No, Vin Diesel Won’t Be In An ‘Avatar’ Film Despite Teasing That He Would

Ashim Ahluwalia, known as a director of edgy films such as John & Jane and Miss Lovely that have premiered at Toronto and Cannes film festivals, is not an obvious choice to direct a young adult drama series for Netflix. But when local production house Bodhitree Multimedia approached him with a proposal for a Hindi remake of Spanish show Elite, he jumped at the chance. 

Scottish Water bosses have been blasted for announcing a 5% hike in charges during a cost of living crisis.

Among the most beautiful and lesser known islands in the Scottish Hebrides is the Isle of Eigg.

A special event is being held in Blantyre this weekend as a new memorial is unveiled to the public.

A paedophile couple serving life for murder who want the right to phone each from different jails have lost a bid to have their case heard at the UK's highest court.

A Scottish social media star was left so excited by retro sweets flavoured drinks from Home Bargains that she had to give them all a try.

Tommy Fury has moved out of his family home with girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague shortly after she gave birth to their daughter Bambi.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced that they will release a new album, titled ‘V’, next month. They will also be in the UK for tour dates in May.The album was several years in the making, Ruban Nielson having begun work on a new set of tracks with his brother Kody in the early days of the pandemic.But when an uncle in Hawaii fell ill, he, his mother and another uncle moved over there to care for him.

There was a moment last November when Channel 4’s senior executives breathed a sigh of relief.

APPOINTMENTSJim Berkus is stepping down as Chair of talent agency UTA, according to Billboard. The company is also adding two new directors, Paul Wachter of investment firm Main Street Advisors and Ceci Kurzman of Nexus Management Group. Wachter will also become Chair.Defected Records has hired Jess Nash as Head Of Sync and Deniz Hilmi as Head Of Events And Talent.

Slowthai has announced a tour of UK pubs kicking off later this month to promote his upcoming new album ‘UGLY’. Tickets will cost just £1 – an increase from his 99p tour in early 2019, but down from the £5 entry he was charging later that same year.Anyway, there ends the analysis of Slowthai ticket prices.

The Great Escape yesterday added a stack more artists to the line-up for this year’s festival, which takes place in Brighton in May.Among the artists newly announced for the 2023 edition of the big old showcase festival are The Big Moon, Sad Night Dynamite, Willie J Healey, James Ellis Ford, Stone, Lime Garden, English Teacher, Billie Martin, Caity Baser, Yunè Pinku, Deki Alem and Mestizo Collective.In addition to the line-up announcement, the festival’s organisers have also revealed that a show will take place in Liverpool on 2 Mar as part of the TGE Presents programme, a series of gigs presented by the TGE team in the run up to the festival in May.TGE is partnering with Licks Magazine and Ticketmaster New Music to stage that gig, which will be headlined by Lime Garden, with supports to be announced.As for May, the TGE festival is obviously accompanied by the TGE Conference for music industry delegates, which includes the CMU+TGE Sessions that this year will put the spotlight on music and education, music and deals, and music and the creator economy.You can find our more information about that here.

It was a comment that had Rangers fans racking their brains as one transfer window came to an end and they already started looking ahead to the next one. Just who was that mystery number nine that Micheal Beale alluded to as he spoke of his plans to strengthen the squad?

A growing Perthshire home improvement firm has sealed an exclusive partnership with a major kitchen manufacturer – as it announces a six-figure investment in its business.

Swansea boss Russell Martin has revealed Rangers fans messaged him on LinkedIn telling him to let striker Morgan Whittaker leave. But the Swans boss simply apologised to them for being “crap” during his short stint at Ibrox.

A former Lanarkshire care home which boasts an impressive 11 bedrooms is going under the hammer with a guide price of £250,000 and above.

Eight sheep have been killed after having their faces 'torn off' in a vicious attack on an East Ayrshire farm.

Paedophile Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving just half of his 16-year sentence for sex crimes. The disgraced glam rock singer - who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s - was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

One Scots The Chase contestant was absolutely delighted to take home £5,000 after an exciting final chase.

Ladies and gentlemen, Lizzo is officially 100% that bitch. Legally speaking, I mean. Not scientifically.

Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash involving a cyclist and a pedestrian in Linlithgow.

A thug assaulted a police officer after a "daft" row with his lover about a social media photo.

A Lanarkshire charity supporting bereaved parents is launching a new support group based in the premises of another local good cause.

Nando’s has been given the go-ahead to serve up its first ever restaurant in Perth.

Perth Harbour - which has been operating at a loss - looks set to close as a commercial port.

The closure of Israeli public broadcaster Kan by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government has been delayed indefinitely, according to a spokesman for the Communications Minister.

EXCLUSIVE: The Kinoteka Polish Film Festival has set the lineup for its 21st edition, running March 9 — April 27 at venues across London.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the EFM, Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales, excluding North America, on horror The Outwaters.

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates for the tenth time in a row, putting even more pressure on households amid the ongoing cost of living crisis. The Bank said the decision on Thursday was taken to help keep inflation under control and indicated that it might be nearing the end of its successive interest rate rises.

It's been an incredible start to Michael Beale's Rangers career, nobody can take that away from him - though as the Englishman said himself on Wednesday, there is still a long way to go at Ibrox.

The daughter of one of Ex-Celtic Boys Club manager Frank Cairney's victims has been left 'disgusted' after the beast was seen taking daily exercise walks in his community just days after he was deemed 'unfit to stand trial' over historic sex abuse allegations. The woman, who has asked not to be named, has been left furious after her now deceased dad's abuser was excused from attending his trial after his lawyers argued that he suffered from “health problems”, including dementia.

A pensioner has died in hospital after a horror crash with a cyclist on a Scots road. Emergency services scrambled to Blackness Road in Linlithgow at around 10.20am on Sunday, January 29.

St Cuthbert Wanderers boss Josh Gardner blasted his players after they slumped out of the Potts Cup.

The Göteborg Film Festival’s series-focused, industry sidebar TV Drama Vision returned this week with two days of talks and panels centered on series production in Europe and the Nordic region.

A woman died suddenly whilst watching TV at home with her family. Michelle Doyle, 52, died on January 16 after she had a seizure during dinner, causing a fatal stroke.