Alex Salmond urges Nicola Sturgeon to 'put aside' differences and work together

As if things weren’t bad enough for the people working at Spotify following all the recent controversies around the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, now they’ve got Ted Nugent coming to their defence – and via the daily podcast he records for the pro-hunting lobby group he advises and represents. Lovely stuff.On Friday night’s edition of the ‘The Nightly Nuge’ podcast, Nugent’s co-host Keith Mark brought up how that Canadian Neil Young is again talking politics in the USA, before musing how a musician that has in the past spoken up for free speech is now pro-censorship.Which isn’t true, of course, but it was Young who instigated the artist boycott of Spotify over the COVID misinformation contained in Rogan’s Spotify exclusive podcast.Young and other artists who have spoken out about the controversial COVID conversations that have occurred on Rogan’s programme insist that they are not calling for censorship.However, they argue, platforms like Spotify have a responsibility to counter misleading information that could negatively impact on people’s health, and they’d rather not be associated with any platforms that aren’t fulfilling that responsibility.Asked what he makes of Young and his Spotify boycott, Nugent initially said some nice things about his fellow musician, but then added “the guy is a complete punk”.

A dad has been to hospital 13 times in three months in a desperate bid for a diagnosis.

APPOINTMENTSFormer major label exec Nick Stewart – who has run his own music business consultancy since 2007 – has been appointed as CEO of TCAT, or To Catch A Thief, an anti-piracy business majority owned by One Media iP Group which has, and I quote, a “ground-breaking AI software, which monitors millions of music tracks across the world, saving rights holders millions in unpaid or fraudulently claimed royalties”.————————————————–RELEASESDoja Cat has released her cover of Hole’s ‘Celebrity Skin’, which appeared in an advert during the Super Bowl this weekend.Central Cee has released new track ‘Khabib’ from his upcoming mixtape ‘23’.Ho99o9 have announced that they will release new album ‘Skin’ on 11 Mar. Produced by Travis Barker, it’ll feature guest appearances from Corey Taylor, Saul Williams and more.

Former Newcastle United and England striker Alan Shearer has accused Manchester United of being 'negligent' in their handling of the futures of both Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard.

A mum is pushing for defibrillators to be installed in her town following the tragic death of her daughter.

Kate Garraway has offered an emotional update on her husband Derek Draper.

Diddy‘s property to play him a demo tape.According to TMZ, the 23-year-old showed up at Diddy’s (real name Sean Combs) Los Angeles home and began pounding on the security gate to strike up a conversation with the Bad Boy Records founder and business mogul.After being refused entry, he then successfully hopped the fence and was met by Diddy’s security, who apprehended him until police arrived.In a video clip obtained by TMZ, Smalls can be seen pacing in front of the security gate and yelling obscenities, getting increasingly frustrated at being unable to make contact.Diddy was not home at the time and Smalls was arrested for trespassing but released from custody an hour later.This is not the first time that Diddy has had to deal with intruders. In early 2021, Diddy‘s home in Los Angeles was reportedly targeted by burglars.

VIEWERS watching Good Morning Britain fumed as host Richard Madeley called an Olympic legend "useless". Richard, 65, hosted Monday's show alongside Ranvir Singh who had stepped in to replace Susanna Reid.

LAST night's instalment of Antiques Roadshow introduced a guest with items of clothing from the seventies - but viewers had a complaint. While the clothes allowed the guest to have a jaw-dropping valuation, viewers of the BBC One show were left puzzled by the valuation. Airing weekly on Sundays, BBC's Antiques Roadshow is a goldmine for any antiques enthusiast.

Shoppers who have purchased some products from Quorn Foods are being urged to return them to stores if they suffer any dairy allergies or intolerances.

Dancing On Ice fan favourite Bez opened up about the time he was almost killed after being caught in the middle of a drug row.

Engage Renfrewshire has dished out more than £500,000 to communities in a bid to boost post-pandemic mental health.

Bold proposals could hand Scottish councils the power to ban most types of fireworks in back gardens.

The European heads of Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and Paramount+ have talked up their autonomy from the U.S., with Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown stating: “In my head we’re a European streamer.”

