Dumfries and Galloway soft play centres issue plea to the Scottish Government

shark.The ghost shark was found at a depth of around 4,000ft (1.2km) on the Chatham Rise, an ocean floor off the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.The ghost shark’s scientific name is chimaera, with other names including rat fish, spook fish and rabbit fish.A deep-water animal, the ghost shark is closely related to both sharks but also rays too.They are cartilaginous fish – with their skeletons primarily made up of cartilage – and their embryos grow in egg capsules laid on the ocean floor.Dr Brit Finucci, a scientist who was part of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research team that made the discovery, said: "You can tell this ghost shark recently hatched because it has a full belly of egg yolk.”The exact species of the ghost shark the team discovered is not yet known, with further tests and genetic analysis needed to determine it.The age of the specimen makes it a particularly rare find and this will help inform scientific knowledge on juvenile ghost sharks.Dr Finucci added: "It's quite astonishing. Most deep-water ghost sharks are known adult specimens.

Kylian Mbappe’s intention to join Real Madrid when his contract ends has reportedly 'radically' changed with it thought that the Paris Saint-Germain star is now open to joining Liverpool.The 23-year-old forward has been heavily linked with a move to Los Blancos and has he has even reportedly turned down contract offers at PSG, with his current deal set to expire in June 2022.The Frenchman was also subject to a massive £171.7million bid by the Spanish giants last summer - but PSG turned the offer down. But Spanish publication SPORT have now suggested that Mbappe is hoping to make a move to the Premier League - with Jurgen Klopp ’s side considered top of the pile.

Richard Madeley was forced to apologise after he questioned whether the death threats made to Labour leader Keir Starmer were a "big deal".In spite of the TV veteran's apology statement, Good Morning Britain fans called for the TV host to be sacked over his "lack of respect and nastiness".Viewers of the ITV show flooded Twitter with their comments after Richard had attempted to set the record straight on Tuesday morning.One person fumed: "Richard idiot… diminishing death threats … (incited by the Prime Minister), against Keir Starmer. Sack the moron!"Another barked: "Death threats are not trivial and should be taken seriously.

Manchester United following what's been a promising start to his Everton career.The Dutchman joined the Toffees on loan on Deadline Day last month and has been immediately thrown into the mix by new manager Frank Lampard.He was named man of the match during Everton's 3-0 win over Leeds United on Saturday, which was the first time the 24-year-old had completed 90 minutes of football this season.Following a rejuvenated couple of weeks on Merseyside, Van de Beek says he's starting to feel "really happy" again, and joked that fatigue nearly got the better of him at the weekend as it's been a "long time" since he's played a full match."I am really happy to play 90 minutes," he said."In the last 20 minutes [against Leeds] I felt it was a long time ago that I played a full game, and I was a little bit tired!"But it was an amazing day and a good start for me. We really needed this."Van de Beek has already played over 120 minutes of football for Everton, almost doubling the 69 minutes of Premier League action he was handed by Manchester United over the past five-and-a-half months.If Donny van de Beek's good form for Everton continues, will he start for Manchester United next season? Let us know what you think in the comments section below...The midfielder arrived at Old Trafford from Ajax for £40million in 2020, but was quickly shunted out to the peripheries of the squad by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

football club have asked their fans to help pay a £850 fine - despite charging £420 for a season ticket.King's Lynn Town, a member of the National League, were punished for their players' actions after a stoppage time penalty was given against them in a game last month.They protested the referee's decision which saw a vital point slip from their grasp in their relegation battle, and they're now 12 points adrift of safety.The club's fans have not been getting their money's worth this season, as they are charged more than any others in the fifth tier of English football.Despite that, owner Stephen Cleeve has called on them to dig deep into their pockets again.He tweeted this week: "The club were fined an additional £850 today for surrounding the referee Lloyd Wood against Southend United even though it lasted less than 8 seconds. "Many of you have asked to help so if you want to donate £5 to help or multiples of, use this link.

The UK TV skills crisis has been laid bare by research from ScreenSkills showing the vast majority of production companies struggling immensely to find key roles such as Production Manager and Production Co-ordinator on non-scripted shows.

