Grieving parents beg Scottish Government for changes in post mortem rules

Two spaceports being built in Scotland are months away from their first orbital lift-offs, the Scottish Government has said. A new expert group has been formed to advise ministers and companies on how to maximise opportunities for the sector.

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Capaldi, the former Doctor Who star, is to direct a comedy-drama pilot for Sky Studios about a mother who adopts five children.

Close connection. Zac Efron has been open about his bond with his family over the years.

NBC has picked up drama pilot The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin, to series.

While theaters are still recovering from the pandemic directly impacting attendance and box office outcomes, there are still really great movies struggling to find audiences outside of streaming and VOD options when they are released in theaters. Some smaller to mid-range pictures, mainly horror, have done better than expected in the shadow of the $100-200 million-dollar budgeted blockbusters that seemingly come out round-year now.

Indonesian movies had racked up close to 55 million admissions in their home market as of December 18, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office, overtaking the previous record of 51.9 million admissions set in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. 

An intrepid Perthshire fundraiser will kit himself out in a full Santa suit - beard and belt included - to complete a remarkable charity challenge on Christmas Eve.

The night Baz Luhrmann premiered his film Elvis at the Cannes Film Festival, all eyes were on Priscilla Presley. She had turned 77 the day before, and in the 45 years since her former husband’s death, she’d suffered many cartoonish caricatures and lame imitations of the man she loved. But that night, as the credits rolled, she cried.

EXCLUSIVE: Creation Entertainment Media and Magic Frame Animation today announced that they will team up to adapt Georges Alexander Vagan’s Christmas-set book series Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass for the big screen.

The Scottish Government may have to move out of key properties as part of a downsizing strategy to save money.

The Scottish Government has been accused of failing children by watering down plans for free school meals and leaving thousands hungry over Christmas.

A grieving Ayrshire dad has taken the next step in his fight to introduce Grace's Law which would help jail drug dealers that cause death.

A new pared-down Ayr leisure centre proposal was dismissed as ‘a big puddle in a car park with a roof over it’ by South Ayrshire Council Leader Martin Dowey on Thursday.

As cases of Strep A continue to grow in Scotland, officials have warned that medication to treat the bacteria may be “temporarily in limited supply”.

A charity for rape victims has warned of “catastrophic” job losses unless “critical” Scottish Government funding is extended. Rape Crisis Scotland sounded the alarm after a grant which had slashed waiting lists ended.

The Scottish Government’s tax decisions will continue to follow its “progressive” model that those with the broadest shoulders should pay more, a minister has said.