Greater Manchester unites against 'severely suboptimal' HS2 Bill in Parliament

Hamilton take to their New Douglas Park pitch for the final time this season when Raith Rovers are the visitors this Saturday.

Derek McInnes isn’t concerned about fairytales at Arbroath.

A lawsuit involving original ‘Halo’ composers Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori against Microsoft that had been long-running after being filed in 2020 appears to have finally been resolved “amicably”.

Ian Murray hopes his Diamonds can become record breakers as they head into the final two games of the League One campaign.

East Kilbride Thistle boss Russell Craig says the Jags will rally around Scott Hadden after his latest knee injury.

Goalkeeper Joe Hilton says he is keen to remain at Hamilton Accies ahead of his loan move from Blackburn Rovers expiring at the end of the season.

Crunching tackles, barking orders and picking passes. John Lundstram looked right at home at Hampden as he ran the show to see off Celtic.

Hamilton Accies face an anxious wait to discover if Jamie Hamilton will sign a new contract after “pushing the boat out’’ to keep him at New Douglas Park.

Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show's grueling working conditions... which Ellen Pompeo has now confirmed.Pompeo, 52, welcomed another Grey's Anatomy co-star, Kate Walsh, on her Tell Mepodcast, where she addressed the comments for the first time.The actress, who has played Meredith Grey since the hit series debuted on ABC back in 2005, said Heigl was, '100% honest.' Confirmed:Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show's grueling working conditions...

Kourtney Kardashian took to Instagram on Wednesday night to look back on her April 18th 43rd birthday.The entrepreneur shared multiple photos from her trip to Disneyland with fiancé Travis Barker and their kids.'Grateful for all of the blessings God has given me on my 43rd year of life,' she said. 'Heart full.' Reflective: Kourtney Kardashian took to Instagram on Wednesday night to look back on her April 18th 43rd birthdayThe post quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of likes from the media personality's 171 million followers.At Disneyland the mother-of-three was joined by her future stepchildren Atiana De La Hoya, 23, Landon Barker, 18, and Alabama Barker, 16, and her son Reign Disick, seven.

Nicolas Cage's new filmThe Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent is set to make its premiere in theaters across the U.S. on Friday.Already engulfed in the promotional push, the leading man had his pregnant wife Riko Shibata by his side as he made his way for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday.The couple, who celebrated their first wedding anniversary in February, were greeted by some excited and enthusiastic fans, who were snapping photo after photo and clamoring for him to stop to autograph movie posters.

Danniella Westbrook has poured cold water on rumours that she and her fiancé have broken up.Speculation was mounting that her relationship with partner David, who is currently in prison, had broken down following a series of cryptic posts on social media. But the former EastEnders actress took to Instagram on Wednesday evening (April 20) to put the record straight.

China had invaded.Public broadcaster CTS had to hurriedly reassure the public that no attack was imminent after people began calling government offices to ask whether they were in danger.Bosses at the television station blamed the gaffe on an unknown member of staff.They revealed that the text had been inadvertently taken out of an emergency disaster drill and placed in the bottom-of-screen ticker bar during a 7am broadcast.The shocking bulletin read: "Communist forces strike New Taipei City with guided missiles.""Naval vessel explodes, facilities, ships damaged at Port of Taipei. Arson and explosives placed by suspected special forces at Banqiao Station, no casualties".

Only Fools and Horses.But Tessa Peake-Jones and Gwyneth Strong - who played Raquel and Cassandra - have revealed they were only ever set to star in one episode of the show in 1988.Thanks to their popularity they remained a part of the cast until its end. Appearing on Loose Women this week, Gwyneth said: “We thought it was exciting to do one episode and it went from there.”But they are not the only much-loved characters we almost never got to know, as Nadine Linge reveals.

Andrew Garfield is enjoying his bromance with Tobey Maguire. After the two stars became pals during the filming of were recently spotted hanging out and catching a movie together. Which might be why the Oscar-nominated actor is so keen on the possibility of sharing the screen together in the future.ET's Lauren Zima spoke with Garfield on the red carpet at the premiere of his new thriller series,, and he beamed as he shared, «I would love to work with Tobey again!»«He's such a great actor and a good buddy and I just love him.

covering Rosalía’s ‘Hentai’ during the first of her two shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Lorde has followed it up at the second by performing a rendition of ‘The End Has No End’ by The Strokes.“We’re in New York, you know? Got to do it,” Lorde told the crowd on night two before beginning a stripped-back rendition of the local indie rockers’ ‘Room On Fire’ cut, singing along to a dreamy guitar backing.Watch Lorde cover ‘The End Has No End’ at Radio City Music Hall below:LOOK AT OUR GIRL!!! Another video of Lorde covering The Stroke’s “The End Has No End” tonight in NYC #SolarPowerTour pic.twitter.com/j050eVFx8i— Lorde Updates ☀️ (@LordeUpdatesBR) April 20, 2022Lorde is currently on the North American leg of her current world tour in support of her 2021 album, ‘Solar Power’. The New Zealand artist will head to the UK and Ireland in May and June – tickets can be found here.Following that run, she’ll perform a string of European headline dates, as well as festival appearances at Primavera and Glastonbury, before wrapping up the tour in New Zealand and Australia in 2023.‘Solar Power’, Lorde’s third studio album, arrived back in August of last year after being previewed with its title track – which recently won Best Song In The World at this year’s BandLab NME Awards 2022 – along with ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ and ‘Mood Ring’.

Chelsea's defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday.The Blues had twice fought back from going a goal down in the first-half but were unable to recover after the break. A double from Eddie Nketiah, coupled with Emile Smith Rowe's strike and Bukayo Saka's late penalty were enough to claim all three points for the Gunners.All four of the visitors' goals were rooted in defensive errors, with Andreas Christensen, Malang Sarr and Cesar Azpilicueta all having nights to forget.

Thousands of businesses across Greater Manchester can claim business rate relief from the council, but the deadline is fast approaching. The funding, offering financial help with business rates for companies across Greater Manchester is part of the £1.5 billion government package to support businesses affected by Covid.

police force and the fire and rescue service could be drafted in to help tackle the chaos at one of the UK's biggest airports where people are jumping barriers and missing flights en masse. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said today (Monday, April 4), that the situation is "concerning" at his city's airport, as he plans to meet its management.

Greater Manchester Police has clawed back about £5m from the contractors who built its discredited iOPS computer system, Andy Burnham has said. The Greater Manchester Mayor revealed the figure during a heated Q&A where he was forced to deny a suggestion he had shirked responsibility for the IT scandal at GMP.

Schools in Manchester have been warned of a sixfold increase in energy costs. Manchester council, which supplies energy to most schools and academies in the city, issued the warning days before its current contract with Gazprom ends.