Wilko announces date Livingston branch will close for good

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“This is the perfect opportunity for us to make reality ‘real’ again,” says Peter Tierney, the commissioner who has spent the past two years overseeing ITV‘s rebooted Big Brother.

EXCLUSIVE: A trio of British actors is leading The Salvation, an Audible sci-fi podcast drama. Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials, Good Omens), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil) and Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) will star in the time-travel series, which is from musical artist and writer Justin Lockey.

Prime Video has greenlit Hell of a Date (working title), its first Swedish action series. 

A 'highly-mutated' variant of Coronavirus has been detected in the UK and is now spreading 'in most regions.'

Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, and Derry Girls star Louisa Harland have signed on to star in Ulster American, a new stage production from Irish playwright David Ireland (Cyprus Avenue) and directed by Jeremy Herrin (A Mirror, Best of Enemies). 

Netflix has boarded a Hebrew-language TV series from Israeli creatives Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon.

Former X Factor star Jake Quickenden has recalled the dreaded phone call he received from his mum just hours before the tragic death of his younger brother Oliver, aged only 19 at the time, who died from bone cancer.

The opening night curse appeared to strike Celtic yet again in the Netherlands, but the narrative flips on its head when Lazio come to town on Tuesday night.

An online petition calling for the State Pension to be increased to £416 each week for everyone over the age of 60, to match the hourly rate of the National Minimum Wage, has received more than 10,000 signatures of support and is now due an official response from the UK Government.

Gogglebox legend Stephen Webb will be the seventh contestant to join next year's series.

Idris Elba has revealed he’s been going to therapy for the last year after forming some “unhealthy habits”.The actor made an appearance on the Changes with Annie Macmanus podcast where he admitted that he’s “an absolute workaholic” and wants to “adjust”.“It’s not because I don’t like myself or anything like that,” Elba said. “It’s just that I have some unhealthy habits that have really formed.

Following a staff attempt to unionize, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Outfest laid off five employees, while its executive director, Damien Navarro, has taken an unanticipated leave of absence. The organization’s board said the layoffs were pre-planned. Photo: Outfest

Ethan and Maya Hawke have joined forces for a cover of the Willie Nelson song, ‘We Don’t Run’. The cover is lifted from ‘Light in the Attic & Friends’, an upcoming compilation album featuring covers of songs which have been re-released by eponymous record label over the last 22 years.

Ahsoka, the latest live-action Star Wars spin-off series, premiered in August and picked up the story of Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi who first appeared in The Mandalorian season 2.The series, which is streaming on Disney+ and wraps up today (October 3), follows the titular character as she wanders through the galaxy in search of the villain Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen, reprising his voice role from Rebels). Other cast members include Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Natasha Liu Bordizzo.An official synopsis for the show reads: “Set after the fall of the Empire, Ahsoka will follow the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.”In a three-star review of Ahsoka season one, NME wrote: “This isn’t the grounded grit of Andor and it isn’t the stripped-back sweep of The Mandalorian nor the multiplex ambition of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Ahoska has more than enough of its own charm and electricity to be something greater than filler.”At the time of writing, Ahsoka has not been renewed for a second season.

Lady Gaga dedicated a recent performance of ‘Born This Way’ in Las Vegas to the victims of a mass shooting that took place in the city in 2017.The pop star was performing in at the Park MGM in Las Vegas on Sunday (October 1) when she played a stripped back version of her 2011 hit, pausing to pay tribute mid-way through the song.“I just want to remind everyone here what a resilient wonderful city this is,” she said. “It has big hearts, and a lot of hope and believing in the future.

Stevie Nicks has opened up about whether there is any possibility of a future Fleetwood Mac reunion, saying that “there’s no reason” after Christine McVie’s death because “you can’t replace her”.McVie died in November 2022 aged 79 “following a short illness”. It was later revealed that her death was primarily caused by suffering an ischemic stroke.

The seventh celebrity for the 2023 series of Dancing On Ice has been confirmed as Stephen Webb. Lorraine revealed the exciting news on Tuesday, 3 October, and Stephen joins the list of big names that have already been confirmed.The Greatest Show on Ice, will return to ITV in January with 12 stars hoping to walk away with the trophy just a few weeks later.

Bosses of an historic country pub famed for its Sunday roasts have announced its sudden closure - blaming "£10k a month" gas and electric bills. The Frozen Mop is set in a 19th century barn building in rural Mobberley in Cheshire.

Tim Metcalfe looks as though he could be Stephen Reid's final victim as his exit from the cobbles beckons. As a new day dawns in Weatherfield, Stephen is planning his escape from the cobbles and the trail of dead bodies, unaware that, the residents of Coronation Street are putting together the pieces of a rather shocking jigsaw puzzle, one that could leave him seeing out his days behind bars, not running one on a beach.

Mackenzie Boyd will be left with a life or death choice next week in Emmerdale as Charity Dingle and Chloe Harris' lives hang in the balance. Mack and Chloe ended up together earlier this year after Charity dumped her new husband after finding out he'd secretly fathered Chloe's newborn son, Reuban, while he was ill in hospital.