The music legend was due to perform in Manchester this summer
Neil Young has announced the cancellation of his European tour this year which included a gig at Heaton Park this summer.
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Glastonbury headliners Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts were due to perform at the Eden Project on June 17 as part of their 2026 UK and European leg of the Love Earth World Tour. They were also due at a sold-out gig at Heaton Park on June 19.
However, the music legend announced today (February 6) that the tour will no longer be going ahead, axing the Eden Sessions show where they were going to be supported by Elvis Costello.
Neil Young shared the following statement earlier: “Folks, I have decided to take a break and will not be touring Europe this time.
“Thanks to everyone who bought tickets. I’m sorry to let you down, but this is not the time. I do love playing LIVE and being with you and the Chrome Hearts.”
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Sharing the news on Facebook, Eden Sessions said: “We’re sorry to share that Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts will no longer be touring Europe this year. This means that regrettably the Eden Sessions show on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, is cancelled.”
It said ticket purchasers will be contacted directly and will be fully refunded against the original payment card used.
Those who purchased tickets directly through the Eden Sessions should allow ten working days for funds to be received, there is no need to contact them.
Those who purchased through the Neil Young Archive will be contacted directly by AXS regarding their refunds.
Everything you need to know after week three of Noah Donohoe inquest | Belfast Live
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The inquest is now in recess until Monday, February 16.
Fiona Donohoe, the mother of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, outside Belfast Coroner’s Court this week for the inquest into his death(Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)
Everything you need to know after week three of the inquest into Noah Donohoe’s death
The third week of the inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe took place at Belfast Coroner’s Court from Monday, February 2 to Thursday, February 5. Witnesses this past week included north Belfast residents who heard screams on the night Noah disappeared; those who saw his bike and helmet and discovered his mobile phone and police who dealt with the investigation.
Gemma McMullan, who lives in Northwood Parade, told the jury on Monday she had been reading after midnight having put her son to bed on the night of June 21 2020 when she heard a scream.
Ms McMullan said: “I got up, went into my bathroom, which is at the back of my house, as this is where the scream sounded like it came from. I opened the window wide and had a good look about, there was no one around. My security lights had not come on, there were no noises at all, and it was pitch black. Due to the high-pitched sound of the screen I assumed it was either a young person or a female.”
Also on Monday, Sandra Semple recalled living in Premier Drive, close to the wasteland where Noah’s body was found. She had been sleeping downstairs in her house in the early hours of June 22: “At about 3am I was woken by a noise at my back door, it was the back door handle being tried. The back door was locked, and whoever was at the back door was moving the handle up and down as if to open it.”
Ms Semple said she had been scared and hid under the blankets after hearing someone trying to get into her house that night.
Earlier on Monday, Chris Morrow, a resident of Northwood Road, said he had been visiting a relative in the road on the evening Noah went missing. Mr Morrow told the hearing he saw a black bike on its side on the footpath as he was leaving.
He said the following day when he finished work he noticed a black helmet on the street and alerted police after seeing a social media post about a missing boy. Mr Morrow told the inquest he did not see Noah in the area.
A statement from Lauren Russell, another resident, said she had gone to check her front door was locked when she saw a navy jacket lying over a neighbour’s wall. She went outside and saw a pair of dark trainers with a bright orange or yellow Nike tick on the ground. She said: “When I looked at it, it was as if somebody had placed them there.”
The first police witness gave evidence on Tuesday. The officer, who was a constable at the time, said he was made aware of a missing person investigation on the evening of June 21 2020. He spoke to Fiona Donohoe on the phone and later attended her home address in south Belfast, hours after Noah had gone missing.
The officer said he was “content” with the notes he took during his initial meeting with the schoolboy’s mother as he faced questioning into why he had made only six lines of notes in his pocket notebook about the meeting with Fiona.
Also on Tuesday, the inquest heard about the moment Noah’s mobile phone was discovered while he was missing. Adelaide Armstrong said she was walking in Castleton Park on June 22 2020, the day after Noah disappeared, when she saw a black mobile phone lying in a grassy area.
Ms Armstrong said she turned the phone back on after charging it and saw there were missed calls from a number listed as “Mum”. She told the court: “I think I actually tried ringing that number first, and was just ringing out. And then I saw another number, and I tried to ring that, that was the police.”
