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"Manchester Airport has become a ghastly place to travel from": Dad slams delays, 'miserable staff', a 'dirty' terminal and car parking fees

"Where are all the suits when there are a 1,000 people at passport control - I don't see them rolling their sleeves up"

Manchester Evening News

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 20 August 2022

Amazon is about to release its billion-dollar mouthful The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It turns out that the fight for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkein's magnum opus has been a twisting journey of its own fantastical proportions.

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'Rings of Power' Season 2 will feature a fan-favorite character Peter Jackson snubbed

The showrunners behind 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' have confirmed that one fan-favorite Tolkien character will appear in the Amazon series' second season.

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Is Peter Jackson involved with The Rings of Power and what has he said about the Amazon series?

The New Zealand director was much celebrated for his original trilogy of Lord of the Rings films, however The Hobbit franchise was a lot less popular with the critics

Manchester Evening News

Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power producer reveals the ‘number one rule’ behind new adaptation

High-budget adaptation is out in less than a month

The Independent UK

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

Daily Mirror

Peter Jackson wants to wipe his mind of Lord of the Rings. He should snap out of it

After six blockbuster Tolkien movies, Jackson wants Derren Brown to wipe his memory of Middle-earth? It’s a boneheaded quest

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power release date and cast on Amazon Prime Video

One of the most anticipated series of the year is finally just around the corner

Manchester Evening News

Peter Jackson says he considered getting Derren Brown to hypnotise him to forget The Lord of the Rings

Director wanted to forget all his work on the trilogy

The Independent UK

Game of Thrones v Lord of the Rings: who will win the epic battle of the spin-offs?

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been flung into making prequels of the fantasy franchises. But which will triumph? Or, with no familiar characters, could both end in disaster?

The Guardian - UK

Tommy Reffell's future Wales eligibility revealed as fresh debate sparked over WRU 60-cap rule

Leicester flanker Reffell won't have to join a Welsh region at the end of next season in order to carry on playing Test rugby

Wales Online

Archie Battersbee’s parents set to take treatment fight to European court

Three Court of Appeal judges in London have upheld a ruling by a High Court judge, who had decided that doctors could lawfully stop treating Archie.

The Independent UK

Archie Battersbee: Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment, judges rule

Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering “catastrophic” brain damage three months ago, appeal judges have ruled.Three judges delivered a ruling on Monday at a Court of Appeal hearing in London about what moves were in Archie Battersbee’s best…

Evening Standard

Archie Battersbee's mum says she will fight on after ruling that treatment can stop

She is considering taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights

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The Independent UK

Archie Battersbee’s mother vows to keep fighting despite Court of Appeal ruling

Three appeal judges on Monday upheld a ruling by a High Court judge who had decided that doctors could lawfully stop treating the 12-year-old.

Salon

Billy Boyd gives new LOTR cast advice

In an interview with Salon, Boyd talks of leaving the world of Middle-earth that he's known for

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amazon Forges 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Hype at Comic-Con

Nomadic hobbits, bearded female dwarves and enslaved elves -- Amazon finally lifted the lid on its highly anticipated "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" TV series at Comic-Con on Friday. The enormously ambitious small-screen saga set in the world of J.R.R.

The Independent UK

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power reveals longest trailer yet, featuring first glimpse of Sauron

The three-minute long trailer was unveiled at Comic-Con in San Diego

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The Guardian - UK

Appeal court kicks out judge’s ban on police investigation

Veto on Met interviews into child abuse allegations ‘overreached powers’

Evening Standard

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – new Comic-Con trailer is shared at Stephen Colbert panel

Comic-Con’s trailer introduces audiences to the darker side of the new Middle-earth fantasy series

The Independent UK

Lord of the Rings fans excited after spotting Easter egg in new trailer: ‘That just got me all shook up’

‘I knew I was going to be in for a treat’

Inverse

Thor 4 director's cut? Taika Waititi's controversial opinion is actually right

'Thor 4' director Taika Waititi says releasing a movie after the fact, with a bunch of extra footage is annoying. He's right. But, maybe we still need directors' cuts.

ABC News

Paul McCartney gets 'back together' with John Lennon for 'virtual duet' at Glastonbury, before Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen rock the stage

Paul McCartney is making headlines for his performance at Glastonbury Festival in the UK, where he took to the stage for a "virtual duet" with former Beatles frontman John Lennon, who was fatally shot in 1980.

The Conversation

Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more

It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of men in relation to abortion are rarely discussed.

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Former Northumberland council leader warns Max Caller report was 'tip of the iceberg'

Coun Peter Jackson said he had previously raised whistleblowing concerns

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