Decision making process around Dumfries and Galloway health and social care changes under the spotlight

Russian oil could flood into Scotland if the Grangemouth refinery closes, it has been claimed.

Vanderpump Rules has given us some big stars and major drama over the years!

Alex Ritman Having won a BAFTA (and landed an Oscar nomination) for her role as Colin Farrell’s kind-hearted but cynical — and distinctly less donkey-friendly — sister in Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Kerry Condon is back in her native Ireland for her next film role. Set in the height of the Troubles in the mid-1970s, Robert Lorenz’s Irish Western “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” which launches on Netflix Friday, sees the actress ditch all niceties to play a hard-nosed, mean-as-hell, extremely potty-mouthed and very violent IRA gang leader trying to lie low in rural Donegal following a deadly pub bombing.

GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor announced a multi-territory acquisition of The Colors Within (Japanese title: Kiminoiro) which is directed by Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice), with production from studio Science SARU (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off). 

Free childcare provision in Scotland should be urgently expanded to include kids under three to help reduce poverty rates, SNP ministers have been told.

The Pursuit Of Love together in Rome photos of the pair appearing to kiss were released, which West has shared affected his family.Following the emergence of the photos, West and his wife, Irish aristocrat Catherine Fitzgerald, to whom he has been married since 2010, appeared outside their home and addressed paparazzi. The couple shared a kiss and placed a sign outside their house which read: “Our marriage is strong and we’re very much still together.”Now, speaking with The Sunday Times, West has reflected on the incident and how it informed his portrayal of then Prince Charles in The Crown.Speaking on the public scrutiny, West shared: “I’d had a very acute understanding of what it’s like to feel the horror of your name or your photograph coming up in the newspapers.”“There is that dreadful freezing moment when something is being revealed about you,” he described.“I think anyone can understand how that feels,” he continued.

Laura Anderson recently sparked concern among fans when she shared a snap of her baby daughter Bonnie in A&E.The mum-of-one, 34, shared the photo to her Instagram Story with the caption: "A&E with bubba." At the time she did not share the reason for this hospital dash, but now Laura, who recently started a new role at Scotland Capital Radio, has revealed that she had to rush Bonnie into A&E when she returned home to find the tot had developed a temperature.The former Love Island star says she knew "straight away" that something wasn't right with Bonnie, and that after calling 111 she took the infant to hospital. Speaking to MailOnline she said: "I got such a fright because I'd come straight from Capital and I was trialing a nanny so she didn't know her too well and I came in and just looked at her and I thought you're usually so smiley and happy but she didn't really seem herself.

Scots Love Island star Laura Anderson has given fans an update and admitted that she's 'tried everything' to make her family work after splitting with her daughter's dad, Gary Lucy.

with a powerful performance in Hulu's new drama series Under the Bridge, which premieres this week. Gladstone stars alongside Emmy nominee (who is also an executive producer) in the series, which is based on late about the 1997 murder/killing of 14-year-old Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta) who went to a party with her peers and never returned home.The chilling series takes place in Victoria, British Columbia and also stars (The Good Wife) as well as Chloe Guidry, Javon "Wanna Walton, Izzy G., Aiyana Goodfellow, and Ezra Faroque Khan.

Lily Gladstone, creator Quinn Shephard and executive producer Samir Mehta joined Deadline’s Contenders TV to discuss their Hulu series Under the Bridge. Based on Rebecca Godfrey’s account of the murder of Reena Virk, all three said they were careful not to sensationalize Virk’s death.

EXCLUSIVE: The package market is flourishing after the Chris Farley package hit the town Friday morning, and it looks to get even busier as sources tell Deadline an untitled comedy pitch package is making the rounds with Radio Silence attached to direct, Andy Samberg‘s Party Over Here banner producing and Andrew Lanham on board to pen the script.

A seagull headcount will likely be carried out again in Dumfries and Galloway following years of measures to combat the bird population.

Steps have been taken to tackle a “significant safety risk” at one of the region’s police custody centres.

Laura Anderson shot to fame on Love Island back in 2018 and she’s now one of the most well-kent faces in Scottish showbiz. Ahead of getting her big break on the ITV2 reality dating show, Stirling-born Laura worked as a hairdresser and then cabin crew for Emirates.

Martel Maxwell is best known for her role as co-presenter on the highly successful BBC One show Homes Under The Hammer.

Scoop ( Friday, April 5), centers on Prince Andrew's first sit-down interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender, the late financier, (which later resulted in him stepping down from official royal duties), but the more profound story here is how it happened.That's where Anderson comes in. She plays BBC Newsnight anchor and journalist, Emily Maitlis, who conducted the infamous 2019 interview after months of tenacious work by her producer, Sam McAlister (played by Billie Piper), to secure the booking.“I remember hearing about the interview, but I hadn't seen it right [away],” Anderson tells me over Zoom from her New York hotel room.

The number of people being treated in Dumfries and Galloway’s hospitals for alcohol-related conditions fell last year.

An award winning yoghurt producer which came back from the dead has been recognised for its commitment to fair pay and secure work.

Angelique Jackson As Impact Network rebrands from a faith and gospel-focused multiplatform channel to include family-friendly lifestyle entertainment designed for Black audiences, Variety can exclusively reveal its first “Impact Original” movie, “The Life of Me.” Brian White (ABC’s “Scandal”), Brandon T. Jackson (BET’s “Family Business: New Orleans,” “Percy Jackson”) and Danielle Nicolet (CW’s “The Flash”) star in the film about a wealthy businessman, who “disillusioned by his family’s illicit business dealings, escapes to a small town and finds friendship, love, and a new focus on life until he must confront his past, reveal his identity, and redefine his future.” White plays Marcus Banks, a real estate mogul and heir to his family’s multi-billion dollar development business, who is described in the film’s official description as a “man with a conscience.” The film’s synopsis explains: Marcus becomes disgruntled with the family’s greedy tactics after learning his family would put the lives of innocent people in harm’s way to make a profit. He flees his big-time lifestyle to a small town where he assumes a new under-the-radar identity as a handyman named “Dom.” Nicolet plays Kennedy, a single mother, dance instructor and owner of the local cafe (and love interest to Marcus/Dom). Kennedy and her brother try to keep their small business, which was passed down by their late parents, alive despite the economic devastation experienced from the COVID-19 pandemic. Marcus faces a moral dilemma when his family’s company comes to his small-town hideout and tries to snatch land from his newfound friends. Jackson is Simon, the Banks family’s ruthless fixer, who informs Marcus of the plot.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s film division has preemptively acquired a pitch for an untitled law school thriller from Holland, Michigan‘s Andrew Sodroski, sources tell Deadline.