Dumfries and Galloway councillors calls on local authority to take advantage of UK Government's levelling up fund

Musician and pop icon Bebe Rexha recently cleared the air about a tiff between her friends Dua Lipa and Rita Ora. When a UK tabloid published a false headline about the Brit singers’ alleged feud, Rexha called out the misleading article headline, The 31-year-old singer put The Sun UK on blast for pitting women against each other. This weekend, The Sun published an article that read “Rita Ora and Dua Lipa’s feud will NEVER end, even though I tried to help, reveals Bebe Rexha”.

SNP leader to make its case as he urged Boris Johnson to reform how the UK is run to blunt nationalist demands for independence.

First Minister, fresh from her party’s victory at the Holyrood election, also said it would be “grave and serious” if Scotland had no path to independence.

coronavirus deaths were recorded overnight in Scotland with 283 new positive cases. The Scottish Government announced the latest figures on Thursday, May 6, as efforts to control the virus spreading continue.

coronavirus deaths were recorded overnight in Scotland with 85 new positive cases. The Scottish Government announced the latest figures on Wednesday, May 5, as efforts to control the virus spreading continue.

Boomtown and 2000 Trees announced their cancellation in recent weeks, with the AIF previously predicting that this would be the case in the months leading up to the decision.Research from the AIF, which has been tracking the 2021 festival season, shows that 26 per cent of all UK festivals over 5,000 capacity have already announced that they will not be able to go ahead this year.It is thought that organisers are reluctant to shell out huge sums for festivals without Covid insurance as they run

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angsty Italian youths, emo French monarchs, and aristocratic heirs to the planet Caladan. Chalamet's preferred brands on the red carpet also tend to be European, like Alexander McQueen (British), Haider Ackermann (French), Prada (Italian) — and let's not forget that bedazzled Louis Vuitton don't-call-it-a-harness that he wore to the 2019 Golden Globes, and was decidedly Parisian.

Parent campaigners are demanding the Scottish Government set a date to end mask-wearing in schools. The UK Government has announced that children in schools across England will no longer need to wear a mask in class as of May 17.

“We’re hoping to get local primary schools like Troqueer and Laurieknowe involved.”The Royal British Legion is the country’s largest Armed Forces charity, offering support to veterans and their families.

LONDON -- Novels that explore forgotten and neglected communities in Britain, the U.S. and the Caribbean were named finalists on Wednesday for the 30,000 pound ($42,000) Women’s Prize for fiction.The six-book shortlist includes American author Brit Bennett’s tale of twins who take different paths, “The Vanishing Half,” U.S.

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the UK Government’s failure to secure visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for UK musicians and their touring crew.The government has been accused by a number of artists and prominent figures in the UK music industry of creating “chaos and confusion” after the Brexit deal with the EU failed to guarantee the necessary provisions for musicians, creatives and their crew to be able to tour, perform and work in Europe without incurring huge additional costs.It’s feared that the additional

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Established under former Prime Minister Theresa May as part of the government’s LGBT Action Plan, the panel was intended to advise government ministers on “on issues and policies concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”However, BBC News reports that the panel had not met with senior government officials since last year, and last month three members of the panel stepped down.In doing so, they accused ministers of creating a “hostile environment” for LGBTQ people and said Prime

After unveiling plans for the project in late 2020, the British government and British Film Institute has now formally launched the U.K. Global Screen Fund.

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The British Film Institute has appointed Mia Bays as director of the BFI Film Fund. Bays, currently director-at-large of the female-focused Birds' Eye View film charity and due to take the position in October, will fill the role left open by Ben Roberts when he was promoted to CEO in early 2020.