Will is snow again? Borough-by-borough weather forecast for Greater Manchester this weekend

Clerks 3, the third film in the cult franchise.Sharing the news on Twitter, the filmmaker confirmed that characters Dante, Randal, Elias, Becky, Jay and Silent Bob will make a return, while tweeting that the new draft is a “funny fucking script”.Smith then directed fans to his Instagram, where he gave a detailed explanation of the new film and his process writing it. He also posted a few images from the previous Clerks movies and shared a snippet of the new script.“I started writing CLERKS III on December 28th and just finished the 101 page first draft last night! But the writing doesn’t begin when you start tapping the keys: I’ve been stirring this stew in my brain pan for awhile now,” he began his post.

direct to your inboxA Greater Manchester MP has told how ‘long Covid’ has left his short-term memory ‘shot to pieces’, while he continues to suffer brain fog.Andrew Gwynne, who represents Denton and Reddish, came down with coronavirus symptoms last March.

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Liverpool defender John Arne Riise has identified the match where Alan Smith broke his ankle as his worst memory against Manchester United.The two title rivals lock horns this weekend and, ahead of the fixture, Riise has spoken about his memories - which include the horrific injury sustained by the former United man.Smith was left with an injury that would continue to cause problems with him beyond the end of his career and Riise has spoken about how it impacted him."The worst memory for me without a doubt in this fixture was breaking Alan Smith's ankle.

FURTHER sick claims surrounding Armie Hammer have emerged as one of his ex-girlfriends claimed he wanted to “break, barbecue and eat her ribs."  Courtney Vucekovich, a Dallas-based app founder who met Hammer, 34, in June through mutual friends, also claims he was into “master-slave fetishes." The American actor recently made headlines for his “twisted” bedroom fantasies, which were allegedly revealed in a series of NSFW messages by anonymous Instagram user, House of Effie. Since the screenshots of Armie’s private DMs detailing a fetish for “cannibalism” and “drinking blood” emerged, a number of women have come forward to claim the texts are really from the actor.

Firefly Lane. The TV series is based on Kristin Hannah's popular novel and stars (brunette) and Sarah Chalke as beloved best friends Tully and Kate.

Manchester United star, 45, said successful players often come from poor backgrounds because they are hungrier for success.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has predicted a “battle” at Anfield on Sunday - and reminded Liverpool what is at stake.

Thousands of HSBC customers could receive compensation payouts this month, as the bank seeks to rectify a payments error made more than a decade ago.

Manchester United with a moment of magic to fire them to the top of the Premier League table.All of the above is part fact, part fiction. Pogba was decent in midfield alongside Nemanja Matic and did win the match with a scuffed and deflected strike replays have gone on to prove might just be the most overrated goal of recent times.Before people start complaining that Pogba is now being criticised just because of who he is, think again.Pogba cost United £90m and earns in excess of £250,000-a-week.

direct to your inboxPlans for a permanent memorial to the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing have been recommended for approval.The Glade of Light will provide a place of ’remembrance and reflection’ for friends and relatives of those who tragically lost their lives on May 22, 2017.A white stone ring halo near Manchester Cathedral will contain a personalised memory capsule behind the names of their loved ones, which will be inscribed in bronze.The memorial could be built in time for the next anniversary of the Arena attack, subject to planning permission which is expected to be granted on January 20.Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester council, said in September: “Manchester will never forget those who lost their lives on 22 May

Apple TV+ film Cherry has been released – check it out below.The film, based on the 2018 book of the same name by Nico Walker, follows the wild journey of Cherry (played by Spider-Man actor Tom Holland), a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances.A synopsis for Cherry reads: “Inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name, Cherry features Tom Holland in the title role as an unhinged character who drifts from dropping out of college to serving in Iraq as an Army medic and is only anchored by his one true love, Emily (Ciara Bravo).“When Cherry returns home a war hero, he battles the demons of undiagnosed PTSD and

Anne Hathaway wants to play the name game.During a chat with Jimmy Fallon this week, the actress bemoaned the fact that people call her "Anne," despite that being her birth name. She's hoping that people can learn to call her "Annie.""When I was 14 years old, I did a commercial, and I had to get my SAG card and they asked me, 'Well, what do you want your name to be?'" she began.

direct to your inboxPolice have arrested a man on suspicion of arson after a fire caused a suspected gas leak which forced about 30 homes to be evacuated. Officers also discovered a cannabis grow at a property on Pembroke Street in Bacup, Lancashire, as they investigated the incident.

direct to your inboxA young man from Manchester lured to Merseyside to buy a car was 'ruthlessly' gunned down following an alleged armed robbery, a murder trial has heard.Miguel Reynolds, 21, formerly of Whalley Range and Moss Side, was fatally shot in Netherton, prosecutors allege. He later died in hospital.A witness described it as a 'merciless execution', jurors have been told.

On BBC tonight RuPaul’s Drag Race UK returned for its second series, with 12 of the country’s most fabulous drag queens competing to be crowned the UK’s next Drag Race superstar.The queens enter the werk room for the first time and quickly took on their first challenge – a photo shoot with Ru.Then, in an added twist, the queens were asked to serve two looks on the Drag Race runway - one had to be inspired their favourite UK gay icon.Actress and fashion icon Elizabeth Hurley also joined the panel of judges with Michelle Visage and Graham Norton as they booted the first queen off the show.For their second look for the judges, the queens had to use their outfit to prove why they are the drag queen of their home town.Sadly, some were left in

Amidst rumours of Armie Hammer‘s foul behaviour with women, his ex Courtney Vucekovich recently spoke out after a series of leaked DMs reportedly from Armie went viral. For the unversed, the DMs, which are spreading like wildfire across the internet are fake as per the actor.  Now, Courtney Vucekovich spoke to Page Six and told them: “He said to me he wants to break my rib and barbecue and eat it.” “‘F–k that was weird,’ but you never think about it again.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOdion Ighalo is keen to play in Major League Soccer before he retires with the end of his Manchester United loan deal approaching.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was keen to sign a striker last January and moved to bring Ighalo in on loan after missing out on Erling Haaland to Borussia Dortmund. The Nigeria international made an instant impact at his boyhood club and saw his loan deal extended in the summer until January 31, 2021.

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has urged the squad to avoid conceding free-kicks if they want to defeat Liverpool this weekend.United head to Anfield three points clear of the defending champions and victory would double that advantage, putting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side in the driving seat for the title.However, United have not won away against Liverpool since 2016 and will have a stern task ahead of them if that record is to improve.Silvestre believes the game will be settled on fine margins and, in order to emerge victorious, not conceding soft set-pieces will be significant."The margin will be very thin this weekend.

direct to your inboxClutching her comfort doll, Sheila Butler, 90, was among the first to receive the vaccine at her care home. It means she, and her 31 fellow residents at Bowfell House in Urmston, finally have a crucial layer of protection against a virus which has had such a brutal impact on care homes.

direct to your inboxHospital staff across Greater Manchester paid a total of nearly £8m to park at work in a year, statistics show.Figures for 2019/20 show parking tickets, permits and fines for staff brought in £7.9m at hospital trusts across the region - a similar figure to the previous year. One union boss said: "Charging dedicated NHS staff to park at work is disgraceful.

Cardi B has landed her first starring role in a feature film. The 28-year-old rapper is set to star in a new comedy called ET confirms. Cardi — who had a role in 2019's and appears in the upcoming movie — will take center stage in the movie, which Paramount bought in a competitive bidding war last spring. ET has learned that will follow Cardi's Amber, a small-time crook, who finds herself in over her head when a heist goes wrong.