Wednesday saw witnesses tell the jury of hearing screams and being woken by a “white flash” on the night Noah went missing. Tanya Brown, who lives at Premier Drive, said she was in bed at around midnight on the night of June 21 2020: “I heard what sounded like a scream . . . it sounded like a girl screaming.” Her husband Grant Brown later recalled being awoken at 3am: “A white flash like a torchlight flashed in my kitchen window.”
Noah’s appearance on a leisure centre’s CCTV footage seems to have been “missed” by police in the “critical” 24 hours after he went missing, the inquest heard on Thursday.
A constable who was on duty the day after Noah went missing gave her evidence to the inquest. On Monday June 22 2020, she was tasked with investigating the disappearance of Noah and also communicating with his mother. She described sending a text to Noah’s phone before it was located, emphasising that he was not in trouble, as per police protocol.
The now detective constable also recalled answering Noah’s phone after it was located when his mother Fiona rang it. She told Ms Donohoe later about Noah’s clothes being found and said she remembered her “say something along the lines that she knew he was maybe no longer alive.
Counsel for Ms Donohoe, Brenda Campbell KC, ran through police logs in relation to when and where CCTV footage was checked in what she called the “critical” 24 hours after the teenager went missing. She said some CCTV footage “of critical importance” to the early stages of the initial investigation was not recovered and collected by police for days after his disappearance.
The footage was from the Grove Leisure Centre at York Road in north Belfast, along the road travelled by Noah. The barrister said the leisure centre’s CCTV footage appeared to have been missed by police in the first “critical” 24 hours after he went missing.
The inquest is now in recess until Monday, February 16.
A driving instructor has shared his handy top tips for tackling roundabouts in the best way when learning to drive, or if you have anxiety when them on the roads
Alice Sjöberg Social News Reporter
02:09, 07 Feb 2026
Mastering the art of driving is a vital life skill, but it’s far from simple with numerous elements to grasp, including the various rules that comes with driving through roundabouts. While experienced drivers might know how to do this without having to think twice, it can often feel daunting or nerve-wracking for new, unexperienced drivers. But there are ways to make it easier.
Adem Veli of Passman Driving is a London-based driving instructor with over 15 years of experience, having taught across popular areas in the capital. He also has a popular TikTok channel where he shares clips from his driving lessons for his 45,900 followers as he’s often seen discussing various motoring topics with his students.
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In one video, Adem was teaching a woman named Mel, as he went on to ask her if there was anything she felt like she needed more practice on in her driving lessons.
“I’d say roundabouts,” Mel replied, explaining she didn’t yet feel confident driving through them.
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When asked what specifically it was that Mel found unnerving about roundabouts, she explained trying to get out, as she often hesitates when driving, and feels bad when she misses a gap to get into the roundabout.
He then went on to share his top tip for any student drivers about easing their anxieties about driving through a roundabout.
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“You don’t just want to just jump out to see, obviously,” the teacher said. “But sometimes, you might see another experienced driver just shoot out, like, don’t think you have to get out with them.”
Instead, you should make sure you get a gap that you are comfortable with driving into before following the correct lanes for the direction of your choosing.
As they then arrived at a roundabout, Mel slowed down and stopped before the roundabout to look out for any other cars coming, before driving through it to turn right onto the next road.
How to correctly drive through a roundabout:
According to the Highway Code, if you’re approaching a roundabout, you should try to take in all the information around you, such as traffic signs, traffic lights and lane markings which direct you into the lane to take you to your chosen direction.
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Make sure you known your lane as early as possible, and slowly and safely manoeuvre over to the right while also adjusting your speed and position to fit in with traffic conditions and other drivers around you.
When reaching the roundabout, you should give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless directed otherwise by signs, road markings or traffic lights. You should also check whether road markings allow you to enter the roundabout without giving way. If so, proceed, but still look to the right before joining.
If you’re taking the first left in a roundabout, use your left signal and approach the left hand lane. Keep to the left on the roundabout and continue signalling left to leave.
When taking an exit to the right or going full circle, unless signs or markings indicate otherwise, start indicating right and approach the right hand lane. Keep to the right on the roundabout until you need to change lanes to exit the roundabout. Signal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want to show other drivers you’re crossing the lane to exit the roundabout.
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When there are more than three lanes at the entrance to a roundabout, use the most appropriate lane on approach and through it. Sometimes, road signs will direct you to the right lane, but this is not always the case.
An environment committee report this week, shows that Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council staff and vehicles assisted in Bryson Recycling with 20,000 properties for about a week in January.
The report states that the intervention by the council has now allowed for Bryson to be “back to business as usual”.
