New A735 roadworks project kicks off in East Ayrshire

Rejected by America, Donald Trump’s enforced abdication as the world’s most powerful man was too much for his ego to take.

Andrea McLean recently decided to quit Loose Women, and it looks like she's been enjoying some well-earned rest.

Sam Heughan upping the action for his latest role after the actor revealed the first images from the set of his new film.The Scot is starring as Special Forces operator Tom Buckingham in an upcoming action thriller based on one of Andy McNab’s bestselling novels. SAS: Red Notice sees Heughan play a suspended special forces operator who is taking his girlfriend from London to Paris to propose.

East Kilbride school, with space for 90 extra pupils required over the next few years. Head of education Lynn Sherry said: "Pupil growth coming from the housing developments mean that there would a requirement for expansion.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Livingston new boy Gavin Reilly admits he has no regrets about turning down the club’s previous advances - but he’s delighted to finally be at the Tony Macaroni Arena.Boss David Martindale revealed the club had tried to sign the 27-year-old striker in every transfer window for the past three years.But Reillywas keen to try his luck in England and opted for a move to Bristol Rovers before also representing Cheltenham Town and Carlisle United before returning to Scotland a fortnight ago.He said: “I’m grateful to him (Martindale) for giving me the opportunity to come here.“He tried to sign me when I was at St Mirren but it fell through for one

weather forecast for the fortnight in the UK beginning from February 3. Experts say that low pressure is likely to bring an ‘increased risk’ of snowfall in the the north of the country.

Sian Reese-Williams is best known for her five years spent acting on Emmerdale. Sian played the role of Gennie Walker in the Dales until 2013 when she made the decision to leave the soap and the character was killed off, meaning a return wasn't likely.

Manchester United are top of the Premier League table - but things could have been very different.

my fish truck. The weather was so bad that plenty of the fishermen weren’t even going out, but those who did had left me a box in the harbour’s ice store of what they had caught.That meant driving round the Cobb to collect it, with the waves coming over the top of its outer wall and breaking over my Land Rover.

direct to your inbox Matt Hancock told MPs that there are 'early indications' the coronavirus vaccine works on the new variants of the virus, Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, the Health Secretary said that there are signs the Covid-19 vaccine deals with newer variants in the same way that it does the older variant of the virus.It comes after fears the variant, dubbed B.1.1.7, has mutations that may reduce the effectiveness of the vaccines designed to protect against the virus.Labour's Jonathan Ashworth asked Mr Hancock: "The new variants remind us we have to go further and faster on vaccination and work harder to break admission chains."Early analysis suggests the South African B-1351 variant brings a reinfection risk which

Strict limits are being brought in to prevent claims management firms keeping excessive amounts of your compensation for themselves.

Drake has scrapped plans to release his new album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’, this month. The record has been delayed indefinitely as he recovers from knee surgery he underwent in October.“I was planning to release my album this month”, he wrote in an Instagram story post.

Cher Lloyd first appeared on The X Factor back in 2010, when she was just 16.The young singer, from Malvern, Worcestershire, performed a standout version of Turn My Swag On by Keri Hilson to rapturous reviews from the judges. However, despite her talent, the star's time on the show was plagued by rumours of tantrums and she was cruelly branded the “most hated teen” in Britain.

Bob Dylan is being sued by the wife of his late collaborator Jacques Levy after Levy’s estate alleged that they had not been sufficiently compensated for his songwriting credits.Dylan sold the rights to his entire songwriting catalogue to Universal Music Group for $300 million (£225 million) last month. However, according to court documents obtained by the New York Post, Levy’s wife Claudia is now suing both Dylan and Universal for $7.25 million (£5.25 million) after the estate was allegedly not compensated for their songwriting contribution to Dylan’s catalogue.Jacques was a prominent collaborator on Dylan’s 1976 album ‘Desire’, with the late songwriter being credited on most of the album’s tracks.

Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander has revealed that he scrapped an entire album’s worth of songs for the band when the coronavirus pandemic hit last spring.Speaking to NME this week about his starring role in Russell T Davies’ new Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin, Alexander said that appearing on the show influenced how the new album will sound.“The pandemic happened and I went back to square one and just wanted to make a lot of upbeat, euphoric dance tunes,” Alexander told NME, revealing that he had an entire album’s worth of songs ready to go that he then discarded.“That’s what I’ve been focused on the majority of 2020 doing,” he added of work on the new album. “Definitely the show had an impact on that.

Arlo Parks has shared the trailer for her forthcoming live special Tonight With Arlo Parks – check out the preview clip below.The south London artist is accompanying the release of her debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ on January 29 with the show, which will premiere on Amazon Music on release day.Tonight With Arlo Parks, which will be available to watch subsequently on Prime Video from February 1, is being billed as a “‘Variety Hour Special’ emulating the spirit of classic, artist-fronted TV formats from the 60s and 70s, yet revamped and reimagined for the 20s”.“Across a series of bespoke stage set-ups and featuring a plethora of musicians and special guests, Tonight With Arlo Parks will serve as a gripping, immersive document of one of

direct to your inboxPlans for a new library and canopy walkway at an Oldham high school have been given the green light by planning chiefs.Officers from Oldham council have approved proposals for building work to take place at North Chadderton School and Sixth Form.These would see a new library constructed to the west of the main school, near the all-weather pitch, and connected to the school through a new link structure.The old library in the central part of the main school on the upper ground floor will become a cafe according to the planning documents.The design and access statement on behalf of the Chadderton Hall Road school states that the new building will be ‘more distinguishable as a destination’.The library will be a single

coronavirus – a new continuous cough, a fever and a loss of taste/smell. But experts now believe sore and itchy eyes could be an early sign of the virus, and something we should be aware of.While the persistent cough, high temperature and loss of taste and smell are the most common symptoms, eye irritation has been identified as another potential sign of Covid-19.The study, published in the BMJ Open Ophthalmology Journal, also identified light sensitivity as another possible symptom.The study was carried out by Anglia Ruskin University, using the data from 83 coronavirus patients.

An Asda shopper has found a way to dodge all the queues at the tills in his local branch - and it's completely within the rules.

Morning Live host Kym Marsh will miss the first week of her new show to have a hernia operation, it is claimed. Kym, 44, is reportedly scheduled to have surgery just as the new series of the show starts on Monday, 25 January.

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