Players union boss calls for ban on Super League signings until pay cuts issue with clubs resolved

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA new £270,000 community centre could be built at Stevenston Beach Park if North Ayrshire Council wins government funding.The seaside hub would have a cafe and toilets.Its aims would include boosting knowledge about wildlife, acting as a foodbank and offering services for tourists and the community. Council bosses also want to get government cash to carry out a £2 million restoration of Millport Town Hall.The at risk building would become a heritage, arts and community centre with three holiday let flats. Another proposal would see the Geilsland Courtyard Hall in Beith get a £750,000 renovation.The council have applied to the Scottish

Theatres, music venues and indoor performance spaces will be allowed to welcome back live audiences from next month, the government has confirmed.Boris Johnson announced the news today as the UK reaches the fourth step in the government's five-stage roadmap.Audiences will be permitted to return from August 1, but must adhere to social distancing measures.Performers will also have to maintain social distancing at all times.The announcement is a major step forward for the arts industry, one of the hardest-hit sectors of the UK's lockdown.It follows the government's announcement earlier this month of a £1.57 billion rescue package for arts, culture and heritage sectors.Several pilot performances are now underway, overseen by the Department for

Not everyone on social media appreciates Drake’s body-art, particularly, the tattoos all over his back. Fans of the Toronto artist know he was in Barbados earlier this week hanging out with the brother of Rihanna, however, his visit has been the subject of much social media derision.

Aisha Dee, one of the three main characters on The Bold Type, shared a powerful statement via Instagram on Wednesday, July 15, one day before the season 4 finale.“Knowing the power that art had to shape my mind and experience, I had to speak up,” Dee, 26, wrote in a lengthy statement before explaining that playing Kat Edison on the Freeform drama was the first time she was able to not just play “the white character’s ‘best friend,'” but instead an “empowered and confident” woman with her own narrative, who explored her queer identity.“Kat Edison: unapologetic, outspoken, brave, the woman I always wished I could be,” the Nowhere Inn star wrote, noting that she is “proud” to be part of a show that pushes boundaries.

Paul Hollywood has sent his social media followers into meltdown as he looked unrecognisable in a mind-blowing blast from the past. The 54-year-old Great British Bake Off star shared the throwback on Wednesday, leaving his fans aghast at how different he looked.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Monday's episode I May Destroy You. Read at your own risk!]This show keeps getting better with every episode, doesn't it? Those of us who have been keeping up with Michaela Coel's genre-shattering and groundbreaking dark comedy I May Destroy Youare by now accustomed to having our perspective turned upside down as we watch its lead characters Arabella (Coel), Terry (Weruche Opia), and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu) reckon with varying dimensions of sexual assault.

The record boss who gave Oasis their big break almost didn’t sign them up – because he believed they were Nazis.

Power can't be stopped. Starz's massively popular crime story ended its six-season run in February, but the show's legacy will live on through four spin-offs — the first of which, Power Book II: Ghost, is coming in fall 2020.

Katy Perry had her KatyCats grinning by revealing the circus-themed cover art for her upcoming album Smile, the pop star unveiled the title track on Friday (July 10)."I gotta say it's really been a while / But now I've got back that smile," she sings in the poppy, uplifting hook."I wrote the title track from the album when I was coming through one of the darkest periods of my life and had lost my smile. This whole album is my journey towards the light - with stories of resilience, hope, and love," she wrote of the song on Twitter.I wrote the title track from the album when I was coming through one of the darkest periods of my life and had lost my smile.

blue light glasses. Shop ET Style's top picks of the best back to school essentials, ahead. Give the kids a designated spot for their virtual classes with this three-piece round table and chair set available on Wayfair. This two-sided art easel features a chalkboard and magnetic, dry-erase whiteboard. It also comes with storage bins, alphabet magnets and paper roll.Keep the mind busy and challenged with KiwiCo's science and art projects.

CAA has signed YouTube creator Marko Terzo. The 18-year-old internet personality is known for his fashion videos on YouTube, where he has 4.7 million subscribers and specializes in customization and DIY art.

A man of many words. Donald Trump, 73, just called a state-of-the art weapon that is supposed to defend the United States a “super duper missile” while delivering a speech from the Oval Office on May 15. The POTUS made the announcement while revealing the official flag for the Space Force, the U.S.’s newest military branch that Trump signed into order in Dec. 2019. Trump lamented that the U.S. didn’t kick off the Space Force earlier because “China, Russia, perhaps others, started off a lot sooner,” he said. Alas, Trump bragged that America is catching up with a mysterious weapon of its own (which could use a new name, by the sound of it).

https://t.co/noh8VRHMyN“But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.”Rowling has come under fire for speaking out on trans issues, including raising concerns that trans rights are eroding women’s rights to single-sex spaces and suggesting young women are being rushed into medical transition.In a 3,600-word essay last month she defended her right to speak about trans issues without fear of abuse, and explained that her views were over women’s safety and stemmed from her own past experiences of domestic abuse and sexual assault.“I was very proud to sign this letter in defense of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom

Ariana Grande is defending herself. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, the 26-year-old singer opened up about why, in the past, she stepped away from the spotlight to let her music speak for itself.

The photographer behind Beyonce's September 2018 Vogue cover, Tyler Mitchell, has signed with UTA. The 25-year-old Brooklyn-based artist made history as the first black photographer and one of the youngest people ever to shoot a cover of American Vogue in the magazine’s 126-year history when he was only 23.

By Dave McNary

© Getty NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Elon Musk and Grimes attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Elon Musk chose the wrong time to correct Grimes’ explanation of their newborn’s name. 

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer returned to our screen this evening and viewers got another chance to see Lee Mack, Griff Rhys Jones, Melanie Sykes and Joe Lycett take on the baking challenge show.

Pregnant Katy Perry was planning to pay homage to Madonna’s iconic cone bra with her look at the Met Gala on Monday night.

By Elsa Keslassy

Our Men's Style Editor longs to head to a Venetian lookout with a difference once lockdown is over