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Man arrested as police hunt missing woman Katie Kenyon

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 25th April 2022

A man has been arrested in connection with the ongoing search for missing woman Katie Kenyon.

Katie, 33, was last seen getting into a van with a man on the morning of Friday 22 April and hasn’t been seen since.

Her family say that her disappearance is ‘out of character’ and police are growing ‘increasingly concerned’.

Lancashire Police are appealing for members of the public who have any information or dash cam footage to help find Katie.

Enquiries so far have found that a woman matching Katie’s description left an address on Todmorden Road in Burnley with a man, and travelled to the Bolton by Bowland area in a silver Ford Transit with the registration MT57 FLC.

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Katie was last seen in a Ford Transit van. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Katie Kenyon is described as white, 33 years old, 5ft 9in tall, and was last wearing a blue cardigan, light blue and white top, black leggings and flip flops.

A man aged 50 from Burnley has been arrested in connection with the investigation and is currently helping police with enquiries.

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Det Chief Insp Al Davies, of the Force Major Investigation Team, said: “Katie’s disappearance is out of character and her family are understandably very worried.

“We are doing all we can to try and find her and I would appeal to anyone who has any information, however insignificant you may think it is, to come forward and contact us.

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“I would especially like to hear from anyone who was in Bolton by Bowland or the surrounding area and saw anything suspicious to get in touch. Did you see a woman matching Katie’s description, either alone or with a man? Did you see the silver transit van or might you have dashcam footage which shows it.

“While we have arrested someone in connection with our investigation, I am very much keeping an open mind as to what has happened and I have a team of officers and staff working hard to try and find Katie and return her to her family. You could help with that so please do come forward and speak to us as your information could prove crucial.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting log 800 of 24 April, or you can contact Lancashire Police through the Major Incident Public Portal. 

Alternatively contact independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Featured image: Lancashire Police

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Peaky Blinders confirm title and release date of upcoming film

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After what feels like an age since it was first announced, Peaky Blinders and Netflix have finally confirmed the title and release date of the upcoming feature-length film.

It was revealed that the global streaming giant secured exclusive rights to the movie last year, and it has now been revealed that it will also be released in selected theatres before it hits the platform.

With production on the long-talked-about project getting underway in September 2024, we’ve heard little else from creator Steven Knight, who has also been booked to deliver the Oasis reunion documentary chronicling their Live ’25 world tour.

However, we now know not only the official title of the film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and that it will be dropping early next year. They’ve even shared the first poster.

Clearly referring to the series’ most famous lead character, Thomas Shelby – played by now fully-fledged Hollywood A-lister Cillian Murphy since 2013 – the teaser shows him sat astride a horse, not to mention covered in a fair amount of dirt and/or blood.

Alongside the suit and the trademark newsboy cap with blades inserted in the brim (the calling card of both the fictional and the real ‘Peaky Blinders’), it’s quite a classic look of Tommy’s.

Scheduled to release in limited cinemas on 6 March before arriving on Netflix on 20/3/2026, this will not only be the first film in the wider franchise but the first to air separately from the BBC.

While its parent network is still involved as collaborators on the flick, this is the first instalment in the IP to be distributed directly by Netflix after they bought the rights to release the show in the US.

Meanwhile, back here at home, the BBC is gearing up to oversee the next generation of the show and introduce a whole new generation of Peaky Blinders…

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Another look at a seemingly older Tommy Shelby (Credit: Publicity picture via Netflix)

As for The Immortal Man, both new and returning members of the cast include:

  • Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer, 28 Days Later)
  • Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Silo)
  • Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight)
  • Sophie Rundle (After the Flood, Gentleman Jack)
  • Ned Dennehy (Culprits, The Peripheral)
  • Packy Lee (Blue Lights)
  • Ian Peck (His Dark Materials, Robin Hood)
  • Jay Lycurgo (Steve, Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself)
  • Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin)
  • Stephen Graham (Adolescence, A Thousand Blows)

Speaking in a full press release, Murphy said: “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me. It is very gratifying to be re-collaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”

Returning four years after the end of the mainline series, but catching up with Tommy at the outset of WWII in terms of the actual timelines, Netflix say that the Shelby patriarch “is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet.”

Safe to say we cannot wait to be back in the world.

In the meantime, you can find out more about the next season(s) of Peaky Blinders coming to the BBC very soon down below.

Adored BBC show Peaky Blinders set for return to British for a ‘new generation’

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The nominees for the Critics’ Choice award at the 2026 BRITs in Manchester have been revealed

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With the upcoming BRITs ceremony coming to Manchester, we’re more all over the nominations than ever, especially now that the Critics’ Choice nominees for 2026 have been confirmed.

