Ex-health secretaries call for ban on zero hour contracts for Scots carers

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has offered yet another update on the status of future Game of Thrones projects, sharing that the franchise’s path ahead will “certainly” be shaped to one degree or another by current tumult at HBO Max.

Annie Nightingale, 82, has opened up about her late pal John Lennon’s love of comedy.She described the Beatles star as an “entertaining” joke teller as she reflected on their friendship. The presenter’s new BBC Radio 4 programme, Annie Nightingale's Age of Irreverence, explores the relationship between comedy and pop music. The show examines these feelings of irreverence in the Goons, the Beatles, Monty Python and other pop culture phenomena.  Annie revealed how she believed the satire boom leads back to 1950s series The Goon Show, from the minds of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine.“As a child I loved its anarchy and weirdness,” she remembered. “It wasn’t mother-in-law jokes and conventional British humour of the time. “They were very uncompromising: if you get it, you get it; if you don’t, you don’t. “What I didn’t realise as a little kid was that there was a whole generation of us listening who were going to be affected by it.

Misrach Ewunetie’s cause of death has finally been revealed.

Bob Saget‘s widow Kelly Rizzo is opening up almost a year after the actor’s death.

The soccer world lost a legend this week.

Silver and suave — onscreen and off! Richard Gere has not only been married three times, but has also made his way around the Hollywood dating scene over the years.

Fun down under! Selling Sunset stars Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim confirmed that they are back on friendly terms while on a double date in Australia.

Forever in her heart. Peta Murgatroyd’s father, Derek Murgatroyd, has died. He was 81.

AMC Entertainment has rejiggered is board, announcing the election of two new directors and one who is exiting.

A Texas man facing the death penalty claims a Comedy Central roast conducted during his imprisonment unfairly influenced his sentencing.

Baffled St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson has called for an urgent review of the hand-ball rules to bring an end to the ongoing spot kick free-for-all.

Pele had shares at Aberdeen registered in his name, it has emerged following the footballing icon's sad passing.

Dame Vivienne Westwood has been remembered as an "icon" for thrusting modern punk and new wave fashion in decades of work after her death at the age of 81.

St Johnstone must be the ones to get on the front foot first when Tayside rivals Dundee United arrive at McDiarmid Park on Monday afternoon, Jamie Murphy has insisted.

Ange Postecoglou has sent out a warning that should send a shiver down the spines of the rest of Scottish football by insisting his Celtic team is only just getting started.

A subtle clapback. Kim Kardashian seemingly reacted to fan speculation that she Photoshopped a snap from her family’s Christmas Eve party that showed her posing with her sisters and their mom, Kris Jenner.

Two Pennsylvania parents and a family friend are facing serious charges after refusing to call 911 to save a dying baby.

Andrew Shue appears to be focusing on family amid his estranged wife Amy Robach’s affair scandal with her Good Morning America co-anchor T.J. Homes!

Rock star Ozzy Osbourne was spotted leaving a physical therapy session in Los Angeles on Thursday.The Black Sabbath singer, 74, looked a bit frail as he walked to his car with the assistance of a make aid by his side.In June, the singer - who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019 - underwent 'life-altering' surgery. Physical therapy: Ozzy Osbourne, 74, was spotted leaving a physical therapy session in Los Angeles on Thursday with the assistance of an aid by his sideThe Prince of Darkness hitmaker was bundled up in a long, navy pea coat as he stepped out.