First-ever Stirling Pride prepares for spectacular showcase in city streets

More than 3000 people have signed a petition against the siting of a supermarket on Helensburgh’s waterfront.

The Great British Bake Off is set to return for its 15th series on Channel 4 next Tuesday (September 24), with a fresh batch of hopefuls vying to become Bake Off champion.

Approximately 3500 spectators enjoyed a wide variety of entertainment during this year’s successful Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games.

Kingdom Group has unveiled plans to build 500 new homes thanks to £50 million in funding to support its ongoing commitment to building high-quality affordable homes in Perth and Kinross and beyond.

The Rome Film Festival will fete Johnny Depp with its Lifetime Achievement award and screen the actor’s latest directorial effort, Modi – Three Days on the Wings of Madness during its 2024 edition. 

Hong Kong has selected box office hit Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In as its best international feature film entry for the Oscars.

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EXCLUSIVE: Serendipity Point Films (Eastern Promises) and January Media, along with their Greek partner Filmiki Productions, are underway in Athens, Greece, on feature Maya & Samar.

Giovanni Pernice has been hit with another devastating blow.The professional dancer was given the boot from Strictly following claims made by Amanda Abbington.The Sherlock actress alleged that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after teaming up with Giovanni on the dance floor, leading to her early exit from the competition. Giovanni has robustly refuted all accusations and claims that the ongoing BBC investigation into the claims will help clear his name.

Prince Harry once ruffled feathers among a group of journalists with an offhand comment while returning from a royal tour with his wife, Meghan Markle.

Gregg Wallace says he has "no need to snack" as he consumes "half a kilo" of a certain breakfast staple every day.

Mac and cheese is a beloved dish for many thanks to the fact that it's comforting, delicious, and simple to prepare.

Organisers of Perthshire’s popular Bookmark literary festival are looking forward to welcoming Sir Alexander McCall Smith to Perth Theatre.

Octopus Energy will be providing an extra 20,000 free electric blankets to its most vulnerable customers this winter after announcing an extension to the scheme. The energy giant has distributed over 60,000 free electric blankets - supplied by Dreamland - since the scheme first launched in January 2022.

Michelle Keegan, known for her stunning good looks is undoubtedly a natural beauty but has been noticed by many to have undergone significant changes in her appearance over the years.

Former I'm A Celebrity contestant Frankie Dettori has disclosed that he was hurried to hospital after taking a fall from a horse.

A quick-thinking mum from Cleland is this latest worthy recipient of the Wishaw Press’ Say it with Flowers Award.

The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has appeared on a podcast that charts the history of New Order, where he explains why the band’s “alien quality” landed with Generation X in the US.In the latest episode of Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order, released yesterday (September 19), host Maxine Peake focused on how the band’s first-ever US tour in 1980 came to be. Corgan chimes in to contextualise the unique connection British music sparked with the Gen Xers who were coming of age.Describing a generation of “latchkey kids” who had “too much TV” and “too much time alone”, the “alien quality” of bands like New Order began to resonate.“Bands like New Order seem to find that, ‘Yes, you’re young, Yes, you wanna fall in love and ‘es, you’re having your heart broken, but the world kind of isn’t the way it appears to be,'” he elaborates.Listen to the podcast episode below, which also features anecdotes from techno producer Kevin Saunderson and writers Andrew O’Hagan and Audrey Golden, along with interviews with current and former band members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook.A band like New Order, he continues, signified to kids like Corgan that “there was this other world out there that was cooler, had more depth of feel, had a level of sophistication even about teenage angst, that you certainly weren’t getting from America, particularly in the rock scene in the 80s.”He likened discovering New Order as a teenager to feeling like “the kid who sits in the back of the class because ‘nobody understands me and I got my weird trench coat'” from a typical John Hughes movie.“The minute you heard New Order, you were like, ‘They’re one of me’ or ‘I’m one of them’.

Jack White has released a batch of full-length concert recordings from his most recent tour supporting new album ‘No Name’.Yesterday (September 19), White’s label Third Man Records announced the surprise drop on social media. The live recordings comprise full shows he performed recently in small club venues across the US, along with festival sets in Sweden and South Korea.“Day in and day out, these performances – announced mere days in advance, selling out in an instant – are garnering laudatory praise and “best concert I’ve ever been to” reviews across the board,” writes Third Man Records executive and archivist Ben Blackwell in a statement.“A quarter century into his touring career, Jack White is playing the best shows of his life and the audio here is all the proof you need.”These live releases can be streamed on Nugs.net, which has, as of late, catalogued exclusive live recordings of concerts by Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, and Geese, among others.

Kristen Stewart in a new interview, calling her “one of the most authentic people” there is. In a new interview with The Guardian, Poots explained how she got to know Stewart after she was asked by the star to feature in her directorial debut The Chronology Of Water.

28 Years Later film has reportedly been shot on a mobile phone – an iPhone 15 – according to reports.The first film in the franchise, 28 Days Later, was released in 2002 and directed by Danny Boyle. Set one month after a virus causes the collapse of civilisation in the UK, the post-apocolyptic thriller follows courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) after he wakes up from a coma and tries to make sense of the world.After this, 28 Weeks Later arrived in 2007 then earlier this year, it was announced that both Boyle and Murphy would return for a third movie, 28 Years Later.