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The annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award nominations have landed, with some of the city’s best bars, restaurants and food producers all in the running for gongs. Up for the coveted restaurant of the year are 10 Tib Lane, Erst, The Sparrows, Another Hand, Mana, Where the Light Gets In and The Firehouse.

Wolves are reportedly set to pay Barcelona £5million, so they don't have to sign flop loanee Francisco Trincao.Trincao failed to impress in the Midlands over 28 Premier League appearances that produced a two-goal haul - with a further strike in the Carabao Cup. According to BBC Sport, Wolves did have an option to buy the Barcelona youngster.However, they won't exercise their option to bring Trincao to Molineux on a permanent deal, instead paying Barcelona £5million to pass on his services.

Celebrity Gogglebox viewers baffled as they were - wrongly - convinced he was wearing a prison 'ankle tag' on the show. The How To Look Good Naked star is appearing on the current series of the hit Channel 4 show alongside showbiz pal and radio presenter Fearne Cotton.

The UK property market has been busy for quite some time, with house prices increasing at a rapid rate each month. The average price of a house is now £368,614, according to Rightmove, which is a new all-time high.

Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across areas of Britain with lightning, heavy showers and even some unseasonable hail forecast in the Midlands, South West of England and Wales. A considerable 90% of Wales is included in the weather warning, which also covers a sizeable area stretching from Birmingham and Bath down to Plymouth in Devon and Salisbury in Wiltshire.READ MORE: Meghan and Harry told to ‘step away’ from royal titles and try alternative nameThe yellow warning is not expected to be lifted until Friday (July 1) evening.BBC forecaster Chris Fawkes said: “What you will notice over the next few days is that the winds will become really quite light and so where those showers form and they are going to be quite widespread, they are going to be slow moving in nature, some of them turning heavy, with some hail and thunder, we might even get some flash flooding from the heaviest of the downpours as well."Chris added: "Temperatures similar to what we have seen over recent days, high teens across western areas, low 20Cs in the warmest spots further east."Looking further ahead, the Met Office predicted that there will be an "unsettled weekend of sunny spells and scattered showers, occasionally heavy, mainly in the north and west".

Love Island’s Jacques O’Neill has been at the centre of a bit of drama in recent days in the villa. The professional rugby league player, 23, found himself in an awkward situation when his heart rate went racing for ex girlfriend Gemma Owen - and hers did the same for him despite him pursuing Paige Thorne. After the challenge, Paige revealed to the girls that she was upset about Jacques' heart being raised the most by Gemma: “I’m not going to lie I kind of did a little bit.

Good Morning Britain viewers have been left disgruntled by the show's weather coverage. The ITV news programme was back on air on Friday (June 17) with Kate Garraway and Adil Ray, who has replaced the show's usual host Ben Shephard.

Daily Star Sport takes a look at players who played their way into contention in the Midlands and some who didn't do themselves any favours...Two players staking a claimThe West Ham winger has enjoyed a stunning season in the Premier League, but he's struggled to replicate his domestic form on the international stage over the past 10 days and he was even taken off at the break by Southgate.However, Bowen was the best of a bad bunch in a woeful first-half for England and the decision to haul him off at the break was a tad harsh. The forward tried his best to make things happen for the Three Lions and was a decent outlet on the flanks, but he'll be haunted by his point-blank miss late in the half.Competition for a spot in England's attack is fierce right now, but Bowen is currently right in the mix - and he done his chances of gatecrashing England's World Cup squad no harm on Tuesday night.England have an abundance of talent available to them at right-back, but Reece James may have stolen a march on some his competitors at Molineux.The Chelsea man has also excelled domestically for the Blues and was the standout performer on a rotten, rotten night for England.

Naseem Akhtar, 42, is one of 15 albinos in her family. Her condition has meant that life hasn't always been easy as she's struggled to find her identity and faced abuse. But despite the turmoil, she's now proud to be a World Record Holder alongside her family members...

Love Island may be keeping you up at night as you wonder about life's many conumdrums; which romcom film would the dashing Davide belong in? Is an eight-year age gap wrong?

tourist could easily lead to a nightmare holiday behind bars. Boozed-up Brits have faced consequences as serious as the death penalty after wild nights out overseas, while others were merely working to make ends meet when they somehow ended up in jail.

