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East Kilbride Indoor Bowling Club hosted the World Under-25 Championships last month.

The Last Dinner Party have been named the winner of the BBC’s Sound of 2024 poll.The London-based indie band and NME 100 alumni, made up of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci, were chosen as winners by a panel of over 140 music industry experts and artists.The band beat out Olivia Dean, who came second, and Peggy Gou, Tyla and Elmiene, who rounded out the top five spots.The achievement follows a massive breakout year for the band, who featured on NME’s The Cover in December.In that interview, they opened up about their meteoric rise, saying, “It can feel a bit like going in a car really fast and not being in charge of the steering wheel. We’re trying to ignore the words ‘hype’ and ‘buzzy band’ and just focus on what grounds us: playing, writing and rehearsing our music.”Speaking about topping the list, the band said: “We are overjoyed to have won BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of Award for 2024! We predict amazing things happening in music this year and it is truly an honour to even be a part of it.“BBC Radio has championed us and so many other young artists from the start of their careers, we still can’t believe it every time we hear one of our songs being played.

While you can choose your friends you don't often have the same luxury when it comes to who moves in to live next door. Many of us will have had the experience of putting up with dodgy neighbours, but now many can say they spent their childhoods living next to some of Britain's most notorious murderers, rapists and gangsters?

The Last Dinner Party have hit out at “lads” for posting “weird shit” on Twitter/X in a new post on the social media platform.The band – comprised of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci – shared their views on the site yesterday (December 11) calling out the users who posted inappropriate content about them.They wrote: “Need lads on here to know we see the weird shit you post about us and are highly unimpressed,” they wrote, before adding: “have some fucking decorum.”You can see the tweet here:Need lads on here to know we see the weird shit you post about us and are highly unimpressed! Have some fucking decorum— The Last Dinner Party (@lastdinnerparty) December 11, 2023The band were recently announced as the winners of the prestigious BRITs Rising Star award supported by BBC Radio 1.The Rising Star prize recognises British artists who had not achieved a top 20 album, or more than one top 20 single by October 31 of this year. It is voted by an industry-wide panel.

Juventus, Newcastle and Tottenham are all reportedly in the race for Kalvin Phillips, who looks destined for a January exit from Manchester City.

The Last Dinner Party have been announced as the winners of the prestigious BRITs Rising Star award supported by BBC Radio 1.The band – comprised of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci – were revealed as the winner of the award by Clara Amfo on her BBC Radio 1 Future Sounds show.The Rising Star prize recognises British artists who had not achieved a top 20 album, or more than one top 20 single by October 31 of this year. It is voted by an industry-wide panel.

Tess Daly has shared a rare gushing post about her husband Vernon Kay as he returned home following his epic challenge for Children In Need. The BBC Radio 2 host has been flooded with praise after he completed a gruelling ultra ultramarathon.

National hero Vernon Kay says it's "unbelievable" after sharing an update on his fundraising total following his epic 115-mile ultramarathon success across the UK last week. Vernon had fans, friends and supporters in tears as he crossed the line in his hometown of Bolton on Friday after the gruelling challenge.

Viewers were shocked to see Love Island star Amber Davies in the latest episode of The Kardashians.The reality TV star turned West End performer, 27, was spotted by eagle-eyed fans in a snippet of the iconic show as Kim Kardashian, 42, visited London with her son Saint, seven, and his friends.The A-lister took the boys on an epic soccer trip across Europe, which included a stop in London to watch an Arsenal game before watching a West End musical. Kim took the kids to 'meet the cast' backstage - which included Love Island star Amber, who won the hit ITV2 dating show back in 2017 with ex Kem Cetinay, but has since swapped reality TV for the stage.

K.J. Yossman “Motherland” star Anna Maxwell Martin has joined the cast of BBC drama “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” Variety can reveal. She is set to play Leanne, the mother of lead character Pip Fitz-Amobi, who will be portrayed on screen by “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers.

Gogglebox stars Mary Killen and Giles Wood have been fan-favourites ever since they joined the Channel 4 show back in 2015, but it is their newest family member that has really won over viewers. During the latest episode of the hilarious commentary show, the pair, who are based in Wiltshire and have been married for more than 30 years, introduced their adorable dog Merlin, who quickly melted the audience's heart.

Gogglebox star Stephen Lustig-Webb is set to compete against the likes of Miles Nazaire and Amber Davies in the upcoming series of Dancing on Ice which returns in January. But the 52-year-old reality star admitted to OK! on the red carpet at Sunday's Pride of Britain Awards that he was already worried about his performances on the ice. "[I've got] absolutely no rhythm and no balance," he told us before the glitzy event.

British screenwriter and film director Terence Davies has died aged 77 following a “short illness”, his manager has said.

The girlfriend of a champion motorcyclist who was tragically killed in a crash said she 'knew instantly' he had died after she was unable to reach him on the phone.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is encouraging nearly 430,000 18 to 21-year-olds with an unclaimed Child Trust Fund, worth an average of £2,000, to claim their cash as part of UK Savings Week, which runs until Sunday, September 24.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning for nearly half a million young adults who could be missing out on around £2,000.

Concerns are growing for the welfare of a Scots pensioner who vanished this morning.

Rangers will get their first taste of the Champions League against Swiss side Servette and Michael Beale will aim to shake up his squad after the slump at Kilmarnock.

No Tom is safe!

Rajar, and reveal that figures for the BBC radio station have dropped significantly since Bruce left his position on Radio 2 to join Greatest Hits Radio.According to the report, following his departure from the radio show – which was the most popular radio programme in the UK – in March, the station has seen listeners drop by more than a million between April and June.In his new role, Bruce has also been reported as attracting just under three million listeners to his Greatest Hits Radio mid-morning show; around 1.25million more than seen under the show’s previous host, Mark Goodier.These figures, while an increase for the programme, still remain significantly less than what he originally attracted on Radio 2.Following his departure, the Radio 2 show was hosted temporarily by Gary Davies for several weeks, until Vernon Kay took over the role as Bruce’s permanent replacement on May 15.While the latest figures mark a loss of approximately seven per cent from the station’s previous quarter, BBC News highlights that Kay joined the programme mid-way through the audience measuring period, launched by Rajar. This means that the industry will be unable to see an accurate representation of his figures until the next quarter.Other figures reported showed that while most stations saw a decline in listeners, BBC Radio 1 saw an increase this quarter – bringing its listeners up to 7.7million.

Vernon Kay has shared an update with his fans giving a glimpse of a fun-filled family holiday he's just enjoyed. Horwich-born Vernon and his wife Tess Daly have been on a trip to the USA - where it seems stetsons, horse-riding on the beach, coastal bicycling and walks near the waves were the order of the day.