'I had to help': Stockport takeaway boss Mama Flo has fed kids for free all summer

A Paisley charity boss is “not surprised” that some desperate people, including families, are resorting to shoplifting in order to make ends meet during the cost-of-living crisis.

Banijay Kids & Family has bought UK drama specialist Kindle Entertainment and Italian animation firm Movimenti Production. The deals bring the total number of production within Banijay’s youth-focused arm across France, the UK and Italy to six, sitting alongside distribution, marketing and licencing arm, Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution.

Netflix Korean series Squid Game are set to attend this year’s Emmy Awards in Los Angeles this weekend.South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency reported on September 7 that actors Lee Jung-jae (who starred as Seong Gi-hun), Park Hae-soo (Cho Sang-woo) and O Yeong-su (Oh Il-nam, Player 1) will be departing from Seoul to head to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony on September 8, 9 and 10 respectively.Meanwhile, actress Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) will be flying to Los Angeles directly from an unspecified country where she’s currently residing for work, per her management.The nine-episode hit Netflix series was nominated for awards across six categories at the 74th Emmy Awards, set to be held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles: Best Drama Series, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (for Lee Jung-jae), Best Supporting Actor (for O Yeong-su and Park Hae-soo) as well as Best Supporting Actress (for Jung Ho-yeon).Notably, the 77-year-old O’s attendance at the upcoming Emmys will mark his first time attending an awards ceremony overseas in his 58-year career. The South Korean actor previously bagged the award for Best TV Supporting Actor for his role in Squid Game at the Golden Globes in January, however did not attend the ceremony in person.Speaking to Yonhap News Agency on the nomination, O said: “I feel it meaningful that we have won nominations for the prestigious global awards.

A major IT failure that caused weeks of problems at four major Greater Manchester hospitals will cost the NHS more than £650k, it has been revealed.

Halim Dhanidina did something that lawyers and LGBTQ+ advocates in Long Beach had attempted for more than 50 years —  He helped put the nail in the coffin of the Police Department’s odious practice of targeting and discriminating against gay men in lewd conduct stings.

They are usually separated by an eight-hour time difference and an 11 hour flight. But for this week only Prince Harry and Prince William found themselves just a few minutes walk from one another after the Sussexes returned to the UK, Netflix cameras in tow.

The UK film and TV sector’s landmark Authority to tackle bullying and harassment has entered its next stage by appointing BFI Director of Culture and Inclusion Jen Smith as Interim CEO on secondment.

A woman says she has been left 'fed up' as a metal railing that surrounds her bungalow has prevented her from accessing her own garden. Pamela Griffin, 67, lives in a bungalow at the Rochdale Borough Housing managed site but says she has been unable to enjoy the large grassed area outside ever since she moved in.

The start of September has seen newly capped bus fares introduced in Greater Manchester as part of a plan to revolutionise public transport across the city.

The cosy wooden huts that pop up around the city in the lead up to Christmas will be back from November. Manchester Bar Hütte will be setting up 15 of its rustic drinking sheds for the festive period.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst Snap founder Evan Spiegel expressed confidence in steering his beleaguered company through tough times with a refined focus on three key areas, as outlined in a keynote interview Wednesday at the Code Conference in Los Angeles.  He identified boosting Snap’s user base of 350 million daily active users, reaccelerating revenue growth and investing in augmented reality as the road to recovery for a company suffering a 75% stock decline versus last year. Last week, Spiegel announced he was laying off a fifth of the company and shuttering multiple product lines outside his narrowed focus, including original content.  The layoffs, he explained, were necessary to reaccelerate revenue growth at a time when macroeconomic circumstances make cost-cutting the only viable short-term solution. 

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently updated online guidance for millions of older people to make it easier and quicker to find out who qualifies for a £300 one-off ‘Pensioner Cost of Living Payment’ on top of their annual Winter Fuel Payment. In order to help people over State Pensions age manage energy bills this winter, more than eight million eligible households who receive the Winter Fuel Payment across the UK will receive the cash boost over November and December.

Guy Fieri is sharing his approach to parenthood as he sons get older.

OnlyFans star has slammed trolls who claim she will eventually run out of money from her six-figure porn career once she's too old to keep posting content. Rebecca Goodwin boasts 4.1million TikTok followers where she often flaunts her curves and oozes confidence and she speaks candidly about her career as an X-rated model. The star from Chesterfield is estimated to rake in between £78,000 and £132,000 a month from her 14,500 subscribers on the platform, according to Fansmetrics.

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ORIGINAL Love Island star Luis Morrison's former girlfriend and mother to his son Chloe Elizabeth is accusing him of "not making any payments towards childcare" even though she claims he earns 10K a month. The ITV star, who was on series one of the show, split up with Chloe just months after she gave birth.  The pair’s son Romeo was born in October 2021 and remained in hospital for nine weeks battling health issues.  Luis and Chloe then split in June this year, with a friend telling The Sun: “Luis and Chloe went through a very difficult time with their son and despite everything, they have just failed to make it work.

Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata have welcomed their first child together! Shibata  — who got married to Cage during a striking ceremony in Las Vegas in 2021 — gave birth on Wednesday, their rep confirmed to .The pair are now proud parents to a baby girl, August Francesca Coppola Cage.This is the first child for Shibata, while Cage is already a dad to Weston, 31, and Kal-El, 16, from previous relationships.Cage spoke with ET in April at the Los Angeles premiere of his movie, , and he shared what he was most looking forward to about welcoming a new baby into his life.«I miss it all. I miss watching a child discover things for the first time,» Cage gushed. «The way the sunlight shines through a leaf.

Nick Cannon couldn't be more excited about growing his family. ET's Matt Cohen spoke to Cannon and  judges in August ahead of the show's season 8 premiere about how he was adjusting to being a father of eight, and how his TV family reacted to the baby news.«Eight is my number,» Cannon said about welcoming his eighth child with Bre Tiesi in July.While eight seems to be Cannon's lucky number, the longtime TV host teased that the count wouldn't be stopping there. We now know that Cannon is expecting two more children, one with Abby De La Rosa and Brittany Bell, both of whom he already shares children with.«I mean there’s probably gonna be more,» he said at the time.As far as how Cannon said he was adjusting to having a newborn, he chalked it up to «sleepless nights.»«Just trying to do the dad thing,» Cannon continued.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are living their best lives on an Italian vacation.The cute couple were spotted packing on the PDA as they enjoyed themselves on an idyllic getaway to the vacation destination, where they also enjoyed some time on the beach.After frolicking in the ocean, the pair shared an intimate moment together on the shore, as a shirtless Timberlake locked lips with his leopard print bikini-clad wife as they both dried off with striped towels.The duo have been spending quite of bit of their summer in Italy this year, after having previously enjoyed a PDA-filled outing back in July.The «Rock Your Body» singer and  actress were seen in late July living it up on the Mediterranean Sea near one of Italy's most picturesque islands, Sardinia. The happy couple was spotted hanging out on a yacht soaking up some rays while chopping it up.Back on land, the couple — who share sons, Silas, 7, and Phineas, 1 -- took refuge from the sun by throwing on a couple of hats and relaxing under an umbrella.