John Prescott: Last News

If you'd hoped to catch a tram from Central Park Metrolink station on the day it was completed you'd have faced a pretty long wait. Seven whole years in fact.

Good Morning Britain opened on Thursday's with 'breaking news' as Susanna Reid solemnly shared a statement.

Together they spearheaded the rebirth of Manchester, helping to drag the city out of its post-industrial slump. Here, Graham Stringer, Blackley and Broughton MP, pays tribute to his friend Sir Howard Bernstein, the former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council, following his death aged 71 last Saturday.

Chumbawamba‘s Dunstan Bruce had opened up about their feud with Manic Street Preachers saying: “I realise it’s totally justified that they hated us!”In a new interview with NME, the frontman of the anarcho-pop band was asked to name the Welsh indie icon who once ranged of Chumbawamba: “The worst group that has ever been created. If you’re going to wear a skirt, at least make an effort to look like a woman! You can’t just put on a fucking bit of rag on and look like an ugly bloke at a stag night!”Bruce responded correctly with Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire.”Oh my God! You’d think the Manic Street Preachers, whose subject matter was concerned with the state of the world and were from industrial working class towns, would have lots in common with us, but they hated us,” he said.He continued: “They once did guest singles reviews for the NME as well, and really slagged us off in that as well.

Chumbawamba have opened up about their “divisive” feud with former deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.In a new interview with NME, frontman Dunstan Bruce was asked to reminisce on Chumbawamba’s controversial dispute with Prescott. At the 1998 BRIT Awards, Chumbawamba member Danbert Nobacon doused the MP with an ice bucket in solidarity with striking dockers in Liverpool.Bruce told NME that the stunt was considered “divisive” at the time.

online shopping and reading on a tablet became as popular as it is today - we made our way to Borders Books. Stocking thousands of titles and magazines, as well as cards, CDs, DVDs and more, Borders first opened in the UK in 1997 and was originally owned by the US book giant of the same name.