Popular Ayrshire bar boss issues emotional farewell as venue closes for final time

READ MORE: Top EastEnders stories from 'Grant Mitchell return' to Lola's death confirmedEastEnders fans can be quite particular about how they like characters to be portrayed on the beloved show, especially with new actors. Bobby recently felt the brunt of this as one EastEnders fan took to to a fan group to criticise his portrayal of Freddie. She wrote: "I'm not liking this Freddie actor at all, sorry, he's a bit annoying.

Taylor Swift has secretly based the genres of her songs on what type of pen she is using to write. The singer, 32, says she thinks it’s “dorky” she has three different types of tune that have been written using a quill, fountain or glitter gel pen. She said in a long essay for The Times on Saturday (08.

The Daily Star: "I went to see a house with a friend as it was on auction, but my friend didn't want it as it was in a rough area. "I liked the property and thought it could be really lovely and a good investment. "So, I went to the nightclub where I worked, stayed afterwards and got very drunk.

Kanye West has compared his Instagram outpourings to colonic irrigation. The rapper, 45, who has unleashed a tirade of messages on the social media platform amid the furious backlash against his ‘White Lives Matter’ scandal, says he raises his voice on the forum to highlight his “revolutionary” techniques and insisted his typically all-capitalised outbursts instead get branded “toxic”. He said in the second part of his wide-ranging interview on Fox News Channel’s ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ aired on Friday (07.

Dua Lipa insists she is single and says she loves being “alone” and “quite selfish”. The singer, 27, made the declaration following rumours she’s dating her TV host friend Trevor Noah, 38, after the pair were last week spotted having dinner together. Dua said on the new episode of her iHeartRadio podcast, ‘Dua Lipa: At Your Service’: “For me, this is the first year I’ve not been in a relationship for a very long time.

Beatles’ Sgt Pepper era. The supermodel was spotted wearing this braided turquoise military-style tunic as she went for lunch with a pal in West London last week, and it immediately invited comparison to the bright satin outfits the Fab Four wore for the cover of their groundbreaking 1967 album. However, Ms Moss paired it with a navy Yves Saint Laurent bag that you never saw John, Paul, George or Ringo with – as well as a pair of pink tinted sunglasses.

Myles Stephenson has revealed he has a heart condition after leaving fans concerned by sharing a photo of him getting an ECG in hospital.  The Rak-Su star, 31, had shared a snap of his bare chest covered in sticky pads with electrical wires attached, with three crying face emojis.

The Masked Dancer UK spoilers follow. The Masked Dancer has unveiled another celebrity in its latest episode (October 8).

Shots were exchanged by two groups of individuals outside a mall in Washington State on Saturday evening and the suspects are still at large. "Just before 5:30 pm officers responded to shots fired in the parking lot of the Tacoma Mall," the Tacoma Police Department posted on Twitter Saturday.

Authorities in Georgia discovered nearly 600 grams of fentanyl worth $172,000 on Thursday. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says the concealed package was discovered during a routine check for narcotics by the K9 unit at a Gainesville package delivery hub.  "The K9 was taking part in an open-air search of packages arriving at the delivery hub when he alerted on a package from California being shipped to Oakwood." The Hall County Sheriff's Office said in a post.

A man in Alabama allegedly poured boiling water down his 1-year-old baby's throat while he was out on bond in relation to a domestic violence charge. Eugene Lamont Sneed, 23, was out on bond in relation to a 2020 domestic violence charge when he allegedly poured the boiling hot water down the throat of his daughter on Sunday, who is only 1, according to FOX 17. Niktoria Lett, the mother of the 1-year-old, Royalty, said that the baby was left alone with Sneed, who is the baby's father, on Sunday.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center and its affiliate, NewYork-Presbyterian, reached a settlement of over $165 million to be distributed to women who accused former gynecologist Robert Hadden of sexual abuse or misconduct. The agreement was announced on Friday by the two hospitals, which said in a statement that the money would be distributed to 147 of Hadden's former patients. In 2021, both hospitals agreed to make a $71 million compensation fund for 79 people who were patients of Hadden.

Andy Grammer reflected on his journey to discovering self-worth over recent years.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs welcomed out The Linda Lindas and Japanese Breakfast – both of whom opened the show – to perform a cover of Kim Wilde’s 1981 hit ‘Kids In America’.Yeah Yeah Yeahs are currently touring in support of their recent fifth album, ‘Cool It Down’. The LA gig – one of two special shows announced back in May – took place at the 17,500-capacity Hollywood Bowl, and opened with the band inviting Perfume Genius out to perform their joint single ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ (the new album’s lead single).‘Kids In America’ was the first of two songs performed in Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ encore, rounded out by ‘Date With The Night’ (the lead single from their 2003 debut ‘Fever To Tell’). Elsewhere in the show, the band performed five other songs from ‘Cool It Down’ and three more from ‘Fever To Tell’, as well as three from 2009’s ‘It’s Blitz!’ album, two from 2006’s ‘Show Your Bones’, and only one from 2013’s ‘Mosquito’.Have a look at crowd-shot footage of the ‘Kids In America’ cover below, then see Yeah Yeah Yeah’s full setlist (via setlist.fm):1. ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ (with Perfume Genius) 2. ‘Cheated Hearts’ 3. ‘Pin’ 4. ‘Under The Earth’ 5. ‘Burning’ 6. ‘Zero’ 7. ‘Wolf’ 8. ‘Fleez’ 9. ‘Soft Shock’ 10. ‘Lovebomb’ 11. ‘Blacktop’ 12. ‘Maps’ 13. ‘Gold Lion’ 14. ‘Y Control’ 15. ‘Heads Will Roll’ 16. ‘Kids In America’ (Kim Wilde cover, with Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas) 17. ‘Date With The Night’Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ next shows will be in Mexico – they’re set to perform at the Studio Theater Cavaret in Zapopan on Thursday November 17, before appearing at this year’s Corona Capital festival that weekend.

