Lonely man who hasn't had date in 10 years puts himself up for sale on Facebook

Manchester United are prepared to pay £240,000 per week to sign Manuel Akanji - according to reports.

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from this Friday, in a move that has been welcomed by the travel industry.

Tougher rules for motorists will come into force next week in a move to crack down on those using mobile phones when driving.

Soho House owner Nick Jones has admitted that he’s nervous about opening up the Manchester branch of the private members club. The club, which it’s hoped will be open by the end of the year and will bring 150 jobs to the city, is currently under construction in the old Granada TV studios building.

Former Test and Trace employees have spoken out about the “chaos” and “phenomenal waste” they experienced in the lead up to the end of Covid restrictions.

Families who lost loved ones in the Manchester Arena bombing have urged the chairman of the resulting public inquiry to be 'clear sighted and brave' in drawing up recommendations 'to ensure real change is effected and this country becomes a safer place'.

Emily Atack has treated fans to a glamorous selfie as she enjoyed a fun night out at the pub with her stylist.The former I'm A Celebrity contestant, 32, can be seen pouting for the camera wearing white jeans and a pretty floral low-cut top.She accessorised with silver rings and had her trademark blonde locks swept up into a messy bun as she showed off her natural beauty with minimal makeup.She posed alongside pal and stylist Hollie Quoreenton who blew a kiss for the camera in the glam selfieShe captioned the snap: “Alright darlin’” tagging Hollie, who was also in the photo.The second snap showed Hailie appearing to be caught off guard laughing, with Emily captioning the snap: “All naat long”The TV star - best known for her role as Charlotte Hinchcliffe on E4 sitcom the Inbetweeners recently admitted that she ended up receiving a "b******ing" for staying out too late over the weekend.Emily is understood to have gone out partying on the weekend, with her having since revealed to fans that she ended up in trouble over what time she was out until.She made the comment alongside photos of herself, in which she was seen lying on a sofa whilst wearing a blue jumper, a green miniskirt and a pair of knee-high boots.She wrote in the caption: "Made it through Monday with, actually, a completely fair and necessary amount of minor b******ings from staying out too late over the weekend."The comedian - who is a team caption on Celebrity Juice - then suggested that she had food on her mind, concluding the caption by writing: "Shall we get a take away?"Emily didn't make it clear to her 1.8 million followers on the platform who she had received the telling off from.

Graham Stanier was on The Jeremy Kyle Show for the duration of its 14 year run on ITV, but it appears as if he’s stepped away from the public eye in the wake of the programme being pulled off air in 2019. Graham was a well-known face on the once popular show, and provided support and counselling for its guests. He joined the broadcasting giant in 2005 as a guest counsellor on The Jeremy Kyle Show, and went on to become the network’s director of show aftercare.

Tina O’Brien has been in Coronation Street since aged sixteen, playing Sarah Platt. And last month it was revealed that her daughter Scarlett, 13, will follow in her footsteps and join a hit series. Scarlett has been signed up for the return of BBC One's school drama, Waterloo Road.

Emmerdale which the former has since downplayed in the days since.Charity however is remaining hopeful that there could be something more between them.Will their romance blossom into something else? Or will Charity be left heartbroken?While romance does not seem to be blooming on screen for Vanessa yet, off-screen, actress Michelle Hardwick has a sweet relationship with Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks.Since meeting in 2018, the couple have been on a romantic journey together, including a stunning Elvis themed wedding and the birth of their son Teddy.Michelle met Kate Brooks while working on the set of ITV soap Emmerdale, where she plays village vet Vanessa Woodfield.However, before Michelle and Kate were a couple, Michelle had previously been married to music teacher Rosie Nicholl.They married in 2015, but split up two years later in 2017, with Michelle telling Daily Star: "Unfortunately Rosie and I did split last year but are still good friends."It was one of those things where we did drift apart. We had a big fairy-tale wedding and I still love that day.

Naman Ramachandran The BBC has revealed the first images from the keenly anticipated series adaptation of “Everything I Know About Love,” based on journalist, author and podcaster Dolly Alderton’s internationally bestselling memoir of the same name.Images have been revealed of Emma Appleton (Maggie), Bel Powley (Birdy), Marli Siu (Nell), Aliyah Odoffin (Amara) and Connor Finch (Street).“Everything I Know About Love” won a 2018 National Book Award for autobiography and was shortlisted for the 2019 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year in the British Book Awards.The romantic comedy drama about female friendship provides an unflinching account of surviving your 20s.The seven-part series for BBC One will be directed by China Moo-Young (“Intergalactic,” “Harlots”) and produced by Working Title Television (“We Are Lady Parts,” “Hanna”), which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. Set in a 2012 London house-share, with flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early 2000s, the series is a deep dive into bad dates, heartaches and humiliations and asks whether platonic love can survive romantic love as the protagonists grow up.The series is executive produced by Jo McClellan for the BBC, Dolly Alderton, and Surian Fletcher-Jones, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for Working Title Television; and produced by Simon Maloney.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy is stepping down as president of the Cairo Film Festival. During his four-year tenure, the executive helped to revamp the prominent Arab fest, which had been losing luster due to political turbulence.The announcement was made on Tuesday by Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Enas Abdel Dayem, who said veteran Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy will take over the fest’s presidency.

