53 m. ago Police issue major update after man fights for life following Deansgate attack

Officers believe there may be another victim

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4 d. ago Police issue statement after major incident near BBC and ITV studios

Earlier today (August 8) it was reported that emergency services had rushed to Media City in Salford, Manchester, with pictures showing police cars swarming the area

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5 d. ago Amaarae: Black Star review – glamour, glitz and lust from a pop star who should be a supernova

(Golden Angel/Interscope)With a sleek dancefloor-facing sound, the Ghanaian American singer is deliriously in thrall to wealth and celebrity – but most of all loveFountain Baby, the second album by Amaarae, was a revelation – a sensual, funny, frank and musically dense record released in 2023 that established the 31-year-old Ghanaian American pop musician as a cultural force to match contemporaries such as Rosalía and Charli xcx. Although the songs are hedonistic – largely oscillating between wry flexes of wealth and lyrics about trifling with, and being trifled by, women in her orbit – she is also a realist: actions have consequences in Amaarae’s world, such as on Reckless & Sweet, as she wonders whether her lovers desire her or merely her money.Despite the ingenuity and complexity of her music, Amaarae has struggled to break into the mainstream, in the UK at least. A recent Glastonbury set felt sparsely attended and, aside from 2020’s Sad Girlz Luv Money, one of the most ...

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3 w. ago Rebecca Booth missing: Police issue major update after mum last seen in BP garage

Concerns for the welfare of a Cheshire woman are growing following her disappearance on Saturday. Underwater search teams have been deployed in the search for Rachel Booth

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3 w. ago Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set police investigation update as Kneecap case dropped

Avon and Somerset Police have issued an update after they confirmed the force was investigating Bob Vylan following chants they made on stage at Glastonbury Festival

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3 w. ago Police issue major update on investigation into Kneecap Glastonbury set

Police launched an investigation after the band played at the Somerset festival

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3 w. ago Brits demand end to BBC licence fee over Masterchef, Glastonbury and Gaza scandals

Anger over the BBC comes in the wake of a series of significant controversies, including Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set, Gregg Wallace's MasterChef candal and an investigation into the coverage of Gaza

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3 w. ago Lewis Capaldi says unfinished Glastonbury set in 2023 was ‘blessing in disguise’

The Scottish singer announced a break from touring shortly after the performance.

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4 w. ago Police issue major update after nine, including baby, injured in horror M6 motorway crash

A 12 month-old boy and a girl aged six were involved

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4 w. ago BBC staff who had authority to cut livestream of Bob Vylan's set ‘were at Glastonbury’

Police have since launched an investigation into the group

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