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Villagers in Hamza Yassin’s home, Kilchoan, are willing their friend and neighbour to win tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final and bring some glitter to their remote highland outpost. Most of the 150 residents will be heading to the village hall to watch Hamza, 32, and Jowita Przystal, 28 dance against Helen Skelton, Fleur East and Molly Rainford and their partners.

Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Yassin has thanked his “absolutely amazing” pro partner Jowita Przystal as the pair complete their final rehearsal.

The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the first titles selected for its Panorama section at the upcoming in-person edition that takes place February 16-26. (Scroll down for the full list)

Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Yassin has impressed viewers week in, week out with his stunning dance moves, but that's taken a toll on the star.

Saudi Arabian actress Ahd Kamel’s long gestated feature directorial debut My Driver And I is a step closer to coming to fruition, following the arrival of fresh partners on the project.

Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Yassin, whose parents brought him to the UK as a child so the family could escape the civil war in Sudan, initially lived in a bustling city.

South Lanarkshire Council is looking for local families who can offer care to young asylum seekers.

Countryfile star Hamza Yassin, 32, has revealed he found his own “Scottish parents” and “Scottish” sister in the highlands, where he now lives.The Strictly Come Dancing favourite moved from Sudan to the UK when he was eight years old. Hamza is one of the most popular contestants on Strictly this year, after winning over the public with his warm personality. The wildlife cameraman and presenter has impressed the judges week after week along with his dance partner Jowita Przystał, 28.Speaking about dancing, he admitted he enjoys the activity “whenever I get the chance, really”, before discussing the tiny village in Ardnamurchan, a peninsula on Scotland’s west coast, that his been his home for the last 12 years. Mentioning his nextdoor neighbour, Gail, he said: “She’s amazing, I call her my Scottish sister.”According to the BBC star, Gail texts him whenever she can hear his music blaring to wish him a good morning. “I’m always dancing and playing music.

A stabbing in a Glasgow hotel hosting asylum seekers during the Coronavirus lockdown was avoidable, a new report has concluded. Six people were stabbed during a rampage at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow's West George Street on June 26, 2020.

Strictly Come Dancing 's Hamza Yassin has been a firm favourite on the show, so much so that he's danced his way to the top of the leaderboard, where he has remained ever since.

Janelle and Monzir were pretty confident going into the competition. 

Tame Impala will return to London on Thursday (August 25) to headline All Points East 2022 – check out the full stage and performance times below.Kevin Parker and co.

Strictly Come Dancing is set to dazzle screens once more for the 20th series of the long running TV favourite. The celebrity dance competition has been announcing this year's contestants and that includes Hamza Yassin.

Three communications execs — Marlea Willis of Marlea Willis Communications, Michael Krause of Foundry Communications and Jolyn Matsumuro of The Brookes Company — are starting a new entertainment PR agency, Luminary Communications.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorYemeni film “The Burdened,” directed by Amr Gamal, won the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in Eastern Promises, the industry section of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on Tuesday.The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorKarlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival’s industry section, Eastern Promises, has unveiled its lineup of 35 film projects, which will be showcased during the Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations.

Brittney Parks (Sudan Archives) has announced the Homecoming Tour, a run of 16 North American shows early this fall. The tour is scheduled to start September 24 at Solana Beach, CA’s Belly Up Tavern and work its way up the coast to Vancouver, through the midwest, and down the east coast before making its final stop at Lodge Room in the Cincinnati-born singer-songwriter-violinist’s adopted hometown of Los Angeles.

Charli XCX has been announced for the inaugural Bristol festival FORWARDS this autumn, marking her first live appearance in the city – you can buy tickets from here.She joins the already announced Jamie xx, Little Simz, Khruangbin and Fred Again.. on the Saturday (September 3) line-up at Bristol’s Clifton Downs.

Neneh Cherry has announced new collaborative album ‘The Versions’ which will see the likes of Robyn and Greetea Peng rework tracks from across Cherry’s back catalogue.Following on from Robyn’s cover of ‘Buffalo Stance’, Sia has reworked Cherry’s 1989 track ‘Manchild’.Check it out below:“Neneh was my favourite artist when she hit the scene” explained Sia. “I saved my pocket money for red filas and dreamt one day we would meet.“When I was struggling with my mental health in my early twenties, I somehow ended up in their house being taken care of as if I was one of their own children. I called her husband during a suicide attempt, who had been mentoring me as an incredible music producer, and they gave me all the love I could have dreamt of.

APPOINTMENTSMusic credits database Jaxsta has promoted Beth Appleton to CEO, as founder Jacqui Louez-Schoorl focuses on other activities at the company. “Jacqui and I are magnificent business partners and friends”, says Appleton.

A man who was brutally stabbed during the horrific Park Inn hotel attack in Glasgow almost two years ago says he is still ‘living with the trauma’.