The areas in Greater Manchester where the most workers have been furloughed

A cyclist has been rushed to hospital this morning after being hit by a car on busy Edinburgh road.

Two members of staff at Kirkcudbright Training Centre have scaled new heights for charity.

A billionaire Tory donor has declared Boris Johnson has “passed the point of no return” and suspend his support of the party.

Rangers will be without Ryan Jack when they face Hibs on Wednesday after the midfielder was dealt yet another injury setback.

Jim Goodwin has demanded more respect for St Mirren as he hit out at Shaun Maloney and BBC Sportscene.

Paul Pogba when he was asked what the Frenchman’s three-finger goal celebration against Burnley may have been alluding to. Pogba was making his first Premier League appearance under interim Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick after more than two months of injury.

Caitlyn Jenner has dropped another baby bombshell just days after daughter Kylie Jenner welcomed her second child.Reality star Caitlyn, 72, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday to share the news that she's launched her own racing team to compete in the third series of the W Series.The all-female competition, won last year by Britain's Jamie Chadwick, is set to support eight Formula 1 races in 2022, and former sportscar driver Jenner will run one of the teams.However, quickly turned to the conversation to the news that Kylie, 24, welcomed her 19th grandchild earlier this month.When asked by Susanna Reid if she had met the latest addition to the family, Caitlyn shared: "Yes I have. The family is growing.

Hollyoaks' Cleo McQueen. The actress, 28, joined the Channel 4 soap in 2015 as the younger sister of Porsche and Celine.And since then the character has been involved in some seriously big storylines, tackling major issues like sexual abuse, drug use and an eating disorder.Fans know all the ins and outs of Cleo's life but a lot less is known about actress Nadine's life when she is not on set at the soap.So we have a look at her life off-screen.Nadine knew she wanted to be an actress from early in life and started pursuing it when she was still young.She made her small screen debut in The Royal before racking up more TV credits with parts in shows including Starlings, Doctors, Waterloo Road and Still Open All Hours, which she starred in for two years.But her big break really came when she was cast as Cleo seven years ago.

Olympic Games.Mae was seen as one of Britain’s most impressive musical stars, and her talent now doubt reaped reward, with the Sunday Times rich list estimating her fortune to be around £32 million in 2006.Remarkably though, the violinist put her musical attributes on hold as she looked to take on a career in skiing with aims of competing at the Winter Olympics.Despite holding British citizenship after being born and raised in London, Mae was born to a Singaporean mother and a Thai father, and her father’s nationality would prove to be her route to becoming an Olympian.After outlining her plans to compete at the Games, the musician opted to represent Thailand as an alpine skier, rather than Team GB as she felt this gave her the best chance possible to qualify for the Sochi event in 2014.In 2010 she told The Telegraph: “I am British, but realistically there is no way I could represent my own country, but because my natural father is Thai, they have accepted me.”Is Mae's story one of the great Olympic stories? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.Four years later she found herself on a plane to Russia in order to compete at the Sochi 2014 Games, as one of two Thai skiers competing in the giant slalom event.Despite achieving her dream though, it is more than fair to say that things didn’t go to plan for Mae.The skier ended up finishing 67th out of 67 finishers on the Sochi slopes, but still kept her head held high following her last place performance.Following the race Mae positively said: “It’s so cool. You’ve got the elite skiers of the world and then you’ve got some mad old woman like me trying to make it down.

Strictly Come Dancing's Ashley Roberts left her fans captivated after she arrived at the BRIT Awards wearing an extreme cut-out black gown.

Holly Willoughby has admitted that she is "guilty" of watching TV series in bed instead of chatting to her husband. The presenter, 40, made the confession about her viewing habits during a relationship discussion on This Morning.And it seems to suggest that Holly has a television in her bedroom - something many people think is a big no-no.The star - who has three children with her hubby Dan Baldwin - shared: "Sometimes we're guilty of getting into bed and putting the telly on and watching a series."The kids are in bed and we're here watching telly, so we maybe we should switch the TV off and talk a bit more."It isn't the first time that Holly has given fans an insight into her evening routine.She sparked a debate last year when she revealed that she ditches her underwear before going to bed.Holly spilled the beans as she and her co-host Phillip Schofield discussed different people's preferences for night wear.The presenter was trying to keep quiet about her own sleepwear routine, but Phil pressed her for an answer."I didn't start this!" she insisted.But Schofe was having none of it."You did!" he insisted.

