Scotland becomes first part of UK to ban smacking children as law comes into effect

Good news for anyone sitting around with a weird circular MP3 player in their hand waiting for Kanye’s new album to pop up on it: he’s released… some of it. Four tracks from West’s ‘Donda 2’ album emerged yesterday for owners of his Stem Player device.‘Security’, ‘Pablo’, ‘Open Road’ and ‘We Did It Kid’ – all of which were previewed at West’s live launch event in Miami earlier this week – are now available to download on the $200 Stem Player devices to listen to and remix to your heart’s content.West announced the arrival of the four tracks in a since-deleted tweet last night.

Ed Sheeran has paid a heartfelt tribute to close friend Jamal Edwards following his shock death on Sunday. The music entrepreneur was one of the main people responsible to launch Ed's incredible career in music.MORE: Brenda Edwards breaks silence to share beautiful photo with son Jamal EdwardsJamal, who founded SBTV, was 31 when he passed away from a sudden illness, leaving his family and fans devastated.

Outlander is set to return to our TV screens within weeks, but star Sam Heughan has admitted the storylines can be tough.

Olivia Rodrigo has confirmed that she has already started work on her second album, the follow-up to her UK Number 1 debut Sour. 

Kyle Walker looked in high spirits as he returned to Manchester City training on Wednesday after appearing to sit out Tuesday's session.

A retired army general has warned that Britain could soon be at war with Russia.

While things never seemed less than harmonious on air, the story behind the scenes at This Morning was reportedly a very different one when Fern Britton was co-presenter to Phillip Schofield.The presenters who fronted the show together between 2002 and 2009 are believed to have had a furious fallout behind the scenes that Phillip has since called 'heartbreaking'. While producers maintain that their presenters have always got along, the rift is believed to have prompted Fern's decision to leave her role at the ITV daytime show. After years of silence, the pair finally managed to appear to patch things up this week when Fern, 64, appeared in a film to celebrate 59-year-old Phillip's 40 years in TV milestone.

A Lululemon employee has shared her horror after discovering spider’s eggs and what appears to be a giant black widow spider in a clothing rack at one of the brand’s stores. In a clip shared to her TikTok account, Ellen Danz can be seen shuffling through the brand’s merchandise when she comes across masses of cobwebs and spider’s eggs.

Former Big Brother star Bianca Gascoigne has shared photographs of her eye-popping Essex pad. While Kim Kardashian opts for an all-white modern abode, Bianca’s gone all-out on a converted church.The character property is bursting full of stunning features from sky-high ceilings to carved pillars and original church windows to enjoy beautiful sunset views.

Anna Karen's neighbours believe the soap star died in a house fire that was started by a lit cigarette.The EastEnders star, who was known for playing Aunt Sal – sister of Peggy Mitchell – on the soap, died at the age of 85 in a fire at a home on Windsor Road, Ilford, as firefighters were called to scene at 10:30pm on Tuesday 22 February. While a London Fire Brigade spokesperson said at the time that the "cause of the fire is under investigation", Anna's neighbours believe it could've been caused by a cigarette.

Holly Willoughby is well and truly back in her rightful place on the This Morning sofa alongside co-presenter Phillip Schofield. After returning from her half term break from the show, the 40-year-old has been filling viewers with tremendous amounts of outfit envy as always. From floral mini dresses to a gorgeous Kate Middleton-inspired polka dot blouse, we have also been given expert lessons in how to style our back to work outfits.

MAMAMOO vocalist Solar has tested positive for COVID-19, as confirmed by her label RBW Entertainment.RBW confirmed in a statement to XSports News earlier today (February 24), announcing that the singer had contracted the virus following her PCR test taken after coming into close contact with another COVID-19 patient on February 23.“Solar completed the third dose of her COVID-19 vaccine, and she has currently halted all activities and is taking the necessary measures as well as getting rest in keeping with guidelines set by government health authorities,” the statement read, as translated by Soompi.Shortly after the news broke, Solar took to her personal Instagram to address and reassure her fans of her ongoing recovery “Thank you for worrying about me. I’ll take this [as a sign] to promote in a healthier way before my solo album comes out.

In 2009, the company was bought by a group of venture capitalists and I was made redundant as they moved my role overseas.I was actually happy to jump off that commercial rat race. I had two terminally ill parents, my son was eight at the time, I’d founded a photography business, and my partner and I decided to get married that year too. My head was a pressure cooker.I was burning through my redundancy funds and within a few years I started to feel myself losing a grip.

Stereophonics and Cat Power are among the new support acts that have been announced for Pearl Jam‘s pair of Hyde Park shows this summer.Pearl Jam will play at the BST Hyde Park series in central London on July 8 and 9, with Pixies already set to support the band on the opening night.This morning (February 24) BST Hyde Park announced a host of support acts for both shows. Cat Power, White Reaper, The Murder Capital, The Glorious Sons, Simon Townshend, La Luz, Sick Joy and Dream Nails will all play on July 8 prior to Pearl Jam’s headline slot.Stereophonics lead the support acts on July 9, with Imelda May, The Last Internationale, La Luz, JJ Wilde and The Wild Things also set to perform.More artists are due to be announced for both line-ups in the coming weeks and months.

Not many people feel the heat in the Arctic Circle.

Boris Johnson has promised the toughest UK response to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

Renfrewshire awoke to a blanket of snow this morning as overnight flurries left a carpet of the white stuff across the area.

New Saints boss Stephen Robinson revealed he’s delighted to be back on Scottish soil again.

We're back on the courses to follow the live action as it happens from Huntingdon and Sedgefield over the jumps as the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival continues.

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus games for March and they include Ark: Survival Evolved, Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends and two more titles.In a blog post on the PlayStation site, the games were unveiled. All games will be available to download from Tuesday, March 1 and can be downloaded and added to your library until Monday, April 4. The games include Ghostrunner, Team Sonic Racing, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends.Ark: Survival Evolved is a MMO survival game.

Kate Garraway released her new documentary Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek on Tuesday as a follow-up to Finding Derek, which aired last year. Her former GMB colleague Piers Morgan could be seen rallying behind her on Twitter yesterday. Kate, 54, left viewers in tears once again as she gave them a startlingly honest glimpse into the realities of being a carer. Her new documentary, Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek, provides insight into her family as they come to terms with their husband and father’s condition. Derek, 54, caught Covid in March 2020 and was put into an induced coma by doctors, spending a total of 374 days in hospital.Kate has kept the public up-to-date with Derek’s condition ever since he was struck down with the virus. She won a National Television Award last year for Finding Derek, which documented her family’s struggles during her husband’s 13 months in hospital.Derek, who did not return home for over a year, has since admitted that the debilitating nature of his continued illness has left him feeling suicidal at times.Since then, he has received specialist treatment at a clinic in Monterrey, Mexico, with the hope that it could make a long-term difference to his condition. Piers, 56, tweeted out a message of support in view of his 7.9 million followers yesterday.“This was such unbelievably heart-rending television,” the journalist wrote.“Keep battling, Kate - you and your remarkable family are a towering testament to the power of stoicism, courage & never-give-up spirit in the face of appalling adversity.