Owners of iconic Greater Manchester ballroom speak out after conversion plan fears

Queen Elizabeth's childhood friend Lady Anne Glenconner shared her opinion on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle amid their estrangement from the royal family after stepping down from their official roles in 2020. The 91-year-old aristocrat was lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for three decades and served as a maid of honor at Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953.

Two of the most haunted places in the UK can be found right here in Greater Manchester, new research has shown. Salford in fact takes the crown for being the most haunted city in the UK - so it might be worth planning a visit there this Halloween.

Paris Hilton has called out trolls who have been mocking the size of her baby's head. Cruel comments were made online after she shared a photo of herself with nine-month-old son Phoenix, who was born via a surrogate.

A wife received a HMRC letter wishing her condolences on the death of her husband - who was eating his lunch next to her when she opened it.

Hollywood film star Richard Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday at the age of 81 as tributes have been pouring in for the US actor and “pioneer” for his role in the Shaft film franchise.

Wrexham's Hollywood owners briefly considered taking on Celtic and Rangers with ARBROATH – but the massive divide between Glasgow's big two and the rest of Scottish football put them off.

Charities are stepping up calls for the UK Government to introduce a ‘Help to Repay’ scheme on energy bills as research showed one in four households with fuel debts are unable to clear arrears. An estimated 6.4 million people are now in arrears with their energy bills - up more than 824,000 since April, according to a nationwide survey of 2,000 adults conducted last week for National Debtline, which is run by the Money Advice Trust charity.

Sam Heughan has finally revealed what he keeps in his beloved sporran.

As the wintry weather begins to close in on Scotland, the dreaded misting up of the car windscreen and windows has already begun for many.

Prince Harry and his older brother Prince William once shared a very close bond as they got through their parent's messy divorce and the tragic death of their mother Princess Diana together.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice has been supported by close friend and former dance partner Rose-Ayling Ellis after it was announced his partner for the 2023 series Amanda Abbington quit the show.

An electrician claimed he turned to drug dealing after running into money troubles during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Family Guy.In the third episode of season 22, which aired last Sunday (October 22), Peter Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) remarks that he’ll “go it alone like Meghan Markle and Prince Harry”, who stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020.The show then cuts to an aside featuring a cartoon version of the couple lying by the pool, where a butler approaches Harry and says: “Sir, your millions from Netflix for… no one knows what.”After Harry says to “put it with the rest of them”, Meghan asks Harry: “Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco.”“I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense,” Harry replies. Check out the clip below.Harry and Meghan signed a multi-year Netflix deal in September 2020 reportedly worth around $100million, although the deal’s exact worth is unknown.Following the deal, the couple have produced several shows including the documentary series Harry & Meghan, Live To Lead and 2023’s Heart Of Invictus, a project about the Invictus Games which was founded by Harry.Harry and Meghan were previously targeted by South Park in a parody earlier this year, which depicted the couple as the Prince and Princess of Canada on a “worldwide privacy tour”.Created by Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy first began in 1999 and is currently in its 22nd season.

Kaiser Chiefs have announced their eighth studio album and shared a new single co-written by Nile Rodgers – listen to ‘Feeling Alright’ below.The Ricky Wilson-fronted band are due to release the 10-track record – titled ‘Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album’ – on March 1, 2024. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Produced by Amir Amor (Rudimental), the upcoming LP will feature the previous singles ‘Jealousy’ and ‘How 2 Dance’.

Download Festival have revealed when the first line-up for the 2024 edition will be announced.The update on the forthcoming edition of the iconic rock and metal festival was made on X/Twitter yesterday (October 24), with organisers sharing that the long-awaited line-up with be shared at the start of next month.According to the update, the first list of artists announced as playing at the UK festival – held in Donnington Park – will be announced on Tuesday, November 7.Although rock and metal fans will have to wait two weeks before they know which acts will be gracing the stage next summer, Early Bird tickets are available now and offered at a cheaper price than regular tickets. Fans have the chance to grab these Early Bird tickets up until midnight the day before the announcement (November 6).According to the organisers, however, ticket sales for the 21st edition of the festival are already “10,000 ahead of this time last year, so the event is sure to sell out”.

Soobin of K-pop boyband Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has opened up about the group’s dynamics in a new interview.Speaking to Weverse Magazine, TXT’s Soobin touched on how the boyband had gone through what he described as “a rough patch” at some point in 2022.While the singer did not delve into the details of the rough patch or what might have caused it, he revealed that they overcame it by the end of that year. “I felt our companionship was particularly strong while we practiced for the year-end awards shows,” he said.“We were having a lot of honest conversations about our innermost feelings.

Final Fantasy 14 adds harder achievements is dependent on the response of one of its most dedicated fans, who has already bagged all 2,700 achievements.Speaking at this year’s Final Fantasy Fan Fest in London, producer and director Naoki Yoshida expressed his admiration and appreciation for the anonymous player.“First and foremost, I want to just say, wow, big congratulations,” he said (thanks to Rock Paper Shotgun). “To see that player just stick with it – just pressing on – as a creator of an MMO [massively multiplayer online game], that’s a really fantastic thing to see.”There are 2,751 achievements in the game, ranging from talking to characters, to diving into dungeons alone, to cyclical side quests, to specific numbers of wins in the player-versus-player modes.However, if that player is looking for further challenges to test their skills in Final Fantasy 14, Yoshida welcomed their input into potential new achievements that could come to the game.“Of course, we will continue to make achievements in the game,” he answered.

Mumbai Film Fest To Honor Luca Guadagnino & Mani Ratnam

Britney Spears is opening up about her life during her Britney: Piece of Me Las Vegas residency.

Naman Ramachandran Italy’s Luca Guadagnino and India’s Mani Ratnam will receive the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival‘s 2023 Excellence in Cinema awards. Ratnam will receive the Excellence in Cinema (South Asia) award and Guadagnino the Excellence in Cinema (International) award. The awards will be presented at the festival’s opening ceremony on Oct.

Marta Balaga DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.