BAFTA Updates Campaigning Rules And Mandates That UK Movies Have Anti-Bullying & Harassment Policies In Place; Director Longlist To Include Non-Binary Filmmakers

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are living it up in the city of light.

Naman Ramachandran Season 2 of WWII drama “World on Fire” has proved to be another success for popular South Asian-Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir. Created by Peter Bowker, Season 1 of the PBC Masterpiece production premiered on the BBC in 2019 and dealt with the war in Western Europe. In Season 2, the action shifts to the North African theater of war and one of the protagonists is Lieutenant Rajib Pal of the British Indian Army, played by Mir.

Molly-Mae Hague struggled to hide her smile - and her gigantic engagement ring - as she appeared on camera for the first time since getting engaged. It's been just over a week since the influencer sent fans wild by revealing her boyfriend Tommy Fury had popped the question - and that she'd said 'YES!'

Abi Moores was brutally dumped from Love Island just days ago and now has now opened up about her time in the iconic villa. The air hostess, 25, had a rather tumultuous time in the villa, entering during Casa Amor and coupling up with Mitch Taylor only for his head to then turn for bombshell Ella Barnes. She then coupled up with Scott van der Sluis, but the pair ultimately decided against continuing their romance choosing instead to just be friends.They were then dumped from the show by their fellow islanders.

UK State Pensions for people living overseas in retirement only increase in-line with the annual uprating - the Triple Lock guarantee - where there is a legal requirement to do so. An example of this is where there is a reciprocal agreement between the UK and the country of residence.

Tory ministers have been accused of an “outrageous power grab” as an explosive row broke out over new environmental rules imposed by Westminster. The Holyrood government said it was in “urgent talks” with UK counterparts after it emerged Wales and Northern Ireland could get more say over eco laws than Scotland.

State Pension currently provides a regular income for 12.6 million older people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. The payment is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance contributions.

Labour will not allow self-identification for trans people if it wins the next general election despite the policy being supported by its MSPs.

Matty Healy, the 1975 frontman, went viral after making an appearance at the Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia. The singer took a moment from the band’s performance to protest the local anti-LGBTQ laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage.

Dutch News, a website that reports on news from the Netherlands in English for an international audience.The graffiti painted at the monument site and on the benches included drawings and anti-gay slogans, including “fuck gays,’ “fuck Pride,” and “weg met pride,” or “down with Pride.”The IHDH noted that the monument’s rainbow faces have been defaced multiple times before, ever since it was unveiled in 1993.“For example, the bench at Huijgenspark has been destroyed several times. The rainbow flag was also regularly pulled out of the ground last year, resulting in the arrests of two teenage boys.The IHDH said the monument will be repaired as soon as possible.Mariëlle Vavier, the alderman in The Hague who handles anti-discrimination issues, called the graffiti “unacceptable.”“It is a serious form of vandalism that stems from homophobia,” she said, according to the NL Times. “The Homomonument is a symbol of acceptance and freedom.

Scotland is set to miss out on the Cerberus heatwave currently engulfing large parts of Europe, according to forecasters.

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Alison Hammond shared a snap of herself with co-host Dermot O’Leary before This Morning is pulled from the air on Thursday. As we reported earlier, Good Morning Britain is to be cancelled next week as part of a huge schedule shakeup for ITV, and there will also be no Loose Women or This Morning on Thursday as they all make way for the Women's World Cup.

Susanna Reid was left with a look of uncertainty and slight concern when she warned Richard Madeley 'we can't say that'. The former This Morning presenter was back fronting the ITV news programme on Monday (July 17) in place of Susanna's co-host last week Ed Balls.

Liz Truss, Britain's shortest-serving prime minister, has suggested that her mini-budget may have paid off in the long term, as her newly-convened taskforce warned that the UK risks falling behind other nations unless it tackles stagnation.

A new pioneering scheme set to help young people at risk of homelessness secure purpose-built housing has been launched in Stirling.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International BAFTA has updated its campaigning rules for next year’s film awards, and is “having conversations internally” about reviewing its theatrical eligibility rules for 2025 following the Oscars’ expanded geographic criteria requirements. The British Academy revealed its new rules for the 2024 awards on Wednesday, with stricter regulations around campaigning — particularly in relation to social media — and a new bullying and harassment policy for U.K.-based productions. Speaking to Variety, BAFTA also revealed that it’s debating changes for the 2025 awards, for which the eligibility period begins in January.

The highly-anticipated UK premiere for the new Barbie movie will take place tonight in London, as Scots actor and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will be starring in it alongside Hollywood icons Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Tom Sandoval is responding to a cheeky question about how he makes a living, coming from no less than Adele.

Kevin Bakhurst, the newly appointed director-general of Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE, has stood down the company’s entire executive board following a pay scandal involving the broadcaster’s lead presenter.