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Wow! Alec Baldwin really has been saved by his legal team.

Amon Warmann Guest Contributor “Here we go again.” That’s what I thought to myself as it slowly but surely became evident that, once again, the BAFTAs were going to end with every singe winner being white. Cue the exasperated sighs. In the wake of the first trending #BAFTAsSoWhite hashtag eight years ago, BAFTA made a pledge to review its nominations process. And even as recently as 2020, BAFTA chairman Krishnendu Majumdar committed to producing “meaningful and sustainable progress” to move towards a more inclusive and diverse awards and wider industry. A groundbreaking diversity review made a sweeping number of changes that have inserted jury involvement across the performance and directing categories to ensure a diverse group of nominees. But on Sunday night, the results spoke for themselves.

Chris Brown has taken to Instagram to rant about the “hate” he still gets for a “mistake” he made when he was younger.Earlier this week, singer Kiely Williams criticised Brown for his upcoming collaboration with Chlöe Bailey. “Let him come out with his own record—so genius, so captivating that it makes us all forget HE BEATS WOMEN. He can’t so he won’t.

Chris Brown opened up about his past and the way that he was cancelled after he was called out by another celebrity.

Jeanfield Swifts manager Ross Gunnion is continuing to benefit from the club’s talented Under-20s group.

Three more motorhome parking trials will take place in South Ayrshire this summer after councillors debated the merits of the scheme.

Former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has insisted that the Blues' Premier League titles were 'won on the pitch and through merit' after the club were accused of more than 100 separate financial fair play breaches.

Scottish Labour splits on the constitution have reopened after a senior MSP dismissed a high profile report by Gordon Brown as “stale” and “irrelevant”.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in May last year there were 936,766 people receiving weekly payments of £69.70 for Carer’s Allowance, including 81,682 living in Scotland.

have come a long way in recent years, bringing better maternity denim with it. Now, wearing (or loose, stretchy T-shirt dresses) for months on end is no longer your only option.And, on the flip side, you’re not stuck with the same mom jeans fit, either.

New research has found that a majority of drivers are in favour of harsher punishments for those who drive without seatbelts, including issuing penalty points.

Livingston are set to welcome back talisman striker Joel Nouble for Sunday’s televised clash with Hearts.

Changes to plans for 49 new homes in Troon will be considered by councillors next week.

The Berlin Film Festival today announced that Sean Penn will debut the documentary he shot in Ukraine with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Berlin next month.

A senior Police Scotland firearms officer has suggested that the UK’s gun laws are out of date.

Written and directed by Chloe Domont, Fair Play follows a couple’s descent into the depths of hell all over a job promotion. The film stars Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich and Eddie Marsan. 

Wanted duo Giorgos Giakoumakis and Josip Juranovic gifted their Celtic tops to a pair of lucky ball kids after their side's bruising Viaplay Cup semi-final win over Kilmarnock.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said there are “currently no plans” to revise the arrangements surrounding the annual £10 Christmas Bonus which has been paid to millions of benefit claimants since it was launched by Ted Heath’s Conservative Government in 1972.

The ongoing cost of living crisis is making it harder for people to find extra money to pay for essentials, even more so for millions of households reliant on benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). However, many claimants may not be aware of a fund operated by the Jobcentre which could help them learn to drive.

Queens caretaker boss Grant Murray refused to be drawn on his future at the club as the hunt continues for a new manager.

One of the Scotland's oldest prisoners is being made to serve his full term behind bars despite suffering from dementia.