Channing Tatum said that he signed up to do Magic Mike 3 only if they agreed to make it the 'Super Bowl of stripper movies' on Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live.'I wasn't sure if I wanted to make a third movie,' said the 41-year-old actor. 'We kind of did a lot in the first two movies, but I said I will make the third movie if we could do one of two things - one I wanted to make like the Super Bowl of stripper movies.''The first movies we had to kind of stay honest to what that world is and the dancing's not all that cool in the world.

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hereBack in 2018, 12 of the photographs went onto be exhibited at Manchester Central Library as part of an event sponsored by the National Transgender Charity, Sparkle.It is thought to be the first gallery of its kind in the city.One of the photographs, Grace, went onto win the BJP Portrait of Britain award and was displayed at train stations across the UK last year.Now all of the images have been put together in a book for the first time, following support from Arts Council England.Allie said: "Stories of transformation fascinate me, especially when they are women's stories. I love to photograph teenagers, trans women, women surviving illness or escaping violent marriages.

Get Living has a solution to that, welcoming both new residents and their furry family members to its 1-3 bed homes to rent which start from £850*.The company's newest neighbourhood, New Maker Yards (Salford M5), is a vibrant canal-side development nestled between Salford and Manchester in the heart of Middlewood Locks - an ideal location for a lunchtime stroll with your dog.New Maker Yards aims to set a high standard for renting property, proving that renting should not be a second choice to homeownership.Get Living has structured its company around the wellness and enrichment of its residents, putting them first by anticipating the needs of a balanced and healthy lifestyle and providing the facilities to ensure that those needs are met

Lemn Sissay will speak about his childhood in Wigan, on tonight's episode of BBC arts series Imagine. Sissay, who was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics and has been chancellor of the University of Manchester since 2015, was born in Higher End in May 1967.

properties on the market, with estates and castles up for grabs at eye-watering sums. Despite the country being known for its cheaper house prices compared to the rest of the UK, some homes are still worth millions.

Ali Shutler hears from bands and concerned commentatorsDespite the government promising a £1.57 billion cash injection for venues and arts spaces alongside the announcement that some socially distanced live shows can take place indoors from the first of August, last week was full of terrible news for the northern music scene, which has a history of being painfully underfunded – a 2017 report found that the arts in the north would need a £700m cash injection to bring it to parity with London in the next funding round.Manchester’s Gorilla and The Deaf Institute were reported to be closing, along with Hull’s The Welly and The Polar Bear, following Covid-19’s decimation of the live music scene.

here. No date has been set for centres in Bury to reopen.A spokesperson said: "We’re working to open them as soon as it’s safe to do so." A message on the website of Better, the social enterprise which runs Manchester's leisure centres, says some will reopen on Saturday, July 25, but doesn't give any information about specific centres.

Edo Mapelli Mozzi, were married today in Windsor. The secret ceremony was attended by around 20 guests including the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of York. No images from the private ceremony have yet been released, so we don't know if the princess chose to wear a traditional bridal gown or something more pared back. But if she did decide to wear a tiara, she had an extraordinary selection from the royal collection to choose from. Tradition dictates that only married women may wear tiaras, so the ceremony, held today in Windsor, would have been the first time Beatrice has worn one. An outside contender has to be the York tiara that her mother, the Duchess of York, wore on her wedding day.

Snow Patrol‘s Johnny McDaid has spoken of his fears that individual musicians, artists and  and crew remain will not be protected by the government’s  £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces.Earlier this month, the government stepped in with an unprecedented cash injection to help the arts, culture and heritage industries “weather the impact of coronavirus” – providing music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites with emergency grants and loans.It followed extensive campaigning from more than 1,500 artists and industry figures who came together to call on the government to stop “catastrophic damage” to live music as part of the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign.Please share your videos & pics of your