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A fit and healthy dad was diagnosed with lung cancer after randomly receiving a letter to take part in a mass screening. Jeff Smith was one of several Salford residents offered to take part in the NHS screening and decided to sign-up due to a family history of the disease.

ITV's Ed Chamberlin was left apologising to viewers after his co-star, the esteemed racing pundit Brough Scott, let a swear word slip live on air.The incident happened during a discussion of the day's events at Newmarket races on Saturday, where 81 year old Scott, alongside other commentators, was dissecting the day's most thrilling moments.The broadcasting veteran inadvertently caused a stir when he muddled his words and out came an expletive. Realising his mistake, Scott immediately sought forgiveness for his blunder, asking for his language to be excused. However, it was Chamberlin who seemed more flustered by the situation.

Councillors have called for an end to a controversial traffic calming scheme which has split a community in south Manchester.

Time Studios, the production arm of the newsmagazine, is making a number of changes to its executive team.

This year’s Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced, with artists including Arctic Monkeys, Jessie Ware and Raye vying for the £25,000 prize for the best British and Irish album of the last year.As ever, twelve albums make up the shortlist, with one overall winner set to be announced during a ceremony at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 7 Sep.The 2023 judging panel was revealed yesterday.

He strolls along the platforms, wanders on the tracks, and laps up the attention of doting passengers. For years, charming black and white cat Batman has been patrolling the Chorlton Metrolink stop, receiving cuddles from travellers as they wait to catch their tram.

Water bosses should face ‘absolute accountability’ for dumping sewage in places like the River Mersey in south Manchester, including being sent to jail, a team of Greater Manchester MPs have suggested. Labour’s environment and rural affairs secretary, Jim McMahon, is backing the campaign to clean up the UK’s waterways.

Lewis Capaldi has been announced as the latest artist to play the ‘Radio 2 In Concert’ series. Meanwhile, BBC One has announced that its annual New Year’s Eve concert will be performed by Sam Ryder.Capaldi will play in front of a small audience at the BBC’s Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London next month.“I absolutely love Lewis Capaldi”, says Jo Whiley, host of ‘Radio 2 In Concert’.

READ MORE:Harry Styles' Don't Worry Darling co-star jokes he dared actor to 'spit' on Chris PineThe artist, whose real name is Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, took home a whopping cash prize of £25,000 as well as the trophy.The singer admitted she was "overwhelmed" as she picked up the award, which comes after she won Best Newcomer at the Brit Awards last year.Little Simz won the award for her fourth album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, a hip-hop record that tells a coming-of-age story.The Introvert singer was picked from the shortlist by a panel of independent judges after an independent panel chose the shortlist.Choosing the shortlist and winner this year was a star-studded line-up of Annie Mac, Jamie Cullum, Anna Calvi, Danielle Perry, Hazel Wilde, Gemma Cairney, Michael Kiwanuka, Jeff Smith, Mike Walsh, Phil Alexander, Tshepo Mokoena, Will Hodgkinson and Jeff Smith.In 2019, Little Simz was nominated for the Mercury for her latest LP, Grey Area, which was released the same year.Sometimes I Might Be Introvert rose to number four in the UK album chart when it was released last year.The rapper is the 31st winner of the Mercury and succeeds indie singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, who won the award last year.Harry Styles made the shortlist with his third studio album, Harry's House, but did not attend the ceremony as he is currently touring the US.The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on September 8 but was cancelled out of respect for the Queen as news that she died came on the same day.Mercury prize organisers told the Mirror: "Tonight’s Mercury Prize event has been postponed at this time of great national sorrow.

Ellise Shafer The shortlist for 2022’s Mercury Prize has been revealed, and includes albums from Harry Styles, Little Simz and Wet Leg.This year’s ceremony for the prestigious award, which celebrates the best of British and Irish music, will take place on Sept. 8 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith and feature live performances from many of the shortlisted artists.

The Mercury Prize shortlist for 2022 will be announced tomorrow, but here today we have the really important Mercury Prize related lists that you’ve all been looking for. Two of them!First, it’s the list of the judges who have put together the 2022 shortlist.

Mercury News.McCorquodale, who is the wife of former Democratic state Senator Dan McCorquodale, had earned a whopping $2.45 million in grants since 2009 by writing the aforementioned history book as well as grant applications. The executives awarded her the no-bid contracts as she was “uniquely qualified to do the work.”However, Santa Clara County investigators became suspicious of the star scribe after Mercury News claimed that a fifth of her 580-age opus — which was submitted two years late in January — was lifted nearly “word for word” from Wikipedia, the History Channel, Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation website, and even, somewhat ironically, the Mercury News.

Several films and TV shows have been cancelled by Netflix as the streaming giant loses thousands of subscribers, it has been reported. Despite some huge hits like Squid Game and Bridgerton, Netflix revealed a shock fall in subscribers of 200,000 users in the first quarter of the year and its stock price soon dropped by more than 35 per cent.

NETFLIX has axed a number of new shows after losing a huge number of subscribers, according to reports The subscription service's stock price fell by almost 40 per cent after it announced a loss of 200,000 subscribers - the first time its customer base had failed to grow in a decade - and it expects to lose millions more by June. The Wrap reports adaptations of Roald Dahl's The Twits, Jeff Smith's comic book series Bone and Lauren Faust's Toil and Trouble have all been stopped.

Travis Engel, a former agent who co-founded the talent management firm Trinity Artists International, died Monday of cardiac arrest in Culver City. He was 37.

A Manchester MP's bid to open up cannabis treatments on the NHS has been blocked by Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons.

BBC Radio 2 is calling on listeners to vote for their favourite George Michael song, to mark the 40th anniversary of his entry into the music industry with the formation of Wham! in 1981. The final top 40 of George Michael favourites will be played on a three hour show presented by Claudia Winkleman on New Year’s Day.“As well as being an amazing performer, George’s songwriting was a thing of beauty”, says Winkleman.

Michael Kiwanuka has joined the judging panel for this year’s Mercury Prize.The London-based singer-songwriter won last year’s prize for third album ‘KIWANUKA’.Details of the 2021 Mercury Prize were revealed earlier this year, with a 12-strong ‘Albums of the Year’ shortlist set to be announced on BBC Radio 6 Music from 11am BST tomorrow (July 22).The 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize Awards Show will then be held at the Eventim Apollo in London on September 9.Kiwanuka joins existing judges on the panel including Anna Calvi, Annie Mac, Jamie Cullum and Jeff Smith, Head of Music at 6 Music and Radio 2.Say hello to our 2021 #HyundaiMercuryPrize judges!

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direct to your inboxA Manchester MP has warned city and town centres will resemble 'ghost towns' unless the night-time economy receives urgent and tailored support from the Government.Many nightclubs and music venues, pubs and bars will not survive the Covid-19 pandemic without it, said Withington MP Jeff Smith.The former Manchester councillor was an indie, dance and house DJ in the 90s and early 2000s and had a 20-year career in the music industry, playing at some of the north's top clubs and nights, including Poptastic in the Gay Village, the Leadmill in Sheffield and Cockpit in Leeds, as well as at the V Festival.Mr Smith is chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night-Time Economy.A group of 40 MPs has issued a report