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Four local NHS Forth Valley staff and teams have been shortlisted as finalists in this year’s Scotland’s Health Awards.

William Earl administrator Hayes Davenport is a comedy writer with an enviable resume, having worked on shows like “Eastbound & Down,” “Family Guy,” “Vice Principals” and “Dickinson.” Yet he left that career behind for a three-year run working at City Hall, with a special focus on helping Los Angeles’ homeless population. It’s a journey he first started by supporting the campaign of Nithya Raman, who became a Los Angeles City Council member for the 4th District in 2020.

The work of a Perth amateur photographer has raised more than £12,000 for a cause close to her heart.

Andy Burnham has called on the Chancellor to intervene after more chaos on Northern train services.

Farmer Billy Henderson is launching a bid to sign up 400 cyclists and helpers for a bumper charity event.

It has been on air for 17 years. Now its future hangs in the balance. A desperate campaign has been launched to save the much-loved community run Salford City Radio. The station needs to cluster up a mammoth £10,000 to cover its running costs.

Around 200 people attended an 'illegal rave' at a beauty spot near Bolton overnight. Officers were called out to Liverpool Castle in Rivington, near Horwich, at 1.18am this morning (October 27).

Over 200 partygoers have flocked to a huge "illegal" rave with "loud music, lights, lasers and drones" at a beauty spot down south.

A body has been found in the search for a missing woman who walked towards a 'remote' Welsh forest. Police have led a major search operation for Joanne Jones since Monday (October 21).

A missing dog who escaped from a kennel in Scotland has finally been reunited with its owner after being lost for over two weeks. It took volunteers 17 days to track down the missing pooch, who travelled miles across rivers and glens, using high tech drones and thermal cameras.

A major search operation is underway to find a missing woman who was last seen heading into a Welsh forest. Joanne Jones, 49, was last seen on Monday (October 21).

Liam Payne secretly gave £80,000 to a London food poverty charity during the Covid lockdowns, it has been revealed, as his kindness has been hailed following his tragic death last week.

A West Lothian volunteer has been honoured for her outstanding work helping young people in the community.

horror films of all time.Conducted every year since 2020, MoneySupermarket’s Science of Scare study has involved hundreds of volunteers who watch hours of horror movies while having their heart rate monitored.The films are then ranked based on the effect on the audience’s heart rate, for which they are assigned a score based on the change in heart rate and the highest heart rate reached among the cinemagoers.According to the study, the scariest horror film of all time is Scott Derrickson’s 2012 supernatural horror,  Sinister, with the audience experiencing a 34 per cent uplift in heart rate on average when watching the movie.Coming in at a close second was the 2020 Zoom-based horror film Host, followed by Skinamarink, Insidious and The Conjuring.Hereditary placed sixth in the ranking while Smile came in seventh. The top 10 is rounded out by The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Talk To Me and Hell House LLC.The list is largely dominated by modern horror films, several of which had been released in 2024.

Hurtling towards winter can leave many with seasonal blues but a new survey has found helping others can be the key to happiness.

A new group for men that’s launched in the Burnhill area of Rutherglen provides the opportunity to meet up and learn practical skills.

Danny Ramirez and Joaquin Phoenix were both at the Academy Museum Gala this weekend, weeks after it was revealed that their upcoming movie was canceled.

There are many trinkets, treasures and pre-loved treats to be found in any of the hundreds of charity shops dotted around the country.

A dedicated group of volunteers from Stirling and Falkirk Canoe Club took to the River Forth to clear away more than 20 shopping trolleys last weekend in an effort to improve the region’s waterways.

It was the height of romance for a loved-up West Lothian couple who got engaged at the top of the Forth Road Bridge.

A Scots dementia expert predicts there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s in 10 years. Professor Craig Ritchie also believes things will move so quickly that advanced cases of dementia in the future could almost be eradicated.