Lisburn North independent councillor Gary Hynds said: “Councillor Givan had mentioned such council action at an earlier committee, but it was said that we did not have the resources.
“Is such intervention by the council sustainable in the future?”
The chamber was also told from senior management that Bryson has been experiencing a “period of disruption since August 2025”.
Bryson Recycling, which is responsible for collection bins from 160,000 households across four council areas, has previously identified “unprecedented illness” with its driving staff as the cause of its ongoing delays.
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During January’s environment meeting Lisburn North DUP councillor Alan Givan had suggested council staff and lorries being potentially offered to Bryson as support, but this option was not supported in chambers.
Just days later, the council agreed to provide operational support from January 13 to assist Bryson Recycling in recovering outstanding recycling collections.
Castlereagh South Sinn Fein councillor Daniel Bassett added:”I want to say a huge thank you to the environmental services of the council.
“I’m glad Bryson has acknowledged its difficulties and put in place a recovery plan for increased staff members.
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“I would also like to have a breakdown of costs to the council.”
The chamber also heard from Alliance councillor Bronagh Magee, that “there were still some areas that have had no bin collections for two weeks”.
Castlereagh South Alliance councillor Martin McKeever added: “I have concerns on the financial impact on ratepayers from the council stepping in. What assurances do we have that Bryson will repay the cost to the council and the ratepayer?
“I couldn’t tolerate the financial burden on the ratepayer.”
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A council officer responded:”At the time we responded to Councillor Givan that we did not have the vehicles needed for such kerbside collections of separated recycling materials.
“As a result we had to use open back bin lorries where all separated waste was then co-mingled into the lorry and required to be separated again at Mallusk recycling centre. This really was the last resort and we would not have long term resources for this.
The officer added:”I can now say that bin collections are now back to business as usual. I can assure you there will be a full reimbursement or deduction on the council’s bill.”
Bad Bunny has said he feels a responsibility, as someone with influence, to highlight important issues. He has consistently used his platform and music to not only showcase his culture, but support the LGBTQ community and advocate for Puerto Rico’s self-determination, which has remained an overseas US territory since 1898.
Meanwhile in the Cortina studio from where the coverage over the next fortnight will come, were stationed a presentational trio of Balding, and former Olympians Lizzy Yarnold and Chemmy Alcott. This suggested that, at least as far as the BBC is concerned, there are seemingly no men involved in these Games.
Though, to be fair, there was a bloke to the helm for the ceremony itself. Indeed the BBC had chosen more than wisely in its commentary team. Joining Hazel Irvine behind the microphone was the incomparable racing reporter John Hunt, a man who could use the Olympics’ apparent power to act as a healing balm.
He and Irvine had much to describe. Not least in who was there in the crowd at San Siro. JD Vance was in the pricey seats, while Britain was represented by the unexpected pair of Princess Anne and Lisa Nandy, who was presumably the only available member of the cabinet solely because she has no chance of maneuvering for the Labour leadership.
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As it all got underway, Hunt had a good line about the apparent star of the event.
“Shortly we’ll discover Mariah is for life,” he said of Ms Carey, who was about to sing, “not just for Christmas.”
He spoke a bit too soon. All we could see on the screen for what seemed an interminable grind was the kind of wretched interpretive dance that is only ever unleashed at Olympic opening ceremonies.
Eventually, on came Carey, dressed as a meringue, singing Volare, the tune that won Italy the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest. She struggled to reach the high notes before demonstrating her diva credentials by being carried off the stage. The most pressing thought, though, was that rarely can such a storied artistic heritage as that of the host nation have been so blandly represented as it was here.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge says the federal government must return three families hurt by the first Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from the children at the border, saying their deportations in recent months relied on “lies, deception and coercion.”
The order, issued Thursday, found the deported families should have been allowed to remain in the United States under terms of a legal settlement over the Trump administration’s separation of about 6,000 children from their parents at the border in 2018. Each mother had permission to remain in the U.S. until 2027 under humanitarian parole.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego said the administration also had to pay for their return travel costs.
One woman and her three children, including a 6-year-old U.S. citizen, were deported to Honduras in July after being ordered to check in with ICE at least 11 times over two months, which, she said, caused her to lose her job.
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Sabraw rejected the government’s argument that the family left the U.S. voluntarily. The woman said ICE officers visited her home and asked her sign a document agreeing to leave but she refused.
“This did not make any difference to these officers. They took me and my children to a motel and removed my ankle monitor. They detained us for three days and then removed us to Honduras,” the woman said in court documents.
