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Lorraine Kelly says breast checks part of staying healthy to be a granny
Lorraine Kelly can't wait for the weekends to get away from the studio and do her “real job” of being a granny. And the 66-year-old chat show host has revealed she is making sure she's going to be around to watch two-year-old granddaughter Billie grow up by changing her lifestyle to get as fit and healthy as possible. Glasgow-born Lorraine said: “I want to be around for her as long as I can. Being a granny has given me a new lease of life. It's a whole different world.
'I'm a famous TikTok Scot but now I've got a whole new challenge - surviving Apocalypse'
One of of Scotland's most successful social media influencers Steven McKell has amassed 4.7million followers on TikTok doing silly dances and comedy skits. But the 6ft 5 Fifer knew he would have to win over a whole new audience when he landed a starring role in Channel 4's new reality show Apocalypse where he will battle for survival in an abandoned American asylum. Ahead of tonight's (Sunday Sept 13) first show, he said: "I felt I had to prove myself.
Single Scots dad to surprise adopted son on TV in celebration of their three years as family
A single dad will tonight spring a TV surprise on his adopted son as they celebrate three years of being a family. Liam has recorded an appearance on quiz show Who Dares Wins. And his seven-year-old son will see his old man on the box when it is screened tonight. Liam, 32, said: "It's the three-year anniversary since he was adopted, so it's a very special day for us.
Overmono – Pure Devotion
Album title: Pure Devotion Artist: Overmono Label: XL Recordings Release date: 7 Aug Welsh brothers Ed and Tom Russell, better known as Overmono, are becoming the most exciting force in UK dance. Known for their sped up vocals and music-bending sounds that mix electronica with garage and R'n'B, for their second album Pure Devotion, the brothers use analogue technologies to give a warmer, more intimate sound.
The XCERTS – i think i want to go home now.
Album title: i think i want to go home now. Artist: The XCERTS Label: FLG Records Release date: 10 Jul Formed in 2001, Aberdeen's The XCERTS never reached the heights of their fast/slow DNA brothers Biffy Clyro and Twin Atlantic, but they should have. Their new album, i think i want to go home now., shows exactly why. A punchy, euphoric blend of anger and melodic softness, it sees Murray Macleod attempting to make sense of the world after his father’s cancer diagnosis.
The Dark star Mark Rowley on new thriller about serial killer stalking the Highlands
It may be supposed to be summer but Scotland is about to get a whole lot colder thanks to TV thriller The Dark — a chilling new drama about a masked serial killer stalking the Highlands. The six-part series, due to hit screens soon, opens with the grisly discovery of a naked teenager's body, strangled and staged face down in the wilderness. Filmed in Glasgow, Greenock and around Inverness, The Dark is an eerie adaptation of GR Halliday's novel From The Shadows.
Ultimate Tartan Army fanzone to be held at TRNSMT as festival hosts bigger crowd than Boston
TRNSMT boss Geoff Ellis is creating the ultimate fanzone when Scotland's biggest music festival turns into a Tartan Army HQ . The promoter has got permission from the council and FIFA to screen Scotland's match against Morocco at the end of the first day of this year's TRNSMT at Glasgow Green on Friday.
Spotlight On... James Emmanuel
James Emmanuel left Nigeria as a teenager after the death of his father. Finally settling in Edinburgh, he cleaned toilets for a living but also found his voice. From singing in the gents to busking and playing karaoke nights in the capital, the soul singer is now a full-time musician signed to Decca and last year won the Spotlight Award at the Scottish Music Awards.
World Cup TV host Amy Irons would bet her house on Scotland getting out of the group stages
World Cup TV host Amy Irons would bet her house on Scotland getting out of the group stages for the first time in history. The football-mad TV presenter arrives in Boston on Wednesday as BBC Scotland prepares to cover the national team's return to the biggest sporting event on Earth after a 28-year absence.
