The sombre quiet in Manchester that reminds us today isn't any other Monday

The Duke of Norfolk has been handed a six-month driving ban despite arguing that he has a key role in planning King Charles' coronation. Edward Fitzalan-Howard, who also helped arrange Queen Elizabeth's state funeral, was prosecuted after he was spotted using his mobile phone when driving through a red light in Battersea, south London, in Apri and on Monday (25. 09.

In the Queen's final hours, the royal family raced to be with her in a well-documented dash to Balmoral. Prince Harry cut a lonely figure as travelled alone - and more details have come out about that fateful day.

Mercury Prize has been rescheduled for next month following its last-minute postponement due to the Queen’s death.Organisers called off the 2022 ceremony shortly before it was scheduled to begin on September 8 after the news broke of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. “We will make an announcement regarding future arrangements as soon as we are able,” an official statement read.Today (September 23), it’s been confirmed that the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW Awards Show will take place on Tuesday, October 18.

Queen Elizabeth II was graffitied on a popular sculpture in New York City.The words "F*** the Queen" were found on the Charging Bull sculpture on Wall Street with the NYPD currently searching for four suspects, the Daily Mirror reports.Surveillance footage captured two men and two women walking through Manhattan at 2:30am on September 9, the day after the Queen passed away at her home in Balmoral.READ MORE: Kate and William 'carefully protected' George and Charlotte at Queen's funeralThe vandals had used a 'paint marker type instrument' to graffiti their shocking insult on the forehead of the sculpture.The NYPD has confirmed while the defacing of the sculpture has been removed, the suspects have yet to be found as they could potentially a face a year in jail.Unfortunately this is just one in a long line of incidents where the Charging Bull has been vandalised.The bull's head was doused in blue pigment just three months after former President Donald Trump announced the US's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change.President Biden and the First lady, Jill, visited the Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall to pay their respects before the funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday (September 19).To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Biden gave a glowing tribute to the Queen following news of her death, saying: "Just because of the way she touched when she leaned over.

Making progress? Following Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral, Gayle King shared her perspective on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s future relationship with the rest of the royal family.

HOLLY Willoughby will NOT quit This Morning, a show insider confirmed. The presenter had come under fire after she and her co-host Phillip Schofield were accused of jumping the queue to view the Queen lying in state on Friday. Members of the public were left furious as the TV hosts appeared to skip the long line, after some of them waited for up to 14 hours.

This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby will not quit her role on the ITV show, according to a programme insider.The 41 year old recently received harsh criticism from fans after she and her co-host Phillip Schofield, 60, were accused of queue jumping to view the body of Queen Elizabeth II lying in state on Friday (Sept 16) .Thousands of mourners were left outraged by the TV stars after they appeared to use their celebrity influence to skip to the front of the line bypassing those who waited 14 hours to see the late monarch in her coffin.READ MORE: This Morning's Holly and Phil break silence over 'queue-jump' - but viewers are still not happyFollowing the backlash, a close source has now told The Sun that Holly's position on the popular daytime show still remains safe.The insider said: "Holly will not quit."She has been devastated by all the negative reaction after she turned up to work at Westminster Hall with Phil on Friday, but she's not going to resign."This Morning has been her life for more than a decade and the only way she'd consider quitting at this stage is if viewers really didn't want her there."The insider also shared that they are confident that Holly is still a hit with viewers and she has now addressed what actually took place while appearing alongside Phil on This Morning.During Tuesday's episode of This Morning, Phil and Holly spoke candidly on what happened while insisting that they would "never skip a queue".As they opened the show, a clip from inside the Westminster Hall was shown to viewers at home.

Coronation Street star Maureen Lipman says she had a "premonition" Queen Elizabeth II was going to die.Her Majesty passed away peacefully at the age of 96 on September 8, Buckingham Palace confirmed at the time.A state funeral was held for the Queen 11 days later on Monday, September 19.READ MORE: Corrie legend Maureen Lipman slams 'wokes' for trying to make everyone in TV 'an actor'Before and after the service, the BBC welcomed special guests including Maureen, who she discussed what the Queen’s reign meant to her and explained that she experienced a "premonition" before her passing.Speaking to presenter Kirsty Young at the time, the actress said: "I had a premonition, Kirsty, I actually texted a friend in Corrie and said 'I think the Queen is going to die'."I just had one of those strange experiences and then I thought the show [her one-woman show in Manchester] would be cancelled, I didn’t think anyone would play that night, but the directors came through and said we were all to carry on."ROSE, a production which serves as a reminder of some of the events that shaped the century, is the project Maureen is involved in alongside filming Corrie.Reflecting on the show that evening, she said: "It was very tender that night."My reaction was immediately visceral, I just sobbed, and then the show had to go on."It comes after former Celebrity Gogglebox star Maureen, 76, blasted the 'wokes' for trying to make everyone in the TV and film industry "an actor".The outspoken star thinks it is wrong that women in her profession are now often referred to by the traditional male noun.Maureen said: "I am an actress - not an actor."Yes, some of my views can be a little old-fashioned, but don't attack me for them."Consider my point of

More anti-monarchy messages have been spotted in Greater Manchester during the country’s mourning period for Her Majesty The Queen.

