Manchester Marathon 2023 - all the road closures

Ricky Tomlinson has issued a tribute to Royle Family co-star Peter Martin following his death aged 82. The two shared the screen together in the legendary BBCsitcom.

EastEnders actress Lacey Turner broke down in tears after she completed the London Marathon in memory of her late, great co-star Barbara Windsor. Sunday marked the day that nearly 50k people ran the 26.2 mile course through the UK’s capital, with some completing the marathon in honour of various charities and organisations.

Adele Roberts paid tribute to her radiographers as she attended a scan the day after running the London Marathon – and took her medal along too. The 44-year-old, who began using a stoma bag in 2021 after surgery for bowel cancer, became the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with a stoma bag during Sunday's race. The day after setting the world record, Adele returned to the hospital for a CT scan, taking her medal with her to pay tribute to her radiographers.

Carol Wright, 63, has been praised by her famous children for completing the London Marathon. Carol is the mum of The Only Way Is Essex stars Mark, 36, and Jess Wright, 37, as well as Natalya and Josh, who recently welcomed his second child. Carol was joined by her husband Mark Senior, 67, for the marathon, but had to complete the last 15 miles on her own as Mark Senior sustained an injury.

Former Love Island star Sharon Gaffka blacked out and needed to stop at the medical tent as she attempted to complete the London Marathon. Sharon, who competed on the ITV dating show in 2021 against the likes of Liam Reardon, Millie Court and Chloe Burrows, took part in the annual marathon event on Sunday alongside notable celebrities like Mark Wright, Jake Quickenden and Harry Judd.The reality TV star, 27, gave it her all and arose victorious against the 26.2-mile course in five hours and 30 minutes.

Mark Wright and his brother were proud to cross the finish line of the 2023 London Marathon together, just weeks after Joshua welcomed home his baby boy who was born 12 weeks early. The brothers embarked on the journey together with their mum and dad, Big Mark and Carol Wright.

The 2023 London Marathon is scheduled to take place on Sunday, with 40,000 people heading to the capital to complete the famous 26.2 mile course. Among those taking part will be many famous faces, including the likes of Radio 1's Adele Roberts, The Crown actor Josh O'Connor and musician Marcus Mumford. Each year dozens of celebrities take part in the race, but for some their marathon experience caused controversy or was just complete chaos.

Tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets of London to take on one of the world's largest marathon events. Today, Sunday (April 23), the London Marathon is back for 2023 - the 43rd edition of the annual event.

A man has been charged after a reported fight in Manchester city centre.

On Saturday, Manchester’s bustling Northern Quarter is set to be busier than usual as music lovers flock to the city’s ‘vinyl valley’ in search of exclusive releases and limited editions as part of Record Store Day 2023.

APPOINTMENTSDowntown Music has announced another rejig of its various businesses resulting in the creation of Downtown Artist & Label Services, bringing together the artists and labels previously working with its DashGo and Downtown Music Services units under one roof. The new division will be headed up by Ben Patterson.

Susanna Reid found herself briefly halting Good Morning Britain as she looked straight at the camera to deliver a message to viewers.

St George’s Day is approaching and, as ever, it’s the opportunity to celebrate all that is quintessentially English, from Sunday roasts to village greens to singing Jerusalem, to incessant rain to our wealth of excellent cheeses.

Susanna Reid was left saying 'sorry' on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain as they heard from viewers about their experience of ambulance waits. The presenter and her co-host Ed Balls were discussing the challenges facing ambulance workers as they gave viewers of the ITV news programme an insight into the day in the life of an ambulance crew on Tuesday (April 18).

Ed Balls left Susanna Reid with her head in her hands on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain as he asked Lorraine Kelly: "Is it working?" The former labour politician-turned-TV star was stood up from his seat as he and his co-host spoke to their fellow ITV star via video link from their neighbouring studio.

Susanna Reid was quick to respond to some hateful comments as she returned to Good Morning Britain. The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Monday (April 17) for the first time in weeks.

The clouds hung low in the air. The metallic sounds of the commentator bounced across the pavement with a background beat of the Courteeners. A single piece of red and white rope held between two high-vis clad volunteers were all that separated runners from their mission.

Tens of thousands of runners will take to the city's streets for the Manchester Marathon today.

It's 26.2 miles requires epic amounts of energy, stamina and determination. Raja Aslam however will running on empty when he does the Manchester Marathon tomorrow (Sunday).

that claimed three lives and wounded more than 280 more on April 15, 2013, left law enforcement officials scrambling for answers — and fighting over whether or not to make public the identities of the radicalized bomber brothers, a new Netflix docuseries reveals. “American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing,” out Wednesday, walks viewers step by step through the chaos that characterized those first, frightening hours, and spotlights both forgotten and fresh new details about the nearly weeklong, dramatic efforts to catch the perpetrators.With security footage from the catastrophic moment at the marathon finish line coming up empty, authorities wound up catching their first big break when an innocuous tip from a shutterbug snapping pictures at the finish line turned into a major lead.“We got a phone call from a member of the public who said ‘I was across the street and I have a couple of still shots that you may want’ … and the still shot showed a bag on the ground,” FBI agent Kevin Swindon remembered.