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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fb24/live/da958890-bdb1-11f1-b7d8-31573a2bd831.jpg”] Rupert Grimshaw @ Eight Engines The mural was opened last week by a choir dressed as traitors A huge interactive mural has sprung up in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, ahead of the first episode of a celebrity game show. The Celebrity Traitors is set to return to our screens this evening – with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/61e8/live/059e20b0-bdb7-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Getty Images Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak (left) chats to Andy Burnham in 2019 at the Etihad Stadium, when he was mayor of Greater Manchester Downing Street has said Manchester City are not “above the rules” after Andy Burnham was criticised for his comments about the club’s breaches of Premier League…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3121/live/253ff990-bda1-11f1-8373-27235719cf2a.jpg”] BBC Ali Fenn said she was “very saddened” by the closure Performers and show goers across Cornwall have said they were “devastated” to learn about the closure of a community theatre. On Wednesday, Sterts Theatre CIC said it would be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation amid an “exceptionally challenging time for cultural…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/12c6/live/5823d9b0-bd94-11f1-9a76-4118bb2c2e43.jpg”] Lisa Kendall Vorsprung Durch will perform at Oktoberfest in Shrewsbury this weekend Thousands of people are expected in Shrewsbury this weekend for the annual Oktoberfest. The event, which started in 2017, is a spin on the traditional German beer festivals. It will take place in The Quarry on Friday and Saturday with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a34f/live/d514ddf0-bdb9-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Reuters The base of a central stanchion on the Pivdennyi bridge was hit late on Thursday morning Two Russian drones have hit one of Kyiv’s main bridges, bringing public transport in the Ukrainian capital to a halt and signalling a new stage in Moscow’s attacks. The Pivdennyi or Southern bridge came under…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ab74/live/d5507da0-bd88-11f1-a2ad-3160f44bb180.jpg”] Getty Images Garry Kasparov retired from competitive chess in 2005 to found political opposition movements in Russia An exiled Russian opposition figure living in the US says he was warned by American and Lithuanian security services that his life was in danger. Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov said he was one…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5dc5/live/ecab7fd0-bda2-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Adam Polovincik Adam Polovincik on the Flydubai flight A man has described how he hugged and reassured his two young children as their plane suddenly descended after one pilot stabbed the other in an attempt to seize control of the flight. A Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b66f/live/7d39a570-bd96-11f1-9a76-4118bb2c2e43.jpg”] Embassy of India in Israel The Indian government has praised Smit Machchhar for his “immense courage” When Captain Dharav Gosalia first heard what had happened to his old friend Smit Machchhar, he had one immediate reaction. “I had goosebumps.” The two men have known each other since they were about 20, when…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5ebe/live/a5822670-bd8b-11f1-b442-f3f672c979ff.jpg”] Getty Images St Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena said in August it would not host Ye Two stadium gigs in Russia by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, have officially been cancelled. West had been due to perform at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg on 10 and 11 October. But there…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7f50/live/15b3cc30-bd89-11f1-a2ad-3160f44bb180.jpg”] BBC/PA Before the series begins on Thursday, Joe Scott said just hearing the opening music made him feel nervous Former contestant on The Traitors Joe Scott has described the show as “the hardest game I’ve ever played”. The Southampton teacher said even hearing the opening music made him “nervous”, as Celebrity Traitors…