Frank Skinner, 65, has opened up about his past “racist, sexist and homophobic” behaviour, explaining that he has since “evolved”.The comedian has owned up to the offensive language he used to use in the 1970’s, and thinks “the future is going to be a lot better”.Frank has admitted he feels “ok” about his use of offensive language in his younger years because he has moved on from that now. The comedian discussed his past in an honest moment at the Hay Festival in Powys, Wales. He shared: “I’ll be straight with you now, I grew up in the West Midlands in the ‘60s and ‘70s.“I used racist language, I was sexist, I was homophobic. I completely own up to that. “I have evolved and that’s a good thing.“When I look back, I’m ok with that.”Frank was raised on a council estate in working class Oldbury, West Midlands, during the 1970s, which was a decade of economic decline and social unrest in the UK. Back then, it was widely accepted that negative language surrounding sexuality, gender and ethnicity was the norm - and Frank was no exception to that. However, the comedian has since turned a corner, and explained how he sees a brighter future for his 10-year-old son.Frank’s son Buzz is the comedian's only child with long-term partner Cath Mason. He said: “My kid, I can learn from him.

The boss of a well-known clothing store killed his wife before setting himself alight in a murder-suicide, an inquest was told.

NHS ambulance to arrive. Maureen Paterson, 88, snapped her ankle leaving her exposing the bone when she fell getting out of the car in Solihull, West Midlands, reports BirminghamLive.

Harry Styles perplexed fans during a recent interview with Zane Lowe as he spoke with an odd mix of an Australian and American accent, with a British twang thrown in for good measure. “I cannot stomach the change in his lovely northern accent,” one listener mourned. Harry may not realise it, but he is at the helm of a big language shift, influenced by our digital world.

Pep Guardiola can make another little piece of history on Sunday by overtaking Jose Mourinho and Arsène Wenger to go 2nd on the all-time list of Premier League winning managers.

TikTok to detail the crude remarks made to her by random men and women in a clip showing her bust in a low-cut swimsuit. She claims that “random men” will stare at her, and will say things like: "Nice t*ts luv."But Katy also claims that she will get comments from women saying: “You should donate some to me", “are they even real?” and “People pay fortunes for those”.Meanwhile, middle-aged women say: “Your back must get sore.

Jurgen Klopp punched the air with delight after watching Liverpool keep their slim hopes of achieving an unprecedented quadruple alive, after coming from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 2-1.Klopp's men hit back from an early setback after Douglas Luiz put the hosts ahead, with Joel Matip taking advantage of sloppy defending to equalise with a close-range finish.Sadio Mane missed a golden chance to put the Reds into the lead in the first half but the winger soon made amends, heading home from Luis Diaz's cross to hand the Reds a crucial win in their battle for the Premier League title. Daily Star Sport looks at three things Klopp got right on a tense evening in the Midlands.The craze is all about Luis Diaz at the moment, but Sadio Mane is reminding everyone why he remains one of the world's top attacking talents.

Jurgen Klopp has justified his decision to axe Mohamed Salah from his starting line-up to face Aston Villa.The Egyptian winger was left on the bench for Tuesday night's trip to Villa Park, with Liverpool still competing on three fronts as they chase an unprecedented quadruple.

TikTok followers after revealing that she had her huge breasts reduced because she was "struggling to breathe".Renee Smith, 24, an events coordinator from Midland, Michigan, in the US, breasts grew enormously during school and she was a DDD cup by the time she finished.But they had become so heavy that she started developing a cyst on her spine and her chest was being crushed.The TikTok star claimed to have tried everything, from hiring a chiropractor to a PT, to lose weight so the breasts would shrink. But, if anything, they just got bigger.So she eventually decided to have life-changing surgery and has shared the amazing results to TikTok.The procedure, which cost $1,000 USD (£810) has reduced her breasts down to a D cup and left her feeling like a "new person".Renee said: “I had an instant feeling that I could breathe easier.

Weather forecasters have announced that "proper summer" is starting in a matter of days with a balmy 25C heatwave set to engulf the UK. The Met Office has already teased that temperatures will be "warm, perhaps very warm" towards the end of May and now other forecasters are agreeing.