26 h. ago Bizarre Emile Acquah injury escalates Dundee woes while one ket figure set for Aberdeen return

Steven Pressley in sweat over attacker with Simon Murray back in contention

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3 d. ago Mr Blake at Your Service review – John Malkovich does worst French accent ever in baffling comedy misfire

Gilles Legardinie’s broad dramedy set in a chateau, co-starring Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, is an ordeal to watch. Sacré bleu! This truly bizarre film has a substantial reserve of goodwill to draw on: among its blue-chip cast are John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, and it’s also the final film of the Belgian star Émilie Dequenne, famous for winning the best actress award at Cannes for her nonprofessional debut in Rosetta in 1999, who sadly died of cancer in March at the age of 43. It is a broad and baffling dramedy, directed by the bestselling French author Gilles Legardinier, and adapted from his 2012 novel Complètement Cramé! (Completely Burnt Out!).Malkovich plays a wealthy grieving widower called Andrew Blake, supposedly from England, who, to ease his broken heart, takes a job as a butler in a French chateau whose owner (Ardant) has fallen on hard times. It is a sentimental journey for him, as many years ago he first met his French wife, Diane, in the chateau’s sumptuous grou...

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1 week ago Man finds receipt in cash machine and is gobsmacked by what's written on it

A man who stumbled onto a cash receipt at an ATM machine was stunned by what he saw written on it, with many others trying to figure out who this person is and what they were set on buying

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2 w. ago St Andrews Links Trust lands huge revenue figure as investment plans set out

Links Trust reports £10.8m surplus after generating income of £48.5m in 2024

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2 w. ago DWP confirms New and Basic State Pension uprating from April

New ONS figures suggest the State Pension is set to rise by more than £500 a year over the 2026/27 financial year.

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2 w. ago Laughter returns to the North East as Aberdeen Comedy Festival kicks off next week

Aberdeen Comedy Festival makes a welcome return next week with a fortnight of funny in the Granite City from Monday, September 22 to Sunday, October 5. Revived by Aberdeen Performing Arts and supported by Aberdeen Inspired, the festival promises a packed line-up of leading names to rising stars, household favourites to local heroes, from stand-up to improv to tickle your funny bone.

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2 w. ago State pension set to rise by more than £500 a year from April, figures suggest

Experts said the wage growth measure under the triple lock pensions guarantee is likely to be used to calculate next year’s rise.

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2 w. ago Kevin Nisbet admits Dave Cormack transfer claim caught him unawares before sealing Aberdeen return

The Scotland striker re-joined the Dons on a permanent deal on deadline day

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3 w. ago Key Swansea City figure set for shock exit after just seven months

The Swans chief looks set to depart the club after just seven months

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