All remaining Covid restrictions in Scotland as Nicola Sturgeon due to give update

Taron Egerton will no longer appear in his West End show opposite Bridgerton season 2 star Jonathan Bailey after dropping out due to ‘personal reasons’.The announcement that the Rocketman actor has dropped out of the play comes after he was replaced when he tested positive for Covid-19, having fainted on stage weeks prior on the opening night.In a statement released by the Twitter account for the play, a revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 production Cock at London’s Ambassador Theatre, it said that understudy Joel Harper-Jackson will take over the role of M previously played by Taron.‘Joel Harper-Jackson will take over the role of M in Mike Bartlett’s razor sharp, hilarious play Cock until the end of the run,’ it said.‘The part was originally played in this production by Taron Egerton, who has had to withdraw from the production due to personal reasons.’The statement added that Joel was an understudy for the role, ‘and has been playing the part of M for the past ten days while Taron was absent from the production having tested positive for Covid’.pic.twitter.com/VMXjpFC1rlDirector Marianne Elliott described Joel as an ‘absolute hero’, saying that he’s a ‘brilliant and gifted actor’ who took over the role ‘at extremely short notice’.‘Audiences have been standing and cheering and so am I,’ Marianne said.Jonathan, who has recently been leaving Netflix viewers swooning with his return as Anthony Bridgerton in the second season of the hit period drama Bridgerton, added that Joel is ‘an immense talent and we couldn’t be luckier to have him on board’.‘I am proud to continue sharing the state with him,’ he added.While people on social media expressed their disappointment over Taron not returning to play the role of M in the

Alarming new data shows NHS Lanarkshire patients from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency missed the target treatment time following an urgent cancer suspicion.

Miley Cyrus has tested positive for COVID-19, but she's not sweating the diagnosis because she says she's feeling fine.The «Party in the U.S.A.» singer took to Twitter on Friday and revealed that getting COVID comes with the territory as an artist who travels the world for performances and meeting fans. She tweeted, «Traveling around the world, playin for a 100,000 people a night & meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting Covid are pretty high.

A man being hunted by cops after a sawn-off shotgun and Class A drugs were found during County Lines police raids could be in Scotland.

Being the best at losing wouldn’t normally help you to scoop an award - yet one man from Hamilton has done just that, after being named the town’s ‘Greatest Loser’ 2022.

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel pulled one over on their fans with a hilarious April Fool’s Day prank. To the surprise (and delight) of their in-studio audiences and viewers at home, the late night hosts switched gigs, with Fallon taking over the desk over at Jimmy Kimmel Live! while Kimmel hosted The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The comedians were completely committed to the practical joke as they each had to fly across the country to pull it off: Fallon works out of New York, while Kimmel is based in Hollywood.

A young woman whose car was stolen and written off by callous thieves has told how her parents were left fearing she had been involved in a serious crash.

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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield will be taking a break from This Morning for a fortnight as they head off for the Easter holidays.

For late-night TV viewers, Friday, April 1 presented a tale of two Jimmies.

Labour candidates in Coatbridge & Chryston were joined by the area’s MSPs as they officially launched their campaign for next month’s council elections.

How Cool Are You,” released earlier this year.Featuring the band hamming it up on a skating rink in purposely loud, garish outfits and makeup, it is as punky, queer, and disarmingly fun as the Glasgow sextet themselves.With a stunning EP already under their belts, the band, led by magnetic lead singer James Potter, has now released their impressive first full-length album, Unlearning (★★★★★).Walt Disco comes across as brash and anarchic in both their sound and their ethos, but what becomes quickly apparent to anyone who listens to Walt Disco is that they are not only talented, they have done their homework, too.Proudly copping from glam rock, art pop, new wave and the Scottish post-punk scene, Walt Disco’s sound is loud, charismatic, and wondrously eclectic. Potter’s throaty, dramatic vocals, which land somewhere between Bowie and Bauhaus, are a surprisingly versatile vehicle for lyrics that range in mood from brooding to manic and everything in between.Indebted as they are to a handful of movements that crested in the ’80s, they avoid coming across as a pastiche of them.

One in 13 people across the UK are currently infected with Covid, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Gallery: 'Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas. . . ' 10 times Kanye West blew up social media (BANG Showbiz)She wrote in another tweet: "Unfortunately because of this I'm missing out on Janie's Fund, which sucks because it's a charity that's super important to me my friend Steven Tyler… Sorry Steven! We'll have to ‘Walk This Way' another time.

reports the Sun.The court heard Walker told her she would “get used to it” and took £700 of the earnings while the teen kept around £3,000.She befriended the vulnerable teen by using the name Georgie. They met in a park and then continued their friendship using Instagram.The Premier Escorts worker then paid £47 for the teen’s taxi to her apartment block in Sunderland.Prosecutor Sue Hirst told the court: "When she arrived Tyler-Jo Walker answered the door wearing only her underwear."When she asked her what she was doing, the defendant told her she was an escort" reports the Mirror.

Garcelle Beauvais is just like Us! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 55, works hard to balance her professional aspirations with running a healthy household every day.

Police are appealing for help to find a man and woman who vanished four days ago after boarding a bus to Dundee.

A leading medic has explained why some people don't catch Covid-19. She said there were four main reasons why some people are immune - and said a new study has been launched to dig deeper.

Wayne Rooney is adamant Harry Maguire should start for England at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after jumping in to defend the Manchester United captain.

Thousands of people are expected to join nationwide protests against the rising cost of living today - with a demonstration planned in Manchester city centre. The People's Assembly has organised a march and protest in Piccadilly Gardens from 1pm this afternoon (Saturday).

The Twilight Sad paid tribute to the late Scott Hutchison at their show in Glasgow last night (Friday April 1) by covering Frightened Rabbit‘s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ with the band’s drummer.Yesterday, the Scottish band announced that their two hometown gigs at the Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom would see them joined by Frightened Rabbit’s drummer, Scott’s brother Grant Hutchison. Mogwai’s Alex Mackay also stepped in for Twilight Sad guitarist Andy MacFarlane, who was unable to perform “due to personal reasons”.The band have regularly covered ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ at shows since their close friend Hutchison took his own life in 2018.