The other two families, identified only by their initials, bore similarities.
“Each of the removals was unlawful, and absent the removals, these families would still be in the United States and have access to the benefits and resources they are entitled to,” wrote Sabraw, who was appointed by President George W. Bush.
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Lee Gelernt, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union who represents the families, welcomed the decision.
“The Trump administration has never acknowledged the illegality or gratuitous cruelty of the initial family separation policy and now has started re-deporting and re-separating these same families. The Court put its foot down and not only ordered the families return but did so at government expense,” he said.
The Homeland Security and Justice departments did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Friday.
Under a “zero-tolerance” policy, parents were separated from their children to be criminally prosecuted when crossing the border illegally. Sabraw ordered an end to the separations in June 2018, days after Trump halted them on his own amid intense international backlash. The settlement prohibits such a policy until 2031.
For instance, Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic, was founded by freed black American slaves in 1822. After Ghana became independent in 1957, a wave of black intellectuals and artists moved there from the US. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali subsequently paid high-profile visits to Ghana, while Guinea became home to Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael.
All tenants are expected to be contacted over the next few weeks to advise of their new rent charges and what they need to do
The Housing Executive has announced its annual rent increase which will take place on April 6.
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The increase will see rents go up by 4.8% which will equate to a rise of £3.94 on the average weekly rent. According to the department, the weekly rent is currently currently £82.04, excluding rates.
All tenants are expected to be contacted over the next few weeks to advise of their new rent charges and what they need to do.
Chief Executive Grainia Long said: “Rent from our tenants is a vital funding stream that is invested straight back into our homes and tenant services. It enables us to provide essential high-quality customer and neighbourhood services as well as ongoing maintenance of our homes and significant improvement work.
“In 2026/27 we plan to spend circa £270million on improving and maintaining our homes, with more than a quarter of our homes being upgraded with work programmes.
“Importantly £42.3million of this will go to installing new energy efficient measures to make our homes warmer and future proof them for many years ahead. We understand that an increase in rent may be concerning and challenging for some tenants and we are here to help.
“Our dedicated financial inclusion team can provide, free, confidential money advice, help you to manage a budget and check your benefit entitlement. We encourage any tenant who is having difficulty paying their rent, to contact us immediately for assistance and advice. We would also reassure tenants that we will only take legal action incircumstances where rent is not fully paid and a tenant refuses to engage with us.
“We have included details of how to get in touch and the help available in our letter to each tenant.”
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81% of Housing Executive tenants receive full or partial Housing Benefit support or Universal Credit towards their rent.
Grigg’s study showed a tight-fitting FFP2 mask led to less air pollution in the blood, but “we’re not saying that everyone should wear a mask”, says Grigg, adding some clinically vulnerable people including those “recovering from a heart attack or have chronic respiratory disease” might benefit while in areas of high pollution.
The Coronation Street star will fly back to the UK for further tests this weekend
Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard reveals she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Callard, best known for her role as Liz McDonald, said she is in the “early stages” and will be going ahead with further treatment before returning to the screen.
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The actress is soon to join the Irish soap Fair City as a new character named Lily, long-lost mother of existing character Gwen Connolly. She found out the news just 20 minutes before having to film one of her first scenes.
She told RTE’s Late Late Show on Friday: “I’ve had some tests just before I left the UK, and literally, 15, 20 minutes before I was in my dressing room at Fair City, getting ready to go on, and I was quite nervous and thinking, ‘I hope everybody thinks I’m all right’, whatever.
“And my consultant rang me and said, ‘you’ve got to come back to the UK’ I said, ‘Well, I can’t possibly, I’ve just taken a new job’. I said ‘I’m away for a month’, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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“But I’m fine, I’m absolutely fine. My head was a bit mashed for the first few days. It’s very early stages, and I’m along with thousands of other women as well.
“It’s early stages, I travel back to the UK tomorrow, just for a couple of weeks, they’re going to test lymph nodes and lymph glands and all that. But then I need an operation and some radiotherapy, and then I’m coming back to Fair City, so I will be back in just a few weeks.”
She added: “I just thought, the world is full of strong, feisty women and I love strong, feisty women, and I just thought, rather than read about it in a newspaper and it all be distorted and everything else, I just said it, so that’s it.”
Callard and her husband are set to move to Co Wicklow as she is filming the soap. After acting in Corrie from 1989 to 2020, Callard said she was looking forward to her first appearance on Irish soap Fair City, which will hit the screen on February 19.
