Scottish Government confirms 41 coronavirus deaths in Scotland and 966 new cases

Manchester United have added RB Leipzig midfielder Christopher Nkunku to the shortlist for the summer transfer window - according to reports.

Following her incredible Super Bowl halftime show performance, Mary J. Blige is taking the time to give back to an inspirational fan.

California Director of Health and Human Service Dr. Mark Ghaly today confirmed that after tomorrow the state will “move from a requirement to a strong recommendation of indoor masking.”

The streets outside her window are dripping with hope, and yet Élisabeth (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is lost. It is Paris, 1981, a new president has been elected, and Élisabeth’s husband has left, claiming the thrillingness of motion by moving in with a new girlfriend while his ex is left with the stagnance of remaining, the apartment where they’ve raised their children, Judith (Megan Northam) and Matthias (Quito Rayon-Richter), at once comfortingly familiar and dreadfully new.

Over the weekend, Amazon Prime dropped the first full teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – and now we’re getting even more information about the show!

After reading a report which claimed Jennifer Lopez may start to “miss” her ex-fiancé, the singer’s ex-husband Marc Anthony shaded Alex Rodriguez on social media—and seemingly confirmed that there are no chances of this actually happening anytime soon.

Kanye West may not be the one kissing Kim Kardashian this Valentine’s Day, but he still wants to shower her with love!

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Karrie Martin Lachney signed with Paradigm for representation in all areas.

His Dark Materials and Help writer Jack Thorne has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Writing at tonight’s 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards (WGGBAs), with Russell T Davies, Emerald Fennell and Armando Iannucci also taking home gongs.

Giant Party have shared a new single – listen to ‘Loving Arms’ below.The track, released last week (February 11), is a further taste of the band’s upcoming new album that’s set for release this summer.The album is described in a statement as “an emotionally-charged reaction to a wave of tragedies experienced by brothers Al (vocals/guitars) and Tim Harrod (keyboards/vocals)”.It continues: “The death of three family members, in particular their estranged father who they hadn’t seen in twenty years, left a void: suddenly they were forced to confront the insecurities his departure had caused head-on, while a succession of funerals forced the atheist brothers to revisit their religious upbringing.”You can listen to the new song below:Speaking about the album and its themes of grief, Al said: “I always thought I’d understood this early on, but it turns out I really hadn’t.“It happened to me when I saw my Grandmother’s embalmed body at the funeral home. It was the first time that I truly stopped believing in the childhood-taught belief that we were all going to meet again.”The album is also described in a statement as being “full of moments which are joyous, energising and escapist”.It continues: “Loss is of course prevalent, but it’s a collection which spans the spectrum of the human experience, from the initial impact of grief to the hope for a brighter future.

Run-DMC rapper (real name Jason Mizell) was fatally shot inside his Jamaica, Queens recording studio at the age of 37 in 2002.It was a cold case until 2020 when police, the FBI and other law enforcement bodies indicted two men, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., on charges of murder.According to AllHipHop, jury selection for the case will start on September 22, while opening statements and testimony will commence on September 26.If the COVID pandemic causes any issues then a backup trial date will be set for February 2023. The government expects the trial to last roughly two weeks.Washington is currently serving a federal prison sentence for robbery, while Jordan was taken into custody in August 2020.Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Seth DuCharme announced that a grand jury had returned an incitement alleging that the two defendants were responsible for the murder on October 30, 2002.“They shot him in cold blood,” DuCharme said in a press conference at the time.

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Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, but some fans were more focused on what the youngest of Whitworth's four children was doing in the stands.Katherine, who Whitworth shares with his wife, Melissa, went viral when Super Bowl viewers spotted her reading during the big game, instead of watching her dad defeat the Cincinnati Bengals on the field.«Oh, it’s special,» Whitworth told co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on Monday. «She’s the fourth one and the hardest one.

Stacey Solomon has shared an adorable video of her son Rex on Valentine's Day. Sharing a clip to her Instagram Stories, Stacey's two year old son is heard screaming 'surprise!' as he enters the living room, holding a rose wrapped in paper in each hand. While one was for his mum, the other was for his baby sister, Rose, and he giggled with glee as he gave it to her before running off again.The Loose Women star, 32, wrote: "Happy Valentine's Day from our little Valentine.

Naomi Campbell has shared the first look at her baby daughter while declaring that she was not adopted.The 51 year old supermodel welcomed her little bundle of joy in May of last year and has not shown her face to the public until now. In a new cover interview for British Vogue, the catwalk queen stuns in a series of stylish snaps and in one image, the doting mother can be sweetly cradling her adorable daughter. "She wasn't adopted – she's my child," Streatham-born Naomi told the fashion bible, adding that only a few people knew she was planning for motherhood.

Vogue. The icon posed with big hair and her cherubic 9-month-old on the cover of the March issue of British Vogue. She shares details about her daughter, from the fact that she sleeps well, doesn’t cry often, laughs easily, and just might start walking before crawling.