Irvine Welsh and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie's hopes for Tartan Army World Cup anthem
The Trainspotting author has written Choose Life, which will be sung by Gillespie, for the up-coming stage musical version of his hit 1993 novel. After a 28-year wait Scotland head to the World Cup finals next month, kicking off on June 14 against Haiti.
Victims' loved ones will be respected if they come to watch me play Peter Manuel
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'Victims’ loved ones will be respected if they come to watch me play Peter Manuel'
Gangs of London star Brian Vernel has vowed to heed the families of victims as he gears up to play serial killer Peter Manuel. The actor insists victims’ loved ones will be “respected, 100 per cent” if they come to watch his new play about the so-called Beast of Birkenshaw. Manuel slaughtered seven people across Lanarkshire and Glasgow between 1956 and 1958. He was suspected of many more killings and was hanged at Barlinnie prison.
Scotland’s newest action heroine Izuka Hoyle has told of the moment she landed the part in hit show Prisoner
OF COURSE Scotland’s newest action heroine Izuka Hoyle was giving blood when she found out she’d got the part in hit show Prisoner. The Sky six-part thriller about a security guard handcuffed to a psychotic convict to get him to court on time has become a TV sensation with its high-octane drama, explosions and fight scenes. The Edinburgh-born actress has instantly joined the ranks of fellow Scots Sean Connery, Gerard Butler and Karen Gillan as an action star.
Lykke Li – The Afterparty
Album title: The Afterparty Artist: Lykke Li Label: Neon Gold Records/Futures Release date: 8 May It’s swift, at just 24 minutes across nine songs, but The Afterparty is Lykke Li at her very, very best, which makes her recent claim at an LA listening party that it could be her last, devastating. It might only be May, but it's already a serious contender for album of the year. For those of you who had a Brat Summer, The Afterparty comes next. Lykke Li has thrown the kitchen sink at this album.
Grandad who kept classic car in dining room for 18 years finally says goodbye to prized possession
Rick Fulton & Jennifer Hyland A grandad who kept aclassic carin his dining room for nearly two decades has finally said goodbye to his prized possession. Andrew Johnstone drove hisclassic Austin Big 7into his house eighteen years ago and left it there. The Scottish civil engineer, 82, who lives in Perthshire, had decided the 1938 British-made small car, which he bought 38 years ago, would be the ultimate plaything for his children and six grandchildren.
Grandad who kept classic car in dining room for 18 years finally says goodbye to prized possession
A grandad who kept a classic car in his dining room for nearly two decades has finally said goodbye to his prized possession. Andrew Johnstone drove his classic Austin Big 7 into his house eighteen years ago and left it there. The Scottish civil engineer, 82, who lives in Perthshire, had decided the 1938 British-made small car, which he bought 38 years ago, would be the ultimate plaything for his children and six grandchildren.
Amy Macdonald opens up on long distance marriage with husband
Rick Fulton & Dan Vevers Amy Macdonaldhas admitted a long-distance relationship can be “overwhelming” but she and hubby Richard Foster make it work. The singer, from Bishopbriggs, nearGlasgow, faces long hours in studios and months travelling around the world on tour. Former Aberdeen andRangersfootballer Richard, 40, has moved around clubs in Scotland and had a stint in America and is assistant manager at League of Ireland Premier Division side Waterford.
Amy Macdonald opens up on long distance marriage with husband
Amy Macdonald has admitted a long-distance relationship can be “overwhelming” but she and hubby Richard Foster make it work. The singer, from Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, faces long hours in studios and months travelling around the world on tour. Former Aberdeen and Rangers footballer Richard, 40, has moved around clubs in Scotland and had a stint in America and is assistant manager at League of Ireland Premier Division side Waterford. Amy, who plays TRNSMT this summer, said: “It’s fine.
