Corrie's Jennie McAlpine emotional as she recalls moment she met Roy and Hayley Cropper

High inflation caused by Covid-19 and Brexit, along with a reduced capital budget raised fears that two ongoing projects to extend Falkirk district primary schools might be delayed.

An iconic Ayrshire bakery with almost 100 years of history has been put on the market.

Naman Ramachandran Premium documentary titles featuring iconic musicians including John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Tupac Shakur and Amy Winehouse have sold widely for BBC Studios.Rogan productions’ feature-length documentary for BBC Two, “Freddie Mercury: The Final Act,” charts the final chapter of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s life story. International sales include the U.S.

Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in broad daylight in Uddingston yesterday.

It’s Friday and we have plenty of betting action to get you through to the weekend with live racing from Newbury, Doncaster and Lingfield in the afternoon, with Newcastle racing on the all-weather tonight.

Jay Park has officially launched a brand-new music label, named More Vision.On March 3, a new YouTube channel for the company was launched, alongside its first video titled ‘More Love, More Laughter, MORE VISION’, which acted as an introduction to the ethos of new label.Taking on the form of an interview with Jay Park, the video begins with Park’s own values surrounding the motifs of love, laughter and vision, which seem to be what he has in mind for his company and the artists under its care.“I kept running no matter how tired I was because I wanted to create a better environment and better life for the people I love,” he shares, before adding that he envisions a company that encourages both himself and his artists to be fearlessly creative. “People have always tried to put me in a box.

TWICE member Jihyo is set to contribute a song to the soundtrack of the ongoing coming-of-age K-drama Twenty Five Twenty One. Studio MaumC, the production company in charge of the Twenty Five Twenty One soundtrack, announced today (March 4) that the TWICE vocalist would be releasing a new ballad track titled ‘Stardust Love Song’ over the weekend on March 6, per Korea JoongAng Daily.Notably, ‘Stardust Love Song’ will be Jihyo’s first-ever solo song, as well as her first time contributing to a soundtrack of a TV series. Other musicians that have lent their voices to the soundtrack include NCT’s Taeil, BIBI, SEVENTEEN’s DK and more.A snippet of ‘Stardust Love Song’ had been teased during the most recent episode of Twenty Five Twenty One, which premiered on both South Korean cable network tvN and Netflix on February 27.Twenty Five Twenty One, which airs every Saturday and Sunday, tells the story of five characters as they navigate adulthood, romance and their dreams from 1998 to 2021.

The Prodigy have paid fresh tribute to their late frontman Keith Flint to mark the third anniversary of his death.Flint passed away on March 4, 2019 after taking his own life at the age of 49.After they previously paid tribute to Flint in March 2021, The Prodigy have once again marked the anniversary of the singer’s passing with a social media post in his honour.Sharing a trio of images, including one of Flint on stage, The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett and Maxim wrote: “Its been three years … We miss u every single day brother, but we feel u always with and around us.Its been 3 years …We miss u every single day brother ,But we feel u always with and around us ,Your Fire will never go out ,Stay Punk brotherWe live forever !LH & MAXIM x#theprodigy#weliveforever#raisetheroofPhoto by @mikevancleven pic.twitter.com/95TSdj9Eed— The Prodigy (@the_prodigy) March 4, 2022“Your Fire will never go out. Stay Punk brother.

Gemma Collins has shared a peek inside her date night with boyfriend Rami Hawash including a romantic Simply Red concert at The O2. The Diva Forever star, 41, who recently shared her skin secret including the transformation of her crow’s feet, enjoyed a concert with Rami along with their friends and former Absolutely Ascot stars Alfie Best and his dad Alfie Best Senior along with Henry Simmons Senior. Rami shared a glimpse inside the evening as he shared a collection of photographs and videos to his 12,600 Instagram followers as the group danced in their private box at the London arena.

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev has opened up about the conflict currently in Ukraine, and branded the war as “too close to home”. Pasha, who hails from Russia but moved to the UK in 2011, took to social media on Thursday 3 March to encourage his 46,000 Instagram followers to “come together and make a difference through art”. Pasha, 42, and his Russian dance partner Anya Garnis created a new show named Rising Up With The Arts in the wake of the pandemic's detrimental effects on the entertainment industry, as theatres doors were closed for months on end.

