Beautiful little girl couldn't speak, but she didn't need words to show her love

If you grew up in Greater Manchester, there's a good chance you will have memories of being packed off to Center Parcs for a family holiday.

Viewers tuning in to Love Island will notice a big change in the first episode of the new series.

Love Island fans were quick to spot a change to the new series - and we're not talking about the overhaul to the format. The hit ITV2 dating show returned to scenes on Monday night (June 5), just months after the second-ever winter series came to an end.

A gay activist who felt he 'had to be closeted' growing up in a market town was involved in the audition process for BBC's hit new show I Kissed A Boy - and has spoken out about why the dating programme is 'so important for breaking down barriers and LGBTQ+ representation'.

Love Island viewers have said they 'don't understand' as they spotted what they thought was a blunder from new islander Jess Harding. The 22-year-old is among the fresh batch of singletons looking for love as the hit ITV2 dating show returned on Monday night (June 5).

The Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist cut his head on his own microphone at a gig with Arctic Monkeys last night (June 2), going on to finish the show anyway.The Swedish rockers were warming up for the Sheffield band at the first of two nights in Manchester when Almqvist accidentally hit himself in the head while swinging his microphone.As he revealed later, the frontman’s mic cable was accidentally trodden on during their set by his brother and bandmate, Hives guitarist Niklas, leading it to fire straight into his head.Though gaining a serious cut to the eye and bleeding heavily, Pelle continued with the show and told fans afterwards that he was doing well and that the band would play the second gig at Old Trafford tonight (June 3) as planned.“I’m ok!” he wrote. “Was swinging the mic at the show and Nicholas accidentally stepped on the cable sending the mic into my face.“The blood looked really cool but it wasn’t too bad.

A firm has been fined £200,000 after a warehouse worker was crushed by a 700kg crate. The 29-year suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured vertebra in the accident at PSV Glass and Glazing Limited in Middleton.

Liam Gallagher and long-suffering brother Noel seem no nearer to any kind of meaningful reconciliation, then. Liam has slated a cover Noel and his band High Flying Birds performed of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart yesterday.

Liam Gallagher has shared his opinion on brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel Gallagher‘s recent cover of Joy Division‘s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.On Thursday (June 1), Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed a live cover of the Joy Division song as part of the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. “I would play this song, this version of it, at home down the years,” he said.Gallagher expressed initial trepidation about performing his rendition: “I was like, ‘How can I get away with that?’ Because it’s such an iconic [song] and, being from Manchester… well,  this is going to be tricky.”He added: “But now I’ve got my own studio, I went and did a little demo of it and I was like ‘You know what? I think I might be able to pull this off.’ So we’re going to do’‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by the Divs.”Gallagher’s brother Liam was among those who took issue with the rendition.

It's an age-old question.... can men and women ever truly be friends? And it was the hot topic of debate on Good Morning Britain this morning with Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins opening up the conversation with two reality show stars.

Arctic Monkeys' biggest UK and Irish tour to date finally lands in Manchester this weekend as the four-piece head to Emirates Old Trafford for two massive gigs.

Tributes have been paid to a 'beautiful' five-year-old girl killed in a devastating house fire. Alysia Salisbury tragically died at the scene following the blaze in west Wales last night (May 27).

A man claims William Hill is stalling on a massive pay-out after he won more than £8,000 from a £3,000 bet on the snooker.

Lesley Molseed was just 11 when, on October 5, 1975, she was sent to the shop close to her home in Turf Hill, Rochdale, to buy a loaf of bread for her mum.

Janette Manrara shared a 'be kind' message on social media after one of her latest posts was flooded with comments. The former Strictly Come Dancing star is weeks away from welcoming her first child with her fellow ex-Strictly star husband Aljaž Škorjanec.

Lost and Found, the best-selling children’s book by writer Oliver Jeffers, will be making its stage debut in Manchester. The show will take a bow at the new Factory International arts venue this Christmas.

An inmate came up with a subtle way to escape from a Salford prison. He attempted to sneak out of Forest Bank in Agecoft by disguising himself as a teacher.

Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has admitted that he did have a 'situation' with club president Joan Laporta last summer amid Manchester United's plan to bring him to Old Trafford.

Two men have been jailed for exploiting vulnerable 16-year-olds to deal crack cocaine and heroin more than 100 miles away. The ex-girlfriend of one of the dealers who ferried a boy to and from Greater Manchester avoided jail by the 'skin of her teeth'.

A GMP officer used a fake marriage certificate after she was caught telling 'lies' about her wedding during the covid pandemic, a misconduct hearing has heard.