New documentary and book on Birmingham’s rap scene on the way

The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright were seen out of their usual glam habitat as they donned hi-vis for what they described as an 'incredible experience'. The former Coronation Street actress and ex-The Only Way Is Essex star spent their Sunday morning (October 15) greeting almost 200 children with a serious illness or disability ahead of a charity-funded holiday-of-a-lifetime in Florida.

Bosses at ITV are said to be considering moving Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard from their regular presenting position at Good Morning Britain, with the pair potentially fronting This Morning instead.The This Morning team have reportedly entered discussions with Kate, 56, and Ben, 48, following Holly Willoughby's resignation from the show. Ben recently hosted an episode of This Morning alongside Holly back in September and has since confirmed that he will be appearing on the show a few more times in the run-up to Christmas. And it seems that his longtime GMB co-host Kate could be joining him on the This Morning sofas.

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

Strictly Come Dancing 's Vito Coppola and Coronation Street's Ellie Leach have further fuelled romance rumours as they were spotted looking cosy as they left a party together. Pro dancer Vito, 31, and Ellie, 22, who are partnered on the show, posed happily side-by-side on the red carpet at Sunday's Pride of Britain awards. And amid swirling rumours of a fledgling romance, the pair were seen deep in conversation as they left an after party, with Ellie linking her arm through Vito's.

Helen Flanagan has been showing off her new inking after saying 'sorry' to her tattooist. The actress decided to go under the needle after enjoying a few days away from home where she attended the Pride of Britain Awards.

Kate Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper is “not doing great" in a heartbreaking update on his health.The 56 year old is battling long Covid after contracting the virus in 2020 and spent 10 weeks in an induced coma. He was finally discharged from the hospital in 2021 on a trial basis, but he has since been readmitted on several occasions for a number of health issues, including brain inflammation and liver damage.

Emma Corrin and Rami Malek are enjoying each other’s company!

Davina McCall has spoken out on the return of Big Brother as she was forced to miss watching it along with everyone else as it returned to screens on Sunday night (October 8).

Love Island stars Molly Marsh and Zachariah Noble have opened up about their relationship outside of the ITV2 villa and have revealed their secret to success. The pair, who finished this year’s series in fourth place, are among a handful of couples from 2023 Love Island who are still together following the news that winner Jess Harding and Sammy Root had called time on their relationship. And now, speaking to OK! while at the Pride of Britain Awards on Sunday 8 October, Molly, 22, said that she and Zach, 25, being a “team” was the reason why they’ve remained a couple outside of the villa.

Nearly a QUARTER of the £36bn Rishi Sunak is saving by scrapping the Manchester leg of HS2 is to be spent on fixing potholes, it has emerged.

Linda Laban Opening for Sting at the Hollywood Bowl makes for some album release show. That’s what Joe Sumner will be doing Saturday night, the day after his debut solo album, “Sunshine in the Night,” is released.

James have shared details of a 2024 UK tour featuring support from Razorlight, as well as teased that a new album is arriving next year. Find ticket info and more below.The Manchester rock band will be kicking off a run of summer dates across the UK next year with the tour featuring support from indie heavyweights Razorlight.The eight-show run beings with a slot at P&J Live in Aberdeen on June 3 followed by a stop at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle two days later.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S. rights to the comedic documentary My Friend Tommy, along with North American rights to Blood Scales, an award-winning French-English doc about animal trafficking. The former title will debut on digital October 24th, with the latter hitting the internet on the 31st.

Blonde Redhead have debuted two new singles, ‘Sit Down For Dinner Pt. I’ and ‘Sit Down for Dinner Pt. II’, and an accompanying short film.The new singles are the title tracks from the band’s new album, which is set to arrive on September 29.

Game Of Thrones actor filed a petition in Manhattan last Thursday (September 21), claiming the couple’s two daughters had been “wrongfully retained” in “New York City from their habitual residence of England”.According to the petition, Turner had agreed that Jonas would look after their two daughters while on tour with his band The Jonas Brothers in the US in July, due to her filming commitments on a new series in the UK.Turner, who planned to return to England this month with the children, claimed that Jonas however refused to hand over the children’s passports when she attempted to collect them.Jonas’ representative has since disputed various allegations in the filing, including claims that Turner found out about their divorce “through the media” earlier this month.His representative also stated that Turner was “aware” he was going to file for divorce, where the Florida Court issued an order that “restricts both parents from relocating their children”.

Wes Anderson‘s latest Roald Dahl adaptation is set to arrive on Netflix this week.The acclaimed director’s retelling of the 1977 story The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is his latest adaptation of one of Dahl’s stories, having previously helmed Fantastic Mr. Fox, which earned Oscar nominations for Animated Feature and Original Score in 2010.Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade all star in the short film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival at the beginning of this month.Per the official synopsis, the 39-minute film tells the story of a rich man who, after learning about a guru who can see without using his eyes, attempts to use the skill to cheat at gambling.Find all the details of when it when be available to watch below.The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar will be available to watch on the streaming platform on September 27 at 8am BST in the UK, which is 12am PT/3am ET in the US.Netflix released a trailer earlier this month.

Lynks has released a quirky new single, ‘New Boyfriend’, and announced a UK tour for 2024.The single is the follow-up to ‘Use It Or Lose It’, which was released earlier this year.Speaking about the track, Lynks said: “Look, ultimately I think I’m a fairly smart, reasonable, logical young person. I’ve done therapy.

Fans of “The Office” might have something big to look forward to.

Marks and Spencer has finally revealed its highly-anticipated Christmas food range - and loads of it can be cooked in the airfryer. All new party nibbles launched this year come with air frying instructions for the first time, so they can be cooked using a fraction of the energy they would in the oven.This includes pulled beef and potato tower rostis, what M&S are calling Our Best Ever prawn toast, which now contains larger chunks of black tiger prawn along with spring onion, fragrant ginger and a zingy ponzu dip and the show-stopping Collection Truffle Arancini which is the veggie option of choice, tasting incredible while also actually looking like a truffle.