Bikes valued at £20,000 stolen from Perthshire farm

Naman Ramachandran A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) sheds light on critical challenges faced by the freelance theater workforce in the U.K. The survey, conducted between March and April 2023, had 1156 theater freelancer respondents. It reveals significant disparities in pay between male and female workers, amounting to a pay gap of 37.4%, with more male respondents reported earning 100% of their income from freelance work. The data also exposes an industry plagued by ageism, as the pay gap widens to 47.7% for freelancers with 21-30 years of experience. The sobering picture painted by the report continues, with average earnings for freelancers in the industry falling 17.5% below the U.K. national average salary. Work intensification, where freelancers are expected to do more work for the same or reduced pay, or even for free, was exacerbated as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, as high numbers of freelancers exited the industry, leading to the hiring of inexperienced individuals at lower wages. Consequently, a skills shortage emerges among producers, stage managers and technical roles, resulting in imbalanced workloads, compromised workplace safety and fairness concerns.

Cops uncovered a large amount of Class A drugs after a driver abandoned a stolen car in Tameside. Police clocked the vehicle, which had been reported as stolen, driving through Hyde yesterday evening (June 20).

World-class climber and Free Solo star Alex Honnold is mapping out his summer plans, and naturally they call for adventure.

More festival goers have come forward claiming they were assaulted and stripped of their gold chains at Parklife festival.

A huge wind farm in East Ayrshire – which will power over 187,000 homes and help produce Irn Bru – has officially opened.

Police officers seized a ‘sizable amount of cash and drugs’ after stopping a VW.

A couple travelling the world had their plans devastatingly put on hold after their BMW bike was stolen.

Selome Hailu Titled “Double Fantasy,” Episode 2 of “The Idol” brought in 800,000 viewers across HBO and Max on Sunday night. This marks a 12% dip from the 913,000 viewers who tuned in to last week’s series premiere. Reported by Warner Bros. Discovery, these figures represent a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewing on HBO’s cable channel as well as WBD’s own data regarding streams on Max. According to WBD, streaming of the episode through Sunday night was “nearly even” with that of the week before, meaning that the decrease in viewership happened largely on cable. Nielsen data shows that approximately 232,000 viewers watched Episode 1 on cable the night of its premiere, meaning that some 681,000 viewers streamed the episode. Therefore, if streaming remained even for Episode 2, it can be estimated that around 119,000 viewers watched it on cable.

A record number of soldiers and civilians from across the globe came together to take part in the 24-hour Cateran Yomp in Perthshire and raise £300,000 for soldier and veteran support.

The day after New York-based pickets were canceled for the week because of smoke, the gathering at Warner Bros. in Los Angeles was a bit smaller on Thursday, with less than 50 people gathering in support of the WGA strike.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are doing their bit to help after food and other items such as children’s toys were stolen from a foodbank run by a Welsh church over the weekend.

Princess of Wales have offered to replace all the food stolen from a foodbank based at a church in South Wales. In September 2022, Kate, 41, and Prince William, 40, visited St Thomas Church in Swansea. They hailed the church-run foodbank as a 'lifeline' for struggling people.

Michael Jordan’s historical career in Basketball? This could be your chance, now that his iconic Converse All-Star sneakers from the 1983 Pan American games are up for action. As many fans of the athlete know, this is the athlete’s earliest documented game-worn sneaker, in which he received his firsts Team USA gold medal.The auction for the one-of-a-kind 12.5 size sneakers started Monday, June 5, and will end on Sunday, June 11, with 6 bids at the moment.

The owner of a Land Rover have been reunited with their vehicle a YEAR after it was stolen by criminals and fitted with false plates.

Former Scots Love Island star Laura Anderson is currently expecting to become a first-time mum with a baby girl this summer with her ex-partner Gary Lucy but has been open with her fans in many candid chats about "not feeling ready."

A PE teacher who tried to claim nearly £50,000 in insurance over a fake burglary has been banned from teaching after hiding the conviction from her school. Dipti Patel, who taught PE at Manchester Academy, in Moss Side, made the ‘entirely fraudulent’ insurance claim after reporting a ‘contrived burglary’ at her family home, a professional conduct panel heard.

Selome Hailu HBO said “Hello, angel” to 913,000 viewers when it aired the series premiere of “The Idol” on Sunday night. Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, that number points to Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO’s cable channel combined with WBD’s own data regarding streams on Max. For context, “Euphoria” drew 1.1 million viewers when it premiered in 2019. (Max had not yet launched, meaning viewers were counted across HBO, HBO Go and HBO Now.) Levinson’s second HBO outing is therefore 17% behind his first. The trajectory of “Euphoria” Season 1 viewership was mostly flat, peaking with 1.2 million viewers of the finale, meaning that “The Idol” could still manage to beat out “Euphoria’s” early performance if its audience continue to grow. But there’s only one month left to achieve that, as the drama’s first season will run for a short five episodes.

YouTube will no longer remove videos claiming the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen.

Two teenagers who died in an electric bike crash, amid claims they were being followed by a marked police vehicle, died from head injuries, an inquest was told.

Former A Place In The Sun host Danni Menzies shared a disturbing video on Instagram of her car being 'stolen'.