Defiant travellers quit former Bannockburn golf centre site after stand-off

A lesbian couple have succeeded in their legal bid to amend the Children’s Act so that they are both recognised as legal parents of their surrogate babies.

Finneas has shared a cover of Bon Iver‘s 2008 track ‘Flume’ for Spotify Singles – check it out below.Billie Eilish‘s brother and collaborator released his debut album ‘Optimist’ last October, and the new two-track live release also features a special version of the album track ‘Medieval’ alongside the Bon Iver cover.In a statement, Finneas said he was “honoured to finally be able to get into the brand new and beautiful Spotify Studios to record these songs in these special arrangements”.Listen to Finneas cover Bon Iver’s ‘Flume’ and play ‘Medieval’ for Spotify Singles below.Reviewing Finneas’ debut solo album ‘Optimist’ upon its release last year, NME said: “He made his name producing and writing for his megastar sister Billie Eilish, and now it’s Finneas’ turn to step into the spotlight. ‘Optimist’ has been a long time coming – it follows a whopping 23 singles released since 2016 – and fully justifies why he’s become the industry’s producer du jour.“The record takes two paths to do that – classic, timeless pop songwriting and something more modern and cutting-edge.

Naman Ramachandran The wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance” has been found 107 years after it sank off the coast of Antarctica and National Geographic has been swift to commission a documentary on the subject that has fascinated the world for over a century.National Geographic has partnered exclusively with History Hit, the SVOD and content platform co-founded by historian Dan Snow; All3Media’s Little Dot Studios and production company Consequential for a documentary detailing the successful search and discovery of one of the great lost shipwrecks of history — Ernest Shackleton’s “Endurance.” “Endurance” left South Georgia for Antarctica on Dec. 5, 1914, carrying Shackleton and 27 other men with the goal of reaching the South Pole and crossing the continent via an overland trek.

Dame Joan Collins might be a British screen icon, but over the years her family have managed to maintain a relatively low-profile. So, fans were delighted this week when Joan shared a very rare photo of her two daughters.MORE: Dame Joan Collins, 88, stuns fans with endless legs in VERY glamorous photoThe Dynasty star took to Instagram on Tuesday in recognition of International Women's Day with a personal picture and wrote: "Sending my love to my two #favoritewomen on #internationalwomensday - my two daughters @taraarkle and Katyana.Kass."WATCH: Dame Joan Collins proudly introduces family membersTara was among those to comment on the sweet snapshot, telling her mum: "Bless you mama! Back atcha!"READ: Dame Joan Collins's granddaughter is her double in family photoMORE: Dame Joan Collins pictured with her rarely-seen brother Bill - fans reactIn the image, Joan can be seen in between her two girls with the trio dressed in complementary shades and smiling for the camera.A post shared by Joan Collins (@joancollinsdbe)Joan shared a striking snapshot showing her with her two daughtersThe 88-year-old actress is a mother of three children – she shares Katya with Ron Kass, while second husband Antony Newley is the father of Tara and her son, Alexander Newley.

Universal Music Group has become one of the latest media companies to suspend operations in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The music publishing giant on Tuesday said it was closing its offices in Russia, effective immediately. Meanwhile, major Western food and beverage companies Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Starbucks are also pulling out.

The Last Kingdom is back to Netflix after fans have waited for two years to see the fifth season. The last season aired in April 2020 and fans is eager to get binge-watching this new instalment which will help to explain the story of the captured Saxon.

Piers Morgan has marked the one year anniversary of the day he stormed off Good Morning Britain and quit the show.The 56 year old had been a permanent host alongside Susanna Reid, 51, for over five years before leaving his post for good following a row with Alex Beresford about Meghan Markle.Taking to his Instagram feed a year on, Piers posted a screenshot of the moment he walked off the from the conversation before telling his 1.8million followers that he has no regrets over his decision. "A year ago today, I went for a little stroll… and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech," he captioned the post.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is negotiating a seven-figure book deal to tell her story, according to reports.The 30 year old singer is just weeks away from stepping out of Little Mix as the band – which also consists of Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall – are set to take a hiatus. Leigh-Anne, who recently marked six months since welcoming her “miracle” babies in a cute snap, is said to be in talks with several major publishing houses for the memoir. It will reportedly focus on “identity and her own experiences at the heart of British popular culture” following the huge success of her BBC Three documentary, Race, Pop And Power, last year.

Naman Ramachandran “Bloody Brothers,” the Indian adaptation of BAFTA winning BBC series “Guilt,” is set to bow on South Asian focused streamer ZEE5.Directed by Shaad Ali (Netflix’s “Call My Agent Bollywood”), the show is produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India. Reset in the picturesque South Indian hill town of Ooty, “Bloody Brothers” follows two brothers, Jaggi and Daljeet, who, while driving home late one night, run over an old man.

Jacob Elordi has weighed in on the rumors about a toxic environment on the set of his HBO series Euphoria.

Vivienne Chow Taiwan-based tech giant HTC Vive approaches this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event as an important milestone. The global leader in virtual reality will be presenting two of its recent original creations that will lay the groundwork for the future gameplay of VR products in the highly anticipated Web 3.0 era.The two featured productions, “The Sick Rose” and “Beatday — The Beginning — Mini VR Concert,” pictured above, are representative of HTC Vive Originals’ future direction, said its president Liu Szu-ming.“Riding on the state-of-art VR technology, Vive Originals will continue to create entertainment experiences that have high cultural values for the metaverse.

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar,” “Fire in the Mountain”); composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai (“Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale”), game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”). The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R.

Hopeful Celtic supporters are set for a major update on the availability of talisman Kyogo next week.

The Florida Senate has passed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” on Tuesday, March 8.In a 22-17 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill. It will now go on to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it. If a school district is suspected of violating this law, parents would be able to sue.During the debate, Democrat Shevrin Jones, Florida’s first openly gay senator, tearfully said to his colleagues, “To those who think you can legislate gay people away, I’m sorry.

A wind weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for western Scotland.

A perverted dad who paid a schoolgirl to meet him and asked for a picture of her feet had vile child abuse images on his devices.

A woman has been dubbed as “petty” and “unprofessional” for refusing to buy her colleague a lunchtime meal deal.

A Scot from Ayrshire, helped by Martin Lewis, has been awarded £5,700 in benefit back payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and received the maximum award for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

The cost of replacing Clyde Bridge is more than double the original estimated price due to rising prices in the construction industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of Richard Bacon’s Jimmy Carr-hosted quiz show I Literally Just Told You.

National Geographic has greenlit an epic documentary detailing the successful search and discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken Endurance ship near Antarctica, helmed by British historian Dan Snow.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming video platform iQiyi has announced plans to raise $285 million from a private placing of shares, part of which will be taken up by parent company Baidu.The move comes in the same week that the NASDAQ-listed company said it was suspending its weekend live broadcasts of English Premier League football (soccer) due to the sport’s public displays of solidarity with Ukraine.iQiyi is understood to have informed the Premier League that it would be removing the coverage following the league’s announcement that a “moment of reflection and solidarity” would be held before matches at the weekend. Several teams also displayed armbands in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.