Sam Fender tackles grief in new single People Watching
Getty Images Sam Fender’s new album People Watching will be out in February 2025 Sam Fender has has opened up about how the death of a “very close” friend and mentor inspired his latest single. The singer said People Watching is about Annie Orwin, who he described as “a surrogate mother in a lot of […]
Plans for Edinburgh’s Princes Street to become a food street
Google Food and drink outlets could replace the current retail shops on Edinburgh’s Princes Street under new plans to help the thoroughfare “move with the times”. The city council is to launch a public consultation on Friday to ask them for their thoughts on altering the authority’s strict planning guidance. The plan is to make […]
Thorne digital skills class aims to end exclusion
PA Media The cost of broadband and equipment was a barrier to getting online for some people, according to Citizens Advice Classes on how to use mobile phones and computers have launched near Doncaster. People who attended the sessions, run by Citizens Advice in Thorne, said it had become difficult for them to order prescriptions, […]
UK and France agree ‘principles of deal’
EVN/France Télévision French and British boats collided in the English Channel Britain and France have agreed on the principles of a deal that would end a dispute over scallop fishing in the English Channel. No UK vessels will fish for scallops in the Bay of Seine during the period when the French are not allowed […]
How Labour plans would affect Scotland
Reuters Much of Labour’s radical reform agenda is to introduce policies for England already in place in Scotland A big boost in funds would open up new options for Holyrood spending, so Scottish Labour has indicated some of its priorities for the 2021 campaign Many tax hikes would apply north of the border, particularly affecting […]
Snapchat most-used app for online grooming, says NSPCC
Getty Images The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children’s charity the NSPCC. More than 7,000 Sexual Communication with a Child offences were recorded across the UK in the year to March 2024 – the highest number since the offence was created. Snapchat […]
Michelle Yeoh ‘felt a failure’ for not having children
EPA Michelle Yeoh is one of the stars of the new Wicked film Actress Michelle Yeoh has said she felt “like such a failure” for not having a baby. The Oscar winner said she always wanted to have a family, and her first marriage – to businessman Sir Dickson Poon – was partly “about having […]
‘It felt like a life sentence,’ Gisèle Pelicot tells mass rape trial in closing statement
Final defendant says he was ‘surprised’ by situationpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 08:45 GMT Laura GozziReporting from court in Avignon Warning: This post contains graphic details The last of the 50 defendants to be heard is a 62-year-old man called Philippe L. He says Dominique Pelicot got in touch after he posted on the […]
Furloughed workers urged to become fruit pickers
PA Media Furloughed workers may be encouraged to work as fruit and vegetable pickers to help farmers fill a labour shortage, the environment secretary has said. George Eustice told the daily Number 10 coronavirus briefing that only a third of the usual workforce was available. Many more would be needed in the summer and “we […]
Block on Scottish gender reforms to be challenged in court
Scotland’s social justice secretary says the government must stand up for the will of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government is to launch a legal challenge to Westminster’s block on its controversial gender reforms. The proposals, which would allow people in Scotland to self-identify their sex, were passed by the Scottish Parliament in December last […]