Firefighters battle basement blaze in Edinburgh coffee shop

His character is the son of a Coronation Street legend but off-screen, Rob Mallard has a very different life.

Safiyya Vorajee has spoke of the emotional moment she first saw the necklace she designed in honour of her daughter Azaylia. It's been nearly a year since Safiyya and Ashley Cain tragically lost their eight month old daughter Azaylia following an arduous battle with leukaemia.

Petrol and diesel prices are surging to record highs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Budget supermarket Lidl has been declared the 'cheapest supermarket' for the last three months, but how cheap is cheap?

Stephanie March has left the courtroom to take on the role of a "Ripley-inspired intergalactic badass" – and she’s loving every second of it. In December, it was announced that the former "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star was suiting up as Lady Akira for Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship’s DC superhero drama "Naomi." The CW show, based on the comic series of the same name, follows a teenage superhero when unlikely, outer-worldly events impact her hometown.The actress stars as a "metahuman" who is still a mystery to her. Stephanie March as Lady Akira and Kaci Walfall as Naomi (© 2022 The CW Network, LLC.

Lily Collins keeps close to husband Charlie McDowell at the premiere of their new movie, Windfall, on Friday night (March 11) in West Hollywood, Calif.

"A photo was projected on to a wall in a cool Shoreditch bar of a man holding a T-shirt with the number 37 displayed on the bag it was residing in. It wasn’t just any T-shirt – this was a garment I’d worn to sleep in for the last three nights, in a bid for it to absorb my smell and attract a mate.This man had been instructed to spend the evening sniffing about 50 different ladies’ tops, who were all aged in their mid-twenties, and he’d decided that my scent – captured on my plain grey top – was the most desirable… That is, mine and woman number 64, whose garment he had in his left hand. Luckily for me, he hadn’t a clue who that belonged to.

This past November, Key Glock dropped Yellow Tape 2, the follow-up to his studio debut (2020's Yellow Tape) and a long string of mixtapes stretching back to 2016. On March 25, the Memphis rapper will share Yellow Tape 2 (Deluxe) via Paper Route EMPIRE, the imprint created by his late hometown legend and mentor, Young Dolph, who signed Glock in 2017.

Gabby McGill feared the worst when he fractured his shin back in December, but is delighted to be back playing for Airdrie, and hopes to have put his injury problems behind him.

The Take a Bow drama troupe put on their rendition of 'Shrek the Musical' at Kilmarnock's Palace Theatre.

Kaiyne Woolery enjoyed a trip to England's national stadium last season with Tranmere Rovers - and taking in Scotland's equivalent with Motherwell would be just as sweet.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” opens in US theaters March 25.

Halyna Hutchins‘ Estate is calling out Alec Baldwin.

It’s been a rough first two years for Bob Chapek in Disney’s top job.

The NSW Police have apologised to  ‘78er Barbara Karpinski for ejecting her from the Sydney Cricket Ground stadium where she was watching the Mardi Gras parade on March 5. In response to questions from Star Observer, a NSW Police spokesperson issued the following statement on Friday: “The NSW Police Force is taking this matter very seriously and is conducting inquiries to determine why and how this incident occurred and ensure it is not repeated.”   “We apologise sincerely to the 78er who was asked to leave and to all 78ers and the LGBTIQA+ communities broadly. Our dialogue and communication with the LGBTIQA+ communities will continue to build on the solid relationship we have established together.”Barbara KarpinskiWhen Star Observer informed Karpinski of the apology last night, she thanked both the NSW police and Mardi Gras CEO Albert Kruger for their swift apologies, but she said that action rather than more apologies are needed. She said that although sceptical, she remains hopeful that communication and openness are the way forward.This is not the first time that NSW Police have apologised to Karpinski who was arrested as a schoolgirl in 1978.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSome cinemas in central Shanghai were closed from Friday in reaction to a surge in coronavirus cases in the city and other parts of China. The Shanghai Disneyland theme park announced partial restrictions that take effect from Saturday. On Saturday, Chinese authorities announced that a total of 1,649 new cases in the country had been discovered on Friday.

Bill Maher was back Friday night from a brief hiatus, but he was also happy to enjoy his first maskless studio audience in two years. “It’s great to see you, and I can finally see you,” Maher said at the top of his HBO show, Real Time. “I don’t want to see another mask unless it’s on a surgeon or a Michael Jackson impersonator.”

Anyone frozen to the bone today in Austin, TX from the 39-degree, piercing wind weather could find all the heat inside the Paramount Theatre as A24’s Daniels’ AGBO movie Everything Everywhere All at Once brought moviegoing roaring back to the first SXSW in three years.

Rachel Brosnahan tries to help Reid Scott up from the ice after he slipped while filming The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in New York City on Thursday night (March 10).

A former Clyde FM presenter used a perverted dating profile to prey on vulnerable children in the Philippines.

A traumatised woman has recalled the heartbreaking moment she saw a Scots woman tragically fall to her death from a Spanish hotel earlier this week.

A Scots scientist who studied mating monkeys in the jungle is using some of their techniques to help women find the perfect match.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that on October 31, 2021 there were 2.8 million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with just over one in three claimants (35%) receiving the highest level of award.

A drug dealer was caught with £33,000 of heroin after cops swooped on a Scots railway station.