Vladimir Putin impersonator has bundled a terrified Volodymyr Zelensky lookalike out of war-torn Ukraine — with the help of a Kim Jong-un doppelgänger. The Putin lookalike, Slawek Sobala from Poland, enlisted the help of Howard X, an impersonator of the North Korean despot, to take Umid Isabaev from Kyiv into Poland.The Zelensky lookalike had been working and living in Ukraine before Russia invaded, leaving him fearing for his safety.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want to keep "one foot in the door" of royal life and come in and out as it suits them, a royal insider has claimed.When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to take a step back from the Royal Family in 2020, they hinted at their desire to continue to help the Queen in some capacity.They said: “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty the Queen.”It's been reported that the Monarch didn’t want that to happen and according to royal author Tom Quinn, the couple believe that when the Queen dies, Charles will allow them to come back and be “part-time royals”.He said: “That means they would have six months working royals and six months in the States or wherever, doing their own thing.“I think Meghan and Harry are hoping that Charles, Harry’s father after all, will be more of a moderniser and will say to them, ‘Okay, if you want to be part-time royals, that’s fine.’”A royal insider told Heat Magazine that this isn’t the first time the suggestion has been made.The insider said: “These rumours have been floating around for a while, but have gathered pace recently, especially after Meghan and Harry opted to renew their lease on Frogmore Cottage.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.“The growing belief is that they want to keep one foot in the fold for when it suits them, and that someday in the future, they’ll be returning to England and royal life in one form or other, while also continuing to operate their business overseas in America.“They want to be royals, but on their terms – including being based in America, getting

Meghan Markle’s sister has had her Twitter account suspended due to “evasion” after her account was allegedly hacked, according to her lawyer.Samantha Markle, who is currently suing her half-sister Meghan for defamation, had her account hit with a suspension notice on March 14.The news follows recent media coverage suggesting the account was allegedly used to post conspiracy theories about Duchess of Sussex and her son Archie.According to Newsweek, Twitter said Samantha’s account was suspended “due to ban evasion".This means that another account from Samantha, 57, may have been previously banned and she/or someone else using her name created a new account.Samantha Markle's lawyer, Douglas A.

Manchester Evening News reader has revealed how this trick costs her a few pennies.She said: "When I work from home I have a heated clothes rail in my office, it's only 4p an hour to run and I can leave the heating off."We don't have a tumble dryer, the heated rails are brilliant."But are these really cheaper than a tumble dryer?A tumble dryer uses a much higher wattage – around 2,500w – so it does spend more electricity. You can always leave your clothes to dry on a regular airer that requires no electricity, or even hanging them outside on a nice day.It comes as Brits will be looking for ways to reduce their energy bills ahead of huge hikes in April.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are taking their romance abroad! The couple was spotted over the weekend in Gran Canaria, Spain, where Lopez, 52, is shooting the film .The pair was spotted holding hands while walking the streets and having an intimate talk on a park bench together. The «Jenny From the Block» singer looked stylish in a white crop top and matching overalls with her hair pulled back into a ponytail.

tattoos and body modification has shared a video of the "fidget toy" implants she had injected into her thumbs.In the clip, uploaded on TikTok by Madison Trubiano @madisontrubiano she holds up her thumbs close to the camera.As well as showing off her Illuminati tattoo, she reveals the silicone bumps under the skin of her thumbs.Madison then rubs them together and jokes it is like having a toy permanently attached to her body."They don’t really serve any purpose, they just look weird," she explains in the video."But sometimes I rub them together like a weird fidget toy and that’s cool."The video was watched more than 1.5 million times and many viewers were impressed, with one commenting: "That looks really cool."Another confessed: "I audibly gagged when you rubbed them together my toes are grinding as we speak – please never again.""When you rubbed them together a chill ran down my spine," said a second person.Another commented: "I was doing okay until you touched them together."This comes after Britain’s most tattooed man said kids in Tesco will sometimes point and call him "scary" – but he reckons they are not really afraid.

Kerry Katona has made some bombshell claims about what life was like in Atomic Kitten back in the 90s. The singer and reality star shared that Heidi Range, who later went to find fame in the Sugababes, left Atomic Kitten to go solo.

 revival, but she has one condition if something ever gets off the ground — her youngest TV child, Judy Winslow, must be written back in.At the 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, over the weekend, Payton reunited with her former co-stars, Reginald VelJohnson (Carl Winslow), Darius McCrary (Eddie Winslow) and Kellie Williams (Laura Winslow). In a video posted by Williams' media company, Dream Merchant Media Entertainment, LLC, the cast was asked whether they would consider reviving their iconic characters from the hit series, whether in a reboot or a revival. Payton, who played the stern but loving TV matriarch Harriette Winslow, noted that while a -esque reboot wouldn't be in the cards for the cast, they would be happy to return to their roots as a sitcom.But, she said that she would only do it if Judy Winslow, the family's youngest child played by Jaimee Foxworth who mysteriously disappeared in the fourth season, was written back into the show.Revealing that she was «personally hurt» by the creative decision, she told fans at the convention, «Don’t think for a minute that we did not go in.»«When I mentioned it to the producers, I said, 'You guys need to tell me something that is not only creative, but also politically correct to straighten out this situation because there's nowhere in the world a family… You gave me three kids, you took away my baby,» Payton, 71, recalled.

Meghan Markle extended to him after he denied a request from U.K. tabloids. In a new interview with, the actor said that U.K. tabloids offered him thousands of dollars to lie about his relationship with the Duchess of Sussex, during the time they appeared together on the 2005 series.