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Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern who will be talking about her debut crime novel at the Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate. Picture: Carolyn Mendelsohn.

Big Interview with Steph McGovern on her debut crime novel
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern has been a familiar presence on our TV screens for several years whether as the business reporter for BB...

Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis on the big screen at their homecoming gig in Heaton Park, Manchester, on July 11, 2025.

'Stop sulking!': Oasis live review as homecoming kings unify Manchester

Sananda Maitreya. Picture: Manuel Scrima/TreeHouse Publishing

Sanada Maitreya announces two gigs in Yorkshire

IYO SKY defends her Women's Championship against Rhea Ripley at this weekend's WWE Evolution PLE.

WWE Evolution: UK start time and matches confirmed for all-female PLE

The Wyatt Sicks finally get their chance to challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championships after weeks of terrorizing the tag vision on tonight's WWE Smackdown.

WWE Smackdown: UK start time and matches announced so far

Bob Dylan will perform in Leeds for the first time in 16 years.

Bob Dylan to perform at Leeds Arena

Former WCW champion Bill Goldberg will be wrestling what is anticipated to be his retirement match at the weekend's WWE Saturday Night Main Event.

How to watch Goldberg's 'last' WWE match at this weekend's SNME

As metal nostalgia continues to resonate with people this week after Ozzy Osbourne's final show, what are some of the most expensive works release by artists from the rock and metal field that sold for a pretty penny on Discogs?

17 huge cassette tape sales on Discogs from the world of rock & metal

With temperatures set to soar to the 30s over the summer, the threat of heatstroke at an outdoor event such as a festival is a very real problem.

How to handle the heat during the remaining outdoor concerts this year

Aled Jones is set to perform at Yorkshire Calling. Credit: Ray Burmiston

Aled Jones added to star-studded line up to celebrate opening of Bradford Live

The Louis Le Prince’s single lens cine camera

'Cultural gem' - New gallery at National Science and Media Museum opens

Sir Mo Farah. Credit: Weetabix/PA.

'If we look after ourselves, we can achieve more'

Helen Skelton comes face to face with Longhorn Bull Southfield Viper owned by David Blockley.

Best photos from the second day of Great Yorkshire Show 2025

Frank Benbini and Naim Cortazzi

Fun Lovin’ Criminals star to release lost ‘tribute to Disney’ album made 25 year...

As the first Oasis reunion show is now in the bag, just how much were people willing to spend on vintage items available through eBay before the Cardiff show?

13 vintage Oasis items and how much they sold for after first show

With Subway strikes taking place across the festival's weekend, here's a look at the other ways to get to TRNSMT at Glasgow Green this year.

How to get to TRNSMT 2025 this weekend - by car, by train and by bus

The Shahnai Band feature on Ed Sheeran - Azizam (Jams Around The World).

'We performed with Ed Sheeran on his Jams Around the World recording of Azizam'

Helen Skelton on Coastal Adventures. (Pic credit: Channel 5)

Helen Skelton to descend 4,500 feet into Yorkshire mine in new Channel 5 series

You're Welcome is a creative project working with students from three primary schools in Bradford, delivered by arts charity Word Up North.

Creative writing and visual art project celebrating refugees and asylum seekers

PA archive photo of Calum Scott. Please PA Feature SHOWBIZ Music Calum Scott. Picture credit should read: Photo credit: Ben Whitley/PA WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Music Calum Scott.

Calum Scott: 'I want to bring opportunities up to places like Hull'

Festival organiser Ed Faulkner enjoying the KopyKat Killers at Tribfest 2024. Pic Dave Lofthouse

Tribfest - the world's biggest tribute festival is back for 2025
On August 18 and 19, Coldplay are appearing in Hull. Tickets are in very short supply and if you do manage to get your hands on one it will set you back anything up to £700.
Julie Marshall

Learn more about 'The Accordion Method' and what else you should do if you find yourself in a crowd crush at one of this year's many concerts and festivals.

What should I do if I am in a crowd crush at a music festival?

Tulips and spring bedding plants in the grounds of Brodsworth Hall near Doncaster, photographed by Tony Johnson for The Yorkshire Post.

The best family-friendly summer gardens to visit in Yorkshire and beyond

Director of the British Museum Nicholas Cullinan at Cliffe Castle Musuem, Keighley where Ice Age Art Now, a British Museum Partnership Exhibition, is on display. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Big Interview with Dr Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum

With Oasis' reunion shows underway, what are some of the most valuable records from the era of Britpop and Cool Britannia?

19 valuable Britpop releases on vinyl, according to Discogs

Busted fans in Halifax last night

15 photos as Busted perform sensational show at iconic Halifax landmark

Backstage Brass perform in the Library at last year's Brassed On festival

Yorkshire festival aims to recreate sound of iconic Brassed Off film

Swift (Emilio Encinoso-Gil) and Molly Matheea Ellerby share a tender moment. Credit Ian Hodgson

Review: John Godber’s The Highwayman at Theatre Royal Wakefield

Ahead of their first reunion show taking place July 4 2025, what have been the most streamed Oasis songs on Spotify and YouTube?

What have been the top-rated Oasis songs ahead of their first show?

Miley Cyrus joins Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Josh Groban as this year's Hollywood Walk of Fame class.

Miley Cyrus to be honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Radar Festival organisers joined the 2 Promoters 1 Group podcast this morning to explain the reasons for pulling Bob Vylan from their line-up this year.

