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Controversial plans for a 60 bed care home in Linlithgow Bridge have been passed after the developers rejigged designs to provide more parking spaces.

It’s been nearly 3½ years since Good Omens debuted on Prime Video, and finally we a premiere date for Season 2 — sort of. Amazon Studios said at New York Comic Con today that the show’s long-delayed sophomore season will arrive in the summer.

Jim Post, who with then-wife Cathy under the band name Friend & Lover scored a Top 10 hit in 1968 with the enduring hippie anthem “Reach Out of the Darkness,” died of congestive heart failure Sept. 14 in Dubuque, Iowa. He was 82.

Didi Conn is speaking out about her late "Grease" co-star Olivia Newton-John after the actress died at the age of 73.  Conn, 71, who’s known for her role as Frenchy in the 1978 musical, spoke with Fox News Digital Tuesday about her friend of over 40 years and the bond the duo shared. "I would say that when I first met her, I was in awe of her, at least as a star, this big pop star," Conn said of Newton-John. "She's inspired me in so many ways." Didi Conn remembers her "Grease" co-star Olivia Newton-John after Newton-John died Monday.The icon was 73.

Three dangerous rural roads in West Lothian are set to get new speed limits and traffic calming measures by the start of winter- two years after residents started a petition calling for safer roads.

Roku announced today it is partnering with NBCUniversal Local to bring several NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel. Starting today, the channels will be available for users to access through the Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide, marking the first time that local news programming is accessible on the platform.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku is thinking local: In the streaming platform’s first local news programming pact, Roku is adding eight NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel — available to stream live for free.Through the partnership, NBCUniversal Local will bring local news channels from its owned-and-operated NBC stations in eight major U.S. markets — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., Hartford, Conn., and South Florida — to the Roku Channel.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterJimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse has taken a stake in former Food Network president Courtney White’s new food and lifestyle-focused production company Butternut Films, which will now be renamed Butternut under the joint venture.As president of Butternut, which was launched when White exited Food Network this spring, White will collaborate with Wheelhouse leadership and across all Wheelhouse divisions — including Wheelhouse Entertainment, marketing arm Wheelhouse Labs, digital division Wheelhouse DNA, and investment department Wheelhouse 360 — “leveraging her deep production and creative expertise in culinary, home, design and lifestyle programming, and her wide-ranging relationships with talent and brands,” per Wheelhouse. Butternut is focused on creating original content for all platforms, “working with a range of established, emerging and home-grown talent.”White and her Butternut team will continue to work out of a clapboard barn on her family’s Southport, Conn., fresh-cut flower farm, Butternut Farm, as well as Wheelhouse’s New York and Los Angeles headquarters, and have full access to Wheelhouse’s large-scale campus in Stamford, Conn., dubbed “The Village.”The Wheelhouse-Butternut joint venture was brokered by Wheelhouse chief strategy officer Ed Simpson.“The single, common element across all successful lifestyle content is passion — talent must project it, creators must harness it, audiences must feel it,” White said.

London Thor (Shameless) has joined the cast of Prime Video’s upcoming spinoff of The Boys as a lead, replacing Reina Hardesty weeks after the actress’ exit, which Deadline exclusively revealed.

Convicted felon Eric C. Conn certainly lived up to his name.

EXCLUSIVE: FunMeter, the production company behind HBO docuseries McMillion$, is bolstering its development team with the hire of former Lightbox and Lionsgate executive Nicole Laufer.

AppleTV+ is growing in popularity as an online streaming service. Popular series and movies which have graced Apple TV+ previously include Mythic Quest, Foundation, The Morning Show, Ted Lasso, Central Park and more.

Writer-directors James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte recognize a good old-fashioned scam story when they see one.

What does it take to get Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness to show up on time for shoots on their Emmy-winning Netflix series? “Tough love,” jokes fellow cast member Bobby Berk.

Wilson Chapman editor“Fuller House,” which until now could only be seen via streaming on Netflix, is coming to linear TV.GAC Family has become the cable TV home for “Fuller House.” All 75 episodes of “Fuller House” will begin airing on GAC Family Feb. 28, following an agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

More Canadians will be competing to win it all once again in Fiji.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The contestant from Alaska was crowned Miss America at an event Thursday marking the competition's 100th anniversary.What began as a 1921 Atlantic City beauty pageant has evolved away from the emphasis on looks alone — contestants are no longer judged on physical appearance — with a new focus on leadership, talent and communication skills.Emma Broyles from Alaska claimed the centennial crown and a $100,000 college scholarship.

K.J. Yossman “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is returning to Amazon Prime Video for season 2 of “Good Omens.”Hamm will reprise the role of Archangel Gabriel in the series, which is currently in production in Scotland.Also returning are Doon Mackichan (“Toast”), who plays Angel Michael, and Gloria Obianyo (“Dune”) as Uriel.They will be joined by new angels Liz Carr (“Devs”) who plays Saraqael and Quelin Sepulveda (“Havoc”) as Muriel.

K.J. Yossman “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is returning to Amazon Prime Video for season 2 of “Good Omens.”Hamm will reprise the role of Archangel Gabriel in the series, which is currently in production in Scotland.Also returning are Doon Mackichan (“Toast”), who plays Angel Michael, and Gloria Obianyo (“Dune”) as Uriel.They will be joined by new angels Liz Carr (“Devs”) who plays Saraqael and Quelin Sepulveda (“Havoc”) as Muriel.

A number of solar compactor bins have been installed at locations across West Lothian as part of a trial looking at ways to reduce the potential for litter in public spaces.

Stephen Sondheim, one of the giants of Broadway songwriting, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91.

Ozzy Osbourne to postpone his No More Tours 2 tour, once again the Black Sabbath star's dates have been pushed back yet again. But this time it's not because of the 72-year-old's physical issues, but due to Covid.

Selome Hailu editorStarz announced that upcoming series “Shining Vale” will premiere on March 6, 2022 at 10 p.m.Led by Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear, the series is a horror-comedy set in the small town of Shining Vale, Conn. Pat (Cox) and Terry Phelps (Kinnear) spend their life savings to move from a Brooklyn apartment to a Shining Vale mansion in a final attempt to save their marriage after Pat has an affair with their young handyman.