Following the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, her coffin was transported by the state hearse to Windsor Castle. Before she is laid to rest alongside Prince Philip, the late monarch had a committal service at St George’s Chapel that was attended by the royal family. During the service Princess Charlotte, who was seated beside her uncle Prince Harry, shared a sweet moment with her father’s brother.

Taking a sip of his tea, John Henshaw watches on as Her Majesty's coffin is carried through Westminster Abbey.

The Queen's coffin was adorned with a colourful bouquet of flowers which was requested especially by the King. Her Majesty was laid to rest during a state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday (September 19), which was attended by 2,000 invited guests.

Julia Roberts and George Clooney landed at the top of the international box office chart this weekend as Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise expanded its offshore rollout. Adding 39 markets for a $12.1M session in 46 lifted the overseas cume to $14.8M with several majors still to come; domestic begins on October 21. Collectively, the new markets this session performed above Last Christmas and Yesterday, and in line with The Lost City and Bridget Jones’s Baby. 

Victoria Beckham has said that meeting Queen Elizabeth II was a "proud moment" after paying a heartfelt tribute and posting a throwback snap with Her Majesty.With her husband David having queued 13 hours to pay tribute to the late monarch, the former Spice Girls star has now penned a sweet message to pay her respects.Taking to Instagram on SUnday (September 18), Victoria penned a moving message alongside a glamorous snap of the Queen.READ NEXT: This Morning fans threaten to 'boycott' show over Holly and Phil's 'shameful queue jump'"I’ve spent the last week reflecting on the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and how she was a powerful source of inspiration not just for me, but for so many around the world," she began.Posh went on: "The ultimate icon in every way and the epitome of elegance, she will live on in our hearts and minds forever."I offer my deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this time, and we join them in mourning the loss of our beloved Sovereign."After her heartfelt Instagram post, Victoria took to her stories to post another set of images with more moving words - even reflecting on the time she met the late monarch.In 1997 Victoria along the rest of the Spice Girls came face to face with Queen Elizabeth II when they met her at a formal event.Looking incredible in the signature Posh Spice black dress, Victoria beamed as she shook hands with the Queen.Uploading the throwback snap onto her stories, Victoria penned: ''One of my proudest Spice Girls moments was meeting Her Majesty at the Royal Command Performance in 1997.

A nine year-old boy received one of the last ever thank-you cards from the Queen, posted out from Buckingham Palace on the day Her Majesty died.

BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhust returned to the red sofa once again this weekend, but the broadcaster confessed it hasn’t be as easy as it may seem to host the show solo while her co-host Jon Kay reports live from outside Westminster Palace.During Sunday’s instalment of the morning news programme, Jon Kay ditched the comfortable Salford studio for the streets of London ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday (September 19).Meanwhile, the 41-year-old held down the fort at the BBC studios as she discussed the latest international news to hit the headlines in the last 24 hours.But it hasn’t always been plain sailing for the brunette beauty, after she confessed that she can’t wait to be reunited with her colleague in the studio as she continues to present the show solo for the fourth day in a row.After interviewing a slew of mourners queuing up to pay their respects to Her Majesty at Westminster Palace, the newsreader threw the show back to his colleague in the studio based in the heart of Manchester. And it appeared as though the hosts was grateful to be speaking to her colleague once again via video link despite the distance between them.

Zara Tindall has been praised after she carried on with an emotional tribute to her grandmother alongside her younger brother and cousins despite a wardrobe-related mishap. Princess Anne's daughter joined a 15-minute vigil around the late monarch's coffin on Saturday (September 17).

Manchester Evening News readers have hit out at This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after they were recorded allegedly 'jumping the queue' to see the Queen lying in state. The hosting duo were seen filing past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin on Friday (September 16).

Fans of the royal family were reduced to tears as the Queen's eight grandchildren held a vigil around her coffin. The Prince of Wales led his brother the Duke of Sussex, as well as his cousins Zara Tindall and Peter Philips, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn into Westminster Hall early on Saturday evening (September 16).