Karen Dunbar was Scotland's queen of comedy and her star is rising again
Rick Fulton & Jennifer Hyland Karen Dunbarwas once Scotland's queen of comedy and now her star is rising again – thanks to social media. Millions of devoted fans know her from the 90s BBC comedy Chewin' The Fat and from her 2003 spin-off sketch show seriesThe Karen Dunbar Show. The TV hit shows created some of Karen's best-loved characters including prudish teacher Miss Isabelle Gourlay and Betty the Auld Slapper.
Line of Duty's Vicky McClure uses her TV detective training to try and solve Bible John mystery
Rick Fulton Line of Duty star Vicky McClure admits she'll be haunted for the rest of her life by the victims of Bible John. The Nottingham star, 42, and Welsh husband Jonny Owen, 54, have teamed up to present Britain's Murder Map for Sky History visiting Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and London.
Ladytron album review: Paradises
Album title: Paradises Artist: Ladytron Label: Nettwerk Release date: 20 Mar Vacate the ice baths, people, Ladytron have gone all warm and gooey. The trio are best known for sleek and bleak synth-pop. And they’re masters at it. But for their eighth album, Paradises, Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo and Daniel Hunt are sounding, well, happy. Two years on from Time’s Arrow, the Liverpool-formed group have headed for the disco. One probably where everyone one is wearing black, but still, there’s dancing.
Royle Family star Ralf Little says he has been reluctant to become a dad after his sister's accidental death when they were children
Rick Fulton & Jennifer Hyland RALF Little has admitted that he has been reluctant to become a dad after his sister's accidental death when they were children. The Royle Family and Death In Paradis e star, 46, split up with fiancée Lindsey Ferrentino in 2024. He confronted why he hasn't wanted to become a parent during a trip to Scotland for new episodes of his series Will & Ralf Should Know Better.
vegas water taxi - long time caller, first time listener
Album title: long time caller, first time listener Artist: vegas water taxi Label: PNKSLM Recordings Release date: 6 Feb Most of us have had enough of winter now. But wait. Shout “Taxi” – here’s a band offering a balmy chink of summery light. vegas water taxi, led by Ben Hambro, have spliced an EP from last year and an EP from last month to form one fantastic LP.
Nathan Evans played through pain after hurting back attempting 'high dive' for TV show
Nathan Evans played through the pain last week after hurting his back attempting a high dive for a German TV show this month. The Airdrie singer, 31, who hit No1 with sea shanty Wellerman in 2021, is relishing his biggest year yet with a new album, first tours in America, Australia and China, a World Cup anthem, his own festival and the imminent birth of his second child in the spring. A doctor has recommended surgery but not in the foreseeable future and it won’t affect his busy 2026.
The Just Joans - Romantic Visions of Scotland
Album title: Romantic Visions of Scotland Artist: The Just Joans Label: Fika Recordings Release date: 23 Jan Like a sausage supper or a good slug of whisky, The Just Joans will keep you warm during these dark winter months. One of Scotland's greatest indie bands, they've been around for two decades, and their latest LP mixes their trademark sardonic humour with a new year music cocktail of Blur, The Kinks, Elastica and The Lightning Seeds.
Scotland's Home of the Year host back with new show renovating historic island mansion
Rick Fulton Banjo Beale is putting down his Scots roots on the island of Ulva – and it feels like a home from home. The Scotland's Home of the Year host is back with a new show alongside husband Rohan “Ro” Christopher as they renovate Ulva House in the Inner Hebrides – a stately home on the island known as the historical seat of Clan Macquarie. In the six-part series for BBC Scotland , which starts tonight, the pair will be seen breathing new life into the building.
Still Game legend Greg Hemphill would bring hit show back "tomorrow"
Rick Fulton & Jennifer Hyland Still Game legend Greg Hemphill has revealed he'd bring the hit show back “tomorrow”. But the 55-year-old said it's not just up to him and “sometimes these things are better left alone”. Thanks to Netflix re-runs and social media clips of the funniest moments Scotland's most successful sitcom has never really gone away since it came off air in 2019 after nine series.
