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A popular seaside town has had a helping hand - or paw - with its tourism in recent years, in the form of a much-loved local cat. Parsley has built up a huge social media following for his antics in Oban, and has even had visitors from all over the world.

The BBC is partnering with TikTok to create a boot camp for social media creators looking to break into the television industry.

“A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder” finds its lead in Emma Myers.

Wednesday star Emma Myers is to lead the BBC’s adaptation of Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

EXCLUSIVE: The headline-grabbing abduction of British model Chloe Ayling is to be dramatized for the BBC by Killing Eve writer Georgia Lester.

A big-hearted Lanarkshire business is preparing for its annual festive toy drive – offering luxury car washes in return for to donation of Christmas gifts for Coatbridge foodbank.

North Lanarkshire Provost Kenneth Duffy has welcomed the move to raise awareness for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month by lighting up the Civic Centre and the Arria Sculpture.

GOOD Morning Britain star Charlotte Hawkins has led tributes to her late friend Cherry Valentine, as the Drag Race star died at the age of just 28. Cherry Valetine’s family confirmed the heartbreaking news today, telling of their "deepest sadness". It is not yet clear how Cherry - real name George Ward - died.

BBC Three is to adapt Holly Jackson’s New York Times bestselling teen crime thriller A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder from Amazon Prime Video’s The Pursuit of Love producer Moonage Pictures.

BBC Three has greenlit a drama following five underprivileged Black students who win scholarships to an elite British boarding school from BAFTA-nominated Timewasters creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor and Three Girls producer Studio Lambert.

dating show hosted by singer, TV star and LGBTQ+ ally Dannii Minogue and produced by Twofour.Appearing to take inspiration from Katy Perry's hit song 'I Kissed a Girl', the eight-part reality show, called I Kissed a Boy, follows ten single men as they head to Europe to find their Mr Right, and it all starts with locking lips. Before the lucky singletons arrive, they will be paired up with their strongest match and as soon as they meet, they kiss. There will be no small-talk, no ‘banter’, just one romantic kiss that will, hopefully, take their breath away – everyone is a potential love interest.Throughout the series, we will find out where sparks will fly, whose eyes might wander, and who will end up together in the ultimate summer of love.

EXCLUSIVE: The wait to discover the next BBC Factual, Arts and Classical Music director is to go on a little while longer.

Conversations With Friends,” the upcoming series adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel, will premiere on May 15 on Hulu, BBC announced today, in addition to dropping a new trailer for the show.The series follows 21-year-old Frances (Alison Oliver), who, after three years, is still best friends with her ex-girlfriend, Bobbi (Sasha Lane). The two are inseparable, but at one of their poetry performances in Dublin, they meet Melissa (Jemima Kirke), an older writer who is taken by them.

The BBC Factual department has unveiled a vast slate including a natural history series following four animal families over four years and shows commemorating the 40th anniversaries of the Falklands War and AIDS crisis.

K.J. Yossman Oscar Kennedy (“Ladhood”) and Jack Rowan (“Noughts + Crosses”) have joined new BBC comedy horror series “Wrecked.”Described as a “tense thriller” set aboard a cruise ship, the six-episode series is both comic with a “slice of slasher.” It is currently in production in Northern Ireland. Kennedy stars as Jamie, who infiltrates a cruise ship called The Sacramentum, in a bid to find his sister, who has gone missing after working aboard the ship on a previous tour.As Jamie is initiated into the 3,000-strong crew he meets the different factions it’s comprised of, from the theater workers to the “mafias” and low-paid staff, and their life of partying and excess.

James Arthur will detail his mental health struggles with ‘compelling honesty’ in an upcoming BBC Three documentary. The Say You Won’t Let Go singer, 33, has been open about his battle with anxiety following his triumphant win on series nine of The X Factor – which naturally put his personal life in the spotlight. The star’s latest feature-length titled, James Arthur: Out of Our Minds, will show the musician discussing issues with antidepressants and depression while speaking with others who have been through a similar experience.

K.J. Yossman Shine TV are set to make “Young MasterChef” for BBC Three, with applications for the show now open to wannabe-contestants.Focusing on “food talent” aged from 18 to 25, the ten-part series will see a panel of expert judges and celebrity guests put contestants’ skills to the test.Participants, who do not need to have any prior experience, will be asked to undertake a variety of challenges set to “push them to new culinary heights”“MasterChef,” on which the younger spin-off is based, has long been a staple on the BBC and its highest rating cookery format since 2017, followed only by “Celebrity MasterChef.” “MasterChef” returns for its 18th series in March.Shine TV, who are part of Banijay U.K., will make the series in association with Ziji Productions.

EastEnders actor Sam Strike looks worlds away from his Albert Square character Johnny Carter.The 28-year-old soap star last appeared in the BBC One soap as Mick and Linda's son in 2014.Since leaving Walford, Sam has undergone a complete image overhaul and looks almost unrecognisable.He played Johnny from 2013 until 2014 and was the at the centre of several storylines alongside the Carter family.Eight years following his departure, Sam has ditched his clean cut image for a more mature look complete with a beard and tattoos.In one social media snap. Sam posed in a candid black and white snap with a cigarette in his mouth.The TV personality has clearly been putting in the hours at the gym as he flashed his flaunts his muscles in an another photograph.Since quitting EastEnders, Sam has landed roles on MIndhunter and drama series Silent Witness.He appears to keep quite a low profile when it comes to sharing details of his personal life but he does like to share snaps of his life on social media from time-to-time.It comes after the news that BBC bosses are planning to broadcast a new show that showcases diversity and life in the country today.BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell has revealed that the channel is planning to launch a new soap, saying that it will reflect "modern Britain" in an area of the country in "all its glory".The channel has had a six-year hiatus and originally had a target audience of 16 to 34 years old, with 70% of their programmes originally made for the channel, ranging from comedy to drama and cartoons.Fiona discussed the plans for the new show: "What would it look like? It could be somewhere very specific in modern Britain.

BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell has revealed that the channel is planning to launch a new soap, saying that it will reflect "modern Britain" in an area of the country in "all its glory".BBC Three, which went off air in 2016, is set to return on February 1 and will broadcast at 7pm every night. The channel has had a six-year hiatus and originally had a target audience of 16 to 34 years old, with 70% of their programmes originally made for the channel, ranging from comedy to drama and cartoons.The return was confirmed in September after television regulator Ofcom gave permission for its induction back onto our screens.

EASTENDERS fans have been left furious by the BBC's plans to create a new "woke" soap to rival Albert Square. BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell revealed her ambition as the service returns from online only to regular channels from tomorrow. But a third of people already believe the BBC is too woke.

The BBC are set to create a "woke" new soap to reflect modern Britain and rival EastEnders. A day before BBC Three's return from online-only to regular television channels - with a line up of big stars including Gemma Collinswho celebrates turning 41 today - the network's controller Fiona Campbell has revealed her ambition for the new show.