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Pete Doherty has announced his first solo acoustic tour of the UK and Ireland in a decade – see ticket details and dates for ‘The Battered Songbook Tour’ below.The tour is set to begin in April and will feature career-spanning setlists incorporating songs from The Libertines, Babyshambles and Doherty’s solo projects.Of what to expect from the shows, a statement read: “Peter promises to take audiences on an unforgettable ride into his strange and fascinating world where nothing is as it seems and life itself is an intense euphoric dream. Friends and special guests are expected to join him on occasion across these seventeen dates.”‘The Battered Songbook Tour’ begins in Belfast on April 13, ending on May 5 with a huge London gig at the Royal Albert Hall.See the full list of dates below.

Lying fugitive Nicholas Rossi had his electric wheelchair confiscated in prison... for using it as a weapon. The American sex offender is in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison awaiting extradition to the US over rape charges.

American singer Caroline Polachek has been forced to postpone a sold-out gig in Manchester this evening.

Trivium have announced they will be returning to the UK this summer for an intimate tour.The news comes just weeks after the Floridian heavy metallers last visited the UK for their ‘Dead Men & Dragons’ tour, which included a date at London’s 5,000 capacity Eventim Apollo.Now, Trivium have confirmed that they will be returning in the summer for 13 intimate shows, some in locations that they haven’t visited for 15 years. Support will come from Bleed From Within and Orbit Culture.“Since the first UK headline tour in 2005 we’d made it a point to do our best to get out of the big cities and play other ones that might get overlooked or skipped.

This is the disturbing moment a Scots killer purchased a hammer and cement in B&Q before murdering a mum and her child.

A “globetrotting” college boss racked up over twenty foreign trips before backing a redundancy scheme for staff.

The BFI today announced it has awarded $18m (£15.2M) of National Lottery funding over three years to 11 UK-wide partner organizations as the first cash award under its new 10-Year National Lottery funding strategy.

Aberdeen has been named among the top city break staycation spots for those looking for a weekend trip in 2023.

‘Remarkable Places To Eat’ Moves From BBC To Channel 4

A Loganair flight from Aberdeen was forced to make an emergency landing last night. Flight tracking services say the plane was made to divert from its course and land early after a mid-air 'squawk' alert was issued.

New research has revealed the 'quickest' property markets in the UK where homes are sold the fastest - and all of the top five are located in Scotland.

Students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) will compete on the BBC quiz show University Challenge for the first time in nearly 30 years.

RELEASESZayn has released a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Angel’ to coincide with what would have been the late guitarist’s 80th birthday.Jelani Blackman has released new single ‘Izit’, featuring Kojey Radical. “Kojey’s a very talented artist, we’ve known each other for a while and been waiting to collaborate at some point”, he says. “I’m happy this is the track we linked up on because I think it reflects the energy we both have.

A 20-year-old struggling amid the cost of living crisis has opened up about his daily battle to keep a roof over his head and food on the table. Ashley Goudou lives in a one-bedroom flat with his four dogs and four rescue cats in Bristol.

BBC Studios powerhouse Natural History Unit (NHU), which makes Frozen Planet, Blue Planet and Jon Favreau’s Prehistoric Planet, has nearly doubled employment in the Bristol creative industries over the past few years, according to a BBC report that says almost 50,000 jobs will be forged outside London by 2027. The news comes with the BBC under significant financial pressure, made worse by inflation, according to a speech by Nations Director Rhodri Talfan Davies earlier today.

A man who was caught on camera violently abusing his landlord’s dogs - causing them to yelp and scream in pain - has been sentenced to a ten year animal ban and a suspended prison sentence.

A drink-driving white van man terrorised a taxi driver causing him to smash through several airport barriers to escape. Bradley Iles, 25, was jailed for 13 months and banned from driving for 22 months after his booze-fuelled rampage behind the wheel.

A forensic expert told a court the fingerprints of US rape suspect Nicholas Rossi taken in Scotland were “identical” to those held by authorities in America.

Jayde Adams, 37, and her pro dance partner Karen Hauer, 40, were eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing last weekend, as the competition heated up. However award-winning comedian Jayde says her journey isn't over yet, as she clarified in a new interview that her journey of self-exploration is just beginning."I’m absolutely having the best time of my life working out who I am and having cheeky snogs with girls, boys, non-binary people, people who are trans," she revealed candidly to lesbian culture magazine Diva.Jayde has been praised for her representation of the LGBTQ+ community - and also for size representation, as a curvier woman.She also defiantly gave Diva her point of view on body positivity, insisting: "If Brian from Kent doesn’t like my thighs, I’m fine about that because I’ve got an Amazon Prime special and my thighs got me here!"Jayde has been married for the past 15 years to her husband Clayton Wright.He is an event director and creative producer who specifically specialises in LGBTQ+ events, so the pair's interests are well matched.Clayton, who lives with Jayde in Bristol, is also the proud founder of the Body Movements festival.The pair met in one of the most unusual locations possible - an inflatable church - and they quickly found love.They are now in the middle of renovating a Victorian terrace house, which they hope will become their long-term home.When Jayde celebrated the pair's 14th wedding anniversary, she was gushing in her praise for him.Addressing the post to "my husband", she wrote: "From being vicars, to funerals for sisters, from introducing me to all the best people I’ve met to feeding me this ragu.

A councillor has called for noise cameras to tackle 'manboy racers' who think they are 'Hollywood superstars' speeding along Deansgate. The trials, aimed at detecting rowdy drivers and control noise pollution, have been welcomed in a string of areas, including on a roundabout between Wilmslow and Alderley Edge, and could be rolled out nationwide.

It's been 20 years in the making, but Sugababes' original line-up of Siobhan Donaghy, Keisha Buchanan and Mutya Buena have finally kicked off their headline tour of the UK.