Falkirk council delay decision on town centre beer garden again

It's an eerie relic of pre-pandemic life. The Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre in Rochdale was once a bustling mall with five floors of shops, including household names such as New Look, Wilko, and Ryman.

EXCLUSIVE: Clark Johnson (Evil, Bosch) is set to recur and direct two episodes of the upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again, Deadline has learned.

Perthshire’s Crannog Centre museum has been recognised with another award - this time on the strength of its welcome to visitors.

Beer gardens come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are tiny courtyards hidden behind city-centre boozers, while others overlook tranquil canals.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic From “Saved!” to “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” Sundance movies tend to paint fundamentalist Christians as severe, cult-like zealots, hellbent on brainwashing the next generation. While such portrayals can certainly be cathartic for those scarred by conservative upbringings, it’s a refreshing change to see this milieu treated with the level of nuance that Laurel Parmet brings to “The Starling Girl.” Set in a small Kentucky town where morality is strictly enforced, Parmet’s promising, evenhanded debut focuses on a religious teen (“Little Women” star Eliza Scanlen) who’s never had reason to question her faith, until a crush on her handsome youth pastor (Lewis Pullman) awakens her sexuality and scandalizes the community. For the adults in this repressive rural enclave, organized religion seems to provide the discipline and structure they seek. But for 17-year-old Jem Starling, their values are starting feel like a straitjacket.

Members of Falkirk Council 's executive have criticised the Scottish Government for the sudden delay to its Deposit Return Scheme. The council was been forced to extend its contract for 'black box' kerbside recycling for another year after the Scottish Government's sudden announcement that its bottle return scheme would be delayed until March 2024.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid continue to fuel those reconciliation rumors!

Officers swooped in a matter of moments after spotting someone in Piccadilly Gardens with crack cocaine on the eve of Manchester's Coronation celebrations. Police say they were in the area for less than a minute yesterday (May 6) before making an arrest.

Voters in West Lancashire, have had their say in the 2023 local elections.

A newly released film reveals what Piccadilly Gardens and other Manchester city centre landmarks looked like in a bygone era.

A seven-year-old boy was rushed to hospital before undergoing surgery after allegedly being bitten by a dog in a pub beer garden.

Angry members of a West Lothian Burlesque group have joined local amateur actors to take up the fight against the proposed closure of Howden Park Centre.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Any serious fan of rapper-actor Jack Harlow knows that he carries a lot of pride for his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky — it’s not only mentioned in many of his songs but he’s made major donations to local organizations (including AMPED, Center for Women and Families, Grace James Academy, Louisville Urban League and Metro United Way), and last year he even played a special American Express-sponsored concert and livestream in Brooklyn where fans were served food made by several of his favorite hometown restaurants, an imaginative way to use a corporate sponsor to benefit fans and hometown businesses. Today he continues to bring it home by announcing the official launch of the Jack Harlow Foundation, which “will serve as the Louisville, KY native’s primary philanthropic vehicle to reinvest, uplift and support organizations aiming to make the city that raised him a better place,” according to the announcement. Head here for more information on the foundation.

Three men have been arrested after an assault on Deansgate in the early hours of this morning (May 3). One man was rushed to hospital with injuries.

Benefits, Cavetown, Big Joanie, Cassyette and more have been announced for Glastonbury‘s 2023 Left Field line-up.Other acts announced on the line-up, which spotlights “voices from the front line of the struggle in debate and performance”, include Deadletter, Crawlers, Billy Bragg, Delilah Bon, Kid Kapichi, Dréya Mac, Tom A. Smith, Lime Garden, Jamie Webster and Will Varley.“Recharge your activism with this year’s @glastoleftfield line-up,” the festival posted on Instagram, which hosts “purveyors of pop and politics at Glastonbury since 2002”.“As the shape of the post-pandemic world begins to form, it’s clear that people are more willing to stand up and be counted,” stage host Bragg wrote in a statement.

With the advent of spring, flowers starting to bloom and blossom popping from branches, many of us dream of nurturing our own little piece of gardening heaven.

A father who passed away after being rescued from indoor caves at an adventure centre has been honoured by family and friends. Carl O'Keeffe died yesterday due to injuries sustained at the centre during a birthday party.

A dad rescued after becoming stuck in caves at an indoor adventure centre tragically died of his injuries.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing Beantown, a multi-camera comedy from Dan Kopelman (Me, Myself & I), Aaron Kaplan’s Kaplan Entertainment, Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV and CBS Studios.

Drew Barrymore and Madison Beer recently found themselves connecting with one another over some of the darkest times in their lives.The 24-year-old singer appeared on Wednesday's  and opened up to the talk show host about her struggles with suicidal thoughts and how she found light at the end of the tunnel. The discussion led Barrymore to share her own journey with the topic. «Everybody struggles, so I related on levels that are difficult to talk about and I want to thank you because you’re discussing stuff right now that I want to make you feel safe about because I've been there,» Barrymore said.