In case this rather massive news somehow passed you by, Manchester is set to host the BRIT Awards for the first time ever next year, and we’re understandably buzzing about it.

2023 was the annual Chanel ‘Metiers D’Art’ show, 2024 was the MTV EMAs, and next summer will see the BRITs; gosh, Manchester really is in vogue, isn’t it?

Anyway, here’s who’s been nominated this year:

The 2026 BRITs Critics’ Choice Awards nominees

Jacob Alon

First up is a non-binary singer with roots all over the country, best-known for tracks like ‘Don’t Fall Asleep’, ‘Fairy In A Bottle’ and ‘Liquid Gold 25’. This year really has been a golden one for him, having also been nominated for the Mercury Prize, despite ultimately missing out to Sam Fender.

Commenting on the nomination, he told the BRITs: “Ya beauty! Tapadh leibh [‘thank you’ in Gaelic] for recognising my work for this award, you legends! Even though I’m Scottish and Irish before I’m British, I appreciate the BRITs critics for this recognition.

“I really care about and believe in this music, and it makes my world brighter every time it reaches someone else. Hopefully, this nomination means some more beautiful people might find something in this wee album. ‘Mon the gays!”

Rose Gray

Next up in the nods is London’s Rose Gray – a solo star who has developed a cult following thanks to songs like ‘ATTENTION!’, ‘Wet & Wild’, ‘Angel of Satisfaction’ and more.

Also the long-time partner and childhood sweetheart of Babygirl, Iron Claw and The King’s Man actor, Harris Dickinson, Gray has been riding a particular wave of popularity over the past year or so, especially after the release of her A Little Louder, Please (Deluxe) double album this past October.

She said in a statement: “I’m so excited for this nomination! This moment feels like a special reminder of how far this journey has carried me and what a crazy year it’s been. One year ago, I was manifesting so hard for my album to travel, to find its people, to really get its light. And it did. Releasing this record has genuinely changed my life…”

Sienna Spiro

Lastly, in at number three is the 20-year-old singer-songwriter, Sienna Spiro, whose soulful voice sounds like one with much more life experience and years of emotion under its belt; it’s no wonder that she’s resonated with multiple generations, let alone been recognised by the panel.

With big theatrical ballads like ‘Die On This Hill’, ‘You Stole The Show’, as well as heavily-streamed songs like ‘MAYBE.’, ‘BACK TO BLONDE’ and more in her impressive and fast-growing discography, we know she’ll go far even if she doesn’t win – you can bank on that.

She added: “So beyond honoured and grateful to be nominated for this year’s Critics’ Choice BRIT Award! To think I started releasing music last year, I would never have expected this at all. Thank you so much!”

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Having looked again at the list of people who’ve been both shortlisted and those who have gone on to win it, trust us, you’ll want to be paying attention to this one…

For context:

Past BRITs Critics’ Choice / Rising Star winners and nominees

  • 2008 – Adele (Duffy, Foals)
  • 2009 – Florence + The Machine (Little Boots, White Lies)
  • 2010 – Ellie Goulding (Delphic, Marina and the Diamonds)
  • 2011 – Jessie J (James Blake, The Vaccines)
  • 2012 – Emeli Sandé (Michael Kiwanuka, Maverick Sabre)
  • 2013 – Tom Odell (AlunaGeorge, Laura Mvula)
  • 2014 – Sam Smith (Ella Eyre, Chlöe Howl)
  • 2015 – James Bay (George The Poet, Years & Years)
  • 2016 – Jack Garratt (Izzy Bizu, Frances)
  • 2017 – Rag ’n’ Bone Man (Anne Marie, Dua Lipa)
  • 2018 – Jorja Smith (Stefflon Don, Mabel)
  • 2019 – Sam Fender (Lewis Capaldi, Mahalia)
  • 2020 – Celeste (Beabadoobee, Joy Crookes)
  • 2021 – Griff (Pa Salieu, Rina Sawayama)
  • 2022 – Holly Humberstone (Bree Runway, Lola Young)
  • 2023 – FLO (Cat Burns, Nia Archives)
  • 2024 – The Last Dinner Party (Caity Baser, Sekou)
  • 2025 – Myles Smith (Elemiene, Good Neighbours) 

So yeah, it’s fair to say that anyone even in the running for this accolade tends to go on to do even more bigger and better things than they already have.

Tickets to be at the 2026 BRIT Awards at Co-op Live in person for whoever picks up the Critics’ Choice gong, as well as all the other categories, are live now.

If you’re interested, you can grab yours HERE.

Who would you like to see win it? (Credit: Supplied)

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