Kate Bush issues rare statement thanking Stranger Things fans for chart resurgence

Cops are probing a hate crime after racist graffiti was spray painted onto a building at a Scots playing field.

The Scottish Health Awards 2022 are calling on Lanarkshire locals to help them find Scotland’s most dedicated healthcare professionals.

George Ezra has confirmed himself for a secret set at Glastonbury 2022 today (Sunday June 26).The singer-songwriter has been rumoured for an appearance after an image of a sign revealing his set appeared online. Now, Ezra has taken to Twitter to confirm that he’ll be performing on the John Peel Stage at 2pm today, promising “a big old party”.Another act to perform surprise secret sets across the weekend was IDLES, who played their debut album ‘Brutalism’ in full on the BBC Introducing Stage yesterday.

Hit reality talent show The X Factor is reportedly set to return to our TV screens next year, almost five years after it ended. Show creator Simon Cowell is said to be in the driving seat to bring the once popular show back after “landing a big-money deal”. An industry source told the Daily Star: “It has been decided that the time is right to bring X Factor back.

Viewers are just a few weeks into a long, hot and rather dramatic summer of love thanks to ITV and Love Island – that's set to get hotter. In the short few weeks it's been on, the show has already brought with it plenty of scenes of high tension, surprises and an awkward run in with an ex – and that’s not mentioning the recouplings, dumpings and bombshells.

Liam Gallagher fans could face being stranded in Glasgow tonight as rail chaos has seen services across the city slashed.

Sex pest MP Patrick Grady has given up his membership of the SNP while police investigate claims of sexual harassment against him.

Coatbridge’s MSP is welcoming a new £50 winter heating benefit due to be paid out to 400,000 Scottish households from next February.

Police have launched an urgent appeal to trace a missing Ayrshire man who vanished 36 hours ago.

X Factor contestant Tom Mann took to social media to reshare a photo from a memorial held in honour of his fiancé Danielle Hampson who tragically passed away last week.MORE: X Factor's Tom Mann's family share new details about fiancée's tragic deathThe photo, which was reshared on Tom's Stories, showed eighteen friends gathered in a park with picnic blankets, some with children and dogs, to remember their friend.WATCH: Olly Murs shares sweet Caroline Flack video from X Factor daysCaptioning the photo were the words: "Today was for our Dani," with a praying hands and a white love heart emoji.READ: Tom Mann's in-laws break silence with heart-wrenching message following daughter's tragic deathSEE: Simon Cowell expresses heartache after X Factor star Tom Mann's fiancée dies on wedding dayTom announced the devastating news on Instagram last Saturday on what was due to be the couple's wedding day. Tom shared the update with followers on InstagramHe penned: "I can't believe I am writing these words but my darling Dani - my best friend, my everything and more, the love of my life - passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, 18th June."On what was supposed to be the happiest day of our lives ended in irreversible heartbreak.

A GAME show fanatic has spilled the beans on how to appear on some of Britain's best-loved quizzing programmes. From Tipping Point and The Chase to Countdown and Pointless - getting on a game show isn’t as difficult as you might think.

HOLLY Willoughby risks angering her neighbours as she’s set to start renovations on her £3million London mansion. The 41-year-old has reportedly finally been given the green light to extend the huge property after years of battling with the people around her and rejected planning applications.

THE Love Island lads showed they are huge fans for The Wanted as they performed a rendition of Glad You Came. In a clip from last night’s Unseen Bits, they are seen jumping around the bedroom as they belt it out  - but fans noticed that Davide looked a bit baffled.

STACEY Solomon has sparked concern amongst her fans after going offline for over 24 hours while fiancé Joe Swash is on his stag do. The TV presenter, 32, took a rare break from her Instagram stories after Joe was spotted chatting to a mystery blonde.

MODEL Hailey Clauson ditches the Jean Paul Gaultier cone bras for some black lacy lingerie. The 27-year-old former Sports Illustrated cover girl became the face of the 70-year-old French designer’s Classique fragrance in 2020.

ELVIS Presley's stepbrother has recalled Lisa Marie Presley's heartbreaking words after finding out her dad had died from heart failure. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, David E Stanley told how he was at Graceland on the day of his brother's death on August 16, 1977, when little Lisa Marie came to find him.

JOE Swash is certainly making the most of his final weeks before marrying Stacey Solomon - if his wild stag do is anything to go by! The former EastEnders star, who is set to tie the knot to mum-of-four Stacey in the upcoming weeks, has been living it up Ibiza since Friday. As well as former soap actor Dean Gaffney, the star is joined by comedian Rob Beckett and ex-TOWIE star Ricky Rayment. Meanwhile, Stacey's dad David has also flew out for the antics.

PAUL McCARTNEY made a triumphant return to Glastonbury last night with an electric set watched live by more than 100,000 fans. The Beatles legend, Glasto’s oldest performer at 80, kicked off his set with 1964 Beatles hit Can’t Buy Me Love.

LOVE Island’s Faye Winter has taken her revenge on a cruel troll who inundated her with ‘horrendous messages’. The 27-year-old was so horrified by his comments she sent them to his mum, rugby club and his employer – in a warning to others not to “f*** with her”.

Thania Garcia Although Harry Styles’ “As It Was” maintains its run atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for the fifth week, it’s Kate Bush’s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill” that’s the talk of the charts as it has re-entered the chart at No. 8. The revival of the track on the new fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” became the launching pad for the song to outpace its 1985 No.

Kate Bush reportedly gave permission to Stranger Thingsto use her song ‘Running Up That Hill’ because she’s fan of the series.Streams of the ’80s synth pop track had increased by 153 per cent after the song appeared on the latest season of the Netflix show. Bush’s seminal hit features on the first episode, in a key moment involving Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink).The song, taken from Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’, overtook ‘Wuthering Heights’ on Spotify to become her most popular title on the service after it experienced a surge in streams on Spotify.

Kim Petras has covered Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’ to celebrate the start of Pride Month – check out the cover below.In a statement about the cover, recorded for Amazon Music, Petras joked that “my timing for this was strangely perfect!” – ‘Running Up That Hill’ has gone viral this week after soundtracking various scenes in season four of Stranger Things, which debuted on Netflix on Friday (May 27).“I have always been obsessed with ‘Running Up That Hill’,” Petras said in a statement about why she chose to cover the song.“It means so much and it’s so elusive. You can definitely decide what you want it to mean.

Clayton Davis All it took was a Kate Bush track and the reading of a letter to clue the world into the greatness of Sadie Sink, who plays tomboy Max Mayfield in the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Her outstanding work in this season of the hit fantasy show has captured the cultural zeitgeist. With phase one voting merely two weeks away, she may have put herself in firm contention to nab her first Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.The 20-year-old sensation had the most significant arc of any character in the seven-episode season.

Kate Bush's hit song Running Up That Hill has suddenly made a massive comeback, soaring through the charts, and it's all thanks to Netflix's Stranger Things.The first part of the fourth season of the show sees a new threat come to town as Vecna uses his mind to reach the teens of Hawkins – killing them as a means to create the gateways from the Upside Down to their world. Luckily, clever Nancy Wheeler discovers a means to pull potential victims out of Vecna's grasp by playing their favourite song as a means to anchor them back in reality.