Bear Grylls Signs Up For Two New Netflix Interactive Specials; ‘Animals On The Loose’ Premieres February 16

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityFour plots of land earmarked for housing in Ordsall which were on the market for housebuilders to buy, could now be developed by Salford council instead.Up to 500 homes could be built across these four sites by the local authority under the guise of Dérive – the council's own 'ethical' development company.Instead of selling these sites, the council would hire a private company to design and build the homes, but would continue to own and control the land.It comes after six bids were submitted for the land on the Ordsall estate – but a financial analysis found that it is likely to be more cost effective if the council builds the new homes itself,

direct to your inboxAround 70pc of Covid-19 cases in Tameside are believed to be caused by the new more contagious strain of the virus.Health chiefs say that the new variant of coronavirus, which was first detected in Kent, is now ‘dominant’ in the borough and across much of Greater Manchester.Speaking at a meeting of the health and wellbeing board, director of public health Jeanelle de Gruchy said they needed to be ‘really vigilant’ against the new strain.“We’re seeing high numbers of outbreaks and some large outbreaks, and that is a different picture,” she said.“Before when we had an outbreak actually we could get on top of it and there weren’t as many people in the outbreak getting ill.“Now it seems because of the variant when you have

direct to your inboxPlans to build new leisure centres in Altrincham and Stretford have been scrapped.Trafford council’s executive voted last night to abandon the proposals and instead refurbish the existing centres there – for financial reasons.Official council documents read: “Due to significant budget pressures the investment strategy has been reviewed to provide an affordable option that would improve the leisure centre facilities and continue to meet the objective improving health and well-being outcomes for a greater number of Trafford residents through increasing levels of physical activity.”Trafford council lent £2.5m to Trafford Leisure – the body in charge of running the town hall’s leisure facilities – in October 2019.That cash

Cultural Sector Hardship Fund for Freelancers open on Monday February 1 and grants will be awarded up to the point when the total amount available for the scheme has been allocated.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knock Out, which will include an array of new rounds, obstacles, and costumes.Teasing more than 40 new variations to the existing levels, the Fall Guys Twitter account made the announcement yesterday (January 25).What will be in Season 3.5?

Dani Dyer's mum celebrated the birth of her grandson by telling everyone the very long name she wants to give him. Love Island star Dani has yet to reveal the name of the cute baby boy after welcoming him into the world with boyfriend Sammy Kimmence.

Aaron Chalmers has opened up about what it's like to become a dad during lockdown.

Ruth Langsford's co-stars have admitted that they have been "worried" about her as they demanded to know where she had been after a break from social media.

A woman's photo from her holiday has gone viral after she initially failed to notice a very famous celebrity in the background.

Celeste Classic, the original version of Celeste, has been given a sequel, reportedly developed over a three-day period.The precursor to Celeste seen on Xbox Game Pass, which has come to be known as Celeste Classic, was a more simplistic game. Built with the Pico-8 engine and released in 2016, this version served as an initial outing for Madeline and Mount Celeste.Extremely OK Games announced Celeste 2: Lani’s Trek on programmer Noel Berry’s Twitter account, claiming the game only took three days to make.

Pop Smoke is set to posthumously feature on Fredo‘s forthcoming new album ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’.Announced last week, the record is set to be released by the west London rapper on Friday (January 29).Sharing more details about ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’ on Sunday (January 24), Fredo announced the tracklist for the album and confirmed that a posthumous Smoke feature will be heard on the track ‘Burner On Deck’. Young Adz will also feature on that song.Elsewhere on the album Summer Walker will guest on ‘Ready’, while Dave will feature on the track ‘Money Talks’.

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on travel, so it's no surprise that a lot of Brits are considering UK holidays this year due to ongoing restrictions.

As parts of the UK experienced snow over the weekend, it’s probably time to put the heating on - if you haven’t already. Nando’s are also bringing heat into the homes of the UK this winter, with the arrival of Extra, Extra Hot new guest spice.

Have we reached peak shanty yet? You might think that Nickelback getting involved is the death knell. But seemingly not, as the latest TikTok fad is still resulting in deals aplenty.Today it’s the turn of The Longest Johns, who hit the UK top 40 on Friday with their version of nineteenth century song ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’.

DANCING On Ice's Joe -Warren Plant and Vanessa Bauer left the show together in a taxi - despite denying romance rumours. The stunning pro skater was recently revealed to be dating a hunky personal trainer - just as it's said she'd also grown close to her soap actor dance partner, prompting the end of his relationship.

STEPHEN Bear fled his home after a note saying "die you c***" was shoved through his door following his revenge porn arrest. The 31-year-old's panic unfolded on his YouTube video series, Life of Bear, which was uploaded yesterday.

Almost 6million people in the UK are now facing a Universal Credit cut in April after the number of claimants hit a new record.

Strolling along the golden sands of Barbados, Love Island's Montana Brown looks besotted with the man at her side.

John Lennon was “bubbling over” with excitement about returning to the UK in a phone call the night before he was shot dead, a newly released letter written by his aunt has revealed.The former Beatle was killed by Mark Chapman outside the entrance to his Manhattan flat on December 8, 1980.A month later his aunt Mimi Smith replied in a letter to Daily Express journalist Judith Simons, who had written a letter of condolence following Lennon’s death.“Dear Judith, Thank you for your letter, kind thoughts,” Smith wrote.“I’m trying to accept this terrible thing which has happened, but finding it very hard.

Immortals Fenyx Rising is due to get an update on January 28, according to Ubisoft. The surprise announcement revealed a new area, gameplay mechanics, and upgrades.The DLC, entitled A New God, will be available this week and will present a brand new trial for Fenyx to endure.

Dolly Parton and Shawn Mendes are among the notable names who have contributed spoken-word passages to a new feature on the Apple Watch, ‘Time To Walk’.The feature is being billed by Apple as “an inspiring new audio walking experience” which has been “created to encourage users to walk more often and reap the benefits from one of the healthiest activities”.Fitness+ subscribers can tune in to a series of episodes presented by the likes of Parton and Mendes as they “share thoughtful and meaningful stories, photos, and music” designed to accompany users during their walking work-outs.Parton’s ‘Time To Walk’ episode sees the country artist reflecting on her career, family and growing up in rural Tennessee.“I’ve loved walking ever since I was a