Nicola Sturgeon 'sad, though not surprised' as Labour and Tories join forces to oust East Ayrshire Provost Jim Todd

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced a final round of Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the 36th annual Conference taking place in Austin, TX from March 11-20, with Ron Howard, Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt, actor-filmmaker Gillian Jacobs, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke, and musicians Brian Eno and Nathaniel Rateliff among the notable additions.

Lily Konigsberg of Palberta and Nate Amos of Water From Your Eyes have shared "Crutch," their second track as My Idea. It follows the lead single and title track of their debut album, CRY MFER, out April 22 via Hardly Art.

“I’ll never get back what I lost track of” We had that line written for the last year but could never figure out what to do with it. We kept writing it down, not knowing where it should live.

HBO Max has unveiled the first footage for its upcoming Julia Child drama series Julia, starring Sarah Lancashire as The French Chef creator and host herself.

ITV talk show host Lorraine Kelly has shared her dramatic weight loss transformation with her 476,000 Instagram followers.The journalist has teamed up with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) in hopes of getting her “va va voom back”, after forming unhealthy lifestyle habits over lockdown.Lorraine, 62, took to Instagram last night to share an update on her weight loss journey.The star posted a picture of herself holding a WW pamphlet reading “congratulations” on her recent milestone next to another snap with Celebrity Ambassador Coach Suzy Stirling.Lorraine captioned the photos: “FIVE weeks in and feeling happier and healthier which is what it’s all about ! Thanks @wwsuzystirfry and @ww.uk.She then repeated the words from Suzy’s own identical post about the presenter’s progress.A post shared by Lorraine Kelly (@lorrainekellysmith) “This is what success looks like!!!” Suzy penned proudly. “Massive well done to @lorrainekellysmith not only have you achieved your half stone but you’ve lost a whopping ELEVEN pounds!!! “Three pounds for a stone! FANTASTIC!!! @ww.uk and I are SUPER proud. “What a fantastic journey you’re having,” she added, with hug and fist-bump emojis. Lorraine recently spoke to Express.co.uk about how she was dismayed to find that she had gone from a size 10 to a size 14 due to a lack of exercise and indulging in more junk food during lockdown. The star agreed that, while the perfect size is different for every person, she wanted to get back to feeling like herself again with the help of WW.“It’s not about how much space you take up in the world,” Lorraine explained. “It’s about what’s right for you.

Ever since she started dating Pete Davidson, fans have wondered what Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande‘s relationship is like today. Does the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum like her beau’s former fiancée?

Earlier this month, Sharon Van Etten shared "Porta," her first single of the new year. Today, she followed it with "Used To It," another slow-burning but ultimately triumphant track.

Bartees Strange made one of the best albums of 2020 with Live Forever so it's little surprise to see him snapped up by one of the major indie labels. 4AD, currently home to Big Thief, The National, and Deerhunter among many others, have today announced that they have added Strange to their historical roster and shared a new song.

Heather and Terry Dubrow aim to lead by example. It's why they open up their lives (both professional and personal) on  and.

The Juno Award nominations are here.

MPs are to receive a 2.7 per cent wage increase taking their salaries to £84,000 after they were awarded a pay increase by parliament’s spending watchdog.

Meteorological spring has kicked off from today following a mixed bag of conditions during the winter just passed.

top 10 covid hot spots last week. The Scottish Labour leader wants Holyrood to be recalled as he warned that the exit from the pandemic “rests on a knife edge”.

Euros football tournament. The Scottish Government yesterday announced the record infection levels, but today the number fell slightly.

Celtic chief executive Dominic McKay revealed on Friday that he had held positive discussions with the Scottish Government on supporters being allowed back through the turnstiles. And National Clinical Director Leitch confirmed that in an interview on the BBC Sunday Show which has given massive hope to fans.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled plans for Scottish ‘Freedom Day’ on August 9 when all major Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted.And if that goes to plan then the weekend of August 14/15 when the Premier Sports Cup second round takes place could be played in front of capacity crowds.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Scots will not be encouraged to rush back to their offices after covid restrictions are lifted on 9 August, Nicola Sturgeon has said.The First Minister came down on the side of continuing the practice of working from home she announced that Scotland plans to move out of covid restrictions.Many businesses have called for a return of commuters to their place of work to help city centre and town economies but some workers are keen to carry on working from home.Updating MSPs on the latest changes to covid rules, Sturgeon said: “We will not advise an immediate return to full office working on 9 August.

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Burnham has charged Sturgeon with treating the north of England with the same contempt she claims Boris Johnson treats Scotland by announcing a travel ban to the Manchester area without notifying him. The First Minister announced a travel ban for Scots to Manchester and Salford on Friday but the Labour mayor was infuriated that she did so without notifying him.

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for the way he handled himself in a BBC interview after the match.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon begging her to help his little brother. Dean Gray, 13, from Edinburgh, watched in horror as his wee brother Murray had multiple seizures before ending up in a vegetative state.