Nick Jonas has opened a new rooftop restaurant and bar!

Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne are stepping out in style.

A new trailer for the upcoming Addams Family show Wednesday has been released!

Shawn Mendes has new songs on the Lyle, Lyle Crocodile soundtrack! – Just Jared Jr Kate Middleton was heckled during a visit in Ireland – Celebitchy Cheryl Burke is heading to court – DListed Get the scoop on Simon Cowell‘s new competition series – Just Jared Jr

< 1 min read Gay and bisexual men are being urged to attend a virtual monkeypox forum with Australia’s deputy chief medical officer and a leading sexual health specialist as the community rallies to prevent transmission.

Don Lemon bid farewell to his primetime show on CNN after more than eight years of hosting Don Lemon Tonight. The television presenter got emotional during his farewell recalling all the ups and downs he lived through during his tenure on the show.

Jenna Dewan has seen JoJo Siwa‘s “gay awakening” video as part of the TikTok trend “One Thing About Me,” and the “Rookie” star is absolutely honoured.

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a 36-year-old man in Glasgow.

Ellen DeGeneres was «manipulative,» «blatantly opportunistic» and «way too controlling» after she signed him to her now defunct music label, Charlie Puth is opening up about his own unpleasant experience with the former TV host's music label.In an interview with, the 30-year-old GRAMMY-nominated singer recalled feeling abandoned not long after he signed with eleveneleven back in 2011. While the «Attention» singer said he never had a problem with DeGeneres personally, Puth said that wasn't exactly the case with the team running DeGeneres' label.«We both have different experiences, me versus Greyson,» Puth told the magazine.

A group of Orthodox Jews in New York City are suing the state’s new law banning carrying a firearm in a house of worship and arguing that it essentially makes them "sitting ducks." The Jewish congregation in Midwood, Brooklyn, in a suit organized by the New York State Jewish Gun Club in Rockland County, filed the lawsuit on September 29 objecting to the state’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act signed by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Post reported.

After almost a decade, the legal fight between pop singer Kesha and producer Dr. Luke is headed to trial in New York next summer, a judge said Friday.

Justin Bieber is standing up for his wife Hailey Bieber after the model was trolled by Kanye West for supporting Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, whom was attacked online by West.

Liam Gallagher has today (October 8) shared an emotive post about his new, upcoming video for ‘Too Good For Giving Up’ and mental health.Gallagher shared a clip of both the song – which appears on his latest album, ‘C’mon, You Know‘ – and its new video on social media today. It was accompanied by a post that explained how he’d teamed up with ‘Talk Club’ for the release.Talk Club is an organisation that works to help support male mental health.

Kanye West has reportedly been banned from Instagram, leading him to make a comeback on Twitter after two years away.NBC News confirmed that the rapper was barred from the social photo-sharing platform, with a representative for Meta – the company that owns Instagram – saying he was restricted from posting, and had content removed by a moderator, after violating the rules and guidelines. It was not specified exactly what posts were removed by Meta, but as NBC noted, one deleted yesterday (October 8) saw West share anti-Semitic sentiments.It came after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs responded to West’s recent gaffe at this year’s Paris Fashion Week – where he wore a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “White Lives Matter”, a slogan tied to white supremacist movements – and West shared screenshots of a text exchange between the two rappers to Instagram.

, is here — and there were of surprises!During Saturday's New York Comic Con panel, the streaming service debuted the two-and-a-half-minute trailer touting the upcoming dark comedy, which stars Jenna Ortega as the iconic titular character, and introduced a nearly unrecognizable Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester. It also featured the franchise return of Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the '90s movies, playing a new character, Miss Thornhill.The jam-packed trailer sets up the nutty world viewers will enter into when the series drops next month, revealing Uncle Fester's arrival in a dramatic showdown with Wednesday, as the duo ride off together.Ricci's appearance comes at the tail-end of the trailer as she introduces herself to Wednesday at Nevermore.In the eight-episode drama, Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.«I act as if I don't care that people dislike me,» Wednesday says in the trailer.

Gisele Bündchen stepped out without her wedding ring after she and husband Tom Brady reportedly hired divorce lawyers earlier this week amid their ongoing marital turmoil. The 42-year-old Brazilian supermodel, who is reportedly living apart from the 45-year-old NFL star, was spotted visiting an office building in Miami on Thursday.

“Star Trek: Picard” premiered at New York Comic-Con ahead of its release on Paramount+ this coming February. The entire “TNG” cast was on-hand at NYCC to present the teaser, including Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, Mariana Sirtis, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner. The final season will see the Enterprise-D crew, along with “Star Trek: Voyager” alum Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) take on enemies from their past.