Nearly 2000 applicants still waiting on Scots child abuse compensation decision

Ruby Franke officially pleaded guilty to felony child abuse on Monday, which means two big things. First off, obviously this horrible case is a huge step closer to being over. There won’t be a long drawn-out trial for the former mommy blogger, which is probably best for the children. Second, it means the YouTube s

This year is one former TOWIE star Amy Childs won't forget any time soon - not only did she welcome twins Amelia and Billy in April, she also got engaged to their dad Billy Delbosq just weeks later. But if fans were hoping to hear wedding bells in the new year, the 33 year old admitted exclusively that she has no plans for a wedding just yet. "That’s the question everyone keeps asking me, but there’s been no talk of a wedding yet," Amy laughed when we asked about her upcoming nuptials.

When we catch up with TOWIE legend Amy Childs, she can barely contain her excitement as she opens up about her fabulous festive plans. Amy, 33, will be hosting dinner for a whopping 18 members of her family, and, as it’s her eight month-old twins’ first Christmas, it’s fair to say she’s going to have her hands full. The star – who is also mum to Polly, six, and five-year-old Ritchie from previous relationships – welcomed babies Amelia and Billy in April.

Amy Childs took to her Instagram to reveal that her eight month old son was rushed to hospital after he was "struggling to breathe".The reality star, who gave birth to twins Billy and Amelia back in April, told her followers that she waited "8 hours" along with her partner Billy Delbosq to be seen in A&E. Amy shared a snap to her Instagram stories with her partner Billy giving her son a cuddle while they were sitting in a chair in the hospital. Explaining what had happened in a lengthy caption, Amy said: "Thank you for all your messages about baby Billy, sadly we ended up in A&E last night waiting eight hours to be seen.

Former family vlogger Ruby Franke has pleaded guilty in her child abuse case.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Activision Blizzard will pay $54.9 million to settle a lawsuit by California’s Civil Rights Department alleging a pattern of pay and promotion practices that discriminated against women. The settlement, announced Friday, comes after Microsoft closed its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard in October following concessions Microsoft made to clear regulatory objections in the U.K. Activision Blizzard’s franchises include Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero and Diablo.

Aldi is slashing the price of dozens more of its popular products.

A woman from Bolton nearly died after having filler injections in her bum. Louise Moller, 27, contracted sepsis following a non-surgical Brazilian butt lift (BBL) by a non-medical practitioner.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nissa Diederich, 20th Television‘s head of production, will step down from her position after nearly 25 years as an executive with 20th TV, Fox 21 Television Studios and its successors. Most recently, she spent the past three years as an executive VP.

Madonna kicked off her highly-anticipated Celebration Tour in the US last night — and it got off to a VERY rocky start!

It's been eight months since Amy Childs welcomed twins Amelia [Milly] and Billy with her fiancé Billy Delbosq, and while she's gotten into the swing of things, it's a full-on job.The TOWIE star, 33, who is also mother to daughter Polly, six, and son Ritchie, five, from previous relationships, opened up to OK! this week about the challenges, and highs, of motherhood. She explained: "I’m working long hours and have twins under one.They’re full on and it can be tough at times.

Naman Ramachandran A brace of films exploring important subjects are in contention from India in the best live action short film category at the 96th Academy Awards. Reema Maya’s “Nocturnal Burger,” an investigation of child abuse at a dysfunctional police station in Mumbai, had its world premiere at Sundance. It has since traveled to more than 50 film festivals globally and won 34 awards including the Oscar-qualifying Golden Chair for best international short at KortfilmFestivalen, Norway.

record-breaking reported budget of $465 million (£399 million), producers on the first season of fantasy TV series The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power wanted to axe some scenes because they were too expensive, claimed director J. A. Bayona in an interview with NME.Among the proposed cuts was a key moment in the first episode when elf queen Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), who is journeying across the sea to her people’s ancestral homeland of Valinor from where she may not return.

Craig Revel Horwood disagreed with his fellow judges at the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final as he opted to save Annabel Croft over Bobby Brazier - despite judges Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas voting in favour of saving the latter. Craig, 58, was the third judge to vote, leaving head judge Shirley, 62, to cast the deciding vote.

Oti Mabuse has given a glimpse inside her incredible townhouse as she prepares to welcome her first child with husband Marius Iepure. The former Strictly Come Dancing star, 33, took to Instagram in August to reveal the exciting news that they were expecting their first baby.

Donald Glover’s rap alter-ego Childish Gambino appears to be teasing something on a mysterious Instagram account.Yesterday (December 10), on the anniversary of Childish Gambino’s 2013 sophomore full-length, ‘Because The Internet’, an Instagram account supposedly credited to the rapper started an impromptu Instagram Live stream.The brief, 30-second broadcast reportedly only featured audio without footage. It began with a voice saying, “Can you hear me”, followed by an ominous soundscape and the voice becoming increasingly distorted.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – especially if you’re Motsi Mabuse. Our favourite Strictly Come Dancing judge is excited about the show’s grand finale, which will be followed by her first family Christmas in London and an extra-special present – the birth of sister Oti’s baby. “The whole family is really excited because the last baby we had is five already,” smiles Motsi.

Squid Game The Challenge winner Mai Whelan claims she has yet to receive the $4.56 million first prize - 10 months after filming the Netflix show. The 55 year old won over viewers of the game show with her dramatic story of how she escaped the communist regime in her homeland of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon - as well as her cunning streak that saw her beat 455 other players to scoop the jackpot. In the final of the programme, which was inspired by Netflix’s smash-hit dystopian Korean series Squid Game, she beat 27 year old scuba instructor Phill Cain after multiple rounds of rock, paper, scissors.

Tom Waits made a rare public appearance this week to honour actor Nicolas Cage.The singer-songwriter presented Cage with a lifetime achievement prize at the SFFILM Awards Night in San Francisco, California on Monday evening (December 4).Waits’ participation in the event had not been announced prior, and his presence prompted “gasps” and “wild applause” from those in attendance, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.After taking to the podium at the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, the musician spoke about how he and Cage have known each other since the Oscar-winner was a teenager working for Waits as his driver.“He was the same as a teenager. It was troublesome for his family and other people around him,” Waits joked in his speech.

Construction work has begun on a £13 million school with space for almost four times as many children as the one it replaces. The new Hawthorns Primary School will provide 220 places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Tameside.