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Interim manager Ralf Rangnick has a number of selection dilemmas to solve at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.

Leaders say that they have been ‘all talk and no action’ on regeneration but forthcoming concrete plans for Oldham will prove to be a ‘game changer’.

Manchester council is spending almost £200m towards tackling climate change.

Giovanni Pernice is now preparing to kick off his next venture without his champion dance partner Rose Ayling-Ellis. He shared a glimpse into the rehearsals for his This Is Me tour - and said: "Am who I'm meant to be."MORE: Rose Ayling-Ellis leaves Strictly cast member in tears over iconic Giovanni Pernice danceThe message comes shortly after both he and Rose parted ways from their Strictly Come Dancing commitments having met back last summer.

Michelle Keegan has been making her fans green with envy by jetting off to Turks and Caicos with her husband Mark Wright and their families. In a new photo, shared on sister-in-law Jessica Wright's Instagram, the couple looked delighted as they posed for a fabulous group shot.MORE: Michelle Keegan stuns in must-see behind-the-scenes snaps from Jess Wright's weddingIt's safe to say that all the attention was on Jessica and her blossoming baby bump.

Apple have reportedly pulled their sponsorship deal with Kanye West.It comes after West, who is now known officially as ‘Ye’, revealed earlier this week that the only way to listen to his forthcoming album ‘Donda 2’ will be via his own Stem Player.The player is a device that was first released in conjunction with ‘Donda’ last year and allows users to remix the album’s songs using stems of vocals, drums, bass, samples and more.Now, according to DJ Akademiks on Twitter, Apple have reportedly pulled their sponsorship deal with West over the move.The deal, which is said to be worth $2million (£1.5milllion) was pulled according to Akademiks because they were going to stream his DONDA listening party event on February 22. Akademiks wrote: “Apple pulls $2 million + sponsorship deal from Kanye West after he announced he won’t be putting Donda 2 on Apple Music. They were going to stream the 2/22/22 event.”Apple pulls $2 million + sponsorship deal from Kanye West after he announced he won’t be putting Donda 2 on Apple Music.

Kurt Zouma is set to return for West Ham against Newcastle as it emerged David Moyes is urging the defender to 'move on' from his cat-slapping shame. The Hammers boss has continued to pick Zouma despite a significant backlash following the emergence of a video of him kicking and slapping his cat.

Kim Kardashian and eldest daughter North West were spotted heading out for dinner on Thursday as Kim fights a bitter divorce battle with ex Kanye West.The reality star and businesswoman, 41, wore a warm puffy black coat, trousers and dark sunglasses as she was escorted to her car by her team.Kim appeared slightly drawn and serious as she walked to her car, with her divorce from Donda rapper Kanye making headlines in recent days.He recently filed a legal objection to Kim changing her name back to Kimberly Noel Kardashian, dropping West.Kanye, 45, also posted numerous messages on social media mocking her current boyfriend Pete Davidson and publicly calling for her back.He has since apologised and removed the posts, accepting responsibility for the perception he was ‘harrassing’ his estranged wife.However the former couple may be succeeding in keeping the worst of the divorce battle from their children, as North seemed in good spirits as she spotted the cameras.As any kid would, the eight-year-old pulled faces as the cameras focused on her, and at one point appeared to put her finger to her lips as if telling them to shush.Just before getting into the silver car with her mother, Kim and Kanye’s eldest child stopped to pull another, goofy smiling face before heading to dinner in Malibu.The Skims businesswoman has generally been keeping her side of the divorce battle private, instead using social media to update fans on her family and business ventures.Earlier this week she took to Instagram to share some sweet snaps of her and North cuddled up together in matching pink pajamas and matching grins.Kim filed for divorce from the Gold Digger hitmaker in February last year after six years of marriage.In a recent interview with

died at the age of 48.The musician’s death was announced by the group in a statement shared on Facebook, as they expressed their ‘unfathomable sadness’ over his ‘sudden passing’.‘It’s with unfathomable sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Dallas on Thursday, February 17th,’ they said.‘Forty eight years old, he died of natural causes while under doctor’s care for a coronary illness discovered earlier this week.’The Sadies described their late bandmate as ‘a son, a brother, a husband, a friend, a bandmate, a leader, a force to be reckoned with’, saying that they ‘have no words for the shock we are all feeling’.Saying that they ‘join the rest of our music community and fans in grief’, they wrote: ‘The stage is dark today with the all too soon passing of one of music’s brightest lights. We love you Dallas.’Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, the Sadies merge rock and roll with country and western music, with the band also consisting of the late musician’s brother Travis Good, bassist Sean Dean and drummer Mike Belitsky.The Goods are the nephews of Brian and Larry Good, members of the Canadian country band The Good Brothers.The Sadies were originally formed in 1994, releasing their first album, Precious Moments, four years later.They have since released numerous albums throughout the years, their most recent being the 2017 record ​​Northern Passages.Tributes have come flooding in to honour Good, with musician and record producer Steve Albini writing on Twitter: ‘Just got word of Dallas Good of the Sadies passing.

Foo Fighters have shared a red band trailer for their upcoming new horror movie, Studio 666 – check it out below.Directed by BJ McDonnell, the upcoming “horror-comedy” will come to cinemas across the UK and Ireland on February 25 via Sony Pictures UK. It follows Dave Grohl and co as they move into a mansion in Encino, California that is “steeped in grisly rock and roll history” to record a new album.Once they arrive, however, frontman Grohl “finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band”.In the new trailer, Grohl tries to introduce the latest teaser for the film, but ends up stumbling over his words in an expletive-laden rant.“‘Studio 666’ is gonna FUCK YOU UP!” the whole band shout, before the trailer begins in earnest.

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he is 'very focused on the north' as he visited the Kellogg's factory in Trafford.

Politicians across the political spectrum have warned Greater Manchester’s structures are not robust enough to hold the mayor to account over the city region’s existing devolution deal - even before any potential ‘levelling up’ deal from ministers.

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