Nathan Evans reacts to Wellerman chart success and talks hopes for debut album

benefit fraud has started paying off the huge debt in £500 monthly instalments.A court gave Nadia Begley, 43, six months to prove she can afford to keep making direct debit payments from her bank account.Livingston Sheriff Court heard it will take her around four-and-a-half years to repay the taxpayers' money she fiddled by making false claims for five-and-a-half years.A sheriff earlier calculated it would have taken Begley 15 years to pay off the outstanding amount through the compulsory

Covid outbreaks at courts – with one alleged criminal set free and trials halted.A trade union representing court staff has hit out at how coronavirus has been handled by bosses and claims workers are being put at risk.The FDA union, which represents Crown Office staff, wrote a letter – which has been obtained by the Record – to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) and Judicial Office for Scotland.It revealed:-A sheriff acquitted an accused of a serious offence, which carried a

dog who fell through a frozen Scots river was saved in a dramatic rescue mission.The small dog fell through cracked ice at Water of Leith in Edinburgh on Friday in front of horrified on lookers.Specialists raced to the scene at Shore Place around 1:30pm as well as two fire engines to help the struggling animal.Anxious crowds watched firefighters and several water rescue team members dive into the water in a desperate bid to save the pet, reports Edinburgh Live.It was then wrapped in a blanket

Madness themed welfare van for rail workers.Plant hire company AB2K from Cambuslang created the ‘Mad Mess’ vehicle which paid tribute to the classic pop band with a wrapped design of the Madness ‘One Step Beyond’ cover with the slogan ‘Our house in the middle of our track’ emblazoned on the side.The pop legends even got in touch to say they loved the van which is used by rail construction employees and key workers for breaks while out on the tracks.Mark Bedford aka Bedders, the bass player from

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The boss of a drugs recovery project hopes their work will help shape plans to fight ­Scotland’s drug death crisis.Donnie McGilveray, manager of Alternatives in West Dunbartonshire, had a meeting with drugs policy minister Angela Constance last week after the Scottish Government recently unveiled a £250million pot to tackle the emergency.It came after figures last year showed drug deaths rose to a record new

Scottish Labour’s leadership contenders have revealed that they could push for income tax rises.Hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar broke the news while debating their political stances on BBC's The Nine programme on Monday.Ms Lennon said any changes would be part of an overall review while Mr Sarwar claimed he wanted to bring in more money to the public purse by increasing the amount paid by top earners.He added: “I think we need a progressive tax system where we get the powers we need to do

Valentine's Day nears, it seems that love is in the air at a wildlife park in the Highlands, after two of the adorable residents were pictured getting cosy together.Polar bear female Victoria, and male Arktos, were spotted snuggling in the snow in new footage captured by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.The pair have previously had one cub together, the famous Hamish, who was the first polar bear cub born in the UK for 25 years.Keepers at the park are now keeping their fingers crossed

Kurdish community to ignore Covid-19 conspiracy theories that are spreading “out of control”.Shakha Sattar has launched a campaign to get more people from his community to “get the jab, save a life” while combating myths about the vaccines.Shakha said the Kurdish community - Christian and Muslim - had been blighted by myths - debunked at numerous times by various sources - that the vaccine contained animal products that make it non-permissible religiously.

Trivium’s Matt Heafy has shared a heavy metal cover of sea shanty ‘Wellerman’ – listen to it below.The frontman is the latest to hop on the newfound TikTok trend of sea shanties, which was kickstarted by Scottish postman Nathan Evans.Putting his own spin on the popular sailor anthem, Heafy reworked the track on his Twitch account on Monday (February 1) mixing it with some raging riffs and thunderous drum kicks.You can watch a snippet of the sea shanty cover below:Evans recently revealed that

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.It’s being described as having a whiff of Oliver Twist, a portion of Peaky Blinders and a bit of Bridgerton, the biggest ever hit on Netflix.And if ‘A True Mismatch’ gets anywhere near the success of any of them, then Paisley will be thrust onto the TV location map.A trailer is now in the can for what the writers and actors hope can become a major television drama series.Paisley is doubling for Victorian

Nathan Evans was absolutely delighted when he hit No1 The Official Big Top 40 chart with his Wellerman sea shanty - and his reaction was priceless. Last night, the UK’s biggest chart show revealed the song Wellerman had reached the top spot, knocking Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License down.

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Sea Shanty hitmaker Nathan Evans has admitted Alexa is having problems playing his song to fans.The postie and Tik Toker from Airdrie who just signed a deal with Polydor records has been racing his way up to the top of the charts with his viral sea shanty Wellerman and is currently at number three in the UK.However, not everyone who has tried to hear his song has managed to get hold of it - because Alexa keeps playing them the wrong version.For some bizarre reason Alexa keeps defaulting to

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is back for 2021 – and this year’s edition sees an all-star line-up of celebrities. Among the 20 stars hoping to impress with their baking skills are Scottish actor James McAvoy, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall and comedian John Bishop.

the First Minister described as “non-essential”, the Prime Minister dismissed demands for a referendum as “completely irrelevant to the concerns of most people”.In an interview for the media pool the Tory leader defended his visit to meet army and health professionals involved in the vaccine roll-out across Scotland.He said: “I’m here in my capacity as Prime Minister of the whole country to thank hard-working officials and public servants across the whole of Britain who are doing fantastic

Teenage Fanclub have shared ‘I’m More Inclined’, a new single taken from the Scottish indie stalwarts’ forthcoming album ‘Endless Arcade’.It marks the second song fans have heard thus far from the the record, which the band announced back in November alongside lead single ‘Home’.Listen to ‘I’m More Inclined’ below:The band have also announced they’ve postponed the release of ‘Endless Arcade’ from March 5 to April 30, citing only “circumstances beyond [their] control”.In addition, they’ve

TikTok star Nathan Evans is heading for the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart with his Sea Shanty debut single Wellerman.

so-called #ShantyTok. Going viral by crooning traditional sea shanties — “Drunken Sailor” among the most well known — landed former mail carrier Nathan Evans a contract with record label Polydor, the Scottish Sun reported.

Nathan Evans, the Scottish postman who became a sensation on TikTok with his sea shanty performances, has signed a record deal with Polydor.