Forth Valley Royal A&E patient 'made to feel stupid' after six hour wait

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rakuten TV has announced the launch of two new owned and operated FAST channels, bolstering its role as a curated channel programmer in the free ad-supported streaming TV services space. The channels, announced during MipTV’s FAST Summit, will see the growing pan-European video-on-demand streaming service enter the TV series landscape by launching a reality/factual entertainment channel in the U.K. and crime series channels across German speaking territories and in France, Italy and Spain. Rakuten’s Real channel which was launched in the U.K. on April 12, will feature shows such as culinary bootcamp series “Worst Cooks in America”; reality show “My New BFF”, with Paris Hilton; and “Undercover Boss.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor Focus Features and Working Title will release Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “Drive-Away Dolls.” The comedy caper will open in theaters on Sept. 22, 2023. The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals. It features an impressive cast that includes Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp and Matt Damon.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Eco-thriller “The Swarm,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, has been acquired in the U.K. by pay-TV operator Sky. Negotiations with a U.S. partner are in the final stages. The show, produced by multiple Primetime Emmy award winner and “Game of Thrones” executive producer Frank Doelger and NDF IP’s managing director Eric Welbers, is set to play on the Sky Max channel in the U.K. later this year. “The Swarm” scored huge ratings in Germany on ZDF and on Austria’s ORF. In Germany, it attracted up to 10 million views per episode (linear and catch-up combined), multiple prime time wins, and big successes within the younger target group (between the ages of 14-49).

EXCLUSIVE: Classic game show Split Second returns in the U.S. tonight and now it’s going international – again.

On the Spencer and Vogue podcast, Made in Chealsea’s Spencer Matthews revealed to his co-host and wife Vogue Williams, that best friend Jamie Laing had “demoted” him from an important role at Jamie and Sophie’s upcoming wedding. Spencer, 34, told listeners: “I've been demoted at Jamie’s wedding”.

King Charles has already reserved a "grand Royal title" for his granddaughter Princess Charlotte, according to a new book. In his new book, Our King Charles III: the Man and the Monarch, veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson details the life of the King up until the present day, including details about how his mother, the late Queen, lived her final days, as well as plenty of bombshell claims about his warring sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.

Princess Charlotte is due to be granted one of the "grandest" royal titles after it was reserved for her by King Charles.

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded sales on Gary Huggins’ debut comedy feature Kick Me about a school counsellor whose night takes a comedic-nightmarish turn when he visits Kansas City, Kansas (KCK).

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Brut, the influential digital media publisher which became one of the main partners for the Cannes Film Festival last year, has just finalized its fourth funding round for approximately $40 million. The company, founded by Guillaume Lacroix, Renaud Le Van Kim and Laurent Lucas six years ago, has enlisted a pair of powerful financial backers: CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping company owned by billionaire businessman Rodolphe Saadé, which also recently nabbed 10% of France’s second biggest commercial network M6, and the daily newspaper La Provence; and MoonPay, a leading Miami-based financial service company for web3 whose investors include former tennis star Maria Sharapova, as well as Snoop Dogg, Drake and Justin Bieber, among others. Aryeh B. Bourkoff’s LionTree advised the deal with MoonPay.

Netflix series premiering April 7.“I had the chance to have such an amazing mother, who named me after Ralph Ellison,” said Amousso, 33, born in Paris and raised in West Africa. “I read ‘The Invisible Man’ I don’t know how many times.

Indiana Jones is swinging into the French Riviera.

Erik ten Hag has hinted Wout Weghorst will continue to lead the line for Manchester United despite the return of Anthony Martial.

Prince Harry’s surprise return to the UK to attend a High Court hearing was “not planned” with King Charles, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “unpredictable” and “nobody expected” Harry to travel to the Royal Courts of Justice this week, commentator Richard Fitzwilliams added.The 38 year old royal has flown to London on a solo visit for the hearing of his privacy case against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.

Prince Harry’s surprise return to the UK had ‘stunt written all over it’, a royal expert said. The Duke of Sussex’s attendance at London’s High Court was a “sure-fire way” to ensure his case against Associated Newspapers got “serious publicity”, commentator Daniela Elser added.

Prince Harry could be staying with pop legend Elton John during his trip to the UK, according to a royal expert.

Depeche Mode performed their track ‘Wagging Tongue’ from new album ‘Memento Mori‘ on French TV last month – watch the newly-aired footage below.The synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – performed the atmospheric track on French music television show Taratata, which aired Saturday (March 25).The song – one of three songwriting credits Gahan has on ‘Memento Mori’ – is track number two on the album, which NME said in a four-star review was “their best work this century”.Check out footage of the performance below.The band also performed ‘Personal Jesus’, ‘Ghosts Again‘ and ‘Precious’, which you can watch below.In a recent interview with NME, Gore reflected on how Gahan’s writing “gets better with each record we do”, adding “that’s interesting to see”.The new album is Depeche Mode’s first since the loss of bandmate Andy Fletcher. Speaking to NME last year, Gahan said: “Fletch was probably, let’s just say, the least of all of us in terms of excesses.

Paul Mitchell has confirmed he is to step down from his role as Monaco sporting director, with the Englishman having previously been linked with a move to Manchester United.

The countdown to the Made in Chelsea wedding is well and truly on as Jamie Laing jets off for his stag do at a ski resort in France, this comes after wife to be Sophie Habboo had an intimate but lavish hen do in London. Fans of Made in Chelsea would have remembered watching Jamie and Sophie's relationship grow through the years as they took the leap from being best friends to becoming a couple to announcing their exciting engagement in December 2021.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Civil unrest in France is hitting drama event Series Mania as transit strikes and protests begin to impact festival goers. The popular European drama festival is held annually in Lille in northern France, and has this year drawn its largest number of delegates to date. But the event’s usually tranquil city setting has taken an unexpected turn amid national turmoil in France due to President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform. Macron’s government is raising the minimum retirement age in France from 62 to 64 years, and prolonging the years of contributions required for a full pension. The reforms were passed last week without a parliamentary vote, prompting widespread protests around the country that have only built upon months of hostilities and strikes by groups such as rail and waste disposal workers.

Sofia Coppola has been married for nearly 12 years, but she has kept her relationship very private so you might not know much about her husband Thomas Mars.