Schools: Last News

Guy Lodge Film Critic It takes a village — or what remains of one — to raise a child in “Timestamp,” the latest in a shattering run of documentaries presenting the current reality of living in Ukraine as Russia continues to wage its unconscionable war on the territory. From the Oscar-winning “20 Days in Mariupol” to “Porcelain War” to Sergei Loznitsa’s recent “The Invasion,” such films are building toward an essential artistic and journalistic archive for an ongoing atrocity.

Scots face the biggest hikes in council tax in 20 years as five of the biggest local authorities agree budget deals today.

Perth and Kinross Council has revealed it is reducing its usage of X to communicate with residents due to a drop in engagement on the social media platform.

Emiliano De Pablos France TV Distribution, the sales and co-production arm of public broadcaster France Televisions Group, is launching international distribution on Season 2 of comedy series “Aspergirl” at the upcoming edition of Mip London, set for February 23-27. Distributed worldwide by France TV distribution, the country’s biggest TV exporter, “Aspergirl” Season 2 is produced by Paris-based Patafilm, founded by entrepreneur Antonin Ehrenberg, in co-production with Belgium’s Velvet Films. Filming for Season 2 of “Aspergirl,” structured as an eight chapters, 22-minute each, began in September in Angoulême and will be ready for delivery by the fall.

Alan Ritchson opened up in an interview with GQ.

Rutherglen school pupils are being encouraged to showcase their sense of humour by the town’s MSP.

The Droughtlander may be in full swing, but fans of Outlander can look forward to a bit of respite this summer with the arrival of prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The new show is set years before the original series and will explore two distinct time periods.

Police are treating an overnight blaze at a high school in Aberdeen as wilful.

EXCLUSIVE: Production is currently underway on two sequels of Hallmark‘s True Justice in Ottawa, Ontario with Katherine McNamara, Markian Tarasiuk, Nikki DeLoach and Benjamin Ayres returning to their roles. DeLoach and Megan McNulty penned the sequels.

Claire Danes and Winnie Holzman, who worked together more than 30 years ago on ABC drama My So-Called Life, are reteaming on a drama project at HBO, Deadline has confirmed.

Brent Lang Executive Editor FilmNation Entertainment has hired Andy Kim, a top executive at Participant Media, to serve as its chief operating officer. In his new post, Kim will oversee all day-to-day operations, strategic planning, business development, and finance at the independent entertainment company.

Life Is Strange have shared the ‘90s-inspired soundtrack to the new game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape One.Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a narrative role-playing game from Don’t Nod.“Rewind back to the ’90s and live the defining summer of four high school girls as they forge bonds through their growing friendship, their punk band and an unexplained event that will forever change their lives,” reads the official description, with the gameplay taking place in 1995 and 2022.The first half of the game launched yesterday (February 18) while Tape Two will be released in April.Lost Records: Bloom & Rage already seems to be a hit with fans though. The game currently has a Very Positive review score on Steam and players are comparing it to Stranger Things, Yellowjackets and the works of Stephen King.Oh the soundtrack to Lost records Bloom & Rage is pic.twitter.com/tKYG2H3hEn— Commander_Peep (@Commander_Peep) February 19, 2025The soundtrack is also getting a lot of love.

Next week's Emmerdale is set to be a rollercoaster ride for viewers.

UK inflation rose to 3 per cent in January - its highest level in ten months.

“It’s been devastating, horrendous - we planned a whole life of what we would do together and then it was gone”.

The mum of Alice da Silva Aguiar, who was murdered in the Southport knife attack, has spoken out for the first time since her daughter was killed.

A 13-year-old boy death has been found to be "unnatural" after he was was found unresponsive in the grounds of a primary school.

Few filmmakers have as varied a CV as Richard Linklater’s. From the box office hit School of Rock to his experiments with rotoscope, he is indefatigably curious and surprisingly consistent — with style and substance. This time around, he is testing himself with a chamber piece: a drama set almost entirely in one room and focused on a single character. The setting is the upscale New York bar Sardi’s on the night in 1943 when Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is having its triumphant premiere; the character is American lyricist Lorenz Hart.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Rayne Roberts, a veteran executive at Lucasfilm, has been tapped to serve as senior vice president, production and development at Searchlight Pictures. In her new position at the specialty label, Roberts will report to co-head of production and development DanTram Nguyen.

Tyla is responding to criticism.

Kieran Hayler and his fiancée Michelle Penticost have split after seven years together.They share son Apollo Phoenix, three. A representative for Kieran told The Sun: "The couple separated on good terms and remain close with their focus first on their son Apollo." The couple started dating back in 2018 after striking up a romance at the school gates as Kieran's children, Jett, 11, and Bunny, 10, attended the same school as Michelle's son, Valentino. Kieran, 37, proposed to Michelle, 42, during a romantic break to the Maldives two years later.