Wanted man found with knife after pushing through Piccadilly station barriers

Manchester United's season gets underway on Monday and the final preparations are being made for the opening game.

Netflix original series to become a summer hit looks set to be the drug drama Painkiller, fronted by Matthew Broderick – you can find episode details below.The series takes on the ever-headline-making prescription drugs crisis that continues to grip America and other parts of the world. Broderick plays a slick pharmaceutical executive, Richard Sackler, while Uzo Aduba’s Edie Flowers is the government lawyer set on taking him down.An official synopsis for Painkiller reads: “A fictionalized retelling of events, Painkiller is a scripted limited series that explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin.“An examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans, Painkiller is based on the book Pain Killer by Barry Meier and the New Yorker magazine article The Family That Built an Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.”The first season of Painkiller comprises six one hour episodes that chart the battle between the good guys (Flowers and the Feds) and the big bad (Sackler and his Pharma company).As with many TV series on Netflix, the series will have its entire season released in one go as of Thursday, August 10.

Two Chilean women flew to Britain as 'burglary tourists' to target a millionaire businessman's wife for her designer handbags and jewellery, a court heard.

A special candlelight show featuring some of the best movie and TV soundtracks performed live by a string quartet at Manchester Cathedral will take place later this month.

Janette Manrara's fans have said they have witnessed 'pure love' as she updated them with videos on her mum and dad's visit after welcoming her first child. The dancer and presenter's parents flew over from Miami a week after their daughter gave birth to her own little girl.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to introduce a ‘national digital Blue Badge’ after a council in London recently introduced an electronic version of the permit to prevent thieves from stealing them. Petition creator Brian Putman proposes that number plate reading technology used by police to validate insurance - Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) - could also be used to determine if a car is linked to a registered Blue Badge holder.

Tennis legend Annabel Croft was left devastated by the sudden death of her husband, prior to the recent announcement she is now the 14th celebrity to join the 2023 line-up of Strictly Come Dancing.The 57-year-old's husband Mel Coleman's sadly passed away in May this year and the devastating loss came as a 'shock' to the star.The couple, who were married for 30 years and tied the knot in 1992, passed away aged 60 after a battle with cancer.The couple have three adult children together, Charlie, Amber and Lily together. The former America’s Cup yachtsman, who co-ran a tennis school with Annabel, was diagnosed with stage three cancer after complaining of sudden stomach problems, reported by the Mirror.

A whole raft of MSPs from across the Scottish political spectrum have thrown their weight behind a new Paisley book.

A seriously injured eight week-old kitten was found dumped in a Primark bag by binmen on their rounds, the RSPCA has revealed.

Six Nations of the Grand River to support the building of their new cultural center.”Born Jaime Royal Robertson in Toronto on July 5, 1943, Robertson had family roots in the Jewish enclave of the city’s downtown and in the Mohawk community of the Six Nations Reserve outside the city.At age 10, he began playing guitar, and in 1960 at the age of 16, he joined drummer Levon Helm in the Hawks, the backing band for rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins. The Hawks went on to play with Bob Dylan on tour in 1965 and 1966, after the folk-music star famously decided to “go electric.” Moving to Woodstock in 1967, Robertson and his bandmates recorded the seminal “basement tapes” with Dylan before changing their name to The Band and releasing the groundbreaking “Music from Big Pink” albumin 1968.

New research has revealed the most idyllic spots in Europe for wild swimming and a popular Scottish spot has placed near the top of the list.

Television star and comedian Jonathan Ross was pictured pushing his daughter Betty Kitten in a sweet but rare public appearance. The 32-year-old was diagnosed with fibromyalgia two years ago and has been suffering with the chronic condition since.

Big Brother 25 contestant Luke Valentine has been removed from the CBS reality show after being heard using a racial slur on the programme’s 24-hour live feed.As reported by Variety, The 30-year-old illustrator, who is white, was heard using the N-word during a conversation with fellow contestants Jared Fields, Cory Wurtenberger and Hisam Goueli on Tuesday night (August 8).After catching himself using the slur, Valentine covered his mouth and laughingly apologised. He then tried to correct himself with the word “dude”.CBS has since confirmed Valentine’s departure from the show, saying in a statement that he “violated the BIG BROTHER code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur. He has been removed from the house,” producers said.Valentine’s exit from the reality show will be addressed on Thursday night’s episode.

High street chain Wilko said it has appointed administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting about 12,000 jobs at risk.

Annabel Croft has been announced as the 13th celebrity contestant hoping to take home the glitterball trophy in the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing - which will be kicking off in just a few weeks' time. Discussing her newest venture, Annabel said: "I have always loved watching Strictly and can’t quite believe I’m going to be part of this magical show – swapping tennis balls for glitter balls and looking forward to finding some joyfulness in the process." Annabel is a former British Number One tennis player who at 15 years old was the youngest British player to compete at Wimbledon for 95 years, and is now turning her impressive sporting skills to the Strictly dancefloor.

Jeon Somi’s agency will remove an animated character from the music video of one of her latest songs after viewers accused it of plagiarism.The video in question comes from the visual accompaniment for the South Korean singer’s single ‘Fast Forward’ – the lead track of her new EP ‘Game Plan’. The track and music video both debuted on Monday (August 7).Following its release, some viewers have pointed out how the character in the original video resembles the artwork style of Japanese cartoonist, Rumiko Takahashi and her characters illustrated in the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978-87).The artist is also most widely recognised for her fantasy romance series, InuYasha, which ran between 1996 and 2008.In the music video for ‘Fast Forward’, it appears as if the character is meant to resemble the 22-year-old singer, however, many highlighted how it was nearly identical to the artwork on the cover of the first volume for Urusei Yatsura – with the main changes only being to the direction the character is facing and the hairstyle (via Koreaboo).Now, Somi’s agency, THEBLACKLABEL, has issued a formal apology in light of the accusations of plagiarism, and insisted that they “deeply apologise” for the parallels between the characters.“We have reviewed the issue as soon as we were made aware of the criticisms that the animation within ‘Fast Forward’ reminds viewers of a character from another animation,” the agency said in a press release yesterday (August 9, via Korea JoongAng Daily).“We have decided to delete and change the scenes at issue.

The Streets have added two new live dates to their 2023 headline tour – find all the details below.The Mike Skinner-led group are due to hit the road this autumn in support of their sixth full-length album ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, which comes out on October 20.Last month, The Streets announced a run of UK shows in support of the upcoming record. Skinner and co.

EastEnders legend Sharon Watts is going to get involved in her brother Zack Hudson's relationship, show spoilers have revealed. Since Zack and Whitney Dean got together, they have been up and down and had a tough time of it. Not long after they got together, Whitney found out that she was pregnant with Zack's baby.

Coleen Rooney appears to have stunned her fans as she shared some sweet holiday photos of herself and her boys. The 37-year-old star shares four sons - Kai, 13, Klay, 10, Kit, seven, and Cass, five - with her footballer husband Wayne Rooney.

Strictly Come Dancing's 13th contestant has been revealed as former EastEnders star Nigel Harman. The news was announced on Thursday morning non ITV's Lorraine show by Christine Lampard.

The family of a teenager found dead near the hospital she was receiving treatment has told an inquest of 'systemic failures' in the days leading up to her death.