Sam Fender announces North American headline tour

A serial abuser who strangled his girlfriend, leaving her fearing for her life, is among the criminals jailed in Manchester this week. Prison terms were also handed to a 'dangerous' pervert who attempted to meet up with young children for sex, but was caught out by an undercover profile.

Manchester United fans are keeping the faith with Amad after the young winger sent a timely reminder out on loan with Rangers.

Nearly one month after Christina Hall (née Haack) and Joshua Hall secretly tied the knot, she is reflecting on how her life has changed.

Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor and Charlie de Melo looked glamorous ahead of the BAFTA ceremony on Sunday evening, where Corrie received a nomination for Best Soap. Sally, 58, and Charlie, 32, posed for an adorable photo on the official Corrie Instagram ahead of the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

The star-studded 75th BAFTA Television Awards 2022 is well underway at the Royal Festival Hall in London.The awards ceremony celebrates television craft and television programmes broadcast in the UK in 2021 Famous TV faces such as And and Dec, Alison Hammond, Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan, Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan stunned as they walked the red carpet. Viewers can watch the hotly-anticipated awards from 6pm on BBC One.

BAFTAs) take place.Popular shows such as Gogglebox, It's a Sin and Stath Lets Flats have been nominated, while big names including Graham Norton, Steve Coogan, Jodie Comer and Jessica Plummer will be hoping to scoop gongs.The show will air from the magnificent Royal Festival Hall in London and will be the first BAFTA ceremony in three years to be attended by an in-person audience.That will be good news for its host.For the third straight year, comedian and writer Richard Ayoade will be presenting the glamourous show.But things could have turned out oh so differently for the funnyman.Here are some things you may not know about Richard.Did you know that Richard could have so easily taken a different route and not ended up on our screens?The 44-year-old attended St Catharine's College in Cambridge after growing up in the east of England, just outside Ipswich.He finished up in the college in 1998 after three years of studying law.However, it was an extracurricular activity which helped him launch his career.Richard took a big interest in stage productions, and became president of the amateur drama club Footlights in the college (with his vice-president being John Oliver!)Previous presidents of the group included David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Hugh Laurie and members of Monty Python.Richard has since said that his degree was not a "fallback" for him, instead meaning he had to go back to "square one".John Oliver wasn't the only future star that Richard was connected with in Cambridge.He met actress Lydia Fox while studying there and has since married her.Lydia studied at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge.

The 2022 BAFTA TV Awards are happening now, and dozens of stars are making their way into the event on the red carpet.

BAFTA TV ceremony 2022 returned for another year and took place at London's Royal Festival Hall. A host of famous faces were in attendance, including TV duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, Stephen Graham, former soap star Michelle Keegan and plenty more.

Anne Hegerty has revealed her Beat The Chasers replacement flew over the night before filming after she tested positive for Covid.The Chase star took to the BAFTAs red carpet and spoke exclusively to Daily Star about why her Australian colleague, Issa Schultz, had accompanied her.The 63-year-old said: "The reason why he’s here is because Beat The Chasers starts a week tomorrow, May 16, and the week before we were filming I tested positive."She explained that Issa, who's been doing The Chase Australia since 2015, was born in Cornwall which means he doesn't need a visa to get into England.Anne quipped: "They rung him at midnight and said ‘you’re on the plane in the morning’."So I’m missing from the next one and Issa will be in."Issa, 38, confessed that he feels incredibly lucky to be a part of the show in both countries and revealed that Anne was more than happy to let him take her place.The television quiz personality said: "We do Beat The Chasers in Australia as well so I fell very lucky to do both versions, thanks to someone getting Covid."But she's such a wonderful woman and was so happy to step aside." The Governess admitted that she wants to make sure her Aussie colleague is well looked after as she chimed: "I kept messaging the producer saying ‘make sure his hotel is booked from the night before so he can get some sleep'."During the exclusive chat, Anne made the surprising revelation that she doesn't take part in pub quizzes because "top quizzers" are sometimes not that great at quizzes.She admitted: "We do league quizzes as part of a team anyway."By and large I don’t, partially because, actually, a lot of top quizzers are not that good at quizzes."The I'm A Celeb star added: "You know, we have things like picture

Channel 4’s Help star Jodie Comer has beaten Kate Winslet and It’s a Sin’s Lydia West to the Leading Actress gong at the BAFTA TV Awards.