The star also added during a press conference earlier this month, promoting the launch of his energy drink brand, Furocity, that he doesn't feel he has changed much.Pundit Steve Bruce joked: "You haven't changed much, you've just lost some hair."He continued: "I always said: 'If I have enough money to have a cup of tea and a ham sandwich, then I'll be happy.The rest of it, not important to me."I come from a family of people among whom there's more to life than being the richest man in the graveyard."The heavyweight champion said that his family "aren't really bothered" about wealth.Tyson added that being Heavyweight Champion of the world is "worth more to me than all of the gold that this world has to offer."He explained: "It wasn't just an achievement as a sportsperson, it was a dream. It was a vision.

Renfrew Ladies and Girls FC celebrated another year of continued development with a glitzy annual awards night.

All aboard! We’ve got a one-track mind right now as the National Hunt season builds and builds ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.

A teenager was attacked with a machete while trying to assist a woman who had been assaulted by her partner after a funeral.

Storm Eunice is coming Friday in the wake of Storm Dudley where, in Scotland, the storm will bring snow, ice and wind.

The daughter of a disabled Scots pensioner claims he was ‘frogmarched’ from a musical theatre after being kicked out for ‘clapping and singing’.

Railway routes through Lanarkshire remain suspended this morning while Network Rail engineers continue to check the lines for damage following yesterday's Storm Dudley.

Kanye West has remarkably followed Pete Davidson on Instagram.It wouldn’t stir our interest in any other era, but it comes after the Saturday Night Live comedian re-joined the platform amid tensions between the rapper and his ex-wife, and Pete’s girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.Is this an olive branch we see before us?The Jesus Walks rapper appeared to signal he’s trying to move on from his spat with his estranged wife Kim’s boyfriend after he launched a series of scathing attacks on the star.Pete, 28, has only just returned to the platform, setting up a new profile with the handle ‘pmd’, his initials.At the time of writing, he has nearly 600,000 followers, including Kim and Kanye, and so far is only following his girlfriend…and Pam and Tommy actor Sebastian Stan.It followed the 44-year-old rapper vowing that Pete would not be allowed to meet the children he shares with Kim – North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two – and shared a private text allegedly from the comic.Among his insults, Kanye – who referred to Pete as ‘Skete’ in his barrage of posts on the social media app – called the King of Staten Island’ star a ‘d**’, and insisted he would reunite with Kim.Howeber, this week, the Stronger hitmaker apologised for ‘harassing’ his ex-wife online following a stream of posts.Deleting all of his posts and reflecting on his public statements, Ye admitted he was ‘learning in real time’.Alongside a photo of himself on stage, Kanye wrote: ‘I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them.‘I’m working on my communication. I can benefit from a team of creative professionals, organizers, mobilizers and community leaders.

Actor Ioan Gruffud has filed a restraining order against estranged wife Alice Evans.Ioan, 48, and Alice, 53, were married for 14 years when he filed for divorce in March 2021.Since their split, Alice has repeatedly contacted Ioan over email, texts and social media posts, with Ioan now taking to court to stop her from contacting him.As reported by The Daily Mail, Ioan filed 113 documents showing mostly unanswered messages from Alice where she accused him of drug use, threatened to ‘call every tabloid in the UK’ and hurled insults at him and new girlfriend Bianca Wallace.In his court filing on Tuesday this week, he also claimed Alice verbally threatened to tell the media he had abused her and she would ‘do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp’.He says Alice threatened to tell the media that he ‘had abused her and our daughters… call the police on me if I did not comply with her demands… tell people I am a drug addict and put me in prison’.Ioan also alleges Alice threatened to write a ‘fake diary’ to paint herself as an ‘abused victim, and to have the diary published’.Screenshots of Alice’s messages show her repeatedly threatening to call the police, and goading him to ‘do it’ when she learned he was considering a restraining order.While most of Alice’s messages went unanswered, images show Ioan responding sporadically in a formal manner where he requested she stop contacting him and described it as ‘harassment and abuse’.She also insulted Ioan’s mother, claimed he was in ‘dire need of psychiatric help’ and said she would ‘dedicate the rest of [her] life to spreading awareness of what [he] had done’.In his court filing, Ioan said Alice had turned against his girlfriend Bianca, 30, and had posted private information

Julia Fox has opened up on her relationship with Kanye West and said they were doing people a ‘service’ during the pandemic.The actress and model, 32, was in a hugely public, whirlwind relationship with the Donda rapper for just over a month after the pair met at a New Year’s Eve party in Miami.The romance featured full-on photoshoots, actual essays, scenes of intense PDA and gifts for Julia and her friends allegedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.But as intense and public as it was, it ended as unexpectedly as it started, with the pair breaking up earlier this month as Kanye, 44, begged for ex Kim Kardashian back in a series of posts on social media.In a new interview with The Cut, Julia spoke about the beginning of their relationship and suggested they kept things so high-profile to ‘give people something to talk about’ – because there wasn’t much more going on in a pandemic.She said there was ‘such an interest’ when their paparazzi photos were ‘leaked’ that it made her not want to be ‘hush-hush’ about it.Celebrities are not that f*****g important. You can tell us about your stupid f*****g date.,’ she said.‘We’re in a pandemic.