Jamie Lang Penzing Studios is in expansion mode, and has begun hosting film and TV shoots in the former airbase 30 KM west of Munich.The refurbished airplane hangars already feature a full-scale virtual production stage with additional sound stages set to open in June and a major investment planned.Developers plan to invest an additional €100 million ($113 million) over the next three years to expand the facility to 12 sound stages with 25,000 square meters of production space and 15,000-square-meters of workshop and office spaces, they announced in a statement on Monday. The new hub will also house post-production, visual effects, gaming, digital media, and technology companies, educational opportunities.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has sold “Nothing to Laugh About,” Petter Næss’s Norwegian drama comedy which played at the Zürich Film Festival in 2020. Næss is best known for his Oscar-nominated film “Elling” and has been working in TV and theatre in recent years.

Kanye West has been photographed looking visibly bored as he attended the Super Bowl with his daughter North and son Saint on Sunday.The 44 year old Donda rapper had seats close to the pitch as he spent some time with two of his children from his marriage to ex Kim Kardashian. Kanye, who legally changed his name to Ye recently, shared a video of his view of the game, as he was thrown a pair of white gloves tossed to him by Los Angeles Rams player Odell Beckham Jr.

Call the Midwife fans have been left in limbo after much-loved main characters Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) and Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) were involved in a devastating train crash. In scenes that aired on BBC One on Sunday 13 February, Dr Turner and Sister Julienne were seen boarding a train after attending a conference alongside young nurse Nancy Corrigan (Megan Cusack). However, as their train travelled from Chelmsford to Liverpool Street, the driver suffered what appeared to be a brain haemorrhage, which led to a fatal crash.

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.

Nicola Sturgeon has announced 'better times lie ahead' as Scots face another 'difficult Easter'. The First Minister said we now have 'hope' in the fight against Covid-19 and urged the country to stay positive.

SNP on the regional list is the 'ultimate wasted vote' as he rallied supporters in a speech. The former SNP First Minister, who led the party during the 2014 independence referendum, is now running on the north-east regional list to become an MSP for the pro-Independence Alba Party.

Farage’s “seal of approval”. The First Minister also claimed Alba may be more likely to put off undecided No voters from backing independence.Sturgeon and Salmond have been at war over the Government’s unlawful sexual misconduct probe into him.

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.

Alba Party leader said his new breakaway independence movement deserved a slot as it had a comparable number of members compared to the Lib Dems and Greens in Scotland, as well as more Scottish MPs at Westminster than Labour. The first leaders' debate took place on Tuesday night on BBC One and the next event is due to be broadcast on STV on April 13.

Radio 4 interview earlier today the former First Minister was asked about his previous conduct towards women. Salmond was also quizzed about his attempt to re-enter politics with his new party which aims to secure a 'super-majority' for independence at the Scottish Parliament.

Good Morning Scotland about her predecessor's new Alba Party which was set up last Friday to fight in the upcoming Holyrood election on May 6. It was emphasised by the current First Minister that if voters want an SNP government then they should vote for one, rather than shifting their vote to another pro-independence party.

ohn McGinn has urged fans to be on their best behaviour to ensure 'Mrs Sturgeon' allows fans back into Hampden for Euro 2020. The Aston Villa midfielder netted two goals against the Faroe Islands in World Cup qualification, but attention now turns to the tournament football for the national side.Scotland take on the Czech Republic and Croatia at Hampden at next summer's tournament but fans have been locked out of stadiums around the country amid Covid restrictions.

First Minister is “pretending” his comeback bid is about indyref2. He also stepped up his criticisms of Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross by saying he fronts a “game-playing, inward looking, childish opposition”.

Alba Party.

East Kilbride MSP has just overseen one of the biggest inquiries in Scottish political history as convenor of the Salmond Inquiry.

SNP. While the election campaign would usually see politicians travel the country speaking to voters, the First Minister said the coronavirus pandemic meant she would instead be "staying home".

Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday.The First Minister confirmed a range of relaxations on the tough measures imposed upon Ayrshire and Scotland as a whole since the start of 2021. Ms Sturgeon had previously given indicative dates for the reopening of society and the economy but plans were rubber-stamped yesterday.A number of businesses can reopen under strict conditions from Monday while the 'stay at home' message, which has been in place for several months will be lifted ahead of the weekend.From Friday, April 2 the 'stay at home' message will be lifted.Instead it will be replaced with a 'stay local' message.

party chiefs. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be joined by Anas Sarwar from Labour, Douglas Ross from the Scottish Conservatives, Willie Rennie from the Lib Dems and Lorna Slater of the Scottish Greens.

First Minister said understudy John Swinney and parliamentary business chief Graeme Day were “mortified” over lockdown breaches on the campaign trail. When leafleting during the campaign, a maximum of four people from two households are allowed to meet outdoors.Dey, who is contesting the Angus South seat for the SNP, was pictured with at least eight supporters last week.