BBC prison drama Time star Sean Bean has beaten It’s A Sin lead Olly Alexander and his Time co-star Stephen Graham to the coveted Leading Actor award at tonight’s BAFTA TV Awards.

Japanese illusionist Keiichi Iwasaki made quite the impression when he auditioned for “Britain’s Got Talent” during the show’s recent episode.

Exclusive: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is right around the corner (things kick off on May 17), and that means the Olympics of filmmaking with the best filmmakers worldwide competing for the coveted Palme d’Or. One of those filmmakers will be Iranian-Danish film director and screenwriter Ali Abbasi, whose new film “Holy Spider” will play in the official competition section during the festival.

gave fans a peak inside their goodie bags when the ceremony went virtual, with all the stars watching from home. Among the treats included a bottle of Taittinger Champagne, a bottle of white wine, a package of Kiko makeup, and a bottle of special San Pellegrino. They also got a colouring book, a champagne stopper and some sweets.

Sharon Osbourne has been flooded with support as she shared a fresh health update. The star shared a gorgeous video on Instagram of a flock of birds flying. Sharon O said: "Still not feeling great, but manifesting this.

Dennis Waterman, star of Minder, The Sweeney and New Tricks, has died, aged 74. The news was announced by the actor’s family, who revealed in a statement that he died on Sunday (8 May) with his wife Pam by his side. “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain.

Burna Boy has announced the release of his next album, ‘Love, Damini’.The ‘On The Low’ hitmaker became the first Nigerian artist to headline a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday night (April 28).During the show, Burna Boy revealed his new album will be called ‘Love, Damini’, which a press release later stated “is set to release for his 31st birthday,” which would be July 2.However, according to Pitchfork, representatives for the artist have said his sixth LP does not currently have a firm release date.‘Love, Damini’ will be the follow-up to Burna Boy’s 2020 album, the Grammy-winning ‘Twice As Tall’. Since releasing the LP, he’s released numerous singles, including ’20 10 20′, ‘Kilometre’, ‘Question’, ‘Want It All’, and ‘B.

Sam Fender fan has got a scannable Spotify code for the singer’s album ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ tattooed on their leg.The North East singer-songwriter’s debut album was released in 2019, and Fender today (April 27) shared a video sent to him by a fan that shows a tattoo of an official Spotify Code.The codes are used like QR Codes, and scanned into phones to bring up a particular song, album or playlist on the streaming service.In the video, a fan with Spotify open goes up to his friend’s leg and scans the tattoo, before ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ suddenly shows up on his phone.Sharing the video, Fender branded the fans “legends”.

Harry Styles has been announced as the final headliner for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022.The station’s annual event is due to take place at War Memorial Park in Coventry between May 27 and 29 following a two-year COVID-related hiatus.Calvin Harris will top the bill on the Saturday night (May 28), with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Sam Fender, George Ezra, Lorde, Fontaines D.C.

DOUBLE Brit Award winner Sam Fender has had his head turned by yet another beauty – Anatomy of a Scandal actress Hannah Dodd. Rising star Hannah, who will star alongside Henry Cavill and Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes 2, plays a young Sophie in the smash hit Netflix drama.

Sam Fender has announced details of an intimate charity show that he’ll play in Newcastle next month.The ‘Seventeen Going Under’ artist will return to his native north east on May 24 for a special gig at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall, marking the first time that he will have played live at the 2600-capacity venue.The show will raise money for North East Homeless, who provide support to those who are vulnerable and homeless in the north east of England, as well as food and emergency equipment at street outreach sessions.Fender, who is a patron of the charity, dedicated his BRIT Award for Alternative/Rock Act to the organisation back in February.This is going to be next level. Newcastle get ready, I’m coming to you for a special intimate gig at the @O2CityHall on 24th May.