Bob Saget have been granted a temporary injunction to block the release of records from the investigation into his death, which were said to contain ‘graphic’ details.On January 9, the late Full House actor and stand-up comedian died aged 65 in Orlando, Florida, with his cause of death later revealed to have been due to a head injury.It was recently reported that his family had filed for a temporary and permanent injunction to stop sensitive information concerning his death from being released to anyone but his wife, Kelly Rizzo, and daughters.A court ruling has since stated that sharing such information would cause Saget’s family ‘severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress’.Documents obtained by the PA news agency outlined: ‘The court finds that plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm in the form of severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress if the requested temporary injunction is not granted.’The legal move to prevent the death investigation records from being released was brought on behalf of Rizzo and Saget’s daughters against the Orange County Sheriff’s office and the medical examiner’s office.In the documents, it said that some of the records ‘graphically depict Mr Saget, his likeness or features, or part of him, and were made by defendants’.‘Upon information and belief, certain news and media outlets have filed or plan to file public records requests… requesting defendants release the records to the public,’ it said.It continued: ‘For the reasons stated herein, plaintiffs seek a temporary and permanent injunction precluding defendants from releasing the records to anyone except plaintiffs as the surviving spouse and daughters of Mr Saget, or to plaintiffs designee.’The temporary injunction will

supports HTML5 videoKate Moss’ sister Lottie Moss has opened up about why she checked into rehab, saying that she has a ‘really bad addiction to coke’.Earlier this month, the 24-year-old revealed that she had checked into a rehabilitation facility, sharing the news with her thousands of TikTok followers.In a new video shared on the social media platform, she uploaded a clip of herself with the words: ‘When people ask why I’m in rehab’ written across the screen, as she mouthed the words: ‘I have a really bad addiction to coke’ to someone else’s voice.The fashion model, who is also on OnlyFans, captioned the video: ‘Savage but true x,’ claiming that she hasn’t taken the Class A drug in 18 days.Several people wished her well in the comments, with one writing: ‘5 months without it and I feel the best ever!!! Well done you x.’‘At least you’re getting the help you need, proud of you xx,’ someone else said, while another commented: ‘Thank you for your honesty xxx it is the devil, hope you are okay xxx.’Following the news that Lottie had checked into rehab, her father, Peter Moss, told The Sun that she was doing ‘just fine’.When Lottie disclosed that she was in rehab, she shared multiple short videos on TikTok, with one clip reading: ‘I think I took euphoria too literally u guys (sic)’, in reference to the acclaimed American drama starring Zendaya that depicts heavy use of drugs.The clip also featured the words: ‘When everyone’s glamourising droog taking but you’re literally in r3h4b [sic],’ with Lottie likely changing the words ‘drug’ and ‘rehab’ to prevent the post from being flagged and taken down by the platform.She previously clarified that she was not in The Priory, a rehab centre attended by multiple celebrities over the

Sony’s Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer Uncharted has been dated for a March 14 release in China. The studio’s Weibo account shared the news today with a video message from Holland and Wahlberg and a subtitled trailer, as well as a new poster (see it in full below). This comes at the same time as China has also set a date for Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman, which will go out on March 18.

The Berlin International Film Festival confirmed today it has recorded 128 positive Covid cases from 10,938 tests taken at testing stations around fest hub Potsdamer Platz.

Tiger Woods has revealed he still struggles to walk one year on from his horror car crash and "will never" play golf full-time again.The 15-time Major winner was involved in an accident in February last year which wrecked his vehicle and left him needing surgery on a double leg fracture.Woods hit a tree and flipped his car before being transferred to hospital by paramedics to treat the injuries he sustained in the crash.He has yet to return to the PGA Tour since the accident and has admitted he cannot currently confirm when he will return to the Tour.Speaking to the media ahead of this weekend's Genesis Open, Woods explained: "Will I come back and play a full schedule? No. That will never happen again."I can play certain events here and there, but on a full-time level, no, that will never happen again.