Coronation Street was full of worrying scenes on Monday night as Amy Barlow collapsed after her drink was spiked. During the latest instalment, Amy, Asha Alahan and Summer Spellman attended the school's Valentine's Dance where Max Turner recorded the event on his camera. At the event, Daniel Osbourne noticed that Amy and Asha were drunk as he asked them to leave along with Summer.

Katie Price marked Valentine's Day by sharing a throwback snap with her fiancé Carl Woods.The former glamour model wore thick casts on both of her legs in the image that appeared to be taken from 2020 when she excruciatingly broke both her ankles and feet. Despite her injuries at the time, the 42 year old made it clear she was thankful for Carl's support during tough times as she was seen laughing while he rested in between her legs during a flight from Turkey. "We are shattered in this photo! But thought it would be a funny one.

Rangers chief executive Stewart Robertson insists the club are in the best financial position since he took over.

South Lanarkshire councillors have questioned the progress of the play park refurbishment programme after delays in hiring two specialist officers to help.

Sometimes a real-life romance can benefit a movie, and the box office can benefit from the heat of the celeb romance behind the scenes that everyone is talking about.

Harry Hamlin is getting candid about his career.

anyone living with the condition, which affects worldwide, and celebrities who are living with migraine don’t necessarily have a leg up. That’s because being in the spotlight involves its own set of migraine triggers beyond the actual spotlights shining directly in your eyes (#).

Isabelle Huppert, recipient of this year’s Honorary Golden Bear is unable to attend the Berlin Film Festival in person due to testing positive for Covid, the festival has announced.

Dan Aykroyd, who not only played the role of the brilliant Dr. Raymond Stantz in Ghostbusters, but was a creative force behind the supernatural comedy blockbusters as well, expressed his sympathies today about Ivan Reitman’s death.

pupils from less advantaged backgrounds.An analysis of attendance shows pupils in poorer areas are more likely to have taken time off in the health crisis.Figures at the end of November showed attendance ranged from 85.3% in the most deprived areas to 93.5% in the least deprived.Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said: “This isn’t an easy call, but in the interests of the pupils of Scotland it is time for John Swinney to swallow his pride and cancel the higher and advanced higher exams.”Scotland’s public health minister is under fire for being “asleep” during a crisis - and should not be allowed to oversee the massive covid vaccine programme, Holyrood opposition MSPs demand.Joe FitzPatrick was criticised by Labour, Lib Dems and Tories who

pupils from less advantaged backgrounds.An analysis of attendance shows pupils in poorer areas are more likely to have taken time off in the health crisis.Figures at the end of November showed attendance ranged from 85.3% in the most deprived areas to 93.5% in the least deprived.Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said: "This isn't an easy call, but in the interests of the pupils of Scotland it is time for John Swinney to swallow his pride and cancel the higher and advanced higher exams."Gray continued: "The data is clear: pupils in the most deprived areas are more likely to be missing vital class time, and the provisions that the Scottish government have put in place for remote learning cannot fully replace face to face learning."In these

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 20,000 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for coronavirus.At the Scottish Government's daily press briefing in Edinburgh, Deputy First Minister John Swinney today (Friday, December 4) confirmed that a further 166 people in the region tested positive yesterday.In total, 20,104 cases of Covid-19 have now been registered in the region since the first positive cases were confirmed in March.As of yesterday (December 3), 653 people in Lanarkshire have died after testing positive for the virus.Lanarkshire has been the second-worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus after Greater Glasgow and Clyde where 33,797 people have tested

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Council bosses have written to the Education Secretary in an appeal for cash to construct a new St Aidan’s High within a town hub in Wishaw.NLC’s education convener Frank McNally has contacted John Swinney to seek funding for the hub in the town which would include a new St Aidan’s High and one other associated primary school as well as early years provision.The facility, part of the council’s long-term plans for a Wishaw town hub, would also include wider community assets including sport and leisure, transport and partnership facilities such as spaces for police and health officials to hold drop-in clinics.In the letter sent to Mr Swinney, Councillor

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John Swinney has said SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford made a “mistake” when he publicly accused a photographer of breaking lockdown rules on Twitter. Blackford appeared to suggest English snapper Ollie Taylor had breached lockdown rules by posting a striking photograph of the north of Scotland.

free school meals for all primary school pupils. The party also heard from SNP depute leader Keith Brown.

Education Secretary has said. The Covid-19 pandemic has already meant the cancelling of the National 5 Exams in Scotland.

John Swinney on the first day of the party's virtual conference. It signals the start of what promises to be a long and hard fought election campaign before voters go to the polls in May 2021.

referendum. Before the first speeches, Sturgeon said she has "never been so certain" Scotland will achieve independence.

exams for Higher and Advanced Higher should be axed next year. Education Secretary John Swinney has announced National 5 exams have been scrapped but those for Higher and Advanced Higher are still provisionally due to go ahead in May.