Caroline Polachek has been working on a song for a new A24 film

The BBC’s weekend football TV schedule is collapsing like a cricket side, with its regular late Saturday afternoon show Football Focus – which usually highlights the day’s Premier League matches – having to be pulled, after a list of high-profile names announced today they were boycotting the show.

OUT LGBT Well-being and MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of reported LGBTIQ+ rights  violations, including hate speech, in South Africa. We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system. Here is our summary for February 2023.

It's 8.20am on a Thursday morning. Students are walking, cars are queueing and parents are panicking as the lights turn green at the junction from 'hell'.

Manchester City will continue their Premier League title charge against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon and three pundits are predicting a routine win for Pep Guardiola and his star-studded team.

Carrie Underwood wasn't about to let her milestone birthday go down without a fuss.The star celebrated the big 4-0 on March 10 and she shared some very rich-looking gifts with her fans.Carrie took to Instagram with some photos of herself inside her sprawling Tennesse home - which just got a new addition you can see in the video below - surrounded by bottles of red wine and with a cake like no other.WATCH: Carrie Underwood's new addition to her unbelievable 400-acre ranch "A cake tower made entirely of cheese wheels & a lifetime's worth of wines starting at 1983," she wrote. "I feel understood."She added a crying with laughter emoji and a close up of the impressive cake too.RELATED: Carrie Underwood is flawless in daring workout ensemble MORE: Carrie Underwood raises questions with latest tour appearance that surprises fansHer husband, Mike Fisher, also posted a snapshot of his wife on social media with a heartfelt message."Happy birthday babe!! The boys and I love you so much!! #happybirthday," the former ice-hockey pro said.

Scotland is in for more weather chaos this weekend, as warnings are in place across the country for snow, ice - and wildfires.

The curtain will rise on East Kilbride Rep Theatre club's latest production House Guest later this month.

A teacher has had her legs amputated and is due to lose most of her fingers weeks after after coming down with flu-like symptoms.

Former Celtic head of football operations Nicky Hammond has landed a new role in Israel after being appointed Senior Football Advisor for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

If Michelle Yeoh makes history with an Oscar win this weekend, she says it won’t just be for her, but for all Asians. 

Fatboy Slim has thrown his support behind Gary Lineker after the footballer turned pundit was asked to “step back” from his presenting duties at the BBC.Earlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman outlined the government’s controversial plan to ban people arriving in the UK illegally from ever claiming asylum.Lineker responded, calling it an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. Braverman then hit out at Lineker, saying that his comments “diminished the unspeakable tragedy” of the Holocaust.There is no huge influx.

Shakira has celebrated a string of Guinness World Record wins with a performance of ‘Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The diss track, aimed at Shakira’s former partner Gerard Piqué, was released in January and quickly became the most watched Latin song on Youtube.As it stands, ‘Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol.

St. Vincent covered David Bowie‘s ‘Young Americans’ during a live performance this week – check the video below.The ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’ singer took to the stage at the Love Rocks charity gig in New York on Thursday night (March 9).

Love Island star Casey O'Gorman has sparked rumours of a feud between him and a handful of his co-stars after failing to follow them on Instagram. Days after Casey, 26, who was recently dumped from the South African villa alongside bombshell Rosie Seabrook, 24, was given his phone back, the star followed his love interest Rosie as well as contestants Tom Clare, Will Young, Olivia Hawkins and former flame Claudia Fogarty.The star also followed Casa Amor bombshells Spencer Wilks, Ellie Spence, Keanan Brand, Maxwell Samuda and Jordan Odofin.

Kate Ferdinand has already decided what kind of birth she wants for her second child with husband Rio. The 31 year old welcomed their son Cree into the world back in 2020 under less-than-ideal circumstances, having endured hours of labour before doctors were forced into performing an emergency C-section. Now, the former The Only Way is Essex star is taking matters into her own hands, as Kate revealed on the Motherkind podcast this week: "I'm having a C-section because I had to have an emergency one last time, and that's OK.

Sharenting, have you heard of it? Well let us break it down for you. Sharenting is the phenomenon where parents share lots of information or pictures of their children on social media. And it turns out, not everyone thinks it's cute.

The BBC comms department must be reeling this morning after a nightmare 48 hours which saw it firefighting battles on several fronts. 

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run. The pedestrian was taken to hospital after being knocked down in Middleton on Friday night.

Gary Lineker has been "overwhelmed" by support from his Match of the Day colleagues after they decided to boycott Saturday night's show. The broadcaster announced that the England legend would be 'stepping back' from the popular football program on Friday after he "breached guidelines" by criticising the government's new Migration Bill on social media.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In the wake of the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Wrapbook, a company that provides payroll services for TV and film productions, said payments submitted through its platform will be subject to delays. In messages to clients Friday, Wrapbook said payroll-processing delays caused by the failure of SVB — which came after a historic run on the bank’s deposits — may continue into next week. The shutdown of SVB “will cause payroll to be delayed today, March 10th 2023, and impact the processing of uncashed checks,” Wrapbook said in a statement. The company said it is working to resume payroll processing with SVB while at the same time seeking to process payroll payments with another banking partner.

