Honorary Mancunian and BAFTA award winning-writer and poet Henry Normal, announces new live tour and two poetry collections

Writer behind Royle family and Mrs Merton announces new live show

Prize in memory of Caroline Aherne, who died in 2016

Bolton comic Sophie Willan wins Caroline Aherne Bursary

The message "In loving memory of Caroline Aherne" was accompanied by "Half The World Away", which played at the end of The Royle Family.

The former Oasis frontman was told The Royle Family star had died moments before he took to the stage in Nashville, Tennessee.

The brother of Caroline Aherne has said his "heart is broken" following the comedian and actress' death from cancer.

Caroline Aherne, best known for Mrs Merton, The Fast Show and The Royle Family, has died her publicist has confirmed.

The deaths of actress Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher are the latest among a huge number of celebrities to have died in 2016.