UK festival says it was forced to drop Bob Vylan

From the first song the band will play in Cardiff to if they'll actually make it through their reunion tour - here's the latest betting odds ahead of Oasis' first show this week.

Odds revealed ahead of Oasis' first show, including will they fight?
Bookies make their suggestions as to what Oasis will open with this week - and if Liam and Noel will end up fighting
Benjamin Jackson

Some familiar faces join some not so familiar names as Oasis' live band have been revealed ahead of their first show in Cardiff this week.

Oasis' live band revealed - including brass section and backing singer

Could the cryptic clues that Slipknot have left with their new website mean an extended re-issue of their self-titled debut?

Slipknot fans try to decipher what new cryptic website is about

As Dave Grohl attends Wimbledon once again, Foo Fighters have dropped a new single in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their debut album.

Foo Fighters release new single as Dave Grohl attends Wimbledon

Olivia Rodrigo at Co-op Live: All-American superstar offers preposterously unflagging euphoria

Olivia Rodrigo at Co-op Live: All-American superstar offers unflagging euphoria

Just how much more expensive is it to see Oasis in 2025 compared to their triumphant Knebworth 1996 shows?

How much has inflation affected seeing Oasis since Knebworth 1996?

The Songs That Move project aims to support people with neurological conditions.

The pioneering music and exercise scheme for people with Parkinson's

As fans await more details who else will be playing Wireless 2025, we've taken a look at some of the most recent rumours/hopes of artists that could be announced shortly.

13 acts Wireless 2025 festival-goers think could be announced shortly

Rod Stewart revealed that despite his fee for performing at Glastonbury 2025, he lost money appearing at Worthy Farm.

The cost of Glastonbury, as Rod Stewart reveals how much he was paid

We take a look once again at the most wanted vinyl collectors are hunting for in July 2025 - according to the good people at Discogs.

The 25 most-wanted vinyl records that collectors are hunting for

At Bankfield Museum's Costume Drama exhibition, Gemma Esvelt with Lord Grantham's green tweed Norfolk suit, from Downton Abbey (ITV season 1, 2010), worn by Hugh Bonneville. Designer, Susannah Buxton, Calderdale Museums collection. Picture: James Hardisty

Downton Abbey costume designer to share behind-the-scenes secrets in Halifax

As the anticipation continues to grow ahead of TRNSMT 2025, who are some of the names people think 'could' perform a secret set this year?

Last-minute secret set rumours ahead of TRNSMT 2025

A Propstore employee looks at a Dead Parrot and Bird Cage from the 'Dead Parrot' sketch from the 'Monty Python Live (Mostly)' stage show. The auction features more than 65 original lots from the 2014 live stage show at London's O2 Arena. Photo credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Dozens of props from Monty Python's final live show to go up for auction

Data provided by HMV has shown who benefitted from their appearances at Glastonbury 2025 in terms of renewed interest and - of course - album sales.

What musicians have received the Glasto Bump after 2025's festival?

Reports have emerged that Bob Vylan have been dropped by their talent agents after their comments made at Glastonbury Festival 2025.

Bob Vylan 'dropped by agents' and have US visa revoked

Are Deftones set to release new music in July or October 2025, as fans at their Crystal Palace shows were met with the cryptic announcement?

Deftones spark new album rumours after London performance

Not 24 hours after the festival's climax, bookmakers are already giving odds who could headline 2027's event after Glastonbury's fallow year in 2026.

Who do bookies think will headline Glastonbury after its 2026 fallow?

Will John Cena address the shenanigans that took place during his WWE Undisputed Championship match against CM Punk on this week's Monday Night Raw?

WWE Monday Night Raw preview: new UK start time and matches announced

Oasis fans might want to keep an eye on their inboxes, as the band reveal there ‘could’ be more tickets.

Extra tickets could be released ahead of first Oasis reunion show

Kaiser Chiefs performing on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Yui Mok/PA Wire

Kaiser Chiefs at Glastonbury: Band apologises to fans who tuned in to watch

Miles Kane brings down the curtains at the iconic Leadmill with an emotional and electric performance – Scott Antcliffe was there to experience it all.

The Leadmill: Miles Kane brings down curtains at iconic venue

Alistair McGowan is coming to Harrogate.

'It was my old nosy neighbours that got me addicted to the piano'

Sonia Sandhu and Harry Jelley of Edible Archives. Photo: Camille Hewitt

'We turn food into art and have captured Bradford in a biscuit tin'

Tyler in rehearsals for Family First alongside Phoenix Greaves. Photo: Lee Davidson

New play follows family's struggles to keep pub afloat

Dua Lipa sings through a downpour at Anfield.

'Dua Lipa struts imperiously through Anfield like she owns it'

Florist at The Crescent, York. Picture: David Martin

Gig review: Florist at The Crescent, York

Jonathan Rothery, Alison Howe, Emily Eavis, Zoe Ball and Lorna Clarke at Glastonbury

'I organise BBC coverage of Glastonbury - it's changed massively'

Genesis P-Orridge with daughters Genesee and Caresse. Picture: Genesis P-Orridge family

Genesis P-Orridge: documenting a counterculture icon

Jim Ghedi performing at Basin Rock. Picture: Adrian Davies

Gig review: Down Off The Tops at Todmorden Unitarian Church

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