Elle Mulvaney has grown up in front of Coronation Street viewers' eyes. Thirteen years after taking over the role of Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald's daughter, the actress has been thrust back into the forefront of the ITV soap.

We all know how much food prices have risen during the cost of living crisis, but it's not the only hike shoppers have had to contend with.

When Nattalie and Mike Molyneux tied the knot after six happy years together, the couple thought they’d finally found their fairy tale ending.

Councils have been setting their annual budgets over the last few weeks. This includes the difficult decision of whether to raise council tax and by how much.

Madeleine McCann is 'happy she is getting the truth'. Julia Wendell went viral after uploading a video online to an Instagram called 'I am Madeleine McCann', saying that she thinks she could be the missing girl who vanished in 2007 at the age of three. Now, after receiving 'a number of death threats', Julia was taken to California by Dr Fia Johansson, a self professed physic and has said she is investigating the case.

Jennifer Garner breaks out in spontaneous dance on the set of Family Leave on Wednesday (February 15) in Los Angeles.

Caroline Polachek has rescheduled two UK dates on her current European tour due to illness, the artist has announced.The star performed in London last night (February 14) and was due to continue her run of shows in Manchester tonight (15) and Bristol tomorrow (16).Writing on Twitter earlier today, Polachek told fans: “Manchester & Bristol I’ve been looking forward to these shows for so long, but am heartbroken to find myself sick and unable to sing properly. So in order to do the music justice for you, these two shows are being rescheduled for May.

JENNIFER Lopez has shown off her first ever tattoo in a tribute to her husband Ben Affleck. But fans are worried the gesture could be a “kiss of death” for their marriage after the A-listers seemed unhappy at the Grammys earlier this month. JLo, 53, posted to Instagram on February 14 to show off her new ink.

Happy Valentine’s Day. I can’t offer you chocolate or flowers or a love note from a Hemsworth brother. But I can offer you a swath of escapist movies to suit or soothe your mood. Take two of these and tweet me in the morning.

It’s a celebration of love as Valentine’s Day 2023 arrives.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, the long-awaited fourth album from Caroline Polachek, one of pop's most methodical alchemists, is out now. Released on Valentine's Day, the project contains the singles "Billions" (one of our favorite songs of 2022), "Sunset," "Welcome To My Island," and "Blood and Butter." "Bunny Is A Rider," a track released in 2021, also appears.

Tim McGraw, and the star had fans absolutely swooning over his tribute to his wife, Faith Hill, in honor of Valentine's Day.The singer looked back at one of the most special, and defining, moments of the very first years of their relationship for the special day.Tim took to Instagram to share a video in which he is reacting to watching him and Faith's first ever music video together, for their 1997 ballad It's Your Love.WATCH: Tim McGraw reveals sweet surprise for his daughtersMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super BowlAs soon as a clip from his fellow country star wife came up on his screen, the first thing he did was compliment her, saying: "Wow! How beautiful is my wife in this video, my gosh."He then looked back on the special moment, adding: "This is our first music video together, our first song we ever did together," and even admitted that making videos with Faith can be intimidating.MORE: Was Rihanna's son at Super Bowl 2023? Her family life revealedTim explained: "I'm always intimidated making videos with Faith just because she just is so beautiful, I mean… She just – the camera loves her," even adding: "I always call them 'the beauty and the beast' videos."A post shared by Tim McGraw (@thetimmcgraw)Tim couldn't help but gush over his wife of over twenty-five yearsHe further said: "That's always been a special song for us, and it will always be a special song to us."MORE: Travis and Jason Kelce's sad family history revealed ahead of Super BowlMORE: Goldie Hawn looks tiny alongside supertall grandson for family reunion"Forever grateful for this love and the memories.

Michael Douglas left his fans in awe when he appeared in a wild video with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their two children Carys, 19, and Dylan, 20.The Wall Street actor was having the time of his life as he energetically moved around a dancefloor, waving his arms in the air and whipping his hair back and forth while being filmed by Catherine, who alongside their children was also throwing up some serious shapes.WATCH: Michael Douglas is living his best life in energetic new videoThe video was shared by Catherine in honor of Valentine's Day on Tuesday, and she sweetly captioned it: "Happy Valentine's Day to all love, love, love." Her followers on Instagram were quick to react and loved the feel-good video, especially Michael's dad moves. TRENDING: Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy's appearance has fans saying the same thingPOPULAR: Carrie Underwood reveals jaw-dropping addition to her 400-acre family home"Michael still living his best life," commented one.

Valentine’s Day has arrived once again, and “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon is pretty sure he knows what message Mike Pence put in his card to his wife. Naturally, it includes the former vice president’s long johns.During his monologue on Monday night, Fallon revealed that “The Tonight Show” actually “got ahold” of some of the cards that many famous people were sending to their loved ones.

Charli XCX has said she was “honoured” when Caroline Polachek asked her to remix her recent single ‘Welcome To My Island’. Watch our video interview with her above.Speaking to NME at on The BRIT Awards 2023 red carpet, XCX discussed working on her and The 1975‘s George Daniel’s version of ‘Welcome To My Island’ – which dropped last month ahead of the release of Polachek’s new album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’ this week (February 14).“It was so fun,” XCX said of the remix. “I made it with my boyfriend [George Daniel], and we love Caroline.