£5 increase in council tax with new fire engine among Andy Burnham's plans

Kylie Jenner is giving us some major Kris Jenner vibes with this new hairstyle!

Kylie Jenner, 26, sported a chic bob hairdo Friday on Instagram, leading some of her 400 million followers to compare her appearance to that of her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, 28.“Kris Jenner is quaking,” the billionaire captioned the pic, alluding that her mom is jealous that she copied her signature short hairstyle. Always up on the latest trends, Kris, 68, replied with a reference to rapper Ice Spice’s new song, “Think U The S—t (Fart).”“You’re not even the fart,” Kris replied, implying that she’s still the queen bee. It’s unclear whether the Kylie Cosmetics founder really chopped several inches off her hair or if she was playing around with a wig.

Bill Roache has been spotted out in a brand new car, despite reports claiming the Coronation Street legend is facing bankruptcy for the second time. The 91 year old actor, who has played Ken Barlow on the ITV soap since 1960, was photographed while out in his new motor, worth up to £72,000, in Cheshire.

Andy Burnham has backed calls for a VAT cut for pubs, restaurants and clubs. The Greater Manchester mayor told an audience at the Night Time Economy Summit on Thursday (February 8) that he wants VAT to be reduced to 10 per cent for the hospitality industry.

Night buses will be rolled out in parts of Greater Manchester as part of a trial later this year. Andy Burnham revealed that plans for a pilot scheme are being prepared during the Night Time Economy Summit on Thursday (February 8).

Justin Timberlake is doing whatever he can to make fans forget the bombshell allegations his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears dropped about him last year!

National Holocaust Memorial Day is taking place today, January 27. First held in 2001, Holocaust Memorial Day serves to provide people across the world with an opportunity to learn about the Holocaust and what can be done to challenge prejudice today.

Sunny Day Real Estate have returned with their first new single in 10 years, ‘Novum Vetus’, and announced a run of shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album ‘Diary’.The emo legends, who announced their reunion in 2022, had been teasing the song earlier this week by sharing a minute-long snippet to Instagram. The sound soundtracks a video of an artist drawing the phrase “novum vetus”, (Latin for “everything old is new again”) and then sketching out a boat at sea, over which frontman Jeremy Enigk was heard singing: “The day we died inside, the world was suffering / 10,000 words collide but no one said a thing / the day we died inside the walls come tumbling down.”Although ‘Novum Vetus’ is only just seeing the light of day, it was first conceived when Sunny Day Real Estate were recording 1998’s ‘How It Feels to Be Something On’.

An inquiry into how women and girls in custody have been treated by Greater Manchester Police officers could be published in the spring.

Bicycles won't be allowed on board Metrolink trams unless it can be done safely, a key transport committee has heard.

Andy Burnham has shed more light on the agreement he signed with scandal-hit software firm Fujitsu. Japanese company Fujitsu has been at the centre of the Post Office scandal, with its faulty Horizon accounting software being used to convict more than 900 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses for years.

The boss of Avanti West Coast apologised to Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester residents over its service in a tense exchange. Avanti's managing director Andy Mellors also repeated his regret over a presentation in which top staff joked about receiving 'free money' from the government as questions about the organisation's culture were raised.

Heather Gay, is that you?! That’s the question many fans are asking since watching the 49-year-old reality star on Watch What Happens Live Tuesday night.

Many Brits will be receiving their first paycheck of the new year in the coming days.

Fat White Family have announced details of their fourth studio album, ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’, and shared new single ‘Bullet Of Dignity’.The band’s new album will be released on April 26 via Domino, and follows first preview ‘Religion Of One’, which came out in late 2023.Discussing the new album in a statement, frontman Lias Saoudi said that ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’ “is about life as eternal contingency…about no longer suspecting, but knowing that this shit will never get any easier…in fact, it’s about to get a whole lot worse, your body’s going to go into decay and the people you love will slowly start dropping dead around you…but somehow, you’ve smashed enough of your expectations thus far in life, you’re sort of fine with it…you accept it”.Watch the video for the new track below.1. ‘The Archivist’2. ‘John Lennon’3. ‘Bullet Of Dignity’4. ‘Polygamy Is Only For The Chief’5. ‘Visions Of Pain’6. ‘Today You Become Man’7. ‘Religion For One’8. ‘Feed The Horse’9. ‘What’s That You Say’10. ‘Work’11. ‘You Can’t Force It’The new album is the band’s first in half a decade, following 2019’s ‘Serfs Up’.

WJSN singer SeolA has become the first member of the girl group to go solo with the release of single album ‘Inside Out’, featuring the title track ‘Without U’.‘Inside Out’ was released yesterday (January 23), led by title track ‘Without U’ alongside two B-sides, ‘Let’s Talk (Loneliness)’ and ‘No Girl’. An accompanying music video for ‘Without You’ was also released simultaneously.

TelevisaUnivision and Charter Communications have reached a multi-year carriage renewal that includes streaming distribution on Spectrum for a new tier of the Vix streaming service.

Dean McDermott is taking a huge step in his relationship with his new girlfriend!

A trial of allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams will take place over six weeks from next month, transport bosses have revealed.

MPs held a minute's silence in Parliament this morning (January 18) in memory of Sir Tony Lloyd. The Rochdale MP, who held several senior political roles in Greater Manchester, revealed last week that he had developed an 'aggressive and untreatable leukaemia'.