"Together we can make a difference": MEN's Christmas charity campaign wins backing boost from inspirational fundraiser with amazing pledge

An estimated 12,000 Scots properties have been affected by a burst water main near a primary school.

Everyone in Scotland convicted as part of the Horizon Post Office scandal will be cleared, Humza Yousaf has said.

Demi Jones made it to the final of Winter Love Island back in 2020 and now she's returning to the popular dating show for the highly anticipated spin-off, Love Island: All-Stars.

Kanye West is facing legal trouble after allegedly punching a fan asking for an autograph two years ago!

Weather experts say the UK is facing its worst snowstorm and coldest deep freeze in 14 years.

Celtic fans are still eagerly awaiting some big incoming transfer news as Brendan Rodgers bids to add real 'quality' to his ranks.

Things just took a positive turn for Todd and Julie Chrisley.

Society Of The Snow, has been named as Netflix’s most-watched film globally this week, with just less than 23 million views.J.A. Bayona’s movie is based on a true story about a flight, carrying a rugby team, which crashes on a glacier in the Andes.

Sam Fender has shared his soulful new song ‘Iris’, taken from the soundtrack to the new film Jackdaw.The track was debuted on Edith Bowman’s BBC Radio 2 Culture Club show yesterday (Tuesday January 9), and can be heard here from around the 38 minute mark, or below. The first new material from Fender following on his 2021 second album ‘Seventeen Going Under‘ – named as NME‘s Album Of The Year – was described by Bowman as “absolute perfection” in how it accompanies a touching scene in Jackdaw, which is set in Fender’s native North East of the UK.“He’s been away doing what he does and writing new things, and what’s absolutely wonderful is that he’s been incredibly supportive of fellow creatives – in the form of Jamie Childs the filmmaker, who’s about to release his first feature film,” said Bowman introducing the film.”She continued: “Jamie has worked across some brilliant programmes, directing things like Dr Who, The Sandman, His Dark Materials, and now he’s about to release his first feature film Jackdaw – which is set in the North East of England, which is where Sam is from.“They got in touch with Sam and said, ‘Do you fancy seeing if you’ve got anything around?’ and, lo and behold, Sam gifts them this track exclusively for the film – and it could not be more fitting.”The song leans on Fender’s soulful side, set to a stripped-back guitar backing as the North Shields artist tenderly sings of a woman navigating her way through hard times in the North East.Jackdaw is released in cinemas January 26 following a Stockton-On-Tees premiere on January 24.

Mike Shinoda has recalled being starstruck when Linkin Park played their first-ever show with System Of A Down.Shinoda sat down with NME to speak about his “Firsts”. He revealed that the first gig he attended was Anthrax, Public Enemy and Primus, adding that a group called Young Black Teenagers served as opening support.“People Kind of make fun of me because it’s like ‘Obviously that’s the first gig you went to.

Rehearsals for the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour are underway, with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice noticeably absent from this year's line-up. Photos form rehearsals show Angela Scanlon, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Angela Rippon, Layton Williams, Annabel Croft, Bobby Brazier and Elllie Leach preparing to tour the country alongside a number of dancing pros. With the exception of Annabel, who has been paired with Graziano Di Prima, the stars are partnered with the professionals they danced with on the 2023 series of the show.

The investigation into the death of Friends star Matthew Perry has been closed by Los Angeles police, following the coroner's ruling that it was an 'accidental' death.The actor, best known for his role as Chandler Bing, was found lifeless in his hot tub at his LA home on 28 October 2023. Despite no signs of foul play or drug paraphernalia at the scene, the coroner later determined that he died from the severe effects of ketamine.

Stacey Dooley has admitted to feeling "sentimental" as she shared a sweet post on her daughter's first birthday. The 36 year old TV presenter and her partner Kevin Clifton welcomed Minnie into the world in January 2023. Over the past year, Stacey updated fans on her motherhood journey with adorable posts.

For most people, January means heading back to the office after a restful (or at least fun) festive break, and those first few weeks back at your desk call for outfits that manage to look smart whilst still being ultra comfortable to wear. We’re banishing anything tight, form-fitting and uncomfortable firmly to the back of our wardrobes for the foreseeable future, which means we’re on the lookout for pieces we can rely on time and time again that are effortless to wear whilst still looking chic and office-appropriate.

Emmerdale's Emma Atkins has shared her worries about her character's future on the soap. The 48 year old actress, who plays Charity Dingle and has been part of the Emmerdale family since 2000, was shocked when she found out that Charity would become a killer.

Police have launched a murder probe after a man's body was discovered inside a vehicle at a shopping centre car park.

North Lanarkshire Council has published plans for the new campus which will replace Gartcosh Primary School, if approved.

For Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy plunged deep into the mind and physicality of an iconic scientist that irrevocably changed our world. At once complex, conflicting, stylish and brilliant, Oppenheimer’s life and work is not an immediately obvious choice for an epic blockbuster subject. And yet, Christopher Nolan’s decision to ask his longtime collaborator Murphy to step into the physicist’s shoes resulted in a cinematic experience that would outstrip every superhero movie at the box office last year. Here, Murphy describes inhabiting the man behind the atom bomb and why he always delights in working with Nolan.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake is exiting the company, and handing over executive duties and title to Motion Picture Group Vice Chair Adam Fogelson.

10 years on from her explosive breakthrough in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie has had the moment of her career with Barbie, a project she shepherded to the screen as a producer long before she claimed the lead role. After more than a billion dollars at the box office, Barbie has entered the zeitgeist, and Robbie is ready to take a victorious breath, finds Joe Utichi.

EXCLUSIVE: Independent Artist Group has signed Troy Kotsur, the actor-director best known for his historic Oscar win, as part of Apple TV+’s drama, CODA.

EXCLUSIVE: 3 Ball Media Group (3BMG), the production group behind series including Bar Rescue and Bling Empire, is looking to bolster its IP outside of traditional television after forming a joint venture with Jeff Goldman’s Octopean Media.

EXCLUSIVE: Sanaa Lathan, who was recently Emmy nominated for her role on Succession, is to star as the infamous “psychic” Miss Cleo, in a new drama series.

EXCLUSIVE: MTV Documentary Films is making its Oscar-shortlisted documentary The ABCs of Book Banning free to public library patrons across this country on Saturday, in partnership with streaming platform Projectr.

EXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile post-strike TV package has found a buyer. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has nabbed Covers, a drama from Girls creator Lena Dunham, who is set to write, direct and executive produce under her Good Thing Going banner; Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment (Yellowjackets); and Fifth Season, sources tell Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Sussman is leaving CBS after 25 years.

Amazon‘s gamer-centric streaming outlet Twitch is laying off 500 staffers, CEO Dan Clancy told employees in a memo this morning.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things, the darkly comedic genre-bender penned by Tony McNamara that marks a reunion of the Greek filmmaker with McNamara and star Emma Stone after 2018’s Oscar-nominated The Favourite.

By When Glamour executive editor received her 9-year-old daughter’s Christmas list, it looked like it was copy and pasted from a beauty influencer’s Amazon storefront. At the top wasn’t a specific product, but an entire skin care brand: Drunk Elephant.Other gifts included a , , , and , but it was Drunk Elephant that reigned supreme.

On January 9, arriving at the recording studio in New York City, wearing an autumnal color palette of muted browns and forest green. It's giving “Willow.” It's giving “Champagne Problems.”Or maybe it's giving an album yet to come.Swift's ensemble consisted of a deep green sweater midi-dress layered under a tan wool coat, which she accessorized with a slouchy, caramel leather YSL handbag and black leather riding boots. She added a few gold necklaces and, as always, a red lip.This is actually the second green dress Swift has worn publicly this week.

MGMT have shared the stunning new single ‘Nothing To Declare’. Check it out below.Released today (January 10), the new track is the latest from their new album, ‘Loss Of Life’, and sees them take a familiar, sombre approach.Quietly contemplative and cinematic, ‘Nothing To Declare’ also comes with a new music video, directed by Joey Frank.

Emma Stone’s new film Poor Things includes a sex scene that had to be edited in order to fit in with UK law.The film, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster), includes a scene so contentious that if left uncut would have contravened the UK’s Protection of Children Act 1978.The darkly comedic fantasy film sees Stone’s character being brought back to life by Willem Dafoe, who plays a Frankenstein-like scientist in the film.In the scene in question, two young boys watch Stone’s Bella Baxter working as a prostitute, after their father has hired Bella to teach them how to have sex.The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which is responsible for the classification and censorship of all films and video works exhibited in UK cinemas or released on physical media, is clear that the film could not have been shown, even with an 18 certificate, unless the scene had been modified.“We originally saw this film for advice. We informed the distributor we would be likely to classify the film 18 on condition that changes be made to one short sequence depicting sexual activity in the presence of children,” said a BBFC statement.“This is in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has spoken to NME about the resurgent success of her classic single ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ after its feature in Saltburn – as well as the experience of watching the movie with her mother and teenage son.‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ was first released in 2001 from Ellis-Bextor’s debut album ‘Read My Lips’ – reaching Number Two in the UK singles chart at the time and going on to become a pop cult classic. Now, the song has found a new audience after soundtracking an already infamous nude scene in the 2023 hit film Saltburn, and is currently at Number Eight in the UK as well as breaking into the Billboard 100 in the US for the first time.Speaking to NME, the singer explained her shock after having “nothing at all” in terms of awareness or success in America until now.“That’s what’s been quite extraordinary.

The rumors are true. Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza,” “The Master”) has a new film in the works, and the cast is absolutely stacked.

Frank Skinner, Caroline Rhea and Elaine C Smith are among those on the line-up for a comedy festival in the “funniest city in the world”, organisers have announced.

An SNP MP has blasted David Cameron for ignoring his letter about a Scots man who is being detained in India.