South Ayrshire Council to launch £150,000 feasibility study on future of old Hourstons

King Charles III will reportedly offer Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a suite in Buckingham Palace for the Coronation after their Frogmore Cottage eviction.

A community fridge aiming to help Greater Manchester families during the cost of living crisis has opened in Oldham, gaining the support of Andy Burnham and Oldham Council Leader, Amanda Chadderton.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” has surpassed over 150 million hours viewed since its release on Oct. 14, 2022. The film, which dominated the BAFTA Awards in London with a record-breaking seven wins, including best film, director (Edward Berger), adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, original score and non-English language film, climbed up to No. 2 on the global list, according to numbers released by Netflix. Berger’s World War I epic tells Paul’s (Felix Kammerer ) journey from being a young, enthusiastic school boy wanting to join the army to a tired, worn soldier. It has been on the global Top 10 Non-English Film list for 14 weeks and has reached the Top 10 Films in 91 countries, including Germany, the U.K., U.S., Australia, France, Mexico and South Korea.

Controversial plans to develop land on the Crichton Estate have been submitted to the council.

Che Lingo has released new single ‘Out The Blue’ and shared details of his sophomore album ‘Coming Up For Air’.The album follows his critically acclaimed debut ‘The Worst Generation’, and will see the AIM Award-nominated south Londoner talk about mental health and anguish to the full extent“CUFA is an intimate and personal look at myself and the people like me who find it hard to see themselves sometimes,” said Che Lingo. “The CUFA album in my own way is to let people know that they aren’t alone in these trials”.In anticipation of his follow-up record, Lingo has released ‘Out The Blue’; a sombre track to help “break out of the cycle of pressures, inherited and personal, that he and so many suffer from”.Speaking of what inspired the song, Lingo talked of “Times where I felt like I was drowning, fighting things, emotionally and mentally I couldn’t even see and repeating that cycle…This is a story about times like that and how I sung and rapped my way through it.

pride in his youngest daughter Charlotte, 11, and whether he expects to attend King Charles' coronation.The Earl, whose youngest sister was Diana, Princess of Wales, spoke on the latest episode of Rabbit Hole Detectives about a scary in-flight experience his daughter's partner went through on a journey to the UK. WATCH: Charles Spencer's family home revealedDuring a wide-ranging discussion on the history podcast, which Charles co-hosts alongside the Rev Richard Coles and historian Dr Cat Jarman, he said: "One of my daughters' boyfriends was flying from South Africa and asked the person next to them what they were going to London for and they said 'a heart operation', and then they died mid-flight."Charles didn't reveal which of his daughter's partners had witnessed the tragic incident, but he did share that the flight attendants were understandably distressed and his "future son-in-law" was unable to change seats.MORE: Earl Charles Spencer details lucky escape with dramatic photo of horrific fire at AlthorpThe author's daughter Lady Kitty Spencer married multimillionaire businessman Michael Lewis, in July 2021, while her younger sister, Lady Amelia, is set to marry her long-term beau Greg Mallett later this month. Charles with wife KarenAmelia's twin, Eliza, meanwhile, has been dating her boyfriend Channing Millerd for seven years.

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil’s new side project Empire State Bastard have shared their first teaser of music.The project, which also includes Biffy’s touring guitarist Mike Vennart, posted a short clip on Instagram today (February 24), which you can listen to below.Neil previously spoke about the project during an In Conversation video chat with NME, where he said he had four albums lined up with Biffy Clyro, Marmaduke Duke, Empire State Bastard and Tippie Toes.He said at the time: “We’ve got the new Biffy record, Marmaduke Duke’s ‘Death Of The Duke’, then we’ve got Tippie Toes which is a mong-ageddon drone project where you can just take some valium and chill out, and then a grindcore extreme metal album called ‘Empire State Bastard’. Honestly, it’s the one thing getting me through not touring – just knowing I can spend the year making new music.”A post shared by Empire State Bastard (@esb666_)Neil continued: “I like putting myself in these positions where I’m like, ‘I should never be doing this, so this is what I’m going to do’.

Soft launch alert! Chase Stokes shared an adorable glimpse of his romance with Kelsea Ballerini shortly after she addressed the duo’s relationship status.

An Ayrshire Paralympian has cooked his way to the grand final of Next Level Chef.

Thousands of Dumfries and Galloway Council employees are expected to be granted a bonus day off work in May to mark the King’s coronation.

Unseen photographs of a young Princess Diana have revealed a sweet link to her future daughter-in-law. A private snap, among 22 incredible unseen pictures, shows a smiling Diana on holiday at Balmoral months after giving birth to Prince William.

Julia MacCary editor Rising filmmakers were honored Wednesday night at the inaugural Sony Future Filmmaker Awards. The award show, created by Creo and Sony, celebrates creators and independent filmmakers across the globe. The filmmakers received a cash prize, a trip to Los Angeles and an industry immersion experience led by Sony Pictures execs. Thirty filmmakers were honored across six categories, with six individuals winning the awards. Director Justin Chadwick chaired the panel that created the shortlist and chose the winners. Also serving on the jury was Nicole Brown, president of TriStar Pictures, Jeremy Barber, a partner at UTA for motion picture literary and talent, and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger A. Deakins.

South Park takes aim at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the show’s 26th season.In the season’s second episode, titled Worldwide Privacy Tour, the Prince and Princess of Canada (modeled after Harry and Meghan) conduct TV interviews and set off firework displays around town in a demand for privacy.In the episode, the couple appear on Good Morning Canada to promote their book titled Waaagh. “We just want to be normal people, all this attention is so hard,” the characters remark.After the episode was released in the US last week (February 15), Harry and Meghan have denied rumours they are suing the show over the depiction.

A former pensions minister has warned the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign (WASPI) that they are likely to receive “tiny bits of compensation” and not the “thousands and thousands” they may be expecting once the Parliamentary Ombudsman has released its final report.

Setting the record straight. Despite rumors, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not taking legal action against South Park for their recent episode.

The Scottish Government is providing £8.6 million in direct support for people affected by the UK benefit cap as part of its work to tackle child poverty.

James Bond to Star Wars have been filmed, has been given permission for an £800million expansion.Buckinghamshire Council has signed off on the studios’ proposals to build 21 new stages, a training hub and a publicly accessible nature reserve. According to Pinewood Group,  the expansion would make it the “biggest studio complex in the world” and create 8,000 jobs.

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has taken worldwide rights to action-thriller Hellfire, starring Stephen Lang, Harvey Keitel and Dolph Lundgren here at the European Film Market. 

animation humiliation. Prince William’s funny bones are in for a good tickling, owing to the recent, thinly-veiled slings aimed at his estranged brother Harry and Meghan Markel via the Comedy Central animated series “South Park.”And royal experts predict that the prince will struggle to maintain his composure at the sight of cartoon depictions of the exiled Duke and Duchess of Sussex chanting, “We want privacy,” on a national platform. “William, I’m sure, doesn’t watch ‘South Park,’” said a royal insider on “Good Morning Britain” on Friday.

BBC News.KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the gunman had approached the 35-year-old from behind before shooting him at close range in the side of the head.According to Mkhwanazi, a second gunman then began firing to deter onlookers from responding to the “hit”. One of these rounds killed celebrity chef Tibz Motsoane, a friend of AKA’s.Evidence gathered so far has led police to believe AKA was assassinated.Officers have said they know the identities of the “two shooters” involved.