Diversity: Last News

The “wee bridge” route linking Hamilton and East Kilbride will close for resurfacing next week, with nearby residents being warned of potential significant delays during the course of the five-day project.

A £637,000 program of road improvement works will see a stretch of Perthshire road subject to overnight closures and a whopping 46-mile diversion put in place.

Naman Ramachandran India-headquartered global animation outfit Toonz Media Group is betting big on character-building entertainment, partnering with BLKBX Originals and MVP Kids to develop a new 3D animated series and Roblox game based on the popular children’s brand. The deal will see the production of 52 seven-minute episodes aimed at expanding the reach of MVP Kids’ diverse cast of characters beyond their established book and curriculum empire. For Toonz, which produces over 10,000 minutes of kids and family content annually, the move represents a strategic push into multi-platform storytelling.

Diversions will be available for motorists during three Coatbridge road closures over the next few weeks.

A £1m project to restore Stockport Viaduct to its former glory is set to finish in March, with the M60 closing for 13 nights.

Lauren Coates The Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the winners of the 2024 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize and 2024 Sloan Student Discovery Prize, annual awards representing the highest achievers from Sloan’s nationwide film program.

Naman Ramachandran Multiple award-winning Indian director Hansal Mehta (“Scam 1992,” “Shahid”) is diving into the production game, launching True Story Films with producer Sahil Saigal in a strategic partnership that includes investments from industry heavyweights Vinod Bhanushali and Parag Sanghvi. The newly minted banner, which represents a significant expansion of Mehta’s creative footprint, is launching with an ambitious slate valued at approximately INR5 billion ($58 million).

The festive season is now well and truly behind us, which means that many of us will now be looking at establishing some semblance of routine when it comes to our eating and drinking habits.

Love Island: All Stars has made a 2025 return for its second season, and we are obsessed already.But seeing as the line-up consists of previous contestants, many viewers are curious about the ages of the returned and whether that will reflect…some relationship maturity? Who knows.The good news is, we are seeing a certain amount of age diversity within the All Stars series, as compared to Love Island proper, with many contestants in their 30s looking for love. We love to see it.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and SZA as fast-talking, flat-broke Los Angeles roommates who have nine hours to come up with the rent money, is a winning throwback to the kind of day-in-the-hood comedy they used to make in the ’90s — movies like “Friday” (1995) and “The Players Club” (1998), which squeezed just enough texture in between the laughs to qualify as crowd-pleasing slices of life. These movies, usually produced by New Line, were the descendants of “House Party” and Spike Lee (notably the exuberant opening 45 minutes of “Do the Right Thing”), though they were also a counterreaction to the dramas of inner-city violence that had dominated commercial Black cinema during the first half of the ’90s.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor As Shakespeare wrote, “Life is but a walking shadow,” and Denzel Washington is the poor player who continues to be heard no more, at least in the eyes of BAFTA. With over 65 film credits, nine Academy Award nominations (including two wins) and more than 270 accolades across a 45-year career, Denzel Washington is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation. Yet, despite his towering legacy, Washington remains an undeniable blind spot for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

City centre tram passengers are being warned to expect disruption amid emergency works. Diversions are in place on the Metrolink network due to works taking place in the Piccadilly Gardens area this morning (January 15).

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok could be outlawed in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19 over concerns about its Chinese ownership, unless it gets a reprieve from the Supreme Court or if Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, complies with a federal law forcing it to sell its stake in the app.

ITV's Loose Women will broadcast a special episode titled This is 70+ on Tuesday, 28 January, in honour of the network's 70th anniversary. The channel, which began broadcasting in 1955, will celebrate a milestone year with this unique edition of the popular daytime show.

passed her firefighter exam) or that the department’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives took money away from firefighting efforts.Experts believe that the wildfires currently ravaging Southern California are caused by climate change, which has altered wind and rain patterns in the region, and, when combined with a lack of rainfall, hot Santa Ana winds that have dehydrated vegetation, and a series of extended droughts that have plagued California in recent years, creates fires that are more severe and harder to contain.Additionally, the Los Angeles infrastructure contains an abundance of flammable materials, including low-hanging power cables and wooden telephone poles, that make perfect fuel for a fire. Due to these conditions, any small spark can lead to an out-of-control fire.Still, according to conservative news outlets, the wildfires are an example of “death by DEI,” in which either allegedly unqualified individuals are promoted to positions where they are ineffective in stopping natural disasters or preventable crimes, or where people in positions of power have prioritized diversifying their workforce over promoting people on “merit.”Newsmax host Rob Finnerty claimed last week that Crowley was “incompetent” at her job, citing, as evidence for this claim, the fact that the Los Angeles city website notes she is the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in the city’s history.Finnerty appeared to link Crowley’s sexual orientation to DEI, alleging that Crowley was more concerned about promoting pro-diversity hiring efforts than preparing for “wildfire season” by ensuring there was enough water in fire hydrants.

A new estate of 87 flats and houses is planned for an area of grassland between Radcliffe and Bury.

EXCLUSIVE: Thruline Entertainment has hired Abby Johnson and Kimberly Kottwitz as talent managers. The duo, who most recently worked together at Brave Artists Management, co-represent several clients together. They also maintain separate client lists consisting largely on younger and diverse talent.

A multi-agency search is underway to trace two missing sisters from Aberdeen.

Meta and Amazon are both axing their diversity programs, adding their names to a growing list of firms across corporate America making similar moves in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

A major search is underway to trace two missing sisters who went missing from Aberdeen earlier this week.

Marvel Rivals season one launches tomorrow (January 10) and developers have now confirmed a number of changes for the existing roster of heroes.Hero-shooter Marvel Rivals launched in December with 10million players logging on in its first week. The game has maintained that huge playerbase over the past month and is still one of the most popular games on Steam.