Alex Salmond says voting SNP on list is 'ultimate wasted vote' as he rallies supporters in speech

Greggs and Primark’s tasty new collaboration is set to hit selected stores this weekend. Yes, that’s right fashion and food lovers get excited, as this is a collection you won’t want to miss.

Kendrick Lamar is set to perform new music during a headline show in Milan, Italy, this summer.The Compton rapper is thought to be working on the long-awaited follow-up to his April 2017 album ‘DAMN.’, though speculation about a possible new single emerging before his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show last weekend went unfounded.Lamar has now announced a new live date at the Ippodromo SNAI San Siro in Milan as part of the Milano Summer Festival. The rapper is set to perform on June 23, where he will showcase new material.When translated from Italian, a description on the festival organisers’ website reads: “Kendrick Lamar returns to Italy with a super anticipated show which, produced and distributed by Vivo Concerti, will see him perform – after 8 years from his first performance in Italy, in 2014 – at the Milan Summer Festival (Ippodromo Snai) [on] Thursday 23 June 2022”.A post shared by Milano Summer Festival (@milanosummerfestival)The description then promises that Lamar “will play the pieces of the new album, long awaited by the fans” during his Milan show.You can find tickets and more information about Lamar’s Milan gig by heading here.The rapper has not announced any further tour dates at the time of writing.

It’s no secret that the Queen has a sweet tooth, and she’s got her favourite boozy tipples, too! Behind palace doors, Her Majesty enjoys the finest foods cooked up by royal chefs and, every now and then, we get to try them too. So, what’s better than the Queen’s boozy Christmas pudding? An alcohol-soaked chocolate mousse - ooh, don’t mind if we do… According to Darren McGrady - the Queen’s personal chef in the 1990s - dark chocolate and a warming tot of Drambuie liqueur are her favourite ingredients. Darren explained: “It's no secret that the Queen loves chocolate, and the darker chocolate the better.

Marta Balaga Shooting mostly in Iceland and Greenland, the team behind Netflix’s upcoming release “Against the Ice” – now shown in Berlin – had to battle punishing weather conditions and freezing cold, as well as star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.“It was quite challenging, working with Nikolaj. Apart from that, it was alright,” joked actor Joe Cole during the press conference. “My character is quite different from me.

Kyle Lafferty struck a stunning winner to boost Kilmarnock’s title bid – then dedicated the goal to tragic fan Colin McCue.

An advert for a top from leading online fashion retailer Boohoo has been banned after it was found to be "sexually suggestive" and "harmful towards women".

James Middleton has given a glimpse inside his romantic outdoor date night for Valentine's Day with his wife Alizée Thevenet. The 34 year old, who is the younger brother of Kate Middleton, 40, shared a peek inside his romantic date night with 32 year old finance expert Alizée at their reported Grade II listed £1.45million West Berkshire farmhouse.

MOLLY-MAE Hague has opened up about her endometriosis surgery and revealed concerns that didn't work. The 22-year-old posted a new YouTube video called 'spend my period week with me' and fought back tears as she spoke to her subscribers. Former Love Island star Molly said: "So guys, the period came.

AMC Networks beat Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter and reported 9 million streaming subscribers as of the end of 2021, in line with company projections.

Power cuts may hit Scots during Storm Dudley and Eunice this week as the Met Office has issued three weather warnings covering the severe weather.

Christopher Vourlias Russian sci-fi comedy “Couple from the Future,” a 2021 box-office hit directed by Alexey Nuzhny (“Fire”), is getting a Chinese remake, Variety has learned.Production and distribution powerhouse Central Partnership has sold the rights for a Chinese adaptation to Shanghai Matching Culture Media.The film is set in the year 2040. Evgeniy and Alexandra have been married for 20 years, and their relationship has lost its passion. Getting divorced isn’t an option – in the future, annulling a marriage is a very expensive affair.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival recently announced a complete retro dedicated to Douglas Sirk, 35 years after the death of the director best known for melodramas made in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, such as “Magnificent Obsession” and “Written on the Wind,” that aims to provide a fresh critical interpretation of his work.Sirk, who was born in Denmark and worked in Germany, which he left for Hollywood during Hitler’s rise to power, later returned to Europe and eventually retired in Switzerland.Among his most prominent fans were late great German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Bernardo Bertolucci.For the first time, Sirk’s filmography will be reviewed in the light of unpublished documents made available by the director’s family through the Douglas Sirk Foundation and preserved since 2012 at the Cinémathèque Suisse, broadening the perspective on this major auteur. Variety spoke to Locarno’s artistic director Giona A.

