Perthshire weather station's long service award

Scots are set to be lashed with rain as the Met Office has issued a fresh yellow rain warning for later this week.

The Met Office have clarified whether Scotland will experience a rare burst of thundersnow as the country endures unsettled conditions.

Coming out of its second weekend, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has banked an estimated $855.4M globally through Sunday. The sophomore session added $168.6M at the international box office in 52 markets for a $601.7M running cume.

With strong and consistent mid-weeks, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has crested the $600M mark worldwide. This comes after it rapidly passed $500M global earlier this week, following its $441.6M opening weekend. The current worldwide total through Wednesday is $609.7M including $426.8M from the international box office.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $497.1M globally through Monday, well on its way across the half a billion mark worldwide when Tuesday’s take is tallied. 

Brendan Fraser will receive the Spotlight Award, Actor at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s awards ceremony, taking place in person at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 5. The award comes in recognition of the actor’s performance in the critically acclaimed A24 drama The Whale from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.

Liz Hurley, 57, is a famous face among thousands who have been blighted by huge delays due to a British Airways "technical issue". Reports of customers feeling helplessly stranded at airports around the world have emerged - and Liz revealed that she had been waiting more than 20 hours to board a flight in Antigua.The Estee Lauder spokesmodel lamented this morning: "Stranded at Antigua airport with no food or water, taxis or hotels offered yet.

With several parts of Scotland seeing snowy conditions over the past few days, some may be wondering whether it'll be a white Christmas now that we're less than a week away from the big day.

EXCLUSIVE: The Real Mo Farah producer Red Bull Studios’ documentary about world record pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has been picked up for broadcast premier by SVT Sweden.

A24’s release of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale had a strong holdover its second weekend out, grossing $168.5k on the same six screens in NYC and LA where it opened its first frame to the biggest per theater average of the year – beating the distributor’s March release of Everything Everywhere All At Once.

British film industry veteran Sir Sydney Samuelson has died. He was 97.

An amber weather warning has been issued by the Met Office after heavy snow fell across Scotland's Central Belt overnight.

Taylor Swift's boyfriend Joe Alwyn spent her 33rd birthday filming a secret project with Emma Stone.The 31-year-old hunky British actor was seen filming alongside the 34-year-old American actress in New Orleans on Tuesday as Taylor celebrated her special day.Joe and Emma are co-stars in the film AND as not much is known about the upcoming feature. Dynamic duo: Taylor Swift's boyfriend Joe Alwyn spent her 33rd birthday filming a secret project titled AND with Emma Stone in New Orleans on Tuesday Commitments: The 31-year-old hunky British actor was seen filming as Taylor celebrated her special day, the couple are seen in London back in February 2019The two thespians appeared to be filming a serious seen as they had an intimate chat before Emma hoped into a purple Dodge Challenger.They continued the conversation as Emma sat in the driver's seat with Joe hunched over on the outside of the vehicle.Emma looked stylish in a brown suit with a purple blouse.She accessorized with sunglasses and a blue leather bag draped over her shoulder.

Gavin and Stacey actress Alison Steadman, 76, has described how “people are dying” as a direct result of our NHS being underfunded.The star, who played beloved character Pam Shipman in the popular BBC sitcom, slammed Tory ministers for their “ridiculous” and “disgraceful” failure to address pay increases for nurses. Following the news that nurses have been on strike due to low pay, health unions have offered to call off walkouts beginning on Thursday.Their condition was that Health Secretary Steve Barclay agree to hold negotiations on pay, but the minister has refused.Sympathetic to the plight of nurses across the country, Alison weighed in on the issue, insisting that our country no longer deserves the name of “Great” Britain due to the “appalling” state of our NHS.The comedic actress, who is a patron of Keep Our NHS Public, said there are not enough doctors, nurses and ambulance workers to allow the system to function as it should.Alison described how the NHS has been “underfunded” and “not respected in the way it should be”, slamming the last 12 years of Tory rule.She said: “We've all had experience of there just not being enough nurses and not being enough ambulances. It is just diabolical that people are being kept in ambulances for 12 hours outside A&E.

BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood swiped at Jon Kay mid weather report today - leaving Sally Nugent in stitches. Carol, 60, was once again on hand to update BBC Breakfast viewers on the freezing temperatures around the UK.

A driver stuck in traffic refused to let the weather dampen their spirits by building a snowman in the middle of the road.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku will not proceed with its ambitious jungle reality series Survival From Above but producer Caravan Media is in advanced stage talks with a UK network over taking on the show.

People on the lowest incomes in hundreds of affected postcode districts in England and Wales will receive a £25 Cold Weather Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) due to the ongoing freezing conditions sweeping across the UK. However, households in Scotland will not receive the payment, despite weather warnings of an 'Arctic maritime airmass' being extended into the weekend.

Critics in both the United States and United Kingdom have gotten the first look at the highly-anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water, with the reception largely quite positive.The long-awaited sequel to director James Cameron's 2009 Avatar held press screenings in America on Tuesday with the U.K. premiere also held in London.While the full film reviews will be under embargo until December 13 - just three days before it opens December 16, critics heaped praise on Cameron for another visual masterpiece.

On Sunday, four-time Grammy winner The Weeknd revealed that he contributed a new song to the Avatar: The Way Of Water soundtrack by sharing a 12-second clip of a choral melody with battle drums.The 32-year-old Canadian son of Ethiopian immigrants — who was last seen performing at SoFi Stadium on November 26 — captioned the teaser with the highly-anticipated sequel's release date: '12.16.22.'That same day, Avatar producer Jon Landau tweeted a snap of himself with The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) captioned: 'As the Na'vi say, "Zola'u nìprrte' soaiane Avatar"… Welcome to the Avatar family.' Surprise! On Sunday, four-time Grammy winner The Weeknd revealed he contributed a new song to the Avatar: The Way Of Water soundtrack by sharing a 12-second clip of a choral melody with battle drums In good company: That same day, Avatar producer Jon Landau tweeted a snap of himself with The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) captioned: 'As the Na'vi say, "Zola'u nìprrte' soaiane Avatar"… Welcome to the Avatar family'Back in 2016, the Creepin' crooner won the Grammy for best R&B performance and received an Oscar nomination for best original song for his track Earned It off the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. The Avatar: The Way Of Water film score was composed by Simon Franglen who, with James Horner, created the first Avatar score and produced the Titanic theme song My Heart Will Go On.Three-time Oscar winner James Cameron's $350M-budget underwater performance-capture movie finally hits US/UK theaters on December 16 - 13 years after the critically-acclaimed original film which amassed $2.9B.