Victoria Beckham has congratulated her eldest son Brooklyn Beckham on his 23rd birthday – his last one before he marries his fiancée Nicola Peltz later this year.MORE: Victoria Beckham teams up with son Romeo and you should see her PVC trousersTaking to Instagram, the mother-of-four shared a never-before-seen family picture showing her holding Brooklyn as a baby whilst he eats a banana.WATCH: David and Victoria Beckham surprise son Cruz with EPIC birthday cakeThe snap seems to have been taken during a family holiday in an exotic destination, as it shows the mother-and-son duo on the beach, with Victoria looking stunning in a black bikini.READ: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz get matching treatments ahead of weddingRELATED: Brooklyn Beckham's fiancée Nicola Peltz talks 'falling in love' in emotional update"23 years ago today my life changed forever, I felt a love impossible to explain. Brooklyn, you have no idea how much we all love you.

Emmerdale fans think they have worked out Meena Jutla's end after she spent months secretly killing her village neighbours.

A dispersal order has been placed around different parts of Leigh over the weekend due to anti-social behaviour.

In the early hours of Friday morning a fire broke out in a training building outside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Studiocanal has boarded Another Round creator Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, his first TV drama.

Amanda Seyfried cut a casual figure in a long white coat with black buttons while exiting the Good Morning America studios in Manhattan on Thursday.After promoting her series The Dropout, about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, on ABC's daytime talk show, theactress, 36, slipped out of a plaid suit into a pair of light-wash jeans and navy sneakers with white stripes.While wearing a light pink face amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she toted a large black quilted tote bag. Out and about: Amanda Seyfried cut a casual figure in a long white coat with black buttons while exiting the Good Morning America studios in Manhattan on ThursdayThe mother-of-two has been busying promoting her drama, which hit Hulu in the US and Disney+ in the UK on March 3.

Jamie Dornan showed his funny side on Thursday while promoting his television series The Tourist about a man who suffers memory loss on Jimmy Kimmel Live.The 39-year-old actor from Northern Ireland was asked by Jimmy, 54, to describe the 'crazy show' after showing a clip involving a horrific rollover accident.'Yeah, it's very hard to talk about. I'll give you the sort of breakdown, the premise,' Jamie said.

Daisy Edgar-Jones made quite the fashion statement this Thursday night at the Los Angeles premiere of her new comedy thriller movie Fresh.The 23-year-old actress modeled a pair of £1200 Loewe heels designed to look as if each stiletto was smashing open an egg and causing yolk to spill out over the floor.While at the big event Daisy, whose father is director of Sky Arts and head of entertainment at Sky, posed up a storm with her dashing co-star Sebastian Stan. What a duo: Daisy Edgar-Jones made quite the fashion statement this Thursday night at the Los Angeles premiere of her new comedy thriller movie Fresh while posing with Sebastian StanThe movie stars Daisy as a woman stuck in a dating rut, until she meets a man played by Sebastian who finally strikes her fancy - only for cannibalism to enter the equation.

Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar have been confirmed as Glastonbury’s last two headliners for this year’s festival.They will join previously announced headliner Billie Eilish on the Pyramid Stage for this year’s event at Worthy Farm between 22-26 June.It will be the festival’s first edition since 2019, with 2020’s event (due to be headlined by McCartney, Lamar and Taylor Swift) and 2021 both cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.McCartney last week hinted that he was due to appear at the festival last week, sharing a Wordle-style teaser on his Twitter.The full-line up has also been revealed, with the likes of Foals, Sam Fender, Arlo Parks, Blossoms, Beabadoobee, Olivia Rodrigo, Girl In Red, Pet Shop Boys, Phoebe Bridgers, IDLES, Saint Vincent, Wolf Alice, Self Esteem, Sleaford Mods, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more on the line-up. Diana Ross was previously confirmed for this year’s Legend’s slot. Glastonbury Festival added that there are still “many more acts and attractions” to be announced.Emily Eavis tweeted: “We are very happy to bring you the first shortlist of artists from the main stages for Glastonbury Festival 2022 – and if you can believe it there’s even more to come!”You can see the line-up so far here:Here is the first Glastonbury Festival 2022 line-up poster, which includes our final two Pyramid Stage headliners: @PaulMcCartney (Saturday) and @kendricklamar (Sunday).

Coronation Street favourite Fiz Brown first arrived in Weatherfield on April 20, 2011.The bubbly knicker-stitcher, played by Jennie McAlpine, initially appeared as a troubled teenager briefly fostered by Roy (David Neilson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) at the age of fifteen.She leaves and then returns to Coronation Street, and starts working at the Underworld factory.Her mother, Cilla (Wendi Peters) and her little brother, Chesney (Sam Aston) are introduced when they come to live on the street with Les Battersby (Bruce Jones).Fiz's personality has taken some rapid transformations over the years.

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