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DEALSIndie label repping digital rights agency Merlin has signed a new agreement with Styngr, a B2B platform specialising in licensing music to video games and the metaverse. ”We are excited to count Merlin as one of our global music partners.

The SNP has announced new plans to introduce a Bill to allow Scotland to decide on independence.

The SNP has announced new plans to introduce a bill to allow Scotland to decide on independence. The party is pushing for the Scottish Parliament to hold its own referendum to “unlock Westminster’s denial of democracy”.

It’s a three-horse, festive race for the UK’s Number 1 single this week as Mariah Carey, Wham! and Ed Sheeran & Elton John surge ahead towards the top of the Official Singles Chart.

An £18million office complex run by Michelle Mone is linked to the same network of companies at the centre of a Covid PPE scandal. The bra baroness is now being urged to explain if the Neospace site in Aberdeen was funded by public money from UK Government Covid contracts.

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party have said the next Holyrood election should be used as a “vehicle” for the Scottish people to express their view on independence.

Maura Higgins pulled out of the British Fashion Awards at the eleventh hour after claiming her dress was "not very appropriate".

All eyes on Florence Pugh. The actress put on a show for photographers at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday, December 4.

Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells’s acclaimed debut feature Aftersun swept the board, snagging seven wins at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in London this evening.

APPOINTMENTSLive giant AEG has filled five leadership roles at its UK division. Jacqui Harris is now Vice President and General Manager for AEG Presents UK; Lucky Thompson is Senior Director, Events And Operations; Connie Shao is Vice President and General Manager for International Touring; Leonie Wakeman is Director Of Commercial Operations; and Stuart Dorn is Group Venue Operations Director. “It’s an exciting time for our business as we break new ground and, in turn, build out a people structure that powers the successful delivery of our growth plans”, says AEG Presents UK CEO Steve Homer.ATC Management has recruited three new managers for its new New York office, Brandon Sanchez, Jordan Alper and Ben Rafson.

Unionist parties should have the "courage of their convictions" and call an IndyRef2, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens has said. Lorna Slater claimed the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems were scared of losing another referendum on independence.

People have been asked to avoid Findhorn Bay in Moray after 22 pink-footed geese and an “unusual” number of gulls were found dead of suspected bird flu.

Alister Jack has admitted a second referendum on independence could happen in the future but insisted it was not what most Scots voters wanted at the present time.

The UK Government is "scared" of allowing a second Scottish independence referendum because it knows it will lose, the SNP's depute leader has claimed.

The SNP's depute leader has claimed the Supreme Court ruling on independence will see the Yes movement reach "new heights" - not shut down the debate.

A new opinion poll has found that half of Scots would vote SNP in the next general election if a victory for the party could lead to Scottish independence.