After stepping off an eight hour flight from New York to Manchester, grime MC Skepta kicked back to sit comfortably on the Red Bull music tour sofa with journalist Hattie Collins.

Manchester bands will dominate this year’s Kendal Calling headline slots, with Elbow and James both confirmed acts for the summer festival held in the Lake District.

Snoop Dogg earned himself a real treat when cookies made by Manchester’s Women’s Institute found their way to him when he played at Gorilla last week.

Robert, 26, from Macclesfield, was assaulted near the Parklife Weekender Festival‘s main stage around 9.15pm on Saturday, June 7

Robert Hart, 26, from Macclesfield, suffered fatal head injuries after being attacked as he danced with his girlfriend, Gemma Parry, at the Parklife Weekender in Heaton Park on June 7

Today, Robert Hart’s mother Elaine, 65, from Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, appealed for her son’s killer to come forward

Robert Hart, 26, from Macclesfield, was punched when the offender hit his girlfriend, Gemma Parry, with an inflatable doll before moments before headliner Snoop Dogg was set to perform on Saturday night.

The annual festival, now in its fourth year, will welcome the likes of Snoop Dogg and Public Enemy to the stage