Deliberate fire sparks emergency response at Glasgow tenement as police launch probe

Just like the movies! Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter’s love story closely resembles a Hollywood romance — complete with a workplace meet-cute that led to their happily ever after.

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films is closing a mid-seven-figure worldwide rights deal for Fire of Love, the Sara Dosa-directed documentary that opened the festival and created a stampede of bidders in what is the first deal on the virtual ground here.

Hollywood actor Brendan Fraser surprised staff at a Glasgow restaurant when he popped in for a bite to eat.

Mad Men actor Jon Hamm was spotted enjoying some Sunday brunch in one of Glasgow 's favourite eateries.

A body has been discovered in a Glasgow canal sparking a police investigation.

Police have launched an urgent search to find a missing Ayrshire man who vanished on Friday night.

LITTLE Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has wowed her fans with a bikini snap just fourth months after giving birth to twins. The mother-of-two revealed to fans she had head to Jamaica for a holiday as she smiled wide for the camera as she kicked back by the water. Leigh-Anne, 30, took to her Instagram stories to film herself as she caught some rays sitting on the edge of the water in a tiny yellow bikini.

The Scottish Government has resisted calls to delay the introduction of disputed new laws which will force Renfrewshire homeowners to fit costly fire detection systems.

Emergency services were called to Dovestone Reservoir in Saddleworth this afternoon after reports of 'two injured people in need of rescue'.

A Scots mum has been left ‘haunted’ after losing everything she owns in a fierce blaze which was deliberately set outside her home.

A teenage girl has been rushed to hospital after being hurt during a violent assault at a Glasgow train station.

NBC Sports this week made the not-too-surprising announcement that much of its Beijing Olympics team would be covering next month’s Winter Games from afar, in Stamford, CT, as the Covid pandemic once again disrupts the event.

Police have launched an investigation into a 'disturbance' before Airdrieonians Scottish Cup defeat by Partick Thistle.

Katie Price has been released from police custody after she allegedly breached the terms of a restraining order on her ex-husband’s new fiancée.

Green Day have previewed a snippet of new music in their latest “1972” teaser clip – check it out below.Last month, the band shared a short clip of them recording music at London’s RAK Studios, set to what could be a new song. At one point in the clip the numbers “1972” flash up on screen.They followed it up earlier this month with a mysterious split-screen teaser which sees frontman Billie Joe Armstrong strumming an acoustic riff as black and white archive footage plays backwards. The numbers “1972” once again appear.Green Day have now shared another teaser clip, giving fans a little more of a look at what appears to be incoming new music.All three members of the band can be seen discussing a melody and rehearsing as a track that sounds reminiscent of ‘The Static Age’ from 2009’s ‘21st Century Breakdown‘ plays over the top of the video.

Carol Vorderman, 61, has given life to speculation that she is Mushroom on ITV’s The Masked Singer following the character’s impressive performance on Saturday night’s show.  The mystery star has given clues like taking the panel “back to school”, “soaking up and communicating knowledge” and references to presenting.Following Mushroom’s performance to Crazy by Gnarls Barkley, Davina McCall suggested it could be the Countdown star behind the mask.The judge said: “Previously we have talked about her fantastic brain.There has been mention of numbers and educating people.“And, she is crazy, I know that.“I am thinking of Carol Vorderman, but I have never heard Carol sing.”However, fellow judge Jonathan Ross attempted to quash rumours by chiming: “I have heard her sing once, I haven’t fully recovered.”After the show aired, Carol retweeted a post from The Masked Singer’s official Twitter account which listed the presenter as an official guess.Several fans also think Carol is behind the earthy costume.Tomus tweeted: “Mushroom = Carol Vorderman.”Otis said: “@MaskedSingerUK That’s Carol Vorderman!” And added a mushroom emoji.And Beanies Masato added: “Oh bloomin eck who is Mushroom? Carol Vorderman?” (sic)Other guesses for the mystery celeb have included singer Katy B, Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh and Lily Allen.Carol, who is best remembered for co-hosting Countdown for 26-years, is not known for her voice but has done some singing throughout her career.In the early 1980s she was a backing singer for pop group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits.

ITV in 1998.Setting the world to rights with her engaging and sometimes controversial topics, Trisha captivated viewers while trying her best to help those in need who may have problems with their relationships.Following the format of American productions like Maury and The Jerry Springer Show, the programme quickly became a hit among Brits who were keen to see guests hang their dirty laundry in public.After an internal dispute with ITV, Trisha moved her programme over to Channel 5 in 2004 and renamed it Trisha Goddard before the programme ended in 2010.Although there was plenty of drama on-screen, there was also quite a lot going on behind the scenes that many are unaware of.Daily Star has taken a look at the backstage secrets from the show.During the 1990s and early 2000s, smoking indoors was legal and common throughout the UK.A number of Trisha's guests who appeared on the show smoked, so the programme would provide them with free packs of cigarettes to keep them calm and happy before they went on set.Talking to the Mirror about the show, an insider previously said that guests would have an order once they arrived in the studios and a production runner would head to the shops to pick up whatever they requested.The insider explained: "The guests would all be given free cigarettes to keep them happy."Smoking indoors was legal at the time and they would all be puffing away in their dressing rooms."Someone would be dispatched early doors to take a cigarette order from them all, then a runner would go to the corner shop and buy packets of fags to take back to the studio for the guests."According to another insider who previously worked on the show, wild parties and nights out took place frequently too.

Scott Schoneville slammed Rutherglen Glencairn's "disappearing act" in the second half of their heavy defeat to Hurlford United.

A woman has been taken to hospital after a fire was deliberately started at a block of flats in West Lothian.

On Thursday afternoon I've visited a former Celtic player who is dealing with serious illness.

Lord Sugar's firing finger in the boardroom, and The Apprentice fans have now spotted a clever way to see just how long the famous boardroom scenes take to film.Lord Sugar could be seen wearing an expensive watch during the most recent episode, which saw pharmacist Navid Sole become the third contestant to be fired.Fans quickly spotted that his watch revealed how long the board and the contestants spent in the boardroom, with the time on Lord Sugar's watch saying 1.20pm as the meeting got underway.However while discussing the team tasks, viewers noticed that Lord Sugar was still talking to the contestants at 5.30pm - more than four hours later.When Navid Sole was fired from the boardroom, more time had passed again, with Lord Sugar's watch showing the time of 6.45pm - definitely a long day for the contestants and the boardroom panel.Fans also noticed that the time of day had passed significantly too, with daytime passing into evening throughout the five hour meeting.However this is not the first time that the long boardroom meetings have been noticed, with Lord Sugar himself addressing the long filming hours in 2019.He also revealed that the boardroom scenes are heavily edited for the programme, telling The Sun: "We've seen it all.