap if Labour wins the next General Election. Sir Keir has faced fierce criticism from within his own party after saying he wouldn't scrap the controversial policy.

Jason Aldean kicked off his summer concert tour over the weekend, though he had to cut the second show short due to heatstroke.