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An old documentary featuring one of Scotland's most deprived council estates has resurfaced online nearly 40 years after it was filmed.

A documentary about a space shuttle mission which ended in tragedy is airing on BBC Two tonight (Monday February 12). It's been 21 years since all seven members of Space Shuttle Columbia lost their lives when the aircraft disintegrated after re-entering the Earth's atmosphere after a 16-day research mission.

So many stars stepped out to attend the 2024 Film Independent Spirt Awards Nominees Brunch on Saturday morning (January 6) at the Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, Calif.

The incredible journey of young darts sensation Luke Littler has left the nation in awe. The 16-year-old, now preparing to compete in the semi-final of the PDC World Darts Championships, has become the youngest player to reach the final four, managing to defeat a five-time world champion in the process.

Anna Tingley In the days since the finale of “Jury Duty” on Amazon Freevee, Ronald Gladden’s life has changed in ways he never could have imagined. After responding to a Craigslist ad asking for participants to take part in a documentary about jury duty, the 30-year-old San Diego-based project manager instead found himself as the unknowing star of his very own “Truman Show.” He ended up being the foreman on an absurd, fake trial while a cast of actors orchestrated a string of ludicrous scenes pulled straight out of a sitcom.

Amazon Freevee’s new docu-style comedy series Jury Duty is set to premiere with four episodes on April 7. The 8-episode multi-camera comedy starring James Marsden will drop two new episodes each Friday thereafter until April 21.

Chicago police say a man walked into a police station on Wednesday with a gun and began shouting "anti-police sentiment" while pointing the gun at officers before being shot. The man entered the Ogden District station at 12:52 p.m., according to Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown, adding that the man walked into the police station with a gun inside of a plastic bag wrapped around his hand. Brown said the suspect pointed a gun at officers who were working at the front desk.

killed three people and injured a fourth outside a Chicago gay bar earlier this month.Tavis Dunbar, 34, was taken into police custody on Aug. 22 and charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said during a news conference on Tuesday, which was shared on Facebook. Brown claimed an investigation showed Dunbar “intentionally struck multiple pedestrians” when he plowed his car into a crowd of people gathered outside the Jeffery Pub, a Black-owned gay club on Chicago’s South Side, around 5 a.m.

EXCLUSIVE: J. Alphonse Nicholson (P-Valley) has signed on to star alongside Neal McDonough and Casey Cott in the sports drama Black Spartans from writer-director Ben Cory Jones (Insecure), which is set to shoot in Atlanta this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Neal McDonough (The Flash) and Casey Cott (Riverdale) will headline the sports drama Black Spartans, written and to be directed by Ben Cory Jones (Insecure), which is heading into production in Atlanta this fall.

A Lanarkshire businessman who ran a drug smuggling operation with a former policeman’s help made an astonishing £7 million from his life of crime.

Ayr Racecourse is marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by participating in a nationwide project to plant trees as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative.

The dark side of disruption. The new Apple TV+ series WeCrashed is a fictionalized take on the downfall of WeWork — and Adam Neumann, the man behind the curtain.

 Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former “Empire” actor orchestrated himself.

An Airdrie man jailed for drug trafficking had his conviction overturned after the judge at his trial failed to give jurors proper instructions over an interview he gave to police.

NASA’s space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board.The mission was the second space shuttle disaster after Challenger, which failed during launch in 1986 - but it turns out the problem that destroyed both shuttles was essentially the same.The Columbia disaster’s victims were named Rick Husband, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, William McCool and Ilan Ramon as the space exploration giant became highly scrutinised for the incident in the media and in congress.But just 19 years on, humans are considering commercial space travel with Space X, Blue Origin or Virgin Galactica - so, how was it solved so we could get this far?During an investigation, NASA determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle's external tank and breached the spacecraft wing, a problem that had been known for years.The investigation board found that about 82 seconds after Columbia left the ground, a piece of foam fell from a "bipod ramp" that attached the external tank to the shuttle and struck the left-wing.A hole on the left-wing allowed atmospheric gases to fill the shuttle during its fiery re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.This then caused the sensors to fail before the tire pressure readings from the left side of the shuttle also vanished.The Capcom, or spacecraft communicator, called up to Columbia to discuss the tire pressure readings but when Husband called back with the word "Roger," followed by another word he was cut off.At approximately 9am, Columbia was near Dallas, Texas travelling 18 times the speed of sound and still 200,700 feet above the ground.Mission Control made several failed attempts to get in touch with the astronauts, just moments

Kai Ryssdal, host of public radio show and podcast Marketplace, has signed with CAA.

Scots cops have appealed to the public to help track down a missing man in East Lothian.

Oscar-winning duo Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway continued filming their Apple TV+ series WeCrashed in Manhattan on Monday.The evergreen 49-year-old executive produces and stars as hard-partying, disgraced WeWork CEO Adam Neumann in the show based on David Brown's 2020 Wondery podcast.The 38-year-old actress executive produces and stars as disgraced WeWork chief brand/impact officer Rebekah Neumann, who's married to Adam and is Gwyneth Paltrow's cousin. Action!Oscar-winning duo Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway continued filming their Apple TV+ series WeCrashed in Manhattan on MondayJared rocked a black leather motorcycle jacket while Anne wore a fuzzy white coat over a black lace dress selected by costume designer Lucy W.

EXCLUSIVE:  Judy Greer is headlining the independent feature LA Bound, which we have learned, is being written and directed by Chris McGowan.

Oscar-winning duo Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto continued filming new show WeCrashed while in Manhattan on Sunday.The starry pair were seen holding hands on set while filmingthe Apple TV+ series near theWorld Trade Center area in downtown New York City.The 38-year-old Les Miserables actress executive produces and stars as disgraced WeWork chief brand/impact officer Rebekah Neumann in the show based on David Brown's 2020 Wondery podcast.Anne got into character while clad in a white lacy turtleneck over a matching tank top tucked into blue flared-leg jeans and snakeskin booties.