The Daily Record has put together a roundup of the top chippies across the country. Politics
A row has broken out over a £2.5m grant for a specialist welding centre in Glasgow Politics
(Columbia)The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a starMiley Cyrus has made some very grand claims for her ninth album. Something Beautiful is not merely a concept album, but one the 32-year-old pop star has described as “an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music”. One filled with “healing sound properties” designed to “impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level”. And it’s not just all of that, but an accompanying film as well: a “one-of-a-kind pop opera” apparently inspired by Alan Parker’s 1982 film adaptation of Pink Floyd’s The Wall “but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous”.For all that the executives at Cyrus’s label are unlikely to say no to a huge star whose last album featured the world’s biggest-selling single of 2023 – Flowers, 2.7bn streams – you can still imagine them swallowing very hard when pres... Politics
Spudman, real name Ben Newman, has fans and critics in Staffordshire - where he sells baked potatoes from a van - but he remains optimistic of more success. Politics
Spudman, whose real name is Ben Newman, has fans and critics in Tamworth, Staffordshire - where he sells baked potatoes from a van - but he remains optimistic of more success Events
The takeaway boss is facing fury from local café owners who claim that his customers use their toilets and sit down to eat his potatoes at their tables and chairs. Politics
The eatery opened in March and has already earned a major following. Politics