The Queen is reportedly all set to help Prince Andrew pay off his £12million settlement to accuser Virginia Giuffre.

Bodo/Glimt held a meditation session to prepare them for the wall of sound they'll experience against Celtic on Thursday night.

A new pizza takeaway is set to open up in Larkhall's Union Street this spring.

Martin Compston fans were delighted to see the Scots actor back on TV screens for the second season of Traces.

Volunteers from around the UK are being recruited to take part in a new study for an Omicron booster jab.

Members of Dundee’s LGBT+ community have been invited to a weekend ‘Queer Question Time’.

A stalker who crept into his victim's home several times over a period of weeks has been ordered to stay away from her for two years.

First Minister said “all right-minded people” believe Russia was behind the poisonings at Salisbury and claimed she no longer recognises the Salmond she once knew. Vladimir Putin ’s autocratic regime has become a pariah over a series of hostile actions overseas and domestically.

indyref2 by the end of 2023 if the country is still “grappling” with covid.She also insisted she would not speak to Alex Salmond after the election and criticised his refusal to blame Russia for the Salisbury poisonings in 2018.Polling suggests the SNP is on course to win an outright majority at next month’s election.A key part of an SNP fourth term would be seeking a joint agreement with the UK Government on a second referendum.She has said she wants a fresh vote on Scotland’s constitutional future to take place in the first half of the next term, which would be by the end of 2023.However, the First Minister told journalists yesterday this timetable is dependent on taming the virus: “I’ve said the starting point for me in terms of timing

former First Minister also hit out at an apparent absence of “will, determination and statecraft” over the last seven years - the period in which Sturgeon has led the country.Salmond launched a new pro-indy party, Alba, in the wake of his bitter fallout with Nicola Sturgeon.Alba’s aim is to secure a “super majority” of pro-independence MSPs and is only contesting the regional List elections for Holyrood.However, despite preaching pro-independence unity, Salmond has criticised his predecessor’s strategy on the flagship policy.Sturgeon favours a joint agreement with the UK Government on indyref2, but Salmond believes this should be one of a number of options.He has floated peaceful street demonstrations as well as courting international

Lorna Slater, who jointly leads the Scottish Greens, of not mentioning independence during a TV debate.

Alba Party leader could become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “spokesperson in Holyrood”.

Patrick Harvie said the former first minister was a "discredited figure" and had nothing to say on the big issues facing Scotland such as tacking inequality and the climate emergency. The Greens are pro-independence but insist they are not in a race for list votes with Salmond's newly formed Alba Party.

May 6 when he had another technical mishap. During his YouTube speech on the Alba Party page the Apple AirPod was hanging out, it then fell out half way through.

Garraway and Adil Ray on his party's ambitions for the Scottish Parliament elections on May 6. Both hosts were keen to speak to the 66-year-old about his court case where he was cleared of sexual assault in 2020, and his relationship with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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Council, today announced they would be voting for the Alba Party in the regional list. Both senior politicians also said they would be casting their constituency for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

Alex Salmond’s hopes of returning to frontline politics could be in peril, as only 3% of Scots saying they would offer support at the ballot box. Only 10% of those surveyed rank the former First Minister favourability.

covid-19 started later this year. The relationship between Salmond and Sturgeon fell apart over the Government's unlawful investigation into him in 2018.The latest round in the fallout came last week when Salmond launched a rival pro-independence party, Alba, to stand at the Holyrood election.Salmond has said the aim of Alba is to create a "super majority" of pro-indy MSPs, but Sturgeon has said her predecessor's Holyrood bid is motivated by his love of the limelight.