Bar where £20k of cocaine and cannabis farm were found has licence stripped as cops say they believe drugs were sold to punters

A cannabis farm worth more than £1 million has been uncovered by police.

The treats continue for Take That fans as it's been announced they are releasing a brand new podcast which celebrates their return.

Big Brother has returned, which means for the next six weeks, we'll be pretty much unavailable most evenings.The iconic reality show aired on Sunday after a five year hiatus, but now it's back and bigger than ever. With two new presenters - Strictly's AJ Odudu and Dance Dance Dance's Will Best - plus a fresh batch of new housemates and, just as we expected, there's been laughs, tears, and a whole load of drama. Housemate Zak Srakaew has already won over viewers with his laid back attitude and cheeky smile.

A Salford councillor is stranded in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children amid the turmoil in Israel with missiles flying overhead. Independent member of the city council, Coun Andrew Walters, flew out to the Middle East for the Jewish festival Yom Kippur a few days ago with his wife, Chana, and children before Hamas launched their devastating attack.

Emmerdale's Super Soap Week continued on Tuesday (October 10) with a nailbiting stunt that kept fans of the programme on tenterhooks. The ITV soap showed Chloe Harris driving a car with Mackenzie Boyd and Charity Dingle in the backseat.

Strictly Come Dancing fans said they were 'screaming' as they thought Angela Scanlon had been replaced by another star. The Irish presenter was back in the ballroom on Saturday night (October 7) for the annual Movie Week extravaganza.

Unsung Mancunian footballing heroes finally got the recognition they deserve this week after a plaque was unveiled for Manchester Corinthians.

Emmerdale stars Emma Atkins, Lawrence Robb and Jessie Elland have divulged some of the behind-the-scenes details from filming their first major stunt. Despite being on the soap for more than 20 years, Charity Dingle actress Emma has never been part of a big showpiece like next week's Super Soap Week.

Police uncovered a huge cannabis farm with more than 300 plants following dawn raids in Stockport today (Friday).

David Beckham is offering an unfiltered look at his extraordinary life and career in the new Netflix documentary Beckham.

Declan McKenna has announced a 2024 UK and Ireland tour in support of his upcoming album ‘What Happened To The Beach?‘.The 14-date run will kick off on March 23, 2024, at the Great Hall in Cardiff. From there, the ‘Brazil’ singer will make stops in Norwich, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, Leicester, Bristol, Wolverhampton, London and Brighton.

Paris Fury has defended having seven children as she introduced her baby son to the world for the first time. The little one made his entrance in the early hours of Monday, September 18, arriving at 2.29am weighing 6lb 13oz.

Rylan Clark has jokingly 'sacked' his radio team after they took an opportunity to pull a cruel yet hilarious prank on the star. Those who follow the radio and TV presenter online will know that last week he faced the return of an unwelcome house guest.

Emmerdale viewers have predicted that Paddy Kirk and Chas Dingle could end up getting back together following the latest twist in the Dales, which saw gangster villain Harry back in the village. The mystery man has already targeted Chas (played by Lucy Pargeter) and given a fake name to hide his true identity, as he told the barmaid that his name was Simon and he had travelled down to the village from Manchester to go "house-hunting". Chas, who was going through a difficult time due to it being the five-year anniversary of her baby daughter Grace's death, had retired to the Hyde restaurant with a bottle of wine when Harry arrived.

Married At First Sight's Jay Howard, who was seen marrying stranger Luke Worley on screen last week, celebrated her birthday in style on Saturday by heading out with her co-stars. Hitting Manchester's celeb hotspot Menagerie Restaurant and Bar, she was joined by Rozz Darlington and Tasha Jay, who are also appearing on the E4 show for the evening - as the trio of girls looked stunning.They also linked up with Sophie Brown and Adrian Sanderson, who appeared on last year's MAFS.

Four men have been formerly charged in connection with the death of a man after an alleged incident in Manchester city centre, Greater Manchester Police said today.

Muse performed tracks from their seminal 2003 album ‘Absolution’ for the first time since 2016 at their arena show in Dublin yesterday (September 27).The trio kicked off their autumn run of UK and Ireland shows at the 3Arena on Wednesday, where they performed three ‘Absolution’ tracks.As per Setlist.FM, Muse played ‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’ for the first time since 2017, along with opening track ‘Intro’ leading into ‘Apocalypse Please’ for the first time since 2016.Introducing the 20-year-old ‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’, frontman Matt Bellamy said that the band hadn’t played the track for a long time, before asking the crowd to “bear with us” as “we might fuck this one up”.You can watch footage of both performances below.After the show, Muse posted to Instagram to thank fans for an “amazing start to this run of shows”.Check out the full setlist from the first night of Muse’s autumn arena tour below.‘Will of the People’‘Interlude’‘Hysteria’‘Psycho’‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’‘Won’t Stand Down’‘Compliance’‘Thought Contagion’‘Intro’‘Apocalypse Please’‘Time Is Running Out’‘The 2nd Law: Isolated System’‘Resistance’‘You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween’‘Madness’‘We Are Fucking Fucked’‘The Dark Side’‘Supermassive Black Hole’‘Plug In Baby’‘Behold, the Glove’‘Uprising’‘Prelude’‘Starlight’‘Kill or Be Killed’‘Knights of Cydonia’The Devon trio released new album ‘Will Of The People’ last year and finished up a summer tour of the UK and Europe with Royal Blood back in June.Muse are due to play Manchester’s AO Arena Friday night (September 29), before they play two shows at London’s O2 Arena in early October. Support across all shows comes from Nova Twins.

Take That have added more dates to their 2024 UK and Ireland tour – find all the details below.The trio are due to hit the road next spring for a run of stadium and arena shows in support of their ninth studio album ‘This Life’, which will arrive on November 24 (pre-order here).Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald will be joined by “very special guest” support act Olly Murs.Now, Take That have announced a third concert at the First Direct Arena in Leeds (April 18), and fifth gigs at both The O2 in London (April 28) and the Co-op Live in Manchester (May 12).The additions come as a result of “phenomenal demand” in yesterday’s pre-sale (September 27).

A flash EncroChat dealer suddenly went quiet on cops after they cracked open his drugs lock-up - and discovered his love for designer gear as they raided his house. Callum Buckley, who splashed cash on a Louis Vuitton bag and a Rolex watch, tried to 'pass the blame' when quizzed by detectives about the sinister £81k cache, before staying silent.

Five Labour mayors including Andy Burnham have warned failure to deliver in full on HS2 would 'leave swathes of the North with Victorian transport infrastructure unfit for purpose'.