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Following a power cut over the weekend which led to dozens of flights being cancelled and delayed, Manchester Airport is now operating as normal, although it has warned that it is ‘slightly busier than usual’. On Sunday a power outage in the early hours caused cancellations from both Terminal 1 and 2.

The cult classic sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf has been stirring up quite the debate on Reddit lately.

The BBC has unveiled the pay packets of its top stars for the last financial year, with Gary Lineker holding onto the top spot for the seventh consecutive year.The Match Of The Day host, 63, is the only star to earn over a million pounds, taking home a cool £1.35million. Radio 2 breakfast DJ Zoe Ball followed closely behind, earning £950,000 and becoming the highest-paid radio star.

BBC has announced its coverage plans for Glastonbury Festival 2024 – you can find all the details below.This legendary Worthy Farm event will take place between June 26-30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA due to headline the Pyramid Stage. Other confirmed acts include Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The National, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Party, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.Today (May 30), the BBC – Glasto’s exclusive broadcast partner – has shared details of its “longest celebration of the festival yet” across TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds.Fans who weren’t lucky enough to bag a ticket for Glasto ’24 will be able to enjoy “over 90 hours of live performances from the five main stages on BBC iPlayer, extensive coverage on TV [and] 90 hours of radio broadcasts live from the festival”.Viewers can access live-streams of The Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park stages in Ultra High Definition.Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley and Lauren Laverne will present the main TV coverage this year.

The Masked Singer was back on Saturday night. It was the first time all eight remaining characters were on the show, as Ellie Goulding starred as a guest judge alongside Davina McCall, Rita Ora, Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross.

Simon Gregson is one of Coronation Street’s longest running actors. He portrays Steve McDonald - who is infamous for his love of weddings and short-term marriages. However, in real life, he enjoys a loving marriage with his wife, Emma Gleave.

Coronation Street's Simon Gregson has shared his heartache over his teenage son's dream of becoming a professional footballer. The actor, who plays Steve McDonald in the ITV soap, posted a touching photo of his eldest son Alfie, 16, sitting on his football in the dark while checking his phone. He captioned the snap: "My boy since 4 yrs old dreaming of playing football for a living.

Naman Ramachandran The 2023 Glastonbury Festival has broken previous digital audience records for viewing and listening on the BBC, with content streamed a record 50.3 million times across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, up 47% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, viewers streamed Glastonbury programming a record 47.5 million times, up 49% on 2022. On BBC Sounds, listeners played Glastonbury content 2.8 million times, up 26% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, the Glastonbury live channel was the most popular, with Elton John‘s farewell U.K. performance on Sunday topping the charts after it was streamed 4.3 times. Saturday’s live channel came second, with 3.8 million streams and Friday’s third with 3.2 million streams. Live coverage from the Pyramid and The Other Stage followed with 2.1 million and 1.9 million streams.

EXCLUSIVE: British production company Youngest Media, which was behind series including NBC’s Small Fortune and MTV’s Game of Clones, is being revived as a U.S. production company.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Coldplay’s update on their work to reduce the environmental impact of their live shows during the first year of their Music Of The Spheres Tour, and the unveiling of Apple’s Vision Pro headset and what it might mean for the music industry.SECTION TIMES01: Coldplay (00:04:48)02: Apple Vision Pro (00:13:51)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Coldplay provide update on their environmentally sustainable touring efforts• Apple unveils its Vision Pro headsetALSO MENTIONED• Culture Secretary insists new music-maker remuneration working group will not become a mere talking shop• Coldplay emissions update (coldplay.com)• Craig Charles’ 1993 VR gameshow CyberZone (YouTube)MORE FROM CMU• Upcoming CMU webinars• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin• Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

Glastonbury has announced its 2023 Shangri-La line-up – check out the newly announced names below.The Streets‘ Mike Skinner, Nia Archives, Skindred, Cassyette, Flava D, Sam Divine, Empire State Bastard, Panic Shack, Lady Shaka and Craig Charles and Friends are among acts that will perform at the popular live music and late-night area at this year’s festival, which takes place from June 21-25.“The incredible @ShangrilaGlasto is back with a vibrant line-up for Glastonbury 2023!” the festival tweeted today (May 11).Announced under the 2023 theme of “Everything Must Go,” acts are listed across five stages: Nowhere, Truth, Nomad, Platform 23 and Sistxrhood.You can check out the full line-up on the posters below.Everything Must Go pic.twitter.com/8ZNzLVIeHc— Shangri-La Glasto (@ShangrilaGlasto) May 11, 2023pic.twitter.com/ZJGXMdBRRl— Shangri-La Glasto (@ShangrilaGlasto) May 11, 2023We’re back with yet another Truth Stage takeover at @ShangrilaGlasto this year.

Craig Charles was hospitalised after he fell ill live on air.The DJ was in the middle of presenting his BBC 6 Music show on Wednesday (March 22) when he reportedly developed a number of concerning symptoms.Charles described on air today (March 24) how he suffered from “tingling” in his fingers, as well as a “pain” in the right shoulder which lanced up his neck and head. Despite concern from his production staff, Charles continued with the show and only went to the hospital following the end of his slot on 6 Music.“My hands couldn’t grip the pen and my fingers were tingling,” he told listeners (as per Mirror Online).

Craig Charles was rushed to hospital after falling ill live on air during his BBC Radio 6 music slot.

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Coronation Street actor Craig Charles has revealed he was rushed to hospital after he falling ill live on air.The radio host and Lloyd Mullaney actor was presenting his afternoon show on BBC 6 Music when he felt a tingling in his fingers. "My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling," he told listeners as he returned to his show this afternoon.

BBC Radio 2 has revealed that they are launching a brand new weekday music quiz as Ken Bruce leaves the station and takes the Popmaster quiz with him to his new job.

BBC Radio 2 listeners appear to be tuning into other stations following the departure of veteran DJs, figures show.

Ken Bruce has quit his BBC Radio 2 morning show after 31 years on air.

Corey Taylor revealed his favourite Slipknot mask in a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with fans.To celebrate the release of the band’s seventh album ‘The End, So Far’ which came out last week, the frontman answered a series of fan questions on the social platform.Asked by a fan to pick his favourite mask from throughout his time in the band, Taylor replied “this one”, referring to his current one.The singer was also asked if he had a favourite mask of any of the other band members. “Sid’s is ridicks,” he replied.The frontman was asked by another user which masks were the “most and least comfortable to wear”, to which he answered: “None and All.”Another Reddit user wondered if there were any films, TV show or books that inspired any aesthetic aspects of the band, to which Taylor replied: “Not really.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor recently spoke to schoolchildren about Slipknot’s music, answering questions posed by ten and 11 year-olds.Appearing on BBC Sounds with host Craig Charles last Thursday (September 29), Taylor was grilled by US fifth-graders.When asked whether Slipknot have songs that change time signatures, Taylor replied: “‘Vermillion’ [2004] is actually a song that goes from three-four into four-four and kind of back and forth. I think there’s a section in there that goes from three-four to seven-eight, actually, which is very weird.“It all kind of ties together with a riff that could go either way.

A huge change to the schedule at BBC Radio 2 will see channel favourites Craig Charles and Tony Blackburn lose their regular slots.