Hebridean baker on island life, stateside fame and not being related to Donald Trump
If your surname was the same as Donald Trump's mum and you both came from the same tiny island you would wonder if you were related. And so Coinneach MacLeod, the Hebridean Baker, did his checks to see if Trump's late mum Mary Anne was one of the family. Because like the influencer and food writer, Mary Anne MacLeod hailed from Lewis, population of just around 20,000. And she too spoke Gaelic.
Martin Compston says doing his own stunts makes him 'feel like James Bond'
Greenock actor Martin Compston says he "lives for" action scenes just so he can believe he is James Bond, just for a few minutes. The 41-year-old loves doing his own stunts in shows like Line Of Duty, The Rig and the second series of prime-time hit Red Eye, which starts on New Year's Day. He compares stunts firing guns or getting into fistfights to "grown-up cops and robbers". The star said: "I live for all that – a bump on the head and getting up and getting on with it.
White Lies - Night Light
Album title: Night Light Artist: White Lies Label: Play It Again Sam Release date: 7 Nov White Lies should be commended. When they broke through in 2009 with their debut album, To Lose My Life… reaching number one in the UK album charts, they were seen as a pop-light version of Interpol or Editors who in turn sketched their DNA from Joy Division. The trio of White Lies had a song called Death and wrote about existential dread to icy beats not far removed from the poppiness of Erasure.
Soulwax album review: All Systems Are Lying
Album title: All Systems Are Lying Artist: Soulwax Label: Deewee/Because Music Release date: 17 Oct Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele never hit the heights with Soulwax that they have with other ventures. As remixers they’ve breathed fresh life into songs by Gorillaz, Marie Davidson, Fontaines D.C. and Tame Impala.
Steve Backshall questions Donald Trump’s intelligence after climate change "con" claim
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Spotlight On... Rianne Downey
Rianne Downey began busking in Glasgow aged 15 before uploading covers to YouTube during the pandemic. One of those covers was Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) by Paul Heaton’s band The Beautiful South. Heaton heard it, liked it and three years later called her out of the blue and invited her to sing with him. She’s now his go-to collaborator and has supported the likes of Paolo Nutini and Deacon Blue.
Thursday Murder Club's Celia Imrie reveals how she's indebted to Scotland
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Gordi album review: Like Plasticine
Album title: Like Plasticine Artist: Gordi Label: Mushroom Music Release date: 8 Aug There seems to be a veil of COVID amnesia around the world. Did it really happen or are the horrors just history to be forgotten? Australian Sophie Payten attempts to make sense of what she faced as a frontline doctor during the pandemic on her third album as Gordi, in the process giving us what we need – a warm hug filled with empathy and hope.
Scots cop quits Glasgow to join force Down Under
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David Tennant 'wasn't sure if image was him or Alexander Litvinenko'
For new four-part series Litvinenko, David recreated the hospital bed photo of Litvinenko, bald and attached to electro-cardiogram sensors. David said: “One of the first things we did was recreate the image of him in the hospital bed which went all around the world “That involved a lot of very skilled people helping to recreate that image.
Data Warehousing for AV Simulation Analysis
At Cruise, we are developing self-driving cars through extensive use of powerful simulation frameworks. Though critical in helping us achieve our goals, they pose numerous technical challenges and require careful optimization and tooling for proper analysis. The Simulation Platform team at Cruise is focused on building infrastructure to run simulations efficiently and creating tools to help engineers quickly understand the effects of their code changes on the car’s performance.
Estimating Delivery Times: A Case Study In Practical Machine Learning
Machine Learning is rapidly becoming a required and critical component of engineering organizations across the tech industry. From movie recommendation algorithms to self-driving cars, it is clearly an exciting and compelling field. Companies are hiring armies of Machine Learning researchers to solve difficult problems like voice and object recognition. What does this all mean to the average software engineer?
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