Forth Valley NHS apologises as emergency and cancer departments miss targets

Coldplay have made it home.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJi.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2022 Emerging Producers program are working on. The producers were asked to deliver an elevator pitch for their projects.Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), which are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.There are almost 200 alumni of the program, many of whom have gone on to win awards at major festivals.The 2023 participants will be announced by Ji.hlava during the Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 15.“All Roads” (working title)Producer: Charlotte Hailstone, Hailstone Films (U.K.)Director: Laura WadhaSynopsis: A decade after the war began, a Scottish/Syrian filmmaker tries to reconnect with her fractured Syrian family, scattered around the world. She embarks on a journey, exploring the breakdown in communication between loved ones she hasn’t seen since 2010, wondering to what extent this has actually been caused by the war.Pitch: Laura’s debut feature builds on her successful short documentaries, including Berlinale Crystal Bear-winning “Born in Damascus.” This intimate film shows the audience what happens long after the initial upheaval of war. A timely light shone on the lasting impact this trauma has on lives and relationships.

A leading Forth Valley cop said online crime is becoming part of frontline policing as he defended a drop in officer numbers.

Mogwai have replaced King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard for this year’s All Points East. View the updated line up below.The Scottish band will join The National on August 26 at Victoria Park along with Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Kurt Vile and more.The announcement of King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard’s All Points East replacement comes after the band cancelled their UK and European dates due to a “personal health crisis”.

Scottish nurses are fighting for improved pay and conditions. It comes as NHS staff claim there are crippling nurse and facility shortages, and some staff have resorted to food banks.

Strictly bosses have confirmed Scots presenter Kaye Adams as the fourth celeb to join the line-up this autumn. The BBC Radio Two presenter will be dancing alongside the likes of former Corrie stars Kym Marsh and Will Mellor.

A horror crash has taken place in West Lothian, causing a busy road to close. Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service, raced to the A71 in East Calder following reports of a multi-vehicle smash.

Janey Godley has given fans an health update and revealed how she is coping after getting the all clear following a gruelling battle with ovarian cancer.

Batgirl is no more.

On April 3, 1978 Hollywood star Vanessa Redgrave walked off the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles having won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the wartime drama Julia. Just three months later she stood in the far-less glamourous surroundings of Manchester town hall awaiting the announcement of a very different kind of vote.

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Traffic is tailing back the length of the Tay Road Bridge following a collision involving multiple vehicles.

How often have you heard the phrase ‘people are our strongest asset’? When it comes to health and social care, it’s so true.

A young Scots man who cared for his three younger siblings after losing both their parents six weeks apart has been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer aged just 32. Jamie Murray is believed to have less than six months left to live after the disease spread from his colon to the lining of his stomach within weeks of developing symptoms.

Scottish ministers are facing transparency calls after it was revealed a metal tycoon under investigation for fraud paid just £5 towards the acquisition of a Highlands smelting plant – with taxpayers financing the rest of the £330 million deal.

A huband diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and incurable cancer after only one year of marriage has issued a vital message to others.

She is one of hundreds of children whose lives have been changed thanks to a father keeping alive the memory of his daughter. But the support Heidi-Lou Decieco has received from a Salford charity will hopefully one day enable her to walk.