Council calls for "adequate" funding following Scottish Government's sanctions threat

When you’re looking for younger actors to take on roles in a film, you have to assume a filmmaker is on the hunt for the next big thing, right? Well, if that’s the barometer for success, filmmaker Daniel Minahan (“Six Feet Under,” “True Blood, “The Newsroom”) seems to have nailed the casting of his upcoming film, “On Swift Horses.” READ MORE: ‘Beautiful’: Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star As Carole King For Lisa Cholodenko’s Musical Biopic According to Deadline, Minahan is set to direct “On Swift Horses,” featuring a cast that includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

East Ayrshire Council has agreed to undertake a review of the brown bin charge and recycling trolley service.

Hallmark Channel's has set a season 10 premiere date has officially been renewed for season 11, ET can exclusively reveal. The network's longest-running scripted series will kick off its 12-episode 10th season, which will include the milestone 100th episode, on Sunday, July 30 at 9 p.m.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s leader has labelled Scottish Government funding for the area “destructive and unethical.”

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s wedding planning didn’t go smoothly, according to court documents.

Shawn Mendes is opening up about the big changes he’s made in the last year. In a new interview with WSJ magazine, the “Wonder” singer explains the hair transformation that saw him trade his signature curly locks for a buzzed cut.

Rochdale council is forging ahead with ambitious plans to develop the area around the town’s railway station despite losing out on £20m in ‘Levelling Up’ cash. The authority has confirmed it has submitted a planning application for the multi-million pound scheme - including images of a new public square that will form its centrepiece.

The Scottish Government is providing £8.6 million in direct support for people affected by the UK benefit cap as part of its work to tackle child poverty.

Perthshire North MSP John Swinney has called for the planned industrial action in schools to be called off.

The gang is back for a second season of “Grand Crew” on March 3, and cast members Nicole Byer, Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Aaron Jennings, Carl Tart and Grasie Mercedes break down what we can expect in this exclusive trailer for the NBC series. Says Tart, “We heard your messages. We read the tweets.

Ed Meza @edmezavar German culture commissioner Claudia Roth has called for a fundamental reform of Germany’s €600 million ($640 million) per year film funding system, saying that profound changes in filmmaking, a declining admissions and too much bureaucracy made far-reaching alterations necessary. Writing in a guest column in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Roth pointed to the success of Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which has garnered nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and international feature, to illustrate how film production has changed. Roth, who is expected to address the issue at the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday evening, noted that the “environment for creating, making and experiencing movies” was changing drastically as streaming and global internet providers make films ever less dependent on television broadcasters and theatrical releases.

Watch Below: Al Perkins enters Love IslandAl, 26 and Hope Kelesis, 18, took to Instagram to share a sweet Valentine's Day Instagram story. The news didn't quite come as a surprise to fans, since So Dramatic have reported on rumours since January this year that the reality star and teenager have been dating.Despite denying rumours that the pair were dating in the past, Al hasn't been trying to hide their relationship as of late. The Love Island and MAFS star regularly comments on Hope's Instagram.  Hope, is a popular TikToker with over 440k followers.

A revised pay offer for teachers has been dismissed by a Falkirk trade union leader as "a campaign through press offices".

Joao Cancelo has labelled speculation that he had a fight with Pep Guardiola as a 'complete lie.' The full-back shockingly left on deadline day of the January transfer window, despite having more minutes under his belt than any other defender for Manchester City this season.

Cate Blanchett says there is a danger that society will be “destined to repeat” its mistakes if we continue to follow cancel culture.Blanchett, who has recently faced accusations of being ‘anti-woman’ following the release of new movie TÁR, made her thoughts on the boycotting movement clear in a recent interview. The Titanic actor argues that it’s important to continue studying history and art (amongst other things) even if they might be deemed controversial or “problematic” today.She told The Radio Times (as per The Independent): “If you don’t read older books that are slightly offensive because of what they say in a historical context, then you will never grapple with the minds of the time [and] we are destined to repeat that stuff.”She continued her argument by highlighting the example of an artist who would be deemed highly problematic by our standards as a society today.

East Ayrshire Council have had to fork out almost £100,000 to repair a Newmilns railway bridge for which it didn’t know it was responsible.

Millions of households across the UK risk seeing a dramatic increase in their council tax from April.

An interactive self-service system for council tenants is to be rolled out to help householders find out how long they will have to wait for repairs and refurbishments.

Chelsea manager Graham Potter is reportedly monitoring Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo's loan spell at Bayern Munich ahead of a potential transfer move in the summer.

Candace Cameron Bure is giving her thoughts on “cancel culture” months after she received backlash over the reason she made the move to Great American Family from Hallmark.