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A West Lothian playgroup has been handed a gold star from education inspectors.

Tennis royalty visited Dumbarton, to officially open the town’s brand new floodlit courts.

A model with a 126cm behind has lashed out at societal standards for discriminating against larger body shapes.

Following her public cancer update earlier this month, Kate Middleton has quietly resumed work and made significant strides towards her future role in the US.

A night of celebration and recognition unfolded as over 150 people gathered at Stirling’s Albert Halls for the 2024 Inspire Volunteering Awards.

Joe & The Shitboys have accused The Great Escape of “ethnocentric bullying” after the festival dropped the Faroe Islands as its lead country partner over concerns over its whaling practices.The festival, held in Brighton and Hove each May, announced yesterday (September 24) that they would be withdrawing the Faroe Islands as their lead country partner – having only revealed the partnership earlier this month.It followed concerns over whaling in the Faroes – part of the Kingdom of Denmark – by local groups.The festival shared that, though it was dropping the partnership, they were “proud” to have worked with Faroese artists over the years, and would continue to collaborate with musicians from the territory. “We believe the contributions of Faroese artists should not be overshadowed by this matter, which bears no relation to their artistic work or their significant achievements,” they said in a statement shared to Instagram.Now, Faroe Island punk band Joe & The Shitboys have responded to the announcement, calling The Great Escape’s decision “ethnocentric ignorance”, “harmful” and “not inclusive in the slightest”.A post shared by The Great Escape Festival (@greatescapefest)Writing on Instagram today (September 25), frontman Fríði Djurhuus said: “After being reached out to by multiple anti-whaling activists, and the recent decision by The Great Escape to drop the Faroe Islands as their main partner due to our whaling practices, I, Joe, would like to publically state my position on whaling in the Faroe Islands, also known as “the grind.”“I am a Faroese vegan.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The members of the Writers Guild of America West have voted overwhelmingly to approve Ellen Stutzman‘s contract as the union’s executive director, a year after she led the union through a historic strike. Stutzman’s contract was ratified with 97% of the vote, with 2,279 in favor and 72 opposed. Stutzman was promoted to executive director last November, when the union announced that David Young, its longtime leader, would retire.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer After previously being exempt from inclusion in the ongoing video game actors strike, Riot Games‘ massively multiplayer online role-playing game “League of Legends” has been added to the list of blocked titles by SAG-AFTRA amid the union’s accusation of unfair labor practices against Formosa Interactive. According to SAG-AFTRA, Formosa, a union signatory that provides voiceover services for “League of Legends,” is accused of trying to “cancel” one of its struck video games “shortly after the start of SAG-AFTRA’s video game strike” July 26.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has today unveiled over 150,000 new fixed-price prefix personalised registration numbers. These registrations are fresh to the market, having never been assigned to a vehicle or offered for sale before.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jared Harris, son of original Dumbledore actor Richard Harris, has taken his name out of the running to play the legendary “Harry Potter” wizard in HBO and Max’s upcoming television series based on J.K. Rowling’s book series. The “Mad Men” and “Chernobyl” actor was asked about playing Dumbledore during an interview on the The Independent series “Go to Bat,” to which he responded: “No, thank you.” “Also, I mean, why do it? I don’t understand,” Jared added.

L’Oréal Paris is kicking off Paris Fashion Week with star-studded runway show!

St Mirren have launched an initiative to make matchday experiences better for supporters with additional needs.

Nonprofit leader Cassidy Dimon, a film industry accessibility and inclusion veteran, has been named the inaugural executive director of FWD-Doc: Filmmakers with Disabilities.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate will be participating in the Unity Summit Tour, which gathers industry leaders advocating for inclusivity.

Politics fans don't have to wait for the US presidential election thanks to a hilarious new set of action figures.

Burnage Academy for Boys in Manchester has been named UK Secondary School of the Year at the prestigious 2024 Tes Schools Awards in London.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, has released its 12th annual Studio Responsibility Index tracking films released during 2023. Despite “a huge increase in LGBTQ characters who were front and center in their own narratives,” the study found the number of films with LGBTQ characters dropped in 2023.

Saturday Night Live alumna Laraine Newman, and mother to Hacks star Hannah Einbinder, slammed the inclusion of The Bear in the Emmys comedy category ahead of last night’s ceremony in since-deleted posts made on X.

Courtney Howard “Never Let Go” isn’t interested in reinventing familiar formulas when it comes to its unsettling spin on sinister spirits visiting a secluded cabin in the woods. With its inclusion of a protective mother and her two young kids attempting to escape an evil entity plaguing their world, it’s also unafraid to invite minor comparisons to “Bird Box.” Still, director Alexandre Aja’s psychologically taut feature blazes its own trail, dropping us into the middle of one family’s ghastly, worsening crisis, craftily drawing its scares from their interpersonal and intrapersonal strife.

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Gemma Collins has teamed up with Models of Diversity to raise awareness of the lack of plus size inclusion at fashion weeks across the globe. As part of the campaign, photos of the TV personality, as well as eight other plus size individuals, featured on a mobile billboard which was located on the streets at